Originals: Myself, or Myself and Michael Carpenter, or Charlie and Adam Power.
Covers: Adam Power and a variety of members from 'The Theory': Gavin Mitchell, Damien Neale (Big Dick), Michael Thomsen, Dave Atkins, Kristian Hartung (Muslim), Tim Bird, Oscar Garrido and Joel Boldero
Adam Power-Stink In History
Obviously more and more Beatles. Anything that a has a good melody (not predictable)or a hook. I love all the 'B' Bands: Bee Gees, Bread, Beach Boys...and even Babba...I mean Abba.
The best songwriters, or my favourite songwriters, are ones that can write a melody that follows the same path as human emotions...that is fucking hard to do..you will have to throw away your first 50 songs to get started in that frame of mind, and truly hear what is predictable or talent.....or then again... just what bloody sells...that's obvious.
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True Stories and Quotes:
There is a series of books called 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' (written by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen). Below I've put my favorite quotes from 2 of the books. It's great for the heart, head, inspiration, and also a reminder of how many determined people there are out there. Here they are:
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Abraham Lincoln Didn't Quit:
Probably the greatest example of persistence is Abraham Lincoln. If you want to learn about somebody who didn't quit, look no further. Born into poverty, Lincoln was faced with defeat throughout his life. He lost eight elections, twice failed in business and suffered a nervous breakdown. He could have quit many times-but he didn't and because he didn't quit, he became one of the greatest presidents in the history of our country.
Lincoln was a champion and he never gave up. Here is a sketch of Lincoln's road to the White House.
1816: His family was forced out of their home. He had to work to support them.
1818: His mother died.
1831: Failed in business.
1832: Ran for state legislature-lost
1832: Also lost his job-wanted to go to law school but couldn't get in.
1833: Borrowed some money from a friend to begin a business and by the end of the year he was bankrupt. He spent the next 17 years of his life paying off this debt.
1834: Ran for state legislature again-won.
1835: Was engaged to be married, sweetheart died and his heart was broken.
1836: Had a total nervous breakdown and was in bed for six months.
1838: Sought to become speaker of the state legislature-defeated
1840: Sought to become elector-defeated
1843: Ran for Congress-lost
1846: Ran for congress again-this time he won-went to Washington and did a good job.
1848: Ran for re-election to Congress-lost
1849: Sought the job of land officer in his home state-rejected
1854: Ran for Senate of the United States-lost
1856: Sought the Vice-Presidential nomination at his party's national convention-got less than 100 votes.
1858: Ran for U.S. senate again-again he lost
1860: Elected president of the United States.
Abraham Lincoln
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The Circus: (By Dan Clark)
Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one family between us and the ticket counter. This family made a big impression on me. There were eight children, all probably under the age of 12. You could tell they did not have a lot of money. Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean. The children were well-behaved, all of them standing in line, two-by-two behind their parents, holding hands. They were excitedly jabbering about the clowns, elephants and other acts they would see that night. One could sense they had never been to the circus before. It promised to be a highlight of their young lives.
The father and mother were at the head of the pack standing proud as could be. The mother was holding her husband's hand, looking up at him as if to say, "You're my knight in shining armor." He was smiling and basking in pride, looking at her as if to reply, "You got that right."
The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly responded, "Please let me buy eight children's tickets and two adult tickets so I can take my family to the circus." The ticket lady quoted the price. The man's wife let go of his hand, her head dropped, the man's lip began to quiver. The father leaned a little closer and asked, "How much did you say?"
The ticket lady again quoted the price.
The man didn't have enough money. How was he supposed to turn and tell his eight kids that he didn't have enough money to take them to the circus?
Seeing what was going on, my dad put his hand into his pocket, pulled out a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground. (We were not wealthy in any sense of the word!) My father reached down, picked up the bill, tapped the man on the shoulder and said, "Excuse me, sir, this fell out of your pocket."
The man knew what was going on. He wasn't begging for a handout but certainly appreciated the help in a desperate, heartbreaking, embarrassing situation. He looked straight into my dad's eyes, took my dad's hand in both of his, squeezed tightly onto the $20 bill, and with his lip quivering and a tear streaming down his cheek, he replied, "Thank you, thank you sir, sir. This really means a lot to me and my family."
My father and I went back to our car and drove home. We didn't go to the circus that night, but we didn't go without.
Dan Clark
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Consider This:
* After Fred Astaire's first screen test, the memo from the testing director of MGM, dated 1933, said, "Can't act! Slightly bald! Can dance a little!" Astaire kept that memo over the fireplace in his Beverly Hills home.
* An expert said of Vince Lombardi: "He possesses minimal football knowledge. Lacks motivation."
* Socrates was called, "An immoral corrupter of youth."
* When Peter J. Daniel was in the fourth grade, his teacher, Mrs. Phillips, constantly said, "Peter J. Daniel, you're no good, you're a bad apple and you're never going to amount to anything." Peter was totally illiterate until he was 26. A friend stayed up with him all night and read him a copy of Think and Grow Rich. Now he owns the street corners he used to fight on and just published his latest book: Mrs. Phillips, You Were Wrong!
* Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women, was encouraged to find work as a servant or seamstress by her family.
** Beethoven handled the violin awkwardly and preferred playing his own compositions instead of improving his technique. His teacher called him hopeless as a composer.
* The parents of famous opera singer Enrico Caruso wanted him to be an engineer. His teacher said he had no voice at all and could not sing.
** Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper company editor for lack of ideas. Walt Disney also went bankrupt several times before he built Disneyland.
* Thomas Edison's teachers said he was too stupid to learn anything.
** Albert Einstein did not speak until he was four years old and didn't read until he was seven. His teacher described him as "mentally slow, unsociable and adrift forever in his foolish dreams." He was expelled and was refused admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic School.
* Isaac Newton did very poorly in grade school.
** F.W. Woolworth's employers at the dry goods store said he had not enough sense to wait upon customers.
* Henry Ford failed and went broke five times before he finally succeeded.
* Richard Hooker worked for seven years on his humorous war novel, M*A*S*H, only to have it rejected by 21 publishers before Morrow decided to publish it. It became a runaway bestseller, spawning a blockbusting movie and a highly successful television series.
Jack Canfield and Mark V. Hansen
Sounds Like
Modern day Beatles music, with a taste of ELO and Wings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuUMS3_SrIU
November 1989 turned my life around completely when I saw The Bee Gees in Brisbane. I worked my way down to the front of the stage, right in front of Barry Gibb. I remember him looking down at me smiling while singing 'You Win Again'....that was it then, I've never stopped writing songs since.
In 1991 I was ready to hit the pub scene playing covers for extra money and eventually a full time career..Anyway thousands of gigs later...I'm still doing it...
Through all these years I have been recording with a number of people, getting ripped off etc, until in 1997 I met Michael Carpenter (thank god) who I met through Aaron Chugg of Grant Thomas Management (Crowded Houses management at the time). Aaron seemed to really like the music I was writing and what Michael was writing and producing, so that was a good idea of hooking us up together.
My first ever songs to be placed on a recognised album was in 1991. This was on Jamie Dunns 'Agro Too' album, in which I wrote 2 songs, 'FatCatsFat' and 'Did you ever wonder'.
Now 6 or 7 album/ep's later I have released 'What were Sundays For?' my latest cd through 'Big Radio Records'...Hope you enjoy.
hey buddy buddy, good to see you poppin in the other night, im up here in hong kong atm, just chillin, n e who, bored atm, waiting for das to get home them were going out for dinner and drinks. yeaaaa. thoguth id say heyy, peace hooker
hey man, coolest thing, stuck in history in on our new nightlife cd at work ahah i put it on th emix so giving u a good rep ahaha, droppin by for a drink n e time soon? drinks are still on me:) slash u might know my assistant manager..krysten..she use to manage RG's...
Ciao Adam. Thank you so much to add me among your friends. I'm pleased to meet you. Congratulations on your wonderful music. Take care and keep in touch. Opim
