February 17, 2012
Amoeba Records. Heaven on earth for music folks. Playland of sorts. Browse city.
I have been in 3 or 4 times but this time, I just stayed. For 2 hours. It didn’t matter if I was going to buy any music (which I did) or if I thought 8-tracks [...]
February 8, 2012
On to the City of Lost Angels. I’ve been at least a dozen times and it still impresses.
Monday morning, January 23rd – another sunny, crisp morning en route to Salt Lake City International for flight to Phoenix and then to Los Angeles. As I booked on points, and because they only [...]
February 3, 2012
Mega beautiful storm on Saturday dropped about 4 feet of snow. It was beautiful. Sunday morning came and, well, a while different kind of beautiful: Blue skies and sun. Quite an extraordinary change but welcome by all.
Skiiers must have felt like they were in ski heaven. After busting up [...]
February 1, 2011.
It takes all the spokes in a wheel to make it turn and thus create energy, motion and “success”. Making a film is a prime example of this truism.
In December 2011, director Nicholas Jarecki told me “Arbitrage” was accepted into the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. So his next [...]
welcome to the new year. 2012. how did THIS happen?
i remember when the beginning of the ’school’ year felt like my new year after i had come back from summer camp and i had to switch my mind and heart into school mode, a sharp 180 from 8 weeks of summer bliss.
the year [...]
music. film. tv. art. people. songs. scenes. late nights. early mornings.
sometimes one in the same.
instinct is fortunate to be surrounded by all that and more and we thank you -
family, friends, clients/conspirators, labels, publishers, artists, managers, pitch agencies, bar and concert staff,
the maple leafs, coffee houses, liquor stores, suite mates at 96 spadina [...]
11 months down and 1 to go.
i was in winnipeg giving a workshop on music supervision for some local filmmakers, composers etc. superb fun and a smart group of people. talkative, inquisitive and hungry to create. it’s amazing to see a new crop of creators eager to learn (even from me !) and [...]
people. love ‘em or hate ‘em, sometimes we just have to tell them what we think.
i love the idea of communication and reciprocal respect.
many times in business and sometimes (many times…ok) in our personal life, we don’t answer questions asked or even hear back from someone for weeks…even after repeated notes, calls, flares, bat [...]
it’s movember.
october was a busy month…
i owe y’all a bonus blog this month.
movember is a spectacular movement, raising millions for prostate cancer treatment and prevention. donate to your favourite mo-man…maybe it’s me
http://mobro.co/MoMichaelP
instinct has moved to 20 maud street – around the corner from our old office.
we are sharing space with a hard working [...]