Excellent read. Having worked for two startups and created pitch decks for several more, you have described perfectly the fertile ground in which optimism can be twisted into fraud. One startup I worked for over a ten-year period (!) got funded by someone who committed fraud to get the money. I wrote about it here: https://medium.com/courting-my-muse/working-remotely-for-a-startup-5515ec0241c5

Hear the otherworldly sounds of the “Apprehension Engine” — The Apprehension Engine is a homebuilt sound generator created in 2016 by Mark Korven, a Canadian film composer who was looking for something different to score horror films. He kept hearing the same digital samples and wanted to deviate from that well-worn path. He called up a friend, Tony Duggan-Smith…

A group that can go where no group has ever gone before I couldn’t resist the challenge to build a supergroup to cater to our tastes and musical desires. …

His short but meteoric career changed both rock and country music — Gram Parsons, country-rock originator, Joshua Tree aficionado and pal to Keith Richards, was born into privilege in Florida in 1946. His father, Ingram “Coon Dog” Connor, was a World War II ace fighter pilot. …

Her flame burned brightly if briefly — I first heard about Eva Cassidy from a bandmate who had been inspired by Cassidy’s version of “Woodstock,” the Joni Mitchell song with which Crosby, Stills & Nash had a big hit. Anne, the lead singer of our classic rock band, had come up with something similar, and that arrangement…

My ode to my favorite team brought me fame if not fortune — More than 40 years ago, I wrote a song about the San Francisco 49ers football team, which had just won the game that sent them to the Super Bowl. As the NFC Championship game, played this past Sunday, approached, it occurred to me that I could write the story of…

Jeff Beck’s Groundbreaking Virtuosity Changed the Course of Rock Guitar — The world lost one of its truly great guitarists this week, when Jeff Beck succumbed to bacterial meningitis. During his time, he gave us a nearly six-decade body of work as eclectic, innovative and inspiring as anyone in rock. Often described as a “guitarist’s guitarist,” Beck boldly blazed down musical…

Whether by intent or not, its premise was really depressing — I saw “The Way of Water” last night. What follows is not a review of the film, but an examination of my thoughts that surfaced both during the movie and afterwards. If you have yet to see it, I will do my best not to spoil it for you. The…

Two very interesting songs to compare...one drenched in nostalgia for a Britain that no longer existed, and one almost diametrically the opposite. Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields: 97 Very few songs can compete with the Fab Four at the peak of their powers. God Save the Queen: 80. Not my thing really, but the power and rage of this song is undeniable. Cool read, thanks!