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5/3/2016 6:15:46 PM
some people and things will never get their due
Take this site for instance. All these features painstakingly conceived, some rarely used like IMPeccable Radio. The DMD for instance is a beauty to behold. IMP basically languishes in the darkness while another site that seems like it's made for simpletons, has obvious fake stats is used by millions more.
I have an artist friend, he's prolific, every song is original and different, he's basically ignored unless he toots his own horn. It pretty much seems like it doesn't even matter how good he is, he'll always be invisible to those that bring success.
Praise and acceptance is blowin' in the wind. Some people get more than they know what to do with just for having a knack for bein' around when people are in a good mood. Others try real hard and reach the utmost of their abilities and can't make you notice them if their lives depended on it.
Charlatans thrive on every corner of the web. Their words are treated like gold, their dismissals relegate quality people to the scrap heap. Few are independent enough to even have the freedom to decide what's right and wrong. The guys putting in the time get no credit, and Johnny come lately gets carried off the field to a victory parade.
It's really worse than all that, I understate the problem.
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SILVERWOODSTUDIO
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5/4/2016 4:44:47 PM
Yes Fly---that is the truth, and it makes a mockery of music---which is conceived in peeps hearts and minds with maybe a story, or a message, a means of communication that is vibrant and/or original, and sometimes a treasure trove of sounds, melodies and rhythms and lyrics which one can hear and contemplate.
Na, its just a fashion product-------- stereotyped, sounds like last weeks mainstream hit song------- same same same same old slop
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Stoneman
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5/4/2016 6:26:35 PM
All very true shit! I woke up last week in a hospital room and noticed that part of my brain had been operated on. In truth, they saved my life but I can't help but wonder what comes next. Will I still be able to do music or will I have to relearn a large part of my skills? I have worked and studied for so many years to get to this point of my life. Yet, in one day they cut so much of my brain away that I am relearning how to walk again in a safe way. Things that use to be so simple now seem so complicated. Will I ever regain my former stature of knowledge and wit? Will my hands ever glide over a keyboard and make it squeal like a guitar again? It took me a lifetime to perfect that technique. But my condition has improved tremendously since the surgery last week. I am thankful for that as I know that things could have wound up much worse than they are. The big thing is that I am alive and I still know who I am. Brain surgery can be tricky with both of those vital things. I haven't tried to work on any music yet but it is on my list of things to do this week. I always tell my students that life is not fair and ho should never expect fairness from the music industry. I tell them that to prepare them for the judgmentally unfair hordes of music industry decision makers they will com in contact with through out their music carers. Those of us who have withstood the test of time know that those folks can be so unfair in their talent assessments. It is sort of like going to a potluck. What you wind up with may be extremely different than what you expected.
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Hop On Pop
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5/5/2016 5:41:40 AM
Great to see you, Stoneman!
As somebody already pointed out... you have enough of you about you to be able to write eloquently about your experience, so that is a very positive sign.
At any rate, I understand your concerns. I had brain surgery, myself, more than 10 years ago. It's weird to think that somebody was digging around in the part of you that, essentially makes you... you.
If you ever need to talk about, you know, brain stuff, feel free to reach out. I'm here and don't mind talking about my own experience. Especially with a fellow brain surgery survivor.
Very happy to see you around.
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Stoneman
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5/5/2016 10:23:25 AM
Thanks Todd,
I may have to take you up on the brain surgery talk a tim or two. Right now I am dealing with double vision issues which makes everyone and everything look wierd. But sometimes I see things nromal to. That helps go keep me confident that I am progressing in the right direction. Many would say that my brain ahas never been very normal anywy. I took too many punches and blows to the head in my youth. It made me sstring but it also made me a bit abnormal in my approach to life. Oh man, the crap we do in our youth always comes back to haunt us. My advise? Live hard and love hard because both can be taken away at any moment.
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5/5/2016 10:51:23 AM
That statement reminds me of me.
We just did a BEATLESEX record "Indie Music People" and That Was Well Received.
Then I did an American Lesley Jane record. One of my 'chick' ones.
Look, Folks, I was mentored by Lesley Gore, it's a legitimate side to me.
Anyway, no one seems to be pouncing on that, so I begin to feel unloved. Boohoo.
So there's that one and I'll shut up about it for now.
"I Can Change My Mind" by American Lesley Jane
I thought it came out really good, is it just nobody loves the bearded guy
when he turns into the bearded lady? Would it help if I shaved all this off?
It's a really really awesome record, please give it a chance, Folks.
Now enough about me....
IMP's Own Diva Prima Donna over here.... (well, sometimes anyway,
other times I'm Elvis Lesley, the ALJ record before "Blue Skies and Honey Tides"
was like that)
STONEMAN!!
Praise God.
I've been praying for you.
Yeah live hard love hard,
at the same time,
take it from me, listen to your body,
work with it.....
I can't move around like I used to,
so I move around like I can.
I do it too, still think I'm Superman.
Well maybe in the studio we still are that.
Let's make more records while we still can.
Recently the vocal channel of my mixing board died,
I had one channel spare that could also handle vocals,
so I'm not dead----yet.
But it was close.
Makes one appreciate every moment.
And for me, with my years of being loved by a good woman, by any woman,
by anybody ever again.... making records is all I have left.
So everything I am goes into making records.
And at least, they really do sound good now.
I can't believe this ALJ one I just did hasn't earned me a parade.
And the Themesong I made for IMP,
really should have had Indie Music People on the Evening News.
Evening News, you suck.
Biased bought and paid for journalism.
Pooey on Yooey.
I'm American Lesley Jane and I approved this message.
God Bless You Stoneman. Stay with us. Make more great records.
Maybe all of us will not get the acclaim we work so hard for and deserve.
We should keep doing what we do anyway.
It should matter more to the world, because we're the best the world has,
and it's just too stupid to know it.
But we know it, and we must keep doing it.
If only for ourselves and to hell with the world anyway.
The world itself may be out of time.
One day with no prior warning, it all could disappear.
Then we all find ourselves in God's World.
And then, WATCH.
Everybody from Indie Music People gonna be Serious VIPs.
Oh I'll betcha.
God Knows IMP's The Best.
And Everybody Here.
That's why some signed acts Make a Point to upload here.
Because they're not all Stupid.
Indie Music People.com
HEY IDIOTS. World's Best Music. HERE.
Mainstream blows turtle toes wearing panty hose.
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