Sigman tease

WHEN IN DOUBT, LEAVE IT OUT: That was the mantra of Michael Sigman’s first editor at Record World before he was given the job at the tender age of 23. This maxim (which is as usefully relevant as it was 40 years ago) became Michael’s first rule of survival at a music trade rag, but not until learning it the hard way. You’ll find this and other cautionary tales, as well as a use of the colorful term nooshies, in “Life at the Trades,” the latest installment of Sigman’s upcoming tome, Field Notes From a Music Biz Life. (10/22a)