Don’t Believe the Hype

A promotion man’s MO

William Mersey
Our Musical Journey
3 min readMay 2, 2024

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It’s been 40 years since I was actively involved in the music business. And at this point, I know exactly one person who makes his living in what can be a very unforgiving line of work. He is not a creator of music. He’s a promotion man.

Promotion men are all about hype. They push, they exaggerate, and they’ll even make shit up to get the product and artists…

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William Mersey
Our Musical Journey

Daily Beast, NY Daily News, Daily Mail, Independent contributor. Old/jaded cynic. Can't code/don't want to know how. Hate artificial stupidity. Call don't text.