In the summer of 2012, my father passed me a well-worn copy of New York magazine with a provocative cover story by Michael Wolff titled “A Life Worth Ending”. In the story, Wolff chronicles his mother’s steady decline through dementia. I still remember the quote on the cover: “Mom, I Read more...
Scott Bradlee was living in New York City in 2009, and finding it difficult to make ends meet through gigs and sessions alone. “I didn’t have a lot of work as a jazz musician, which is what I trained for,” he says, “so I started experimenting.”
Noticing the success others Read more...
Kelvin Wooten is clearly comfortable wherever he is – the confidence of creating hits while remaining grounded will have that effect.
The Grammy-nominated producer, engineer and multi-instrumentalist is particularly well-situated this Christmas season, with the timely release of elite R&B artist Anthony Hamilton’s Home for the Holidays. Hamilton’s magical voice Read more...
Google the phrase “YouTube economy” and the first results that come up are…a bunch of videos on YouTube about the economy.
Maybe Google, which owns YouTube, doesn’t want it to be too obvious about the financial ecosystem that is YouTube. But with a little digging, it’s not hard to find Read more...
From Star Search to American Idol to The Voice, television producers have made millions off of a simple conceit: Anyone can be a great singer, just not everyone.
When it comes to singing, we enjoy convincing others—and even ourselves—that you either ‘have it’ or you don’t. However, the “it” in Read more...
