tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597066084612634836.post7197118668755422072..comments2023-05-28T08:10:18.767-07:00Comments on Don't Print This: Music writing - 2.1primalscreamxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13270340067843252427noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597066084612634836.post-31806680971926494342008-04-14T08:58:00.000-07:002008-04-14T08:58:00.000-07:00"Fly-over" was part of her quote, not mine. It was..."Fly-over" was part of her quote, not mine. It was politely derogatory; the kind of thing a publicist would be better off keeping out of her vocabulary, even an ex-publicist just shooting the breeze with a rural writer on an errand she wasn't willing to help.<BR/><BR/>To quote the poet Neil Young, "Everybody knows this is nowhere." Nobody likes to be reminded. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the encouragement.primalscreamxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270340067843252427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597066084612634836.post-4367564851726750572008-04-14T08:42:00.000-07:002008-04-14T08:42:00.000-07:00Writing is writing. Years ago, a friend corrected ...Writing is writing. Years ago, a friend corrected me when I asked what the book she was reading was about. "Doesn't matter what it's about, it's very well written and I really like it", she said. That brief exchange changed the way I look at a lot of things.<BR/><BR/>So let me give you something to think about: You will get to where you want to be when you are not using terms like "fly-over" but are <I>coining</I> terms like "fly-over". <BR/><BR/>Br original in both form and function, and you will set yourself apart which is the first step to success.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597066084612634836.post-40596646633966381742008-04-11T13:05:00.000-07:002008-04-11T13:05:00.000-07:00Nobody ever listens and they wouldn't agree with m...Nobody ever listens and they wouldn't agree with me. I'm a moron writer from flyover country.<BR/><BR/>Besides, a PR person only has as much input as the agent and artist allow them. Everybody is always protecting the performer, but not really always looking out for that performer's best interests.<BR/><BR/>My pr acquaintance said a lot of strange things. She suggested I could write something to attract the guy's attention like, "what he means to the fly-over, why this music heralds summer, how he IS the songs of people's lives. have at it<BR/>maybe THAT catches his attention<BR/>& next time there could be a time"<BR/><BR/>It was nice of her to give me the advice. She was trying to be helpful. As I mentioned, it's sort of a rare situation, but I'd just as soon write something to butter Kenny Chesney up as I would offer to make out with the guy. <BR/><BR/>Not going to happen. If it comes down to it, I'll catch him in five to ten when he's playing the state fair or worse, when he gets booked for The Monkey Bar. I'm not going anywhere, but that's my choice. If he needs some kind of ego stroke off to give a small town writer for a town he's playing fifteen minutes on a telephone, he's got no future. <BR/><BR/>I'm kinda hoping she's wrong.primalscreamxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270340067843252427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597066084612634836.post-13969153021857415602008-04-11T12:00:00.000-07:002008-04-11T12:00:00.000-07:00It would be good for every artist and PR Person ou...It would be good for every artist and PR Person out there to read this. You should start by sending a link to your Ex-PR person friendmoneytastesbadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284478687841317931noreply@blogger.com