Ha! I would have guessed right !
How are you Big John ?
Nope, most of my guitars have kind of disappeared over the years...What can you do...
Are you still in NY?

Yeah, I'm in Long Island, land of high taxes! Still in the music biz, gigging and also doing service on musical instruments and pro audio in midtown. Check here:

dBm Pro Audio

So, you're retired, huh? The music biz must have been awfully good to you. Nice to be free!

Good to catch up with you. I have found lots of CE alumni along the way. Damn, it sure WAS crazy!!!

All the Hartsdale chat is compelling me to post this morning. I remember Hans! I remember his store openiong accross the street, and In fact taking a road trip to CT to pick inventory for the opening, many tight turns in the Porsche on the Merrit.

I remember being the district mgr of "records" during many record breaking xmas seasons, Hans you were a big part.

Someone in this thread mentioned Scott Kaufman, he unfornunatlly pass away a few years back after many years with "the WIZ", I miss him.

Hi prodbam -

Scotty passed away ? I'm very bummed to hear that...He was an awesome guy that helped my personal growth quite a bit! I remember him being nice enough to come to my parents house to talk my dad into letting me come to work in the record dept.
I'll never forget how good he was to me!
Big John - I busted my rear for a long time to finally get an A&R job at Interscope Records in the early 90's, where I made a bunch of records bfore being hired by MCA Records, where I spent 11 years climbing the corporate ladder...Signed a bunch of great artists and helped make a bunch of cool records...When we accidentally sold almost 14 million Shaggy records, I thought it was time to leave on a high note, and got out of dodge just as MCA was being absorbed by Interscope/Geffen...
Onwards and upwards...The retirement thing got boring pretty quickly, so now I co-own a local real estate brokerage, mortgage and title....blah blah blah
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Hey Hans, that sounds a lot like my brother's story, except he worked at Capitol in Hollywood. He hated the corporate thing, and I don't blame him. He recently got his CA real estate license, even though he has been seriously busy mixing just about everyone for 5.1 DVD.

14 million Shaggy records... Just goes to show you what has happened to the music business. Makes me wanna vomit!

Sounds like you had a good run in the biz. It ain't what it used to be, and you left on a high note. THAT is what counts.