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samurai7 06:20 pm UTC 09/08/08 |
| In reply to: | LET ME EXPLAIN - Wagner 05:38 pm UTC 09/08/08 |
| Wow, you're up early! :-D > Just so you know, Justin, I appreciated all your > friendship and support for many many years, as well as all > of you @ Rockman. Its just very frustrating to know that > "tedious" explanations of behind the scenes activities > almost always results in negative reaction. Id LOVE to see > WPOMBHTM get a gr8 release, but Im holding it for a > hopefully gr8 BOOH musical-related CD, incorporating all > the CLIMAXES and CONCLUSIONS, including BODY, CHILDREN, > RIBBONS OF BLOOD, PARADISE LOST, and a few others, some > really amazing. To be precise, ALL SONGWRITERS are "has > beens" to the "consciously dying" record industry. And > basically ALL ARTISTS too! > Its appalling. I never "ran" DREAM ENGINE, and no deal was > gotten. I wasnt happy with the alternate idea of just > releasing those demos on the web & hoping. Connected to > the show, the 30th anniversary of BOOH: THE CLIMAX or THE > FINAL AT BAT will definitely work, involving new versions > of classic BOOH 1&2 songs, and ALL the brand newest songs, > sung by many amazing artists and accompanied by an > innovative eye opening TV show and a full graphic novel, > among other things.(NO REASON Meat couldnt sing these > too). THIS is how music is sold these days. > Im excited and working hard. Jacqueline herself had > "reservations" about my reading, as she felt it was too > "complex or intellectually challenging or too profound" > (my words not hers) for the "PUNTERS" who just wanna have > a rowdy good time! > I have always wanted more. (Jacqueline has NOT seen the > DVDS and the reading had NO MUSIC! I think & Hope she'll > be thrilled with them.) > Look, I know the impatience frustration and bleak negative > feeling caused by NO NEWS. If I had written about the > births of TANZ or WHISTLE, you'd have been appalled! > > I can tell you that I think Freddie Mercury would have > been appalled at WE WILL ROCK YOU. Its gr8 for what it is, > but I bet he would've wanted more too. > Im trying to create it for me,all time, all audiences, > and most especially, for YOU folks @ Rockman, to be > honest! For you, Justin, because"we" go back a long way, > and you Vin, ALL OF YOU, Scaramouche, who amazed me with > his variations on RIBBONS OF BLOOD. Smeghead & Pudding ( > that sounds like an obscene British dessert). Im working > all the time! And, like laws and sausages, YOU DONT WANT > TO SEE THE PROCESS OF CREATION! > I can write on the board now, so Ill read closely. I DID > stop for awhile, cause you think you were bummed? Well I > was too!! But the reading of DRAFT 1 of BOOH was, for me, > the best thing I ever created, over ALL MY SONGS put > together!! > Thats all I can say. And thanx to Barry Keating for > directing it, Steve Rinkoff for providing the edited songs > for the POST READING video, and Chris Bierlein, who > brilliantly edited it and worked with me to CREATE A VIDEO > THAT FITS FOR EVERY SONG FROM SCRATCH!!!!!! And David > Sonenberg, whose idea the reading was! And Elva Corrie, my > UK producer, who's working TIRELESSLY to raise money & put > this all together!! She committed only this week to doing > MY STORY & MY VISION & MY WORLD! Shes only pondering if > theres a PERFECT writer for me to collaborate with, as > SOME investors might be a bit "scared off". > > That's all I can say. > You cant imagine how much you guys mean to me. > I do it all for me--but beyond that, for YOU.The audience. > As Rink and I always joke, "IT'S ALL FOR THE KIDS". > And as old & infirm we may someday get, > WE'RE STILL THE KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
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