Friday, September 28, 2007
Jon's 11th Newsletter - September LetterDear all the Jonatics,
are you waiting for this one? I bet..YES! ^_*
so enjoy....
Cheers
Eveline.
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First of all i apologize for the late letter this month, i got kind of caught up with daily life and kept putting typing off. Once again, I hope this letter finds you in good spirits. I can't say it enough that I am so glad that I am done with being in school and going through classes, assignments and exams and balancing moonlighting in the live music scene while meeting deadlines, and dragging myself to class in the morning... it was insane...
The past few weeks have been spent at a recording studio, and also inrehearsal rooms to prepare for the upcoming president's star charity(which i hope my contributing item will help raise funds for the lessfortunate), I did some of my own research and snooping around to findout that its all really for a good cause. So at least i don't havedoubts when I ask people to donate some of their hard earned dollars.
It feels good to be able to finally immerse myself into learning theropes of the music business, apart from time in the studios I have also been trying to write material (though, to be honest, its moving at a pace that I am not exactly happy with). I have been looking for old musically inclined friends with whom I can collaborate with, its always been some kind of a romantic notion that i will be able to find a group of certain individuals which I can have a long working relationship, song writers, producers, directors, management, whatever it is. I think it will be great to have a sound that people will recognize and enjoy because it comes from the same 'team'. A unique sound of some sort.. anyway, i digress.
A friend of mine lent me a the first 2 seasons of 'family guy' and I found it absolutely hilarious, a little bit mature, but funnynonetheless. Although, 'The Simpsons' is a little more nostalgic for me. Apart from watching some family guy, sopranos, I have taken sometime to read a manga series called 'bleach' through a recommendation and i found it to be rather engaging. It's a huge plus point that its in mandarin as well. Gives me extra mandarin exposure.
On another note, I have been looking through some of my old pictures in my computer and I realise that I have so many pictures from old movies that I enjoy, i even have a tiny collection of postcards I bought at random over the years, they are all from movies that I really adore, like the godfather trilogy, scarface, good fellas,sopranos, casino, donnie brasco, snatch, serpico (been hunting for this dvd, but I can't seem to find it!), carlito's way... the list goes on!! Hmm, if i get the chance of creating a music video, maybe I can weave some of these influences into said video. I should bear this in mind.. ok its getting late and I am starting to get a little incoherent. I'd better turn in soon.
Lastly, I have a couple of projects coming up for the end of the year so I will be keeping busy continuing to climb 'the ladder'. Stay inspired and best wishes!
Jon
@ 6:04 PM
