At The Marriott in Woodland Hills, CA

It was such a treat catching up with my good friend Shawn Cash while he was in town with his family. They were in Los Angeles to visit schools with his oldest daughter, who wants to major in film, and to make their obligatory visit to Disneyland. Shawn and I go way back to my Interscope days when he worked at The Zone in Sacramento. It was Shawn and his company Retail Radio that inspired the creation of What's In-Store Music. We've maintained close contact through the years, speaking to each other multiple times a week. The music business can be a weird place, where it is sometimes difficult to know who your real friends are. There is no question with Shawn in that regard, he is easily one of my best friends out there.