Posts by James Newcomb

I’ve been talking a bit about a new social media platform called Social Lair. I’ve distanced myself from social media as of late – although it never really served a good purpose for me in the first place. Then when I began to become aware of the privacy concerns, the addictive nature, how the major…

I just heard about a fellow named Daniel Elder. He’s a composer based in Nashville, TN who caught some heat for an Instagram post. “Caught some heat” doesn’t really do it justice. He was blackballed from his profession – because he essentially said that setting fire to the local courthouse maybe isn’t the best way…

“Tom, don’t let anybody kid you. It’s all personal, every bit of business.” –Michael Corleone I’ve been on a bit of a Godfather kick the last couple of weeks, as my research into a project I’m working on incorporates many themes of the novel/movie into it. Until a week or so ago, I hadn’t read…

I had an interview today that was slightly different from most interviews I do. I was the one being interviewed, and the topic was Bát Tràng, a village near where Sana and I live that has literally hundreds of craft pottery shops, a museum, places to make your own pottery, etc. You should do a Duck Duck…

I recently had a dialogue via Voxer with my colleague, Jim Lambie, who recently took over the hosting duties for the Musicpreneur podcast. Jim recently did an interview with a fellow named Danny Ziemann, who has made a bit of a name for himself as one who specializes in the business side of music. And…

My day job as a podcast editor and producer can be a bit strange at times. Take yesterday, when Mandi “The Show Notes Girl” and I were editing a couple of episodes of a show called “Superhumanize” hosted by my friend Ariane Sommer. The first show was a guy who has made something of a…

Remember when Facebook felt like a grown-up version of MySpace? Then LinkedIn kind of became the grown up version of Facebook. Then Instagram came along and became…I still don’t know what to make of it to be honest. I’ve tried posting on it, but the puerile stuff I see others posting is kind of a…