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With Summer in full swing, and the World Cup over by the end of the week, we will again have time to read! I assembled a summer reading list of books that I have found to be inspiring, energizing, thought-provoking, innovative and entertaining. Aside from one single book, none of these books were written with [...]

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“Today, I asked my mentor – a very successful business man in his 70’s – what his top 3 tips are for success. He smiled and said, “Read something no one else is reading, think something no one else is thinking, and do something no one else is doing.” (via Makes Me Think)

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A little piece of genius via More New Math, which translates well for pop song writing. Sure, Tom Petty’s songs only have three chords and they’re G C and D, but I don’t see that many people using them as effectively with as catchy melodies as Tom does. The same goes for say Backstreet Boys’ [...]

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I’m a voracious reader and would read all day if I could, but then I’d get nothing done. My RSS Reader goes through a constant flow of me adding and deleting subscriptions in an effort to not return to overloading myself with materials to read. I might add a subscription based on excellent post I [...]

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I was very surprised by this video collage of Will Smith talking about life, and how inspiring and truly meaningful the things are that he says. Favorite line: Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity. Worth re-watching many times.

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Most reactions to my mini post on Donald’s Passman’s classic “All You Need To Know About The Music Business” perhaps being less and less relevant in today’s music industry, asked the question: “Well, which books are you reading that are more relevant to strategies employed in the new and developing music business?.” Here’s a few [...]

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A CD spindle, now transformed into a bagel holder. Invented and photographed by Piwonka. Previously: Repurposing Pt. 3 Repurposing Pt. 2 Repurposing Pt. 1

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Via Sabino.

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Last week I attended The Feast, an amazing and inspiring conference that gathers “the world’s greatest innovators from across industries and society to empower, inspire and engage each other in creating world-shaking change.”. My main goal was to get ideas on how to further integrate and increase the social impact investment aspects of Family Records [...]

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