{"id":16,"date":"2013-03-12T05:15:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T05:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/misharamusic.com\/site\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2018-07-27T08:38:25","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T08:38:25","slug":"who-are-we","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/misharamusic.com\/site\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"Who Are We?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0marc<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I’ve been in love with music since I was old enough to listen and in the music business since 1971. I’ve been a recording artist, worked in radio, worked in retail & worked in records – Island, RSO, Elektra, Warner Bros \/ Reprise and DreamWorks Records.<\/p>\n

After DreamWorks closed its record division I moved away from the corporate music companies. I no longer wanted to be a part of a big corporate label \u2013 although I had some wonderful times \u2013 Warner Bros in the 80\u2019s was a fantastic musical environment. I wanted to work even closer with artists and embrace this new internet oriented music business so I starting doing artist management and music marketing research.<\/p>\n

My version of our mission statement would be described as “Working with music I love & people I like & embracing the musical world as it exists today with all its technological changes”. When I travel and observe, I see more people listening to more music than ever before. That’s a wonderful thing. The only real difference in the music business is that the method of delivery has changed – from 45’s and LP’s to 8 Tracks and Cassettes to CDs and now Digital Delivery. Contrary to some beliefs it is still a “record” – a recording of a musical performance. (Well, to be honest some “records” are no longer performances – they’re “contructions”). There are financial challenges every time a delivery system changes and yes sometimes the staid and once secure Acme Horse & Buggy Company is upset by the new fangled automobile. But let me say again – today more people spend more time listening to more music than ever before.<\/p>\n

Our challenge as support people to wonderful musicians is to help them find their audience. Often the tried and true approaches work – touring and radio. But more & more support in those areas is dependent on an already existing and growing fanbase. What’s the key? The same as it has always been – Word Of Mouth. No radio station, no tv show, no magazine, no internet blog is as important as one friend saying to another – “Listen to this song – I love it”. That will be the key to Mishara Music \u2013 establishing a network of friends that care for and believe in the singer songwriter as we do \u2013 artists with a melody and a vision.<\/p>\n

23 trivia facts about \u00a0Marc \u00a0(Why 23?\u00a0 No idea)<\/strong><\/div>\n

1. Has known Mishara Music partner Linda for almost 30 years and learned a whole bunch\u00a0from\u00a0her 25 trivia bits<\/p>\n

2. Favorite concert was his first – August 18th, 1966 Suffolk Downs Racetrack – 4 guys from Liverpool England<\/p>\n

3. Lived in LA for 35 years – then moved to coast of Maine – as far from LA as could in the Continental US<\/p>\n

4. Can’t stand beets<\/p>\n

5. Played violin in the Minneapolis Youth Symphony Orchestra<\/p>\n

6. Favorite 20th century vacation\u00a0 – 10 days hiking around Mt Blanc through France, Italy & Switzerland<\/p>\n

7. Favorite extreme wilderness vacation (tie) – 3 trips to Southeast Alaska for remote kayaking & river rafting<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0Favorite exercise – country road bicycling in Maine<\/p>\n

9. Favorite desk item – Snoopy doghouse calendar given to me by 3 year old son<\/p>\n

10. Is allergic to cats<\/p>\n

11. Named Mishara Music after a cat that was named after a building<\/p>\n

12. Favorite photograph: Art Kane’s 1958 Jazz grouping in Harlem. A copy hangs in my office always.<\/p>\n

13. Loves caramel more than chocolate<\/p>\n

14. Nothing beats a great apple<\/p>\n

15. Makes the greatest vegetarian lasagne from scratch (except for the noodles)<\/p>\n

16. 2nd favorite exercise – snowshoeing<\/p>\n

17. Truth – to this day likes\u00a0his Blackberry way more than wife’s iPhone!<\/p>\n

18. Wears short sleeve shirts even in the dead of winter in Maine<\/p>\n

19. Loves cargo pants because it’s easy to put music cds in the pockets<\/p>\n

20. Current fave vacation –\u00a0biennial family trip to Jazzfest in New Orleans<\/p>\n

21. Favorite restaurant – K-Paul’s Lousiana Kitchen<\/p>\n

22. Favorite meal – Crayfish Etouffee<\/p>\n

23. Favorite solo pastime – hot latte, rocking chair near the roaring woodstove (wintertime) with a book!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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