Ever seen your favorite band and there appear to be a few extra members on the stage? Or maybe your favorite band isn’t a “band” but an individual performer who’s up there surrounded by a nameless, faceless bunch of musicians. Either way, you’ve been exposed to some of the most important role players in the music business: sidemen. Of course, we have them in business too! Continue reading
Tag Archives: Music
Joy
At the end of the D.A. Pennebaker film Monterey Pop, there comes a performance that took place on a cold June morning in 1967. Everyone was half asleep, all the big guns like Jimi Hendrix and Otis Redding and the Mamas and the Papas had been fired. Yet while those guns had elicited many emotions, it took this one last one to bring out pure, unmitigated joy. Continue reading
Filed under Growing up, Reality checks, Thinking Aloud
The Fever
Ever had something on your mind that won’t go away? Ever been so obsessed with a person or a thing that you can’t sleep or eat or focus? Then, my friend, 
you’ve got The Fever. While sometimes people who have it become delusional or psychotic, I like to think of it as a healthy obsession and it is, in my mind, what you want your business or brand or product to generate. Continue reading
Filed under Helpful Hints, Thinking Aloud
Consult Keith 