Musea's New Years Day Message - part 1
TomHendricks474
2003 was an important year in my work as a musician, painter, writer, etc.; and
maybe a noteworthy year in the history of art. 2003 was the year I spotlighted
30 years of my art work in a number of special issues of Musea, my monthly
zine. Now that it’s about done (2 issues to go in 2004) and all my work is
either presented through these special issues OR has already appeared in the
earlier 120 issues of Musea - I can say this:
I think no one in art has done more art in more varied areas with higher
quality than I have.
Had I said that bold statement before 2003, some readers may well have said,
“Talk, talk, talk”. But now I have the evidence in print (and on the
website) - it’s “There, there there.” And all this culminating from my
year long publishing event. Now that’s conceptual art! Finally, I can say
with relief, most of my art work and art ideas - a lifetimes worth - are out
there - there where everyone can see them.
Certainly I am the first to say that in each individual art form there are
rtists t
xat surpass me - there have been better composer or musicians orsingers, there
have been better painters, there have been better novelists or poets, or
playwrights, or essayists etc. But there has not been any single artist in
history that has done all the above, plus film scripts, architectural design,
clothes design, and all the rest listed below. In all these fields I’ve done
as much as my time and resources has allowed me to do.
So now - now that 2003 is over and 2004 is about to begin, I would like to list
my reasons why I feel this is an important culminating year in art, and such a
noteworthy year in art for me. Then you investigate and deterimine for
yourself. It’s all there for all to see.
The numbers are the issue of Musea that relates to the listed art work. All
issues from 69 on are on the Musea website.
Music: 1,230 songs/compositions - (#121). 10 illustrated short stories /rock
operas (#112) Cast recording: “John and Martha” with Karen Bella. 27 MP3
(website). Inwood Theater Box Office live weekly concerts. (Worlds first and
only box office concerts) . Records: “A Hit Song”, “Stars Moon and
Sun”12 By 12 Records ( 59 songs on 6 albums - assorted artists) .The Landmark
CD (assorted artists ‘03), “Hunkasaurus & His Pet Dog Guitar”(4-song
cassette) “Your Loving Way”(song recorded by TheAmerican Blues ‘67) plus
many other recordings.
Art: 2100 Art Works: portrains, landscapes, still lifes, abstracts +
illustrations and cartoons (assorted issues and website). Thousands of one of a
kind ‘glossy’ envelopes and hundreds of collages. Muse Murals (#98) End of
Modern Art conceptual Art Event that marked the end of Modern Art - on 1/8/02
(#108)
Writing: 5100 poems: “Day” (#117) “Bestiary”(#120), hundreds of
“Quatros (the 4-word poem) - assorted Musea issues. 40+ short stories (Dec.
Issues). 5 Plays “Daedalus”(#108) “Manikin & Minikin (#107). 2 Novels:
“Portraits” (book), “Cendrillon - the True Story of Cinderella”
(#110-111); plus 3 novels in progress: “?”, “Writings in Science”, and
“3”. Essays “Requiem for Mom and Pop Stores” (#65) “Canvassing the
Issue - Mass market painting reproduction” (#66), “Shockism, 80’s Lit
Movement” (#11). Sayings - hundreds of bits of philosophy (#108, #59).
Reviews (see later)
(see part two)
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gtrgrrrl
Have you ever heard of QUALITY vs. QUANTITY?
You honor YOURSELF in YOUR OWN magazine. Geez, Tom.... Can't you hear how
bad your music sounds? YOU DON'T HAVE A REAL GIG, DUDE! No one comes to
hear you sing when they come to buy a movie ticket. Then, THEN, you had
the audacity, lousy a singer as you are, to submit singing advice! Balls
the size of Texas and talent the size of a pea. I respond here lest anyone
make the mistake in reading your dribble think that you are in any way a
credible musician. You're pathetic. Get a life. Take some lessons and
learn how badly you suck, practice and MAYBE you'll improve. And most
importantly... GO AWAY. I'd rather read nothing in this NG than your
self-agrandizing crap.
alma
"TomHendricks474" <tomhend...@cs.com> wrote in message
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Don't even try.
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gtrgrrrl
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> can I get an ANY HOO !
>
gtrgrrrl
Look... don't mess with the woman who's on 2 inhalers, massive respiratory
antibiotics and cough medicine, insulin, and other pills....
I'll come straight thru your little computer screen and strangle the living
shit out of you.
gbfmif
basically unknown, artists air play, and also have agreed generally that today,
commercial radio does not allow this to happen, I think you may have gone a tad
over the top with your second paragraph.
I would LOVE to be able to turn on the radio and hear a wide variety of artists -
and no, I do not mean switch dial for a niche genre, but more of the explosion of
music and talent and exposure to public available back when I was a DJ in the late
60's and early 70's.
To be honest - I do not think this will happen anytime soon. How do you generate
the British Invasion, not to mention prior work in US that led to a fundamental
change in "popular" music? There are social and economic and governmental and
cultural issues which I think are against you at this point in time.
It is NOT 1965 (just to pick a year) and the world has moved on in it's own way. I
think you are trying to galvanize "the public" as it once was, but you can not
recreate WoodStock with a zine, though part of me wishes you could.
In any case - for what it is worth - Keep On Truckin - as we once said :-)
gbfmif
I have always wondered why you are so acrimonious toward Tom.
While I am not necessarily a Tom supporter - I can see the idea behind what he
is trying to do - and No, I do not believe it will work, but can appreciate the
concept anyway.
gtrgrrrl
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> Alma
>
> I have always wondered why you are so acrimonious toward Tom.
>
> While I am not necessarily a Tom supporter - I can see the idea behind
what he
> is trying to do - and No, I do not believe it will work, but can
appreciate the
> concept anyway.
>
> gtrgrrrl wrote:
>
Also, it's something HE'LL never have to worry about. He still needs to
learn his scales and some technique.
It's annoying as shit. Again... plain and simple.
gbfmif
- as stated - I agree I do NOT think this approach to getting air play for
unknowns will work ( though I wish it, or something like it, would work -
and agree at least generically it may be a waste of time) but to restate
minus the BS ( at least from my view) what is your objection to the basic
concept, NOT the personal acrimonious attitude?
gtrgrrrl
This radio play topic belongs in some radio NG.
And you can ask the acrimony question of several people here.... I am
certainly not the only one annoyed and tired of it.
And what is your purpose here? What is your relation to Dallas music?
All I see is you coming here to stir shit up.
What is YOUR agenda. You explain yourself now.
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gbfmif
gtrgrrrl wrote:
> Again, plain and simple. It's annoying as shit.
> This radio play topic belongs in some radio NG.
> And you can ask the acrimony question of several people here.... I am
> certainly not the only one annoyed and tired of it.
> And what is your purpose here? What is your relation to Dallas music?
> All I see is you coming here to stir shit up.
> What is YOUR agenda. You explain yourself now.
Do not agree that commercial "radio play" issues are not germane to dfw.music. I
would think that any discussion or approach which would or could assist unknowns
to get commercial airplay would be of interest to any music discussion news
group. I happen to be in dfw at this point, so look at dfw news groups to
include dfw.music.
My purpose here and what is my relation to Dallas music - well, that is a multi
answer question I guess so:
I am NOT a musician - so at some level I guess you could say I have no business
or credibility to comment in a dfw.music news group about anything.
I passionately believe that the present approach to unknown artists receiving
air play on commercial radio is wrong. By this I mean that I believe the present
commercial sample approach and current adds based from a 10 to 15 second sample
of the target population for the niche station will only engender KNOWN artists,
and will NOT allow anyone new to be heard on commercial radio unless they are
REALLY lucky and sound basically just like the current music played by the
station.
I, at one time - LONG ago - was an underground DJ (late 60's to mid/late 70"s -
not in major markets, so maybe I had more freedom than most) and was inundated
with promo cuts from a huge number of labels and artists. To be honest, most I
thought were bad (true, my view, but that was the selection criterion I had to
choose concerning good or bad) but there were some real gems (again my view and
taste) in all of those "requests" for air play and the "good" I played, even if
no one had ever heard them before. To select an example, - White Bird, which is
now elevator music, is a song I played in an underground radio "show" when it
first came out, but that is a whole different discussion.
Purpose - well, I guess no real purpose, just curiosity. I did not necessarily
mean to stir shit up. Was just curious about the responses to Tom's posts by you
and Dana and so I asked. It seemed to me that while I stated that I thought it
unlikely that Tom approach would cause a change, I was also curious as to what
your thoughts were concerning what could or would make a change in the industry
as it pertains to new artists getting commercial air play seeing how you are so
adamantly opposed to the Tom approach.
Agenda - none - just a most of the time lurker that every now and then comes out
of the wood work I guess - guess that is the explanation
lalulu
My interest in this NG is purely DFW MUSIC. not radio airplay issues.
RADIO shit needs to be in a radio NG. It is an issue entirely separate from
MUSIC.
2. My annoyance is with TOM presenting himself as a credible musician. In
light of the fact that he daines (sp) to present singing advice when he
can't sing worth a shit.
Doesn't have a "real " gig and couldn't get one if he dared to try he stinks
so bad.
I don't even read Tom's crap anymore... it's a waste of my time. I deal
with real issues. Performance, musical credibilty, surviving as a musician.
I barely read all your lengthy stuff either. Don't have that kinda time
and don't care.
Now, had I been signed and actively involved in getting airplay, I might
give a shit. No one who posts here has a label deal. They would certainly
be much to busy working to give a shit about this NG.
I don't concern myself with stuff I'm not involved with. Frankly, I wonder
why Tom does. Again, radio crap needs to be discussed in a Radio NG. Now,
if he wants to talk gear, gigs, recording methods, stuff that's happening in
DFW music and DFW artists, what's happening in DFW musically related venues,
it would be NG related. As such, the lengthy ego driven non-MUSIC related
drivel is ANNOYING. You being a non-musician can't see this. You want us
to discuss the one thing here you think you're qualified to discuss and
that's the radio crap. Otherwise, you'd have nothing to input here. I
appreciate your desire to participate in our sad litt NG but, since all
you're discussing is radio, you are NG off-topic.
Even his radio bullshit doesn't relate to DFW artists.
Tom needs to go to the appropriate NG.
You're a lurker until Tom posts his radio bullshit, the only thing you feel
qualified to discuss, otherwise you lurk.
Discuss MUSIC and take your chances with the folks out there actively
working and I'll bet you become silent. The radio crap is your only way to
participate in this NG so you're sucking every bit of involvement you can.
Find yourself a radio NG or leave us here to discuss our business or discuss
MUSIC and participate.
As for Dana, all you did was to stir the psycho up. Thanks.. that was real
cool. NOT.
So, what do you have to say related to specifically and exclusively about
DFW.MUSIC?
Nuff said.
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dE
>1. I don't give a rat's ass about any of the "radio" bullshit.
This one is #3 for the year.
plonk
--
dana
"never lie to the dog"
gtrgrrrl
Poor, sad, Dana. Hee hee... maybe I should post each time with a diff
alias and fill his empty dreary unfulfilled excuse of a life....
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gtrgrrrl
Now... GBwhatever.... IMHO
You could link your knowledge in radio and become involved in the dfw.music
discussion if you could link it to dfw artists specifically and issues
particular to that artist and a specific radio station or radio issue
pertaining to dfw and it's artists...
NOTE: Jibefan mentions that Jibe ranked in radioplay.
Notice - specific DFW group involved in radio. That's way different that
Tom's lengthy, tedious epic posts which address no artist issue specific to
DFW either by artist or radio station.
And GBwhatever... all this is just my opinion. It has no case value and is
worth no more than anyone else who posts here. I just have some free time
for a short while and I like to check out my favorite little NG.
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gtrgrrrl
machine.
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gbfmif
rate the venue from a musicians perspective concerning support and audience with
a scale from 1 to 5 for each - 1 being low?
gbfmif
So - you are a dfw music artist - You have no interest in getting commercial
airplay? Am I misreading your post?
guess I do not know what you mean. I know you hate Tom, but am trying to figure
out what you are trying to do in a way. If it is just to be a local talent with
bookings locally - well - that is fine. Some of your previous posts lead me to
believe you are also looking for national exposure - could be wrong on this - if
so - I apologize. In any case, I will now go with my first observation below and
just drop out, which I guess will make all in dfw.music happy
gtrgrrrl
bye
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gtrgrrrl
Some of your previous posts lead me to
> believe you are also looking for national exposure - could be wrong on
this - if
> so - I apologize. In any case, I will now go with my first observation
below and
> just drop out, which I guess will make all in dfw.music happy
>
Actually, none of my posts indicate I'm looking for national exposure. I
think we've taken this discussion as far as it goes. Later.