'Just Rewards (2)'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Thanks for all the good wishes, everyone. I still can\'t get over that the casting call specifically asked for me! It\'s so weird!
I found a (non-buffista) friend to do the video, but a special thank you to DX Machina who offered to truck up here from RI.
Jon, what song do they want you to record?
They sent me the words and I\'m supposed to make up a melody. At least for the audition -- maybe they have something particular in mind for the actual thing. Right now, I\'m thinking of a basic blues riff, a la \"I\'m a Man\", with me \"singing\" between riffs. Because there is not a theremin player alive who can sing and play together both on pitch. Seriously -- I think both activities use the same neurons or something.
In other news: I didn\'t make the connection until a bandmate reminded me, but Peter Berdovsky, one of the Mooninite guys (the one with the dreads), set up a Lothars show at MassArt a few years ago. I have emails from him and everything! ;)
eBay!
Congratulations. They should recruit Don Ho, too. He could sing "Tiny Burgers" and you could accompany him.
Seriously, though, "I'm supposed to make up a melody" is also known as composing and royalties are where the money is. So if you have the option to go that route do it! Timbaland (may as well dream big) or somebody could see the commercial, decide to sample it, & then yee frickin' hah!
Damn, Jon! That's awesome!
Hey! Joe Boucher sighting.
\"I\'m supposed to make up a melody\" is also known as composing and royalties are where the money is.
That has crossed my mind, Joe.
Hi, Corwood. Meant to post this for you the other day but got busy. Jonathan Lethem was on Leonard Lopate in a segment provocatively titled "Jonathan Lethem Supports Plagiarism!" talking about this article he wrote. I know you're a fan, & it's a topic you're interested in. What was the name of your friend who was accused of plagiarizing part of his story/novel? That's exactly the kind of thing JL talks about, the blurry line between drawing on cultural material & misappropriating someone else's work. Knowing his work, & from the title of the segment, you can probably guess he's not in favor of erring on the side of (copyright) caution. The part where he goes off on Disney for taking stuff from the public domain & then trying to lock down future use for others is pretty great.
Would love to tie that in to music copyright (and to mention for the 837th time that It Takes a Nation of Millions... couldn't be made today) but I gotta get back to work.