For once, can we have a film about “saving the world” where the protagonist isn’t dense enough to actually consider jeopardizing his mission (TO SAVE THE ENTIRE FUTURE OF HUMANITY) because he “has to see his kids again…. because he promised he’d come back”? [Insert Giant Palm to Forehead]. This is bad screenwriting, storytelling and […]Read Post ›
(more video links below) I first heard Emmett Tinley on what might have been my first day living in Los Angeles. At the time (around 1997 or 98), my friend Robert and his wife were graciously letting me crash at their home for a few days until I had worked out something more permanent. Robert, […]Read Post ›
“If you were forced to eliminate one of these musicians from your life forever, whom would you KEEP and WHY? Radiohead vs. The Beatles.”
Carlos has an expansive sound and creates a sense of endless possibility in terms of where his music can go.
I found myself wondering where Aiken, or The Authors Guild for that matter, had been for the last decade while we Songwriters unilaterally struggled to protect our rights against the music industry, their lawyers, the RIAA and the insatiable consumers. I suppose Aiken and his author friends were busy working on their newest novel, of course, while listening to that new song they ripped or illegally downloaded onto their iPods.
Way of the Artist 