Axl Rose is the greatest singer...EVER!!!

[W2NAP]

Q95 saved his fucking life....

[N7YA]

In the music and auto accident world...the best friend you can have is an entertainment attorney that has a solid track record...and that YOU retain. Its important that you have that particular type of lawyer. The same goes for an Entertainment tax preparer, they know exactly what you can write off.

Archie, i hope you still have that "contract", thats the kind of shit you frame and hang in the office. I believe i still have mine around here, it was a doozy too! Fortunately for me, i live in a place where entertainment lawyers grow on trees...trees shipped in from Arizona and planted in pretty little rows.

[n2ize]

Ok I feel the need to chime in here as well. It is said that Captain Beefhart could sing the entire range of the piano. I believe he was listed in the Guinness Book as having the largest singing range.

GnR? The band was good for a brief period, maybe even great. They quickly made the worst mistake a musician can make. They started to believe the hype and bullsh*t the marketing team were spreading about them. Appetite for Destruction was a pretty good album and IMHO their only consistently good album. Everything quickly slid down hill from there. There are a few good moments but they become further and further apart. The business of Rock and Roll records is one that feeds on it's own and encourages self destructive excess and self indulgence. The Record Labels are largely staffed by vultures who make their living by picking the last little bits they can off the remains of the artists. You know that old story about give them enough rope and they will hang themselves. The record companies are largely in the business of profiting from providing the rope. There are exceptions but, they are few and far between. They are mostly small labels and If they succeed they are usually quickly purchased by the majors. As far as distributing physical product, the small labels usually do so through the big boys so, the big boys are keenly aware of who's selling how much of what.

The mark of a fine singer isn't always who has the better range or who can do the most tricks. In fact It's often the case the singers with the most skill are so consumed with perfecting technique that they often loose sight of what they are there for. This is not unlike guitar players who once they learn to play fast and do a bunch of fretboard tricks use those tricks all the time to the detriment of the song.The finest singer is the one who serves the song and who knows how to add musically to it. Take for example Billy Holiday. She almost didn't have a range. She could sing less than 2 octaves but, what she could do with those two octaves to further the song was heartfelt, moving, and amazing. Another great example is the performance Annie Lenox gives when she sings "Every Time We Say Goodbye" on the album Red Hot and Blue. It's understated, controlled, and perfect for the song. It's simple but, just right. Her change in tone as the narrative of the song shifts is the perfect choice for the song and so very effective. This simple thing shows more artistry to me than anything I've ever heard Mariah Carey sing.

Serve the song you play or perish! As the performer, you are there to serve the song. The song is not there to serve you. If you treat it as a vehicle to show off what you can do, you have missed the point. To me the highest artistry of performance is when a performer can find something in a song that others have missed. Why cover a song If all you do is imitate what someone else has already done. To paraphrase JFK, Ask not what the song can do you you, ask what you can do for the song.

Once again rambling on. I'll stop here and head back down to the studio. I have to figure out whats going on with the Concert Reverb and the demos aren't going to write and record themselves.......

Archie N8OBM

^^^^ This !! ^^^^ +10000000

[N8OBM]

I has come to my attention that a whole lot of folks haven't heard the Annie Lenox version of "Everytime we sat goodbye" so here it is.
Enjoy! A great song by a great singer.

Archie N8OBM

[N8OBM]

Here is a little Billy Holiday


Just striking. Her voice has so much expression.

Archie N8OBM