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Comment on Has Music Become Disposable? by Katie Gavin

Katie Gavin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:44:04 +0000

Hi, my name is Katie and I was lucky enough to be in the Grammy Camp Documentary. I just wanted to let you know how much this means to me, and I want to thank you for your support and inspiring words. It’s people like you that make ME feel like the music industry is going to be just fine

Comment on The Unsung Heroes Behind The Singers by Nery Zucconi

Nery Zucconi — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:46:15 +0000

Grands articles & Nice un site ….

Comment on About the Book by Bob Leggett

Bob Leggett — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:04:34 +0000

What an incredible book. Del has truly hit the bullseye with his insightful look at the world of entertainment marketing. I have been educated and inspired and plan to use his advice in the coming years on behalf of my musical clients. Thanks for a job well done!

Comment on Author by Sheree J. Davis

Sheree J. Davis — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:43:14 +0000

Del,

This is Sheree. How are you? E-mail me please. You look great.

Comment on TIGER WOODS: THE MAN VS. THE BRAND by race_12_1 (kelly)

race_12_1 (kelly) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:05:31 +0000

Admitting “I am human and I am not perfect” is the perfect way to deal with this. Since when should we expect that just because someone has a billion dollars they will have less temptation in their life to do wrong? That is what we as a society seem to think however. That somehow those in the lime light with more money power or fame have less temptation then the rest of us. The reality is we are all tempted the same, and we all screw up. The difference in their life is more people just get to see it when it happens. We are wrong when we assume that they ought to apologize to us, make it up to us, or give up what they have worked hard for because they have been tempted and fallen. We all fall, in different ways, our lives are just not scrutinized by the millions who seem to think our every move, and mistake, is their business. We are all human, tempted the same, and if we are not in the lime light we should be thankful so that when we fall we will not be put before the world to have our lives analyzed.

Comment on NATIONAL TREASURES – SEE THEM BEFORE THEY’RE GONE! by Dan Gross

Dan Gross — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:15:49 +0000

I hear you Del. Having been in a small-town blues band for several years I made a point of seeing many of the greats. Buddy and BB multiple times, Bobby Bland, Jr. Wells, Koko, Etta…saw the “Muddy Waters Tribute Band” and that was a real treat, w/ Willie “Big Eyes” Smith (of course being a drummer I really enjoyed him) and Pinetop Perkins. Crazy seeing Pinetop because it took him about 5 minutes to shuffle to the stage but once he sat down what came out of his fingertips was pure magic. Muddy and Albert King had passed “before my time” and one of the legends I regret missing was John Lee, though he had stopped touring extensively at the time I was really getting into blues music. Would love to have seen Otis Rush but I know with the demons he battled before his stroke it would have been a crapshoot.

But I will echo your sentiment. BB and Buddy are still actively touring and putting on great shows. Go see them before it’s too late!

Comment on Doing Good Things for the Right Reasons by Dan Gross

Dan Gross — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:07:50 +0000

It’s always a fine line that’s walked between using your branding power to raise awareness of issues/worthy charities while at the same time not appearing to be self-serving. It can easily be a no-win situation to be a large corporation or wealthy individual when it comes to charities, because if you give “privately” people assume you don’t give at all but if you give publicly you’re pandering/patting yourself on the back. And of course even when people are aware of your philanthropy there will always be complaints that it’s never enough. All the while many of these folks don’t give much themselves…

There will be those that complain otherwise, but I feel that the networks, in cooperation with EIF, have done a good job in that regard. At least what I’ve seen.

Comment on THE AMERICAN IDOL LOTTERY by lotb

lotb — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:04:11 +0000

Very true. These type of “star search” shows have been around forever, and very rarely do the participants obtain any long-term success.

Comment on Wayman Tisdale And "Civilian Musicians" by bb

bb — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:03:45 +0000

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