1881      First US patent for halftone printing process (which enabled the reproduction of photographs in newspapers and magazines) 1914     Founding of ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) … to make sure both songwriters and publishers received compensation for public performances of their music. 1918     First publication of “Stars and Stripes” (a newspaper for US armed forces), in Paris. From February 7 through February 13:  1881      1885     Birthday of American novelist Sinclair Lewis:  “People will buy anything

If you want to use a popular song, make sure you have the proper license from one of the licensing organizations such as ASCAP or BMI in the U.S. When I was flying home Tuesday night from St. John’s, I was tired after speaking the two days and instead of pulling out my laptop, I plugged in my noise cancelling earphones and watched a light hearted movie. After the movie, I tuned in to

He relentlessly bugged us to enroll him in high school at Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. “I 8220;I know it’s my destiny” were the words that finally convinced us to allow him to apply as a piano major. He made A’s in AP classes, won an ASCAP award at the age of 16 and was honored at the Lincoln Center in NYC and his Bassoon Octet composition was just picked up by a publisher last week. I read Outliers and The Element back to back last week. Net-net is that people aren’t successful from passion alone, usually there are other