David Emery Online

"I never felt magic crazy as this..."

7 March 2009

I spent a large chunk of Tuesday in a car with a friend driving up to Manchester. He and I were at the University there in the 80s and we were driving up to spec out a project for later this year. He’s a record exec (of course! which of your so-called friends aren’t? I hear you crow). His job requires him to be constantly in contact with people who work with and for him and so I sat in the passenger listening to his speakerphone conversations: lawyers telling him how he was “their guy” and how and they honestly wanted to sign to him, American executives telling him how genuinely excited about their projects they were , new employees telling him how sincerely they were looking forward to their job… It was a veritable sea of love and sincerity. It reminded of my A&R days and how so much of what got people out of bed depended on passion.

Not linked to for any massive ‘point’ that it makes, but because it’s just a nice read.

Also, I feel duty bound to point out that Adele isn’t on a major, and doesn’t have wads of cash behind her (well, she does now but that’s because she’s earned it).