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
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>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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