John Lennon, my perspiration

June 13, 2006

and soon will be on a pepsi commercial er something

peter VV Jun 12, 2006 10:59 AM Re: Re: John Lennon, my Inspiration

" and what makes most money is people who will do whatever the record companies tell them to do - not people who are politically active, and write protest songs.... "

Well Anti Flag just signed with a major label................yahhh!

The Valley Vegan.................Peter Kebbell <metalscarab wrote:

Hi Anouk

>you must think about how this sounds,

>when you say to someone,

>"I was writting that stuff at 12 and my friends can write

>better songs than Imagine."

>if, they were, then they better Run, not walk...

>to the nearest record executive, with their demos.

I'm afraid that the music industry never works on the quality of music - it works on how marketable the band / individual are. To the extent where the majority of songs which get into the charts aren't even written by the performers. Imagine would probably never have been heard by anyone except John's closest friends if he hadn't already been one of the most popular performers in the Western world - that occurred because he and the Beatles found themselves an excellent manager in their early days, who shaped the band into a marketable commodity.

Personally, I have no desire to become famous, and most of the people who write the songs I know do it as an act of service for their communities - they do not wish to make money from their songs, but wish to share them, and do so by making them "copy-left".

>they are sitting on a million dollars>and we need more songs like Imagine.

Then just go along to peace activist gatherings, and listen out :-)

>by the way, if this guy Tony Clarskin was writing

>beatles albums in his lunch hour..

>how come I've never heard of him?

Because the Beatles had a far better manager than Magnum. There are many bands you've probably never heard of, doesn't mean that they aren't any good - it just means that they don't get played on the radio... When I worked in a recording studio I used to record a guy called "Paco".... every time he released a new album, he'd sell over quarter of a million in the first weekend of release, but because he did it all himself, and wasn't connected to a major record label, he's never been played on the radio, and you've almost certainly never heard of him. A few years back, the new Dream Theater album sold out in the entirity of the UK within 4 hours of release, while the number one album of the week still had hundreds of copies sat in the shelves - yet DT never even got into the top 200... and you've probably never heard of them either.

Sadly, the music industry doesn't work on what people want to hear, it works on who the music industry can make the most money from, and then these tracks flood the radio stations so that they are all most people get to hear... and what makes most money is people who will do whatever the record companies tell them to do - not people who are politically active, and write protest songs....

BB

Peter

, "Peter Kebbell" <metalscarabwrote:>> Hi Colin>> > jealous guy could'n't have been written by an average song writer only by> a musical genius> > with fantastic depth.>> Most of Lennon's material is three chord songs. I was writing thatsort of> stuff when I was 12. As someone once said, Tony Clarkin could have knocked> out a whole Beatles album in his lunch hour...>> BB> Peter>

June 13, 2006

Yeah, I can just see it now, how about die for a pepsi? i never havei never willpledge allegience to coke (the flag)you pledge your life you end up deadyour gonna die gonna die gonna die for your cola drink (government), die for your pepsi (country) thats it (shit). Catchy eh? The Valley Vegan..............fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: and soon will be on a pepsi commercial er something peter VV Jun 12, 2006 10:59 AM

Re: Re: John Lennon, my Inspiration " and what makes most money is people who will do whatever the record companies tell them to do - not people who are politically active, and write protest songs.... " Well Anti Flag just signed with a major label................yahhh! The Valley Vegan.................Peter Kebbell <metalscarab wrote: Hi Anouk >you must think about how this sounds, >when you say to someone, >"I was writting that stuff at 12 and my friends can write >better songs than Imagine." >if, they were, then they better Run, not walk... >to the nearest record

executive, with their demos. I'm afraid that the music industry never works on the quality of music - it works on how marketable the band / individual are. To the extent where the majority of songs which get into the charts aren't even written by the performers. Imagine would probably never have been heard by anyone except John's closest friends if he hadn't already been one of the most popular performers in the Western world - that occurred because he and the Beatles found themselves an excellent manager in their early days, who shaped the band into a marketable commodity. Personally, I have no desire to become famous, and most of the people who write the songs I know do it as an act of service for their communities - they do not wish to make money from their songs, but wish to share them, and do so by making them "copy-left". >they are sitting on a million

dollars>and we need more songs like Imagine. Then just go along to peace activist gatherings, and listen out :-) >by the way, if this guy Tony Clarskin was writing >beatles albums in his lunch hour.. >how come I've never heard of him? Because the Beatles had a far better manager than Magnum. There are many bands you've probably never heard of, doesn't mean that they aren't any good - it just means that they don't get played on the radio... When I worked in a recording studio I used to record a guy called "Paco".... every time he released a new album, he'd sell over quarter of a million in the first weekend of release, but because he did it all himself, and wasn't connected to a major record label, he's never been played on the radio, and you've almost certainly never heard of him. A few years back, the new Dream Theater album sold out in the

entirity of the UK within 4 hours of release, while the number one album of the week still had hundreds of copies sat in the shelves - yet DT never even got into the top 200... and you've probably never heard of them either. Sadly, the music industry doesn't work on what people want to hear, it works on who the music industry can make the most money from, and then these tracks flood the radio stations so that they are all most people get to hear... and what makes most money is people who will do whatever the record companies tell them to do - not people who are politically active, and write protest songs.... BB Peter , "Peter Kebbell" <metalscarabwrote:>> Hi Colin>> > jealous guy could'n't have been written by an average song writer only

by> a musical genius> > with fantastic depth.>> Most of Lennon's material is three chord songs. I was writing thatsort of> stuff when I was 12. As someone once said, Tony Clarkin could have knocked> out a whole Beatles album in his lunch hour...>> BB> Peter>

June 13, 2006

I've watched the newsfor many daysthis happens every weekthis happens in your towndont keep a coke in your house!dont keep a coke in your house!

oh noooooooooooo

peter VV Jun 13, 2006 12:48 PM Re: Re: John Lennon, my perspiration

Yeah, I can just see it now, how about die for a pepsi?

i never havei never willpledge allegience to coke (the flag)you pledge your life you end up deadyour gonna die gonna die gonna die for your cola drink (government), die for your pepsi (country) thats it (shit).

Catchy eh?

The Valley Vegan..............fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote:

and soon will be on a pepsi commercial er something

Defending this corruption on which you are sat

You tell me what to think, you tell me this and that

`Freedom is O.K. you scum` but make sure it`s never used

In your defence of liberty I always stand accused