HARLEM, MANHATTAN: Who are the lighthouse keepers for New York City’s brilliant musical beacon? The giant of jazz known as Wynton Marsalis surely stands as one such sentry, an adventurist and nine-time GRAMMY winner radiating original sound experiences from our musical epicenter out to the world.
The master capped off Read more...
MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: There’s more than one way to be a rock star. For Walt Ribeiro, Founder of NYC-based For Orchestra, the path to a global music stage is paved with bass clarinets, bowed tremolos – and a brainy, instinctual knowledge of the ‘Net.
Driven with a by-all-means-necessary mindset when it Read more...
The latest edition of the music production video series “Masters from Their Day” (MFTD) has launched Episode #4. Shot in Manhattan Center Studios, it features famed producer John Agnello working with the Australian band Sherlock’s Daughter on their latest single, “Out in the Cold”.
In each webisode of this series, Read more...
HARLEM, MANHATTAN: I’ve just had a revelation! And it came from a book about liars (sorry, storytellers).
I was given an assignment a little while ago by long-time New Yorker (now a man of no worldly address in particular), Derek Sivers, the founder of CD Baby. First, I was to Read more...
FLATIRON DISTRICT, MANHATTAN: Insurance isn’t there to cause controversy. It’s actually supposed to be about as exciting as a grocery cart.
Usually the commercials are just as straightforward, but the Allstate spot “Ghost Bikes” airing this summer has proven to be an unintentional exception. In this visually arresting ad from Read more...
