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(Apparently you’re not an underground legend until you have “the” in your name.)
Derek DelGaudio • AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies
David Remnick • A Unified Field Theory of Bob Dylan
build a fan base, and market to them. Since your music has a wide appeal, if you break through, you’ll make far more money by keeping the record company’s share of the pie, not to mention keeping all of your non-record income.
Donald S. Passman • All You Need to Know About the Music Business: 10th Edition
It makes her think of a documentary she saw about Bob Dylan. A folk singer from Greenwich Village in the sixties said, “He was just another guitar player trying to sound like Woody Guthrie. Then all at once he was Bob Dylan.”
Stephen King • Holly
Look into the 1960s shift from live performance to studio recordings. Obviously some bands like the Grateful Dead were the exception. And of course, live touring is still a big thing today. But I wonder if recording technology and distribution got to a point where “the master” recording was just place to focus songwriting efforts.
Al Green, Parliament, the Meters, the Isley Brothers, Sly and the Family Stone, Labelle, and Stevie Wonder.
Jessica Anya Blau • Mary Jane: A Novel
in 1985, the opening theme was an instrumental version of Easy Lover by Phil Collins, proof that this was as 1980s as 1980s could be.
Jim Smallman • I'm Sorry, I Love You: A History of Professional Wrestling: A must-read' - Mick Foley
Music/Sounds/Noise
PAUL LATHAM • 5 cards
