Younger Guard

Howie Klein, former President of Reprise, responds to Doug Morris's interview in Wired here As a former A&R person, had I continually missed on opportunities on artists that touched the commercial masses I would have lost my job (fired by someone like Howie, although I never worked for him). By his own admission, he failed to execute on what could have been a industry saving "catalyst" due to corporate "experts"? As more and more of these guys get out the first thing you always hear is that it was someone else's fault (except for all those records that touched so many people, that was solely due to them).