Ever felt you missed out on an opportunity? When working as a talent scout for a record company in the U.K., I once stumbled upon U2 in the band's infancy. Somehow negotiations never got started and they were soon snapped up elsewhere. After that, in U2's words, I never did find what I was looking for.
After getting out of the rat race of the pop and rock business, one of my first jobs in Tokyo was representing a small British world music label called World Circuit. That is, until they released the (now 3 million selling) Buena Vista Social Club album and Warner Japan took over their catalog.
Unless you were incredibly quick off the mark, you too will have missed the opportunity to see some of the stars of the Buena Vista Social Club, Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo and Ruben Gonzalez when they tour Japan from the end of August. According to the promoter, tickets sold out in two minutes!