Writing
I Write about the Business of Music.
I Keep Score.
The Latest from ‘Keeping Score’
Smokey Robinson Performs for Private Party in Boca Raton
How often do you get to work with a Legend? Smokey Robinson, by any measure, is a Music Legend. At …
Jon Bon Jovi Talks Concert Touring at Pollstar
During his Pollstar Live! keynote Q&A, “How To See A Million Faces And Rock Them All,” JBJ delivered laughs to …
Rock’n Pebble Beach CA
More rock at corporate events has been a mission of mine for years. For this tech industry golf outing at …
Comedian Ryan Hamilton Entertains for Employee Golf Event
One of the most relatable comics around, Ryan Hamilton provided the fun for a special event hosted by a leading …
Your Fanbase is Mimetic (and So Should Be Your Music Marketing)
Academic Writing
Chapter Contribution: Music Business Research
Journal Writing and Academic Book Chapters
When change arrives to the music industry, it tends to be swift and powerful.
I observe, research and discuss these changes. Currently preparing a book chapter that probes the live music industry’s response to the pandemic shutdown, the national #ReviveLive movement and it’s impact for lasting concert industry success.
Premiere Performances
The Untold Stories of the First Performance
Here’s What Happened on Opening Night
Many masterworks that we have all come to know, did not begin as smashing successes. How audience reception and the resulting critical commentary, rival composers and publishers, plus a rewrite or two, eventually led to the legacies of these classical masterpieces.
Many first performances were instant successes yet some premieres were phenomenal failures. These works seem to have improved with age, or was it their audience’s ears that changed?
Chapters:
- Puccini – Madama Butterfly
- Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 1
- Bruckner – Symphony No. 3
- Rossini – Barber of Seville
- And other favorites…
- Plus contemporary premieres of note