A few days ago, I was listening to Andrew Huberman and Joe Rogan talk, and a name kept coming up: Rick Rubin. Of course, I knew the name. Rick Rubin is a legendary music producer. What I didn’t really know was him—or, more accurately, the way he thinks. So I started reading and listening. And down the rabbit hole I went. What fascinated me wasn’t his extraordinary résumé or the famous people he has worked with. It was his openness. He seems genuinely interested in noticing th

There is something almost magical about discovering a new artist. Lately, for me, it has been Sienna Spiro. I especially love We’re Not in Love, Butterfly Effect, CYANIDE, Dream Police, Need Me, and Time, You & Me. Perhaps I’m late to the party. Maybe everyone else has already been listening to her while I’ve been over here just now discovering that voice. But isn’t that one of the joys of music? Somehow, it has a way of finding us exactly when we’re ready for it. It was less