The Washington Post informs us that Wal-Mart is undercutting iTunes in the marketplace by engaging in a price war over non-copy-restricted mp3s. I can’t help but shake my head and feel the coming rain in my bones. You see, I’m old enough to remember the sensation of flipping through 12″ vinyl records every weekend when [...]
My pal Kearney is a fan of the cheap guitar. Give her props, as they say too often nowadays – she’s going to The Berk and studying bass after many, many years of just dreaming of doing so. Last week or so, she mentions in passing that she’s been jamming with a cat who went [...]
If you google Herb Pomeroy the first result you get is Wikipedia, naturally – but there, I just saved you the trouble. I took two out of the three courses he offered at Berklee – Line Writing and Arranging in the Style of Duke Ellington. I was sorta game to take the third course, Jazz [...]
I have good news. I’m waiting for an offer to be extended from a rather large company. I don’t want to jinx it, so I can’t say whom. But all the signs are good. As part of the application process, I was asked to take an aptitude test. The questions were about things like number [...]
Somewhere back in time, I worked for an ad agency. Does this qualify me for much? Maybe, maybe not. On the other hand, I’ve been to brand boot camp. I learned first hand what I was allowed – and what I was not allowed – to do with brand logotype in the layouts I was [...]
Among the four or five books I am currently reading is “Ogilvy On Advertising”, in which Our Hero rants about what sells and what doesn’t. I came across this startling quote: “Mozart said, ‘I have never made the slightest effort to compose anything original.’” I find that somehow comforting. I awoke this morning knowing I [...]