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your exploration missed Opportunity. I love sharing conversations. Now hosting
them will require some show prep. My podcasting platforms feature
thousands of incredible guests. What you don't have access to
are my missed opportunities. The show prep was completed, the
conversation didn't happen. I keep all of my notes because
I believe that paths will one day cross again. Let
me explain missed opportunity. It's my questions and statements without
their answers. I'm leaving open enough space at the end
of every question, hoping they'll download the talk and insert
their answers, then send it back to me. Missed opportunity
is a lost piece of history, like a message in
a bottle. It's been tossed out to see I hope
to locate the destination. This week, we're putting focus on
my missed opportunity with the legendary Clive Davis, And if
you're like most people under the age of thirty, you're
probably going who Clive Davis. Who. Clive Davis is a
legendary executive and record company founder. He has looked upon
as being one of the most influential figures in modern music,
changing the path of dozens of major artists. He attended
Harvard Law School in nineteen fifty six. From there and
before music, he worked as an attorney. This is what
laid the groundwork for his shift toward the music industry.
Four years after Harvard, Clive Davis joined Columbia Records as
part of their legal department. It was the Monterey Pop
Festival in nineteen sixty seven that shifted his desire and
direction to lean more toward rock and pop music. Now.
The invitation to share a conversation with the legendary Clive
Davis came on September seventeenth, two thy seventeen. Within twenty
four hours, I received word that it was actually going
to happen. Three days later, on September twentieth, the connection
with the tour engineer was sent. It was one hundred
percent a go. One day before my conversation with Clive Davis,
they sent an email wanting to know if the moment
would be live or if it would be recorded. That
means it was really gonna happen. Mmm. Within twelve hours
I received the email. He has pulled off the schedule.
He has promised a make update. Stay tuned. Sorry for
this last minute crap. Those were the exact words the
conversation didn't happen. Coming up next, my questions my statements
for the legendary Clive Davis. Hey, thanks for coming back
to missed opportunity. This is my missed opportunity with the
legendary Clive Davis. The questions and the statements from September
twenty seventeen. What is a good song inside a world
with so much sound? Is it the natural voice, tone
or the performance that really lands a voice into our imaginations? Visionary,
let's talk about that. Can you see culture changing before
it escapes the brave artists who have set their music
free reputation. You are the heartbeat that shapes the moments
of tomorrow, and it happens by you giving things creatively
away in a brilliant way. Aren't you the greatest piece
of music history. I mean seriously, think about that. Your
heart stands inside open for other artists. You're always ready
to share with those of creative flow. Do you agree
that your image should be the fifth person on Mount Rushmore?
You've always been so humble, Clive, as if to be
perfectly in tune with all things real life. You've lived
this life. To watch it being played back, does it
open your visions to reach even further than where you've been?
This documentary is a physical sheet of music that embraces
every genre and sound, and you had something to do
with that. So has Clive Davis ever listened to Clive
Davis singing along? So what's missing from today's music environment?
Are there too many sources to find music? There? You
have it, My questions and statements for the legendary Clive Davis.
Missed opportunity is a lost piece of history. You now
know the questions, so let's locate the reactions. The door
is always going to be open. If you are or
no Clive Davis, please have him or you reach out
to me at erroc at gmail dot com. That's a R.
R O E. C at gmail dot com And as always,
be brilliant