Sights with Sounds

Elvis Costello live at Amoeba Records. Check out Jim Lauderdale playing guitar and singing back-up. I signed and made a couple of records with Jim during my A&R years at Atlantic Records.

Old Guard

I used to work for Doug Morris at Atlantic Records. In fact it was Doug who gave me my first A&R job for which I am indebted to him for. But as much as I admire Doug as a record man, this current article in Wired here really makes him look as though his time has passed. I think much of the same can be said of the others who hold court over the record labels as well. As the business of selling cds continues to diminish and their inabilities to adapt and adopt new technologies, the audience for their paradigm has moved on. The question is, have they also left the music behind as well?