To be inspired.

www.themusicalrevolution.com (currently innactive)
themusicalrevolution@yahoo.ca

Mar./2004.
Edition (f).

IN THIS ISSUE:

1. CORPORATE CASH COW: COVER MATERIAL FOR THE MASSES.
2. i220: PRODUCER EXTRORDINAIRE - YEAH RIGHT!
3. THEMUSICALREVOLUTION.COM: ALMOST THERE, HONEST.

www.themusicalrevolution.com (currently innactive)
themusicalrevolution@yahoo.ca

Mar./2004.
Edition (f).

D)
languages do not break
barriers because actions
are too loosely formulated

E)
i have no motivation
for any except robots
reading scripts of ancients

Copyright: Zoë Zagg, 2004.

PROMO:

EVERY THUR: The Poacher's Arms - London, ON - The Fairmonts.*
http://thefairmonts.com

MARCH 6TH: Circus Room - Kitchener, ON - Elephant Band, Humshuttle and Rated R.** http://elephantband.com http://barcoderecords.com

MARCH 6TH & 7TH: Betty Oliphant Theatre - Toronto, ON - Gunsaleen Dance Co. Saturday@ 8.00pm & March 7th 2004 Sunday @ 2.00pm matinee BETTY OLIPHANT THEATRE, 404 JARVIS STREET (between Carlton and Wellesley on Jarvis) http://www.danceworks.ca/cw18.html

MARCH 13TH: Townehouse - Sudbury, ON - Rated R.

MARCH 14TH: Townehouse - Sudbury, ON - Elephant Band, semi-acoustic.

MARCH 19TH: The Reverb - Toronto, ON - MINQUE, the Emergenza B.O.T.B.

MARCH 26TH - The Poacher's Arms - London, ON - The Fairmonts.

MARCH26TH & 27TH: Wylder's - North Bay, ON - Elephant Band.

*The Fairmonts are and accoustic duo consisting of my boys Justin and Scotty, Guit/Vox and Djembe/Perc. respectively.

** Rated R is a new QOTSA cover band. The band is made up of veterans Marse Beckman (Comma, Salic Law, etc...), James Leacock (Zuul's Evil Disco and The Janice Effect) and Eric Soini (Elephant Band).

Sites:

http://www.ineedmorecowbell.com
A fun site that my boy Scotty set up. It consists mostly of a WEBLOG. Since he has allowed me posting priviladges, I have now started to post the newsletter up there monthly!

http://www-acad.sheridanc.on.ca/~lewchris
A fellow musician delves SERIOUSLY into the fine arts!

http://www.indecember.com/
My boy Kyle from work's band. They just released a C.D., Czech it!

http://www.indiejukebox.com
My girl Tammy sent me this link (Big Ups). Check it out. This is what the site's proprietor has to say: "If you're an unsigned singer/songwriter or band and you currently have a CD available then my site might be just the thing you need to start making back some of that money you spent on studio and manufacturing costs."

IN THIS ISSUE:

1. CORPORATE CASH COW: COVER MATERIAL FOR THE MASSES.
2. i220: PRODUCER EXTRORDINAIRE - YEAH RIGHT!
3. THEMUSICALREVOLUTION.COM: ALMOST THERE, HONEST.

EDITORIAL:

1996. I find myself on the losing end of a one night stand went wrong. Go for a jog (which takes a pathetic detour by her house... yech!). Over the duration of the jog, I write an entire song. It's one of the saddest bastardest songs I've ever written (and that's saying alot) but a song none the less. That afternoon, I record the song, start to finish; drums, bass, guitar and lousy vocals to boot! Two years later I take an afternoon, do a rewrite and turn the song into "Teleprompted Freak Show" the lead off single on "Mean Old Son of a Bitch", 1999, Strange Bargain. To this day, I can't explain it. The song just popped in my head; lyrics, melody, parts, everything! I like to think that it was inspiration. I also like to think that if Scooby Doo and Spiderman ever had a showdown that Scooby would win by getting Spiderman to succumb to the deliciousness of "Scooby Snax" and the body buzz would render him incapacitated, but, I digress. My point is: Inspiration good, Music industry - get some.

I want to entitle this edition of my laborious, I mean notorious newsletter (Freudian Slip) The "Promote the shit out of everything I can" Newsletter. I'm featuring 3 of my own projects and you will notice the extensive PROMO section - I hope that this will become a regular thang as I'm all about the love and for those of you who know me, the chest hair... again with the digressions!

BTW. Cheers to Zoë! Again, I fearture 2 of her micro inspirations (beginning of this newsletter) and again I am more than honoured. (Psst... that means that I have a woody... J.K.).

INSPIRATIONS:

1. CORPORATE CASH COW: COVER MATERIAL FOR THE MASSES.

A few people have been asking me what I'be been up to this last year. Besides working alot and saving my pennies (hopefully for a house), I've been quite busy learning songs; vocals/accoustic guitar. In particular, I've been trying to compile two sets of thirty songs for a solo accoustic show I'm entitling, "Corporate Cash Cow..." The first set of thirty revolves around the theme of classic story songs of the popular variety. The second set of tunes is a bunch of early 90'sish music that I'm dubbing, "the last stand of Rock 'n Roll." So far I have 45 down (30 set one/15 set two). Here's the set list in progress:

Signs - 5 Man Electrical Band
Shooting Star - Bad Co.
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
Hazy Shade of Winter - Simon and Garfunkle
Walkin' the Dog - Willie Dixon
Stuck in the Middle - Steeler's Wheel
Wasn't that a Party - The Rovers
Lyin' Eyes - The Eagles
Casey Jones - The Grateful Dead
People are Strange - The Doors
Aqualung - Jethro Tull
Redemption Song - Bob Marley
The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
Mother's Little Helper - The Rolling Stones
Lola - The Kinks
Secret Agent Man - Johnny Rivers
Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
Lido Shuffle - Boz Skaggs
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
For What it's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
The Weight - The Band
Rockin' in the Free World - Niel Young
Blackbird - The Beatles
Rocky Racoon - The Beatles
Let Your Love Flow - The Bellamy Brothers
Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac
Turn The Page - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
Jet Airliner - The Steve Miller Band
Only the Good Die Young - Billy Joel
Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
Them Bones - Alice in Chains
Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots
Banditos - The Refreshments
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
Enid - The Barenaked Ladies
I Wanna be Sedated - The Ramones
At A Medium Pace - Adam Sandler
Say it Ain't So - Weezer
500 Miles - The Proclaimers
What's the Frequency Kenneth - R.E.M.
Santeria - Sublime
Run and Hide - The Watchmen
Push - Matchbox 20
Drive - Incubus
Another Lonely Day - Ben Harper
Salesmen, Cheats and Liars - The Lowest of the Low

I've compiled a demo/package and look to start playing soon. My priority will be pub gigs and when I think the show is competent, I'm sure dates will start to appear in the PROMO section of the newsletter. Competent is the magic word here!

2. i220: PRODUCER EXTRORDINAIRE - YEAH RIGHT!

i220? The name is another one of my "so called" inspirations. The source of this inspiration isn't as mysterious as the origin of "Freak Show". When I was in university, I read Evgeny Zamyatin's "We". Half a dozen years later I came up with this "musicalrevolution" idea and the name, "i220". I traced the idea back to the book, reread it and have decided to run with the idea. Any "original" music and music creation projects that I'm involved in I intend to use the pseudonym "i220". Right now I'm working with some new recording gear. I have finished a mix of the song, "Lady Star" for Minque (my boy Luc's project) and intend to continue working on it, learning as I progress. I have also begun work on a song "Measures" for the hip hop artist "feat." (lyrics featured in the Feb. newsletter). I intend to feature finished versions of the songs on my website when completed (with the artists permission of course).

3. THEMUSICALREVOLUTION.COM: ALMOST THERE, HONEST.

The bulk of this last month has been spent compiling ideas and material for my website. My hopes are that it will be up within the next few months. I intend to launch to little fanfare. The site will be quite functional to begin with but I am looking for it to be a long standing project developing consistently as needs arise. Again, I am looking to appeal to those who are interested. This site will be for and represent music ENthUsiaSts. Meaning, if you just don't care, don't let the door hit your... I, personally, can hardly wait! Inspiration? Philosophy?:

Transaction

Night Gasps.
Faint last breaths echo across the hillside.
Mist.
Hovers like an expectant Father.
Waiting to embrace the landscape.
Defiant it stands.
A barn, nestled deep in the valley's throat.
Laughter bursting from its four walls.
They're all here.
The atmosphere thick.
Burning pipe, maybe two?
No one can tell.
Liquid sloshing.
Bread breaking.
A fire licks the air, playful but tentative.
Music pounds after racing hearts.
The last chord unleashes potential,
Kinetic, explosion, applause…
Overcome, she cries.
Asks a favour.
Makes a promise.
How it was done. How it will be done.
He plays on: for love.
Knocking.
"my barn is Your barn."
Welcome.

Copyright: i220, 2004.

If you have any ideas for the website, CCC, i220, or even this newsletter please don't hesitate to pass them on. Beware though, my technical expertise IS my Achilles heel.

If you have anything to promote - send it. I spend a lot of time bugging cats. That's cool, but, ultimately nobody cares as much about your stuff as you do - if you want to be represented right - you gotta do it!

Again, thanx for the interest! Pass it on.

Big Love,
i220

www.themusicalrevolution.com (currently innactive)
themusicalrevolution@yahoo.ca

Posted by Mattay at March 01, 2004 02:34 AM