well,,, why don't you people just shut up on this subject. i'm tired of it now!!!
Rick Torres wrote:
> Hi Leslie,
>
> Very well spoken, the fact is , yes I am thrilled to be working with this
> very talented and creative person (Jailyn) and am chomping at the bit to
> start releasing new stuff. She is a breath of fresh air to write with, in
> the studio she is a hardworker, she is extremely self motivated, and a joy
> to work with, a real team player type. We (Kiran and I) have been conducting
> auditions for quite a while to find a person who had the kind of voice and
> attitude we were looking for. we auditioned well over 40 singers for the
> job, and while most everyone was very talented, Jailyn had a really fresh
> approach to her writing and her vocal style was unique without being
> distracting. She also is familiar with the industry side of things and is
> not easily affected by the praise or criticisms of the publicity machine,
> which is a big plus (I think she'll keep her head on her shoulders ,and of a
> normal size, when everyone around is telling her she is perfect, love ya
> babe.. it is "babe" isn't it?) as for the music, seeing as how I am very
> attatched to it, I'll leave it to you all to give me your thoughts, (as I am
> always in love with the music I'm involved with, my descriptions would be
> unfairly biased)
> rest assured as soon as I am able, I will post a link to the new stuff here.
>
> Thanks for your patience
> Rick Torres
> ----------
> >From: leslie shill <icehouse@redshift.com>
> >To: Rick Torres <sblrocks@pacbell.net>
> >Cc: acid <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> >Subject: Re: the singer!!!
> >Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2002, 7:59 PM
> >
>
> > Rick,
> >
> > after having read your retort and having considered it for what it is worth,
> > I feel I have to respond in some fashion. Your assumption that I was "on"
> > something, even coffee is really silly. One of the reasons I have enjoyed
> > this list over the years is that there are interesting people who belong to
> > it and they generally seem to have above-average amounts of thought power,
> > even when they are expressing ideas and concepts that I find to be not to my
> > liking I still take in what is said and expressed because it comes from a
> > space that is in the love of the music! Quite frankly, your calling me
> > shallow assumes more than I care to accept, I did look at the photo of your
> > singer, mainly because I was interested to see whether you qualified the
> > display or not and you definitely did not. Yes, your singer is an attractive
> > woman but my comments were not made because or in spite of that and I was
> > not really upset at your not being a bit of an idiot, not a complete one
> > mind you, just a bit of a one! If you had said just 25 words on what an
> > incredible singer she was, or how much you loved her or are attracted to her
> > or how she fits into the sound of the band, that would have made all the
> > difference in the world but what you said really dissed her and the minds of
> > the people who belong to this group because I think there is some integrity
> > in this group of people and they are unquestionably devoted and deeply into
> > the music, yes, it's the music stupid, the music! That you could be enamored
> > of your singer is understandable and acceptable but that you chose to
> > portray her the way that you did is not. Still, it was your choice and I
> > think you found that the people on this list do not accept the point of view
> > you put forward and implied to be the case. It is really a priority to show
> > all of you since she is now a member of your band and apparently a good
> > singer so a clip of her voice with the band would have made any words
> > redundant. Now you are probably foaming at the mouth a little but chill out
> > dude, once people came at you about this photograph and your comment, if you
> > had just acknowledged what they said instead of getting pissy, then I think
> > that would have been a lot better. Sadly for you, there are people like me
> > who like to write and throw things around. Even now you have chosen not to
> > acknowledge this woman's talent and instead you have chosen to be defensive
> > about what you did and said! Please tell us now, what kind of voice does she
> > have, why did you choose her (beyond her looks!) and how will she contribute
> > to the band. It isn't easy to find good singers but there are many pretty
> > faces in any given crowd if that is what grabs you and the road to musical
> > nirvana is littered with them. I understand your ebullience at finding a
> > good singer, I do not understand your defensiveness at being put on the
> > spot. I happen to think this is a good point to begin a thread about finding
> > and working with other people, men and women, the good, the bad and the
> > uuuuuuugly (whatever that means!) but now it is up to you to play it out in
> > a positive way.
> >
> > your move?
> >
> > the ls.dj leslie/The Power of Sound
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rick Torres" <sblrocks@pacbell.net>
> > To: <icehouse@redshift.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 2:43 PM
> > Subject: Re: the singer!!!
> >
> >
> >> Seeing as how there are tons of photos of the rest of the group already in
> >> circulation, I didn't think it was a big priority to show photo's of the
> >> rest of us... this in mind, are you upset only because she is attractive?
> >> If you ask me, that is just a little shallow.
> >>
> >> ----------
> >> >From: icehouse@redshift.com
> >> >To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> >> >Subject: the singer!!!
> >> >Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2002, 4:26 PM
> >> >
> >>
> >> > Well, you got what you deserved and asked for by posting this picture
> >> > with the inane comment that she can sing as well, not terribly
> >> > complimentary to the woman concerned! I would love to read her comment
> > on
> >> > what has been said here. By the way, what does your bass player look
> > like
> >> > or is the image less important because it's a man? This is a verbal and
> >> > aware group, post pictures and silly comments at your peril!
> >> >
> >> > leslie/The Power of Sound
> >> >
> >> > PS WCYPMP?
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > This email was sent using Red Shift's webmail server.
> >> >
> >>
> >
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