We talk about then and now, it always goes to “us dinosaurs”, then it goes into some babble about there is tons of music today, more than ever. However, I call bullshit on all of that. Let’s just center on the extraordinary talents of Gerry Goffin and Carole King. In particular, Carole King. Writing her…
Let’s clarify a few things, and withhold the IMHO. So this group can have some depth and not the typical nonsense of other online groups. – The whole “it takes ten writers to write a song today”. Do you know why? It doesn’t “take” 10 writers. That was created so one particular publisher would have…
Worse than Google, YouTube, Spotify, piracy, radio, payola, monopoly, Pandora, and my cousin Maria, is the fact that the art of writing hit songs has been gone for generations, with the exception of a select few. There’s one of your biggest problems. The writing level sucks. Sucks really bad. Sucks the chrome off a trailer…
As you know, I’ve been in this business for decades. Experienced the good, the bad, the ugly. Been fortunate and blessed along the way. Lucky enough to have some astonishing mentors, teachers, and friends, along the way. One in particular, Shep Gordon. When I became successful I asked Shep what I could do to repay…
