Doug Brod leads the editorial team having worked in magazines for more than two decades. He was appointed Editor of Spin in January 2007 after serving as Executive Editor since May 2003. Prior to joining Spin, Brod spent 11 years as an editor at Entertainment Weekly. He has written for The Village Voice, The Hollywood Reporter, and The Trouser Press Record Guide, among other publications, and has appeared on, New York 1, VH1, and Charlie Rose. Brod also served as a segment producer on the 1997 MTV comedy/music series Oddville, MTV and can be seen walking across a street in the video for Billy Joel’s “A Matter of Trust.” He is quoted in The 776 Nastiest Things Ever Said (HarperCollins, 1995), but he’s a lot nicer now. A graduate of NYU, Brod lives in his native Brooklyn with his wife Rachel, daughter Sasha, and their French Bulldogs, Serge Gainsburger and Jane Barkin.
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Andy Gershon
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Carrie Schupper
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July 22nd
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I like the grit in your vocals and your songwriting is very strong. Nice to see that you give as muc...
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30 Lives is a very catch and clever track. The carnivalesque keyboards and handclaps are nice touche...
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This is all very well done, but aside from the compelling guitar solo, it doesn’t sound particularly...
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Now this is SOMETHING. I like the roaring power pop and the great choruses. I sense a real showman’s...
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Nice stuff, guys. Especially “Lessons.” That kind of dirty guitar riff and unhinged vocal always app...
July 21st
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Commercially you can do worse than try to sound like Maroon 5, but this isn't up my alley. It's well...
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Now THIS is cool! I like how “Ratt Disease” conjures up both a ‘50s bobby soxers tune and a Who rave...
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You’ve got perfectly nice vocals, but frankly I think the songs could be stronger. Take some more ch...
November 9th
The OneNeeders says
THE VIPORS RULEWonderfool says
Doug, thank you for the immensely kind words. We sincerely value your opinion. Concerning music, you've either got it or you don't, agreed? However, names can always be changed. We'll assuredly think on it. Thanks again, and hope your world is spinning in bliss.Kind Regards
The Radio Knights says
hi doug, thanks for taking the time and checking out our stuff!push is one of our live favorites, we pride ourselves in having a diverse catalog of originals on hand. we're thrilled to be this far in the competition and are hoping for the best!
to get a better idea of who we are, you can find us on myspace and purevolume. thank you for an honest assessment, and we hope to be hearing from you soon!
☆ LOVE SEX n DEA†H ☆ says
UPON FURTHER REVIEW:After a few communications with marcstedman, I found that although we can't all agree on the system, that he is doing his best (and brilliantly) to keep this as fair as possible. Just like in everyday life, lots of good and fairness has to be sacrificed to keep everything in line and as fair as possible. Not to mention, there's probably a lot of things to consider that we know nothing about, nor would we understand.
His quick responses, especially the one that we got when I posted the possible cheating system, (as it was fixed within hours), has gained MY TRUST in him. Maybe not fully in Music Nation it self (as I am yet to hear from them on any topic), but in the overall system provided by marcstedman himself! He obviously has nothing to fear by responding, and THAT I HAVE TO RESPECT, as well as MARCSTEDMAN himself.
Overall, he has provided a system that allows us to show our art, and a way for us to possibly collaborate with one another, and THAT IS THE REAL SHIT!
I'm am not bowing down to anything, I am just calling it as I can possibly see it best. I think that marcstedman IS ON OUR SIDE!
Love always, LSD
☆ LOVE SEX n DEA†H ☆ says
I THINK THAT EVERYONE WHO IS A MEMBER OF MuiscNation, has EARNED an explaNATION or at least an idea of how your competitions work.There are many of us who fully support M.N and the artists here. I personally have given my all in bringing in traffic and members to support myself as well as this site. But there's a lot LOT of us who don't understand how on the last day, that most of the top 20 artists, were artists that DID NOT have an impact throughout the SPIN HOT PURSUIT comepetition, and were TOTALLY under the radar all of a sudden were the top 20 voted. Also, it is very peculiar how with the exception of about 6 artists, they all resemble the same genre or sound (if you will), as the 4 picked by MN to advance.
I've never gotten a response from MN YET, and I truly don't expect to get an answer. But please know that along with these topics, it makes you look even more GUILTY of being unfair as far as the outcome of this, and some of the other competitions hosted by Music Nation.
This public message to MN, in NO WAY, SHAPE, or FORM is meant to take ANYTHING away from the advancing artists. I TOTALLY find them to be incredible. I am in NO WAY questioning their credibility, but I AM questioning the credibility of HOW THIS COMPETITON is run, and WHOEVER runs it. LIKE I SAID, we have EARNED the right to know, and I would think that you would not want to leave a bad taste in the mouths of your supporters. You KNOW as well as I do, that I AM NOT ALONE in these thoughts and questions, it's just a matter of trying to have faith in what we support, and / or having the balls to question you.
SINcerely, LSD.
WHY says
Doug,It was a great time riding up and down the charts here.
Never thought we'd be in the Top 20 so many times.
But it was the networking and new friends we made.
Thank you.
Brian Cook
WHY
(Your friends from Canada.)
www.myspace.com/whyy
www.reverbnation.com/why
www.whytheband.com
Radio Chemist says
wow thanks Doug that's the nicest thing anyone has ever said about my music! oh wait I lost, and now I'm delusional from watching Hennessy commercials for the last month.Radiolake says
Thanks for the comments Doug. We get the Death Cab connection quite a bit. What parts of the music really stand out to you as DCFC influenced? We're trying to stray away form that, because being in Seattle, everyone likes to jump to that conclusion. Also, this was a pretty old song. Lee is a young songwriter, so he has definately improved in the lyrics department over the last year. We'll have to post one of our newer songs as soon as we get them recorded. Also, could you expand a little on the band name thing? What about it isn't good... the Radiohead connection? Or just not memorable? Just curious. Thanks again... we're honored and a little surprised that we made it this far!Class of Kill'em High says
Thanks Doug! You decribed it exactly as I wanted it to sound like when recording:)Loaded Zero says
Yess, we've got a long way to go...Your feedback is very much appreciated! We're not sure how we ended up in this whole final round. It is quite a surprise!