Sylvia Robinson It seems that each week we lose another great person of the music industry. Therefore, I have decided to stop mourning the losses, but to celebrate the persons’ life and accomplishments. Yes, this week we lost someone that many may not know, but she was definitely an icon in the Hip Hop world.Read More
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I remember several years ago having a discussion with my father about Beatles songs. Though my father was a jazz musician, he loved many of the songs written by McCartney and Lennon, always pointing out the fantastic song structure that makes much of their library highly sought after for recording and performance by artists ofRead More
We’ll miss you Vesta!
Vesta Williams Another week has past and another tragic death has occurred in the music industry. Vesta Williams died September 22 of what appears to be a drug overdose. (I will not discuss her cause of death at this time because the investigation is ongoing) Vesta had what I would call a very nice musicalRead More
What did I get myself into?
Kara DioGuardi The music business is a mixed bag of events. There are times when everything is great and then times when everything seems to go wrong, and that happens within any given musical project. I am sure any musician will tell you of music jobs in their pasts’ that have been incredibly hard toRead More
A path of his own
E.Q. Deniece Williams When I started this blog I knew that one day I would get an opportunity to write about my favorite female vocalist: Deniece Williams. The reason I chose to discuss her this week is not because of recent events involving her. But this week’s entry has more to do with her son,Read More
Video “Created” the Radio Star!
Duran Duran Earlier this week I was driving north on I-95 in Hollywood, Fl. and noticed a billboard advertising an upcoming concert by Duran Duran at the Hard Rock in mid October. Immediately my mind started to drift back to the early 1980’s. Duran Duran’s climb to the top of the pop charts conspicuously coincidesRead More
Quiet Legend!
n Nick Ashford During last week I heard a local DJ mention that August 29th would have been Michael Jackson’s fifty-third birthday. A couple of celebrations are planned in his hometown of Gary, Indiana and other places in the US. Of course radio stations plan to play a lot of Michael Jackson songs and offerRead More