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<DIV><STRONG>I'm trying hard not to openly promote sales because that's not what
this list is for. But since this is related to Dectalk, and since people
are asking, I'll do a one time speal. </STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Jam was recorded in Minneapolis Minnesota with 4 friends; Lori,
Aaron, Judy, and Debbie. I named it "Jam" because I wanted it to have a
feel of a jam session. Even though I didn't write any of the songs, I did
most of the arrangements, meaning I set the tempo, chose who sang what part,
chose some of the instruments in each song, and so on.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>My biggest input on the Jam CD was "Oh God". I took a 3
minute song and stretched it out to 8 minutes which at the time everyone thought
I lost my mind. But I talked them into it, but just barely. We were
on a deadline and I almost didn't get permission to use it in time. With
48 hours left Lori said that if I got permission, they'd record it the way I
arranged it.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Finally we got the needed e-mail and fax so we could use it.
Now here's the really strange thing. The recording of "Oh God" was set up
for September 12. We had no idea what was about to happen on September
11th. So all anyone could really think or say on September 12th was "Oh
God". I was beyond shocked when they went ahead and recorded it on that
date. The recording totally captured the emotions that I think was felt
throughout the United States. So I ended up dedicating that song to
September 11th. And to everyone's shock it became everyone's favorite song
on that CD.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>'words of love' is not yet on the Archives but soon will be.
Words Of Love was my first album. I didn't want to deal with royalties or
copy rights, so I wrote all my own music. I'm the type of person that
can't just randomly do stuff, I love putting deep thought into everything just
because that's the way I am.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>I wanted my music to be special, so I thought long and hard, very
hard! I kept thinking about emotional pain that people go through.
People lose jobs, have friends and family die, and so on. No one has any
idea what to say other than "I'm sorry". So I decided that my entire album
would be on healing from pain. And so the title "Words Of Love" was born,
because that's what people need to hear.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>So then I thought, ok, lets make this a progression CD. So,
each song prepares you for the next song. So it's a meditation CD, but it
deals with different things that we feel, yet it stays simple. When people
are hurting, they don't want to have to think very much. So I kept each
song simple, comforting, and the other thing I did was I stayed away from the
word "Will". Who cares what God will do when you need Him now. So I
was very careful with how I wrote everything. Plus I was writing in my
favorite style of music, so it was really fun to create.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>I wanted to add that uniqueness about it because I had one
problem. I knew "WORDS OF LOVE" would automatically become a big deal
because it was the first CD totally done with Dectalk. I hated that
thought because it kind of made everything else less important. So I
really worked extra hard on the music because after people got over the big deal
about Dectalk, I wanted the music to be meaningful.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Words of love has 10 songs on it plus 3 bonus tracks. I love
going the extra mile because it's fun. Track 11 my music partner had a fit
over. It's kind of a commercial for communication devices. I did
that because if someone has a disabled child, they need all the advice they can
get. So I put in a commercial type thing. Track 12 is a word from
me, and I ended the track with John 3:16 which I made into a song and I sang a
line with my own voice. Track 13 is not listed anywhere because I wanted
that total shock of having more. It's a 20 minute sermon that I wrote for
a Pastor called "What is a handicap". I had to sneak it into the final
master because my music partner was dead against ending a music album with a
sermon. But it was important to me because being the CD was so different,
I thought it would be the perfect time to educate people on disabilities.
Plus it was my CD, so I tagged on track 13. The funny thing is, when it
was all said and done, everyone finally understood the bonus tracks and was glad
I added them in. Without the bonus tracks you just have no idea why
Dectalk is doing the singing.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>I know I do crazy stuff, but I want to be original. I dread
the day if I ever get signed up with a record company. Yes it's my dream
and I think I'm ready for it. But from what I hear you don't get to pick
the songs, album covers, or anything. I wish you could because I feel I
have a nack for it. Everything has to flow together and needs to be
package right, plus it should be original yet fit the current trend. So I
love the entire writing, recording, and designing process. I just hate the
promoting part of it because I'm bad at it!</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Anyway, the ordering URL for my stuff is <A
href="http://www.dectalksings.com">www.dectalksings.com</A> and it has paypal
and everything right on that site. And if anyone does order, please e-mail
me and tell me. We keep skipping over the paypal notices because we
mistake them as junk mail. We're doing it different now, but until we know
our new way works it would be helpful to give me a heads up. I'm new to
paypal and so far it's been a head ache. We had orders sit for 30 days
because we don't see the notification come in. I get at least 70 emails a
day, so it's easy to miss.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>SNOOPI BOTTEN </STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 4/8/2006 8:23:44 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
hanksmith4@earthlink.net writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>where can I get the people get ready ttrack?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>that is the main one I am interested in there a
url?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mailto:Dectalk@aol.com
href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com">Dectalk@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com
href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 08, 2006 6:12
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DECtalk] (DECTALK)
SAMPLES OF MY JAM CD</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Yup! It will be on the 3:30 A.M. update. I also
cleaned up a few more songs. </STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>I also should say that I did pay royalties for the songs on my
CD in case anyone is wondering. And they were mixed in a
studio.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>However, I think my stupid MP3 converter shifted everything
into the left speaker again. Ask me if I care. It's just a demo
of the real CD.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>SNOOPI BOTTEN </STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 4/8/2006 3:56:55 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
hanksmith4@earthlink.net writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>
<DIV><FONT size=2>people get ready</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>is there a sample of that?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=5></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mailto:Dectalk@aol.com
href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com">Dectalk@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com
href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 08, 2006
11:19 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [DECtalk] (DECTALK)
SAMPLES OF MY JAM CD</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>A while back I said I would convert and upload songs from
my albums. Today I did my Jam CD and it's uploading as I type
this. However, with so many songs in my list it's going to be hard
to pick them out, so let me list them;</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>We will not offer You</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Let Your love flow.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Heriet Tubman</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Open the eyes of our hearts</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>People get ready</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>What we really want</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>One more song for you.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Oh God.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Right here right now</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>We love you Lord</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>I'll do my other CD later. If anyone is interested in
my work, information is on <A title=http://www.dectalksings.com/
href="http://www.dectalksings.com/">www.dectalksings.com</A>
</STRONG></DIV>
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