Thanks for all of birthday messages today… I am grateful for each one, even got one from my old mucker SJCLB, that was nice to hear from him. In return, I’d like to share a taster of a banging’ new remix with you as well as a Twitter Q&A tomorrow (Friday, February 17) starting around 4pm UK. We’ll go all night so we can talk about everything I’ve been working on.   And there’s plenty to catch up on. I’ve been heads-down in the studio, finishing mixes & remixes from the forthcoming album Motherlode. This [...]

I’m a successful artist. And here’s why things have never been worse…   In a talk at SF MusicTech Summit this week, Cracker and Camper van Beethoven founder David Lowery argued that near-zero investment and greediness from companies like Apple are making artists worse off than ever before. The argument has some major flaws, but there’s an interesting discussion happening in the comments.     After Whitney Houston, Musicians Say: I’m Afraid   Why the music industry is still plagued by early deaths and fearing strokes more than bullets. Questlove and Rick Ross talk about [...]