My Life in Music. Seymour Stein is Americas greatest record man. Not only has he signed and nurtured more important artists than anyone alive, over sixty years in the game, but hes still the hippest label head, travelling the globe in search of the next big thing. Since the late fifties, Steins been wherever its happening Billboard, Tin Pan Alley, The British Invasion, CBGB, Studio 54, Danceteria, the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, the CD crash. Along that winding path, Stein discovered and broke out a skyline full of stars Madonna, The Ramones, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, Madonna, The Smiths, The Cure, Ice-T, Lou Reed, Seal, and many others.