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Howard Hertz's love of

music fueled his profession

and his involvement

with the Motor City

Music Foundation's

Detroit Music Awards.

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DON COHEN
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Special to the Jewish News

oward Hertz walks across his
office toward the stereo.
"Let me have you listen to
something," he says, reaching
for a compact disc.
His smile is like a kid's in a candy store.
And why not?
Hertz is Detroit's most prominent music
industry attorney and he's talking about his
work and his role as president of the Motor
City Music Foundation that, together with
the Detroit Metro Times, is presenting the
12th Annual Detroit Music Awards next
Friday, April 19, at the State Theatre.
"Check this out," he says, as he puts on a

disc from the Aluminum Brothers. "They're
in Chicago now, but they're from Detroit,"
he remarks, as he connects with their groove.
"Jill Jack is very popular — great voice,"
he says, as he shuffles CDs and explains
that she has won more Detroit Music
Awards than any other artist. "Not every-
one is happy about that," he confides.
Hertz got hooked on music well before
he got hooked on law.
"I used to listen to music on our family's
crystal radio," he recalls, referring to a tech-
nology that required no power source to
receive a signal.
"I used to think that I got hooked when
I heard Elvis sing "Hound Dog," when I

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