Sooner or later, a music project sucks in everything and everyone around it. No matter how trifling a resource might look to a project, it gets sucked into the hot, churning plasma. Like an artist's painting, a music project starts with a broom and ends with a needle.
Take a little trash can for instance. It gets sucked in. Cables, connectors, sandwiches, and cover art designers all get sucked in.
Good thing there's no spare change lying around, or it would get sucked in as well. Can you imagine the damage a blizzard of small change would inflict upon bystanders?
"Midnight Somewhere" is a G-string away from being sent to the manufacturer. The collaboration between Keith Curtis and Doug Haywood; and, the brilliant addition of the supremely talented Ryan Elwood and Daniel Jones, puts "Midnight Somewhere" at the top of listening durability.
Those of us who live with this project also live for it, and it has finally taken on a life of its own. Watch for it. It's coming.
Best wishes,
Marla Davis
Marketing Director
Ambage Music LLC
marla.davis@cox.net
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When Keith's manager begged and cajoled him to adhere to certain basics of vocal music, he balked. Like putting a leash on a lion, you understand, it was not like typical balking.
When Doug Haywood first entered the studio, he pretty much said to rip all the stuff out and get the cables under control. He left for the day.
The noises coming from the studio during the time he was away were of catastrophic proportions. And by golly, by the time Doug arrived the next day, the boards and bent hardware were in the car bay, out of sight. Not much left in the studio other than tidy cables and some screws fastened tightly to bits of wood that parted from its main form.
The collaborative writing session dropped into the middle of the main seating area like a 2-ton beanbag. All else was excluded as the writing commenced.
Within a couple of days, Keith and Doug migrated into the studio to lay down tracks. Now, here's where it gets interesting. Familiar commands and associated pauses muffled their way through the walls and stuffed the manager's ear full.
It is difficult to explain how it feels to be simultaneously miffed and pleased. Moreover, it took Doug to do it.
But, wait! There's more!
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Dents in walls, car trunk gaskets shredded, and lots of expended hot air is what it takes to manage a musician. In fact, it might not be possible to manage one. Managers must be capable of making the same mistake time and again without taking up recreational vices or suffering bloodletting.
Musicians do not stroll; they blow past. It is a mistake to be in the way, and it is a mistake to impose boundaries of wisdom.
We managers make the same mistakes, for the greater good, sometimes for decades. Durable managers are hard to keep, and they look like derelicts by the time the show starts. It's a donation of personal neglect . . . for the greater good.
You didn't think it was for the money, did you? Awww. You and I have lots to talk about, don't we.
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Marla Davis / Blog
Total Immersion
Sooner or later, a music project sucks in everything and everyone around it. No matter how trifling a resource might look to a project, it gets sucked into the hot, churning plasma. Like an artist's painting, a music project starts with a broom and ends with a needle.
Take a little trash can for instance. It gets sucked in. Cables, connectors, sandwiches, and cover art designers all get sucked in.
Good thing there's no spare change lying around, or it would get sucked in as well. Can you imagine the damage a blizzard of small change would inflict upon bystanders?
"Midnight Somewhere" is a G-string away from being sent to the manufacturer. The collaboration between Keith Curtis and Doug Haywood; and, the brilliant addition of the supremely talented Ryan Elwood and Daniel Jones, puts "Midnight Somewhere" at the top of listening durability.
Those of us who live with this project also live for it, and it has finally taken on a life of its own. Watch for it. It's coming.
Best wishes, Marla Davis Marketing Director Ambage Music LLC marla.davis@cox.net
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Doug Did It
When Keith's manager begged and cajoled him to adhere to certain basics of vocal music, he balked. Like putting a leash on a lion, you understand, it was not like typical balking.
When Doug Haywood first entered the studio, he pretty much said to rip all the stuff out and get the cables under control. He left for the day.
The noises coming from the studio during the time he was away were of catastrophic proportions. And by golly, by the time Doug arrived the next day, the boards and bent hardware were in the car bay, out of sight. Not much left in the studio other than tidy cables and some screws fastened tightly to bits of wood that parted from its main form.
The collaborative writing session dropped into the middle of the main seating area like a 2-ton beanbag. All else was excluded as the writing commenced.
Within a couple of days, Keith and Doug migrated into the studio to lay down tracks. Now, here's where it gets interesting. Familiar commands and associated pauses muffled their way through the walls and stuffed the manager's ear full.
It is difficult to explain how it feels to be simultaneously miffed and pleased. Moreover, it took Doug to do it.
But, wait! There's more!
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For The Greater Good
Dents in walls, car trunk gaskets shredded, and lots of expended hot air is what it takes to manage a musician. In fact, it might not be possible to manage one. Managers must be capable of making the same mistake time and again without taking up recreational vices or suffering bloodletting.
Musicians do not stroll; they blow past. It is a mistake to be in the way, and it is a mistake to impose boundaries of wisdom.
We managers make the same mistakes, for the greater good, sometimes for decades. Durable managers are hard to keep, and they look like derelicts by the time the show starts. It's a donation of personal neglect . . . for the greater good.
You didn't think it was for the money, did you? Awww. You and I have lots to talk about, don't we.
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