When I was 18 I met Iggy Pop. It was a brief meeting which was probably a blip on his radar, one of many duties to perform in a day but meant the world to me. It’s interesting that these days you have to pay premium VIP ticket prices for such a meeting but in those days, a bit of entrepreneurial flair and an adventurous spirit could get you in anywhere. Around 1987 me and a friend had bought tickets to his gig in Copenhagen………wait a minute…….this was not just a gig, ‘WE WERE GOING TO SEE A LEGEND’. I…
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My first job in a recording studio was a good 30 years ago. I had gotten to know a guy who had a studio and after he realised I was pretty good at arranging music, he one day pulled out his wallet, old school music biz stylee, and offered me £35 to hang around for 10 hours and chip in where I could. “You mean I get paid too?” I thought grinning from ear to ear as I shook his hand. I couldn’t believe my luck. Fast forward a few years, I was gaining experience and becoming a pro. We…