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In last month’s column (click here) we began a conversation about a “great marketing challenge of this moment: assigning a sound to a brand.” The reason it’s such a challenge, I suggested...
I recently attended a New York Rangers game at Madison Square Garden (my wife and her siblings, raised in Upstate NY near the Canadian border, are all hockey fanatics—I just follow the puck). Before start time, the photo of a new team member, Brett Howden, appeared on the jumbotron, and with it...
Okay, it’s that time. Hear the waves crashing? Let’s all gather ‘round the fire—I’ve got plenty of dry wood, there’s wine and beer in the cooler. Moon is almost full, that silver light shimmering off the ocean— awesome. Puts me in the mood for some summer music, how about you guys? Thought...
This e.dition contains the first “Earwitness with Lyle Greenfield,” a podcast brought to you by SHOOT and Bang Music. Greenfield is the founder of Bang Music and past president of the Association of Music Producers (...
As the world learned a few days ago, scientists have discovered an entirely new, previously unknown organ in the human body. This astonishing discovery (We missed noticing a major organ? Oops!), covered in news outlets worldwide (click...
When I ask myself, What is new in music today? What’s new in sound? I tumble into a dark abyss, fearful I can’t answer those questions, fearful that I have failed to listen carefully to Spotify’s 30 million tracks and therefore will disappoint the few citizens of Earth who rely on me for...
Not sure it makes sense to say that I “ran into” my colleague from back in the day on YouTube, but that’s sort of how it happened. Bob Power was an engineer, producer, musician and composer, often working out of Calliope studios in Midtown, which was Bang’s “crash pad” in the early 90s. That’s...
I was flailing a bit, trying to figure out what the next column might be about when my partner Brian suggested, “How about Kidz Bop?” To which I replied, “What the hell is Kidz Bop?” “Look it up,” he deadpanned. Brian has two beautiful little girls, ages 5 and 9.
So, turns out that...
As the world knows, I’m a liberal. Social and fiscal. So, for like-minded citizens these are not easy times. You’ve seen me talking to myself on the street, in the subway. Don’t be concerned—I’ll be fine. Just wanted to establish the context. From the immigration ban to defunding Planned...
Late last summer I had the great pleasure of seeing the premiere of the documentary “Score,” written and directed by Matt Schrader
It’s a wholly...