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Mar 2, 20174 min read
HOW MUSIC FROM OUTSIDE OF AMERICA CAN HELP STOP THE BULLY
By Hans Ebert Here that? Listen carefully. That’s the sound of silence. Hello, darkness, my old friend, indeed. And, of course, there’s...
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Feb 24, 20176 min read
WHO’S WORKING ON THE NEW MUSIC BUSINESS MODEL?
By Hans Ebert No one said it would be easy. But no one also warned that it would be so damn tough to make it in music. Of course, it...
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Feb 21, 20171 min read
FROM THE TWITTERVERSE
12 great quotes from Kurt Cobain https://t.co/wjSSAJvJ8A pic.twitter.com/s1E3rxG4RG — Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) February 20, 2017 Sun...
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Feb 16, 20175 min read
THE UNIVERSAL BALLAD OF BIG BERTHA AND GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE
By Hans Ebert The stories from former and current staff at many of the offices about the politics and mismanagement of one of the major...
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Feb 14, 20173 min read
THE BEATLES: THANK YOU, LADS
By Hans Ebert Their music has been the soundtrack to many of our lives. We grew up with them. Their songs made us smile, sad, think,...
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Feb 7, 20173 min read
LIFE THROUGH THE MUSICAL LOOKING GLASS
By Hans Ebert We talk too much. We don’t listen enough. Our priorities are often upside down and back to front. We sleep so much, we lose...
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Jan 26, 20175 min read
DON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN
By Hans Ebert A friend in music was trying to find “solace” in the recent cases of Alanis Morrisette being duped by her former manager...
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Jan 17, 20174 min read
THE DIM SUM DIARIES: JAMES TAYLOR
By Hans Ebert Word is that James Taylor is performing in Hong Kong next month and that drummer Steve Gadd will be part of his backup...
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Jan 8, 20173 min read
THERE’S STILL RHYMIN’ SIMON
By Hans Ebert The track “Graceland” came floating out of a racing radio station in Perth today. Where it was coming from added to what is...
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Jan 3, 20175 min read
TIME FOR A NEW MADE IN CHINA MUSIC SOUNDTRACK
By Hans Ebert There was an article I was reading recently about what could be described as being the “Panda-ering of Hollywood”, where...
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Dec 28, 20165 min read
THE SEARCH FOR INSPIRATION…
By Hans Ebert Saying 2016 has been a bad year for music- and this year ain’t over yet- is an understatement. So is saying it’s been a bad...
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Dec 26, 20162 min read
GEORGE MICHAEL LEAVES US FOR THAT DIFFERENT CORNER
By Hans Ebert George Michael died of heart failure, manager says https://t.co/X11rmEkZNq — Hollywood Reporter (@THR) December 26, 2016...
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Dec 20, 20165 min read
NEW LESSONS TO BE LEARNT FROM PAST LESSONS
By Hans Ebert “Women they get weary/Young girls they do get weary/Wearing that same shabby old dress…” The late great Otis Redding sang...
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Dec 19, 20162 min read
KEEF TURNS 73 YEARS YOUNG
By Hans Ebert Wishing our own Keith a very happy birthday! #Keithmas pic.twitter.com/eKW14TyEuS — The Rolling Stones (@RollingStones)...
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Dec 18, 20164 min read
AND SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS. AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
By Hans Ebert “And so this is Christmas/And a happy New Year…” That was John Lennon at his most caustic, his most sardonic, and, as...
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Dec 14, 20167 min read
THE BEST MUSIC EXECUTIVE TODAY: IS THERE SUCH AN ANIMAL?
By Hans Ebert A friend recently asked who is the best music company executive. The “best” in any industry is tough to name these days as...
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Dec 10, 20163 min read
HOW PHARRELL WILLIAMS AND MAGGIE ROGERS SAVED ME FROM BOREDOM
By Hans Ebert I was watching a recent show where Jimmy Fallon was interviewing Robert DeNiro. At least, he was trying to. Fallon was his...
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Dec 5, 20165 min read
MUSIC AND MAKING CONTENT KING AGAIN
By Hans Ebert I forget where we were, but “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” was playing in the background- an odd choice for the lounge of a...
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Nov 27, 20162 min read
THINKING YOUNG AND GROWING OLDER IS NO SIN
By Hans Ebert “Thinking young and growing older is no sin/And I can play the game of life to win.” That’s a line from one of my favourite...
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Nov 27, 20165 min read
JANE ZHANG AND A LESSON IN YUNARISM
By Hans Ebert A group of us were talking about why Hong Kong can’t produce anything even remotely creative to this track and accompanying...
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