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Smeghead 07:04 pm UTC 11/19/09 |
| In reply to: | Inside Information - steven_stuart 06:04 pm UTC 11/19/09 |
| Sounds like Caveman knows what's going on and proves my theory that your mum is as competent as you to produce this musical. Poor Jim. > I don't know why Mr. Smeg sometimes gives me a hard time > for posting so-called "intimate" or inside information but > yet he is not giving the poster known as caveman a hard > time over at Dave's brilliant new website. > > I put this in the same "posters being unfair" category > that includes Pudding driving Ryan (possibly the most > interesting poster in Rockman history) off the board and > Pudding constantly having a go at Conas (please refer to > the arguement during the "Karen Carpenter" thread lower > down the page when Conas writes: "You are really hard on > me, and every message you post is a run down. You aren't > good at giving someone confidence that's for sure. No > wonder Ryan left and never came back."). > > "Caveman" is posting a lot of inside information. I wonder > who "caveman" is. He must be a member of Jim's Inside > Court. Its certainly not Susan, Wordnix, or any of the > other famous nutters from Rockman. > > Caveman writes: "The production side is all a bit shabby > from what I understand. Elva is still involved (I believe) > and well-intentioned, but there is no major company (Sony > declined). The other 'producers' are a group of elderly > insurance people and a couple of old small-fry management > types. Plus an ex-EMI chap whose name I can't remember. > Some serious people I know looked at the project but the > advice they received included the words 'barge pole', > 'touch' and 'don't'." > > In another post he writes: "Jim is NOT financing it > himself. As far as I understand, financing isn't even in > place." > > Pudding wrote: "I think Jim or whoever, would need to have > pretty huge balls to put out an ad in the Evening Standard > without finaninc being fully in place." > > Caveman replied: "Not unless retaining the Rights to the > musical was conditional upon a substantial advertisement > appearing in a major London newspaper by a certain date, > along with the setting up of a dedicated website. As Jerry > Maguire used to say .. 'Show me the money!" > > He then posted: "Of course Jim doesn't 'own' the Rights to > his own musical. He sold them to the company headed by > Elva and Frances. They now own the Rights, which have been > extended several times already. Often, there are default > mechanisms inserted into Rights agreements that revert > them back to their original owner if certain criteria have > not been met by agreed dates. For example, if you were > selling the Rights, you might insist that, unless a > double-page announcement ad and website does not appear by > such and such a date, the purchasers are in default and > the Rights revert back to you. > > However, from what I gather, the actual concept and > content of the ad itself was Jim's own. Which is probably > why he chose music for a career rather than advertising." > > About Frances caveman wrote: "she's actually a very sweet > lady who thinks the music is a bit loud and refers to the > show as 'the play'." > > This comment more than any other made me think that > caveman is an insider. > > Wordnix replied (poor Frances): "In a strange way, I kind > of enjoy the thought of Jim sitting at the piano or > something bashing out his classics, and this little old > lady counting out her share of the investment saying, > "Mind the noise, dearie, I'm counting cash for the > play!"" > > Caveman then posted: "That sounds like Elva alright. She > lived in Canada for some years where she worked in > television news before moving into Ice Shows and Arena > tours. She worked with John Curry and was quite innovative > in her day. I think the idea for buying the Rights for Bat > came when she was searching for a soundtrack to use as > part of a motorbike arena show. She also worked with a guy > called Steve Leber, who was part of the 'Beatlemania' team > in New York. For a while, he and his son Jordan were > involved with part of the London team for Bat, but things > fizzled out. Who knows, he might be back in the frame..? > Elva also owns the Rights to a stage adaptation to the > Richard Bach book Jonathan Livingstone Segal. Does this > help?" > > All the Rockman readers (as well as many others) are > reading these posts. Its unfair that my mother (Elva)and > JD want me to remain silent and this chap can write what > he wants to. > > Some of caveman's comments are absolutely true. He is > being a bit unfair about poor old Frances because she is > an investor and not really a producer. My mother is the > only one who deals with Jim on a daily basis. The others > are very nice people who have invested hard earned money > and who are genuine fans of Jim. Although he is not > technically wrong with what he says about Frances. > > There is a financial producer (who disagrees with what > caveman has said about the finance not being in place) but > he deals with business and bookings and leaves the > creative side to my mother and Jim and people like the > director and the lighting designer. > > Caveman's comments about the finances not being in place > is the only subject he got wrong. This is possibly because > the financial producer is new on the scene and he has not > yet been introduced to the "inside court" that caveman > obviously belongs to. > > This is about to change, so watch out for caveman talking > about him on Dave's website in the near future. > > > > > Hope you and Jim are having a productive week. > > > > | |
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