Need

 

Hi there, beautiful girl!  You are being terribly quiet.  Either you're giving me the silent treatment or you've fallen madly in love with me and you don't know what to say.  Whatever.  Allah commands that you must work.

So why does Mary make them sleep or cry?  That's because she addresses a need.  But I get the feeling lately that people have been wide awake and attentive.

That's a pretty guitar

 

Hi there, beautiful girl!  You're rather quiet, that's not like you.  I hope you are doing well and everything is easy.  I'm just sitting here eating peanuts.  Someone did post a slow dance tune that you played at your album release show.  It's nice to see somebody have the gumption to put up these snippets.  LA must have been surprised to see a soulful act come out of Nashville.

Isn't that a nice guitar in the video above?  I want one.

Mach Schau

 

God sure puts on a great show!

The Beatles couldn't have been all that good when they started out in Hamburg.  Even after playing live together every night, the songwriting wasn't that great.  No wonder the Germans told them to "Mach Schau".  You have the reputation of good music, so you attract musicians and music lovers.  As long as you keep making great music, you don't need to "Mach Schau".  InshaAllah.  And Mary's job is to make them sleep or cry.

Otherwise we see other acts do whatever they can not to bore the audience.  The rule to spectacle is to kick ass.  Humans like to get their asses kicked.  They won't admit it, but so be it.  And God is the Best at kicking ass.

Forever child

 

Honey, that's a beautiful cover of "Going to California".  I'm grateful you had a happy childhood there.  When I think of California, I think of you.  But I don't think of California at all.  I only think of you.

Let me show you where your life began from my perspective.  If you choose to return to California and live there, I will not be joining you.  I will not be able to help, provide for nor protect you.

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.

39.  Say, "O people of the Book!  Do you disapprove of us for no other reason than that we believe in Allah and the revelation that has come to us and that which came before, and that most of you are rebellious and disobedient?"

The Repast 5:59

Techno

 

Honey, you are awfully cute.  Please don't ever lose that cuteness.  Cute and dirty.  You might not be clean, but that black outfit by Dick and Skip is nice.  Now that I've taken a second look at it, it's not your size.  Slightly baggier, or it could be the boots.  Boots with skinny heels would have worked better.  Rats!  My washer broke down!

As for Rock, I say it's yes and no.  Either it never died, or it's the living dead.  It's always been many genres lumped into one, including Rock.  Led Zeppelin could be Country music sometimes.  "Going to California" sounds like Folk music to me.  I look forward to your take on it.  What nobody has done right yet in Rock is to branch into Techno.  That's because when you add heavy guitars to Techno drums and bass, it becomes Metal.  Or when you add delay, it turns into U2.  If you wanted to make them dance Honey, put guitar to Techno without losing the Techno.  It would also put you in the video game market.

The listening experience that lingers

 

Yes Honey, I accept that song is very special to you and I look forward to hearing your take on it.  It's nice that people are actually listening but they're like cats: they're great listeners, but not all of them are friendly.  And of course, the ones you keep in the house are the ones you love the most.  So hide in the house if you must, and check the facts before you believe any news.

Listen to this bass player.  Her name is Kinga Głyk.  Listen to how elastic her right hand fingertips are, how precise the notes are, how excellent the bass tone is.  No, I don't think you would be able to have her in your band.  Her skill and knowledge surpass you, plus like most people these days, she has her own thing going.  But who knows?  You never know until you try, Mrs. Global.  She might need the money.  The perfect bass player who has enough punch and totally locks in with Dekar would kick your band over the mountain.

Own your master

 

Ghost Riders going into Soul Sacrifice, dahlink.  I love that black outfit by Dick and Skip you wore in your fashion slideshow.  Those boys do great stuff.  I'm glad to see you go easy on the live venues.  I don't like the thought of your commuting over ice and snow.  December, though...  You know you could just stream your band playing live, and actually make a profit as opposed to hazardous travel to live venues.  Aw, I wanted to see some BBQ!  Did you have chitlins?  What a great concept: Roy's Meat Service lol.  You should have had everyone (including the boys) wear slutty dresses for the occasion of"Madame President".

Here are a couple of videos to study.  Arena shows are predictably monopolized.  The video at the top of this post is old news, you own your own master.  But more interesting to me is the guy's reference to Israel.