Dan Patterson

From time to time I like to revisit Diamond's Laws to Live By. 

Dave Diamond - KFI Dave Diamond was a rock n roll radio DJ in LA and San Francisco from the mid-50's through the mid-70s. He later retired to teach broadcasting. 

Diamond was one of the first 'Boss Jocks' and along with the legendary Bill Drake helped invent modern radio. Diamond was on the first Beatles tour, booked the fist gigs the Doors ever played in LA, wrote songs with Janis Jopin, and helped to define the sound of rock radio. 

While today we tend to scoff at radio as an antiquated medium, in the mid-50s radio was revolutionary. And by the mid-60s FM rock radio was the dominate pop-culture platform. 

Diamond was my professor for many years, and remains my most trusted mentor. He would frequently pass out 'Diamond's Laws to Live By' to his students. Some times we would spend entire classes discussing these deceptively simple ideas. 

These 'Laws' may seem overt and obvious. But upon reflection the power of Diamond's Laws comes from their mantra-like elegance and simplicity. 

Hope you can find some value in Diamond's Laws to Live By. 

- DHP

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