The Pete Holly Blog

"THE BALLED OF PETE HOLLY"

2009-06-29T15:05:00.000-07:00

"THE BALLED OF PETE HOLLY"

"THE BALLED OF PETE HOLLY" IS A NEW COMPILATION OF SONGS
THAT I CHOSE THAT WERE EITHER FAVORITE'S OF MINE AND/OR
SONGS THAT WERE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL- SOME FIT IN BOTH
THOSE CATAGORIES.THERE ARE THREE SONGS THAT I RECORDED
WITH THE LOOK'S AND THEY ARE THE THREE SONGS THAT WERE
ON THE ORIGINAL DEMO THAT WE SENT OUT AND ENDED UP
RECORDING IN LOS ANGELES FOR BOMP RECORDS.HOWEVER,
THE RECORD DIDN'T COME OUT THE WAY I ORIGINALLY WANTED
IT TOO.I REALLY WANTED "ARE YOU GONNA BE MY GIRL" TO
BE ON THE SINGLE.BUT CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND MY CONTROL
SAID DIFFERANTLY.SO HERE ON THIS CD ARE THOSE THREE SONGS
TOGETHER AGAIN.TWO ARE THE SONGS WE DID GET TO RECORD
IN THE STUDIO "WHAT DID I SAY" AND "LOOK OUT BELOW"
AND THE RECORDING OF "ARE YOU GONNA BE MY GIRL"
IS THE ORIGINAL DEMO VERSION.SO FINALLY THE SONGS ARE
THE WAY I INTENDED THEM TO BE.THE LOOK'S ARE-MITCH
FRAAS-BASS AND LENNY MONTOYA-DRUMS AND THEY PLAYED ON
THESE THREE RECORDINGS.THE REST OF THE SONGS I
PLAYED EVERYTHING WHICH IS ALSO SOMETHING
I ALLWAY'S WANTED TO DO AND FINALLY GOT TOO.
THE PAINTINGS AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE ALBUM
ART WERE ALSO DONE BY ME-AND THATS ANOTHER
THING I ALLWAYS WANTED TO DO.IT'S A GOOD COLLECTION
OF SONGS AND THE PACKAGE IS WAY COOL.

BEST WISHES
PETE HOLLY

BRITNEY SPEARS & THE RETURN OF SONG & DANCE

2009-06-23T08:35:00.000-07:00

"BRITNEY SPEARS AND THE RETURN OF SONG AND DANCE"

BY PETE HOLLY

IN THE 60'S BOB DYLAN ONCE JOKED DURING A PRESS CONFERANCE
THAT HE WAS A "SONG AND DANCE MAN".IT WAS A FUNNY REMARK
AT THE TIME,BECAUSE DYLANS LYRICS WERE A SOUNDING BOARD FOR
BOTH THE INCREDIBLE TURMOIL OF THE TIMES AND FOR IT'S HOPE.
IN OTHER WORDS-DYLANS LYRICS AND MUSICAL STYLE,{WHICH WAS
WAS EVOLVING AT A RAPID PACE}WERE HIS DANCE.
MOST OF THE ACTS FROM THE SIXTIES WERE ALSO LYRICALLY
BASED."THE BEATLES" JUMPED AROUND ABIT BUT BY 66 THEY THIER
TOURING DAYS WERE OVER.ALL THE 60'S BANDS/ARTISTS THAT MOVED
{EXCEPT THE MOTOWN ACTS}DID SO IN A UNCHOREOGRAPHED MANNER.
-IT WAS ALL FREE-FORM-TOWNSEND,JAGGER,JAMES BROWN,JIM MORRISON
-WILD ABANDON-.
ONE OF THE LEAST DOCUMENTED CHANGES IN MUSIC WAS THE RE-
INTRODUCTION OF "SONG AND DANCE" AND EVENTUALLY FULL BLOWN
BROADWAY SHOW STYLE PRODUCTION BY "MADONNA" AS SHE BECAME
"THE STAR" OF THE 1980'S.THIS HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON THE YOUNGEST
MEMBERS OF HER FAN BASE ;ESPECIALLY ONE NAMED "BRITNEY SPEARS".
THE TOP THREE TOURS LAST MONTH WERE 1."THE DEAD"-THE AUDIENCE
DANCES BUT THE BAND DOESN'T{ALA THE 60'S}2."BRITNEY SPEARS"-FULL
BLOWN BROADWAY SHOW STYLE PRODUCTION{EMULATING AND SOME
MIGHT SAY OUTDOING HER IDOL- MADONNA}{THE 90'S TO NOW} 3."BRUCE
SPRINGTEEN"-{THE 70'S TO NOW}WHO'S MIX OF DYLAN LIKE LYRICAL
INTENSITY WITH HIS OWN "ROCK MOVES" MAKE HIM ONE OF THE BEST
LIVE ACTS OF ALL TIME.
IN ONE RESPECT THE 80'S ARE MISSING FROM THE WHOLE TOP-TEN
TOURS OF LAST MONTH-BUT IN ANOTHER ANOTHER SENSE THEY ARE NOT
BECAUSE "SPEARS" NEVER WOULD HAVE EVOLVED INTO THE KIND OF "SONG
AND DANCE" GIRL THAT SHE IS WITHOUT MADONNA'S BRINGING BACK
"SONG AND DANCE' AND BIG BROADWAY SHOW STYLE PRODUCTION IN
THE 1980'S.
YOU COULD ARGUE 'TILL THE COWS COME HOME ABOUT WHICH
APPROACH IS BEST BUT I THINK THE GOOD NEWS IS-IF YOU'VE GOT
AN ACT-AND IT'S A GOOD ONE-THERE ARE STILL LARGE AUDIENCES OUT
THERE FOR ALL THESE DIFFERANT APPROACH'S TO PUTTING ON A SHOW.
YOU CAN ALSO FIND INFLUENCE'S FROM EVERY GENERATION IN NEARLY
ALL OF THESE SHOW'S.DYLAN MAY HAVE BEEN JOKING BUT NOW "SONG
AND DANCE" -IS- ONE OF THE WIDE VARIETY OF SHOW STYLE'S THAT EXIST IN
TODAY'S LIVE MUSIC MARKET.I DON'T THINK ANYONE WAS THINKING
THAT WOULD BE THE CASE 35 YEARS AGO OR EVEN 29 YEARS AGO.
THE TRUTH IS WE PROBABLY HAVE THE WIDEST RANGE OF LIVE ACT'S
AVAILABLE TODAY AS FAR AS STYLE-THAT WE HAVE EVER HAD !
AND TO PARAPHRASE "THE BEATLES" YOU KNOW THAT CAN'T BE BAD.

WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2009-ALL RIGHT'S RESERVED

THE EARTH AS A CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEM

2009-06-18T11:22:00.000-07:00

THE EARTH AS A CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEM
By Pete Holly

PREFACE:FEW INTERNET USERS KNOW HOW THE INTERNET
CAME TO BE.THE INTERNET WAS A LONG TIME IN THE MAK-
ING AND WAS BORN AS A PRODUCT OF THE UNITED STATES
GOVERMENT AS A SORT-OF BACK UP DEVICE-IN CASE OF
OF A WORST CASE SCENERIO ALL-OUT NUCLEAR WAR.
AFTER WE HAD DESTROYED THE WORLD-IT WAS THOUGHT
THAT ALL OF THE IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE HUMANS HAD
DISCOVERED WOULD BE PRESERVED ON THIS GIANT INTER-
LOCKING NETWORK SO THAT IF A FEW PEOPLE SURVIVED-
SAY IN SOME INCREDIBLY NUKE PROOF UNDERGROUND
SAFE HOUSE;THEY WOULD HAVE A PERMANNENT RECORD
OF ALL HUMAN KNOWLEDGE AND SO IF IT EVER WAS SAFE
AGAIN TO GO OUTSIDE-THEY WOULD HAVE ALL THE
KNOWLEDGE THEY WOULD NEED TO REBUILD OUR
CIVALIZATION.THEN THERE WAS ALSO THE THOUGHT
THAT IF SOME OTHER GROUP OR GROUPS HAD SURVIVED
THEY TOO WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THIS INFORMATION.
WHAT IT IS USED FOR NOW-WAS NEVER THE INTENTION.

-THE EARTH AS A CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEM

AS THE EARTH IS THE ONLY KNOWN PLANET UPON WHICH HUMAN
BEINGS THRIVE-IT IS THE ULTIMATE CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM.THIS IS
ESPECIALLY TRUE AS IT RELATES TO THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN OF A
HUMAN BEING.IN THE 70-80 YEAR RANGE MOST HUMANS WON'T
EXPIERIENCE A CATACLYSMIC EVENT LIKE THE ASTROID THAT
WIPED OUT THE DINOSAURS OR THE VOLCANIC ERUPTION ON
THE ISLAND OF SANTORINI WHICH COMPLETLY ERASED THE
WHOLE COMPLEX MINOAN CIVALIZATION-BOTH IT'S VAST
KNOWLEDGE AND ALL OF IT'S AMAZING ARTISTIC ACOMPLISHMENTS.
ONLY THOUSANDS OF YEARS LATER DID WE EVEN BEGIN TO UNDER-
STAND THE MAGNATUDE OF WHAT HAPPENED THERE AND OF WHAT ONCE EXISTED.
ATOMIC AND HYDROGEN BOMBS WERE USED IN WARFARE IN
1945-BUT I WAS NOT EVEN BORN YET.FEW PEOPLE ARE AWARE
THAT THE FIRE-BOMBING OF TOKYO ACTUALLY KILLED MORE
PEOPLE AND CAUSED MORE DESTRUCTION THAN BOTH HIROSHIMA
AND NAGASAKI COMBINED.IT'S THE SINGLE MOST DEADLY ATTACK
ON A CIVILIAN CITY IN THE WHOLE 20TH CENTURY.BUT STILL;IT
HAPPENED BEFORE MY TIME AND BEFORE THE LIFETIME OF MOST
HUMAN'S WHO NOW LIVE ON OUR PLANET.
THERE HASN'T BEEN ANOTHER GREAT WAR-WORLD WAR III-
BECAUSE THAT WOULD MEAN THE END OF ALL LIFE ON EARTH-
AND SO FAR WE'VE BEEN LUCKY-WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY LEADERS
WITH AN ITCHY-TRIGGER FINGER BUT THE DANGER IS FAR FROM
OVER.TENSIONS MAY HAVE DIED DOWN BUT THE FACT IS THERE
ARE STILL MANY ICBM'S READY TO FIRE AT A MOMENTS NOTICE
AND ALL IT TAKES IS ONE TO SET THEM ALL OFF.
BUT FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT LET'S SAY THAT NUCLEAR WAR
DOESN'T HAPPEN IN OUR LIFETME.SURELY WE'D BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT
THAT WE HAD BEEN VERY FORTUNATE BUT WHAT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST
CHANGE THAT WE WOULD HAVE LEFT IN OUR LIFETIME OR MORE TO THE
POINT-WHAT HAS HUMAN ACTIVITY CHANGED THE MOST IN OUR LIFETIME ?
I'M WILLING TO BET THAT IT'S THE DAMAGE WE'VE DONE TO THE WORLD'S
OCEANS AND RIVERS,TO OUR ATMOSPERE{THE OZONE LAYER}AND THEN OF
COARSE TO THE EARTH ITSELF-TERRA-FIRMA.IT IS ONLY IN THE VERY RECENT
PAST THAT SCIENCE HAS BEGUN TO UNDERSTAND HOW ALL THESE ASPECTS
OF OUR PLANET,THE LAND,THE SEA,AND THE SKY'S ARE ALL INTERRELATED.
THAT ANY CHANGE OR DAMAGE YOU CAUSE OR INFLICT ON ONE OF THESE
ASPECTS-WILL IN SOME WAY-GREAT OR SMALL-AFFECT THE THE OTHER TWO.
NOW THAT WE ARE AWARE OF THIS-HOW SHALL WE GO ABOUT TRYING TO
MINIMIZE THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS HUMAN'S HAVE INFLICTED UPON THESE
THREE INTERCONNECTED EARTH SYSTEMS.
AND I SUPPOSE THE BIGGEST QUESTION OF ALL IS WILL WE AS A SPECIES
BE ABLE TO CHANGE FAST ENOUGH IN A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF WAY'S-TO
SAVE THE PLANET THAT GIVES US LIFE.FOR THIS PLANET,EARTH,WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT IT-REALLY IS OUR LIFE ! IT'S THE ONLY LIFE HUMANS HAVE EVER
KNOWN.

WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2009-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

BOOK'S:"THE SHACK"

2009-06-07T20:29:00.000-07:00

"THE SHACK"
BY WILLIAM P. YOUNG

SEEKING FORGIVENESS AND LOVE

AS I MENTIONED IN AN INTERVIEW, 2 YEARS AGO IN BERKELEY,THERE
HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES IN MY LIFE WHEN I CERTAIN THAT THE END WAS
NEAR.THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES WHEN I HAVE WONDERED HOW &
WHY A WAS ABLE TO SURVIVE.I AM NOT A PREACHER-I AM AN ARTIST
SO I'M NOT ABLE TO SUGGEST ANY WORD'S OF WISDOM.
I'VE ALLWAYS THOUGHT,SINCE I WAS A YOUNG CHILD,THAT I WAS PART
OF SOMETHING BIGGER,MUCH BIGGER THAN MYSELF.I DIDN'T HAVE A NAME
FOR IT-I JUST HAD A VERY STRONG FEELING.
I WENT THRU SOME VERY GREAT LOSS'S AND PERSONAL TRADAGIES
IN MY YOUTH AND I STRUGGLED GREATLY TO COPE WITH UNBEARABLE PAIN
AND SEEMINGLY UN-ENDING SORROW.STILL,I NEVER GAVE UP COMPLETELY.
I KNOW THAT I WAS LUCKY THAT I COULD RELEASE ALOT OF MY PENT-UP
FEELINGS IN THE MUSIC THAT I MADE.I'LL BE FOREVER GREATFUL FOR
THAT.
BUT IN THE END,I HAD TO LET GO OF ALL MY PERSONAL SELF-HATRED
AND EVEN FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAD CAUSED MUCH OF MY PAIN..IN THE
END THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY I COULD BE THE ARTIST THAT I WANTED TO
BE-AND NOT BE CAUGHT FOREVER IN A NEVER-ENDING SPIRAL OF HATE.
I HAD TO CHOOSE LOVE.READ "THE SHACK" AND PERHAPS YOU'LL CHOOSE
LOVE TOO.

MY BEST REGARDS,

PETE HOLLY

WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2009-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

-FASINATING ART-IT JUST IS-

2009-05-26T14:26:00.000-07:00

JEAN FRANCOIS MILLET

"THE GLEANERS"

MILLET'S "THE GLEANERS',A RARE PAINTING OF RURAL LIFE IN THE VERY EARLY PART OF THE 19TH CENTURY HAS THE GREAT HONOUR OF BEING THE

CENTRAL INSPIRATION TO TWO OF THE WORLDS MOST FAMOUS AND CONTROVER-

SIAL PAINTERS-VINCENT VAN GOGH AND SALVADORE DALI.THOU BOTH PAINTER'S

HAVE TOTALLY UNIQUE STYLES THAT SEEM TO HAVE LITTLE IF ANYTHING IN COMMON-THERE IS A THREAD THAT CONNECTS THEM.AS ARTISTS THEY BOTH

POSSESSED A SINGLE MINDEDNESS TO PUSH THIER ART TO THE LIMITS OF THIER

OWN CAPABILITY-NOT TO BE CONSTRICTED BY OTHER ARTISTS,THE PUBLIC OR

THE SALON(S}.

WHAT WAS IT ABOUT "THE GLEANERS" THAT INSPIRED BOTH PAINTERS TO

IDOLIZE IT ?BOTH ALLWAYS HAD A COPY OF IT WITH THEM AND REFFERED TO IT

OFTEN."THE GLEANERS" IS A VERY UNUSUAL PAINTING FOR IT'S TIME.PAINTERS

SIMPLY DID NOT PAINT PICTURE'S OF PEASANTS AND COMMONERS BEFORE

"THE IMPRESSIONISTS".I'VE HAD A COPY MYSELF SINCE I WAS 8-MY GRAND-

FATHER OWNED A CONACO GAS STATION AND THEY GAVE AWAY PRINTS{WITH

A FULL TANK OF GAS}.I STILL HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME AS I WRITE THIS.OF ALL

THE ART IN MY COLLECTION0I HAVE OWNED THIS PRINT LONGER THAN ANY

OTHER-IN FACT I BELIEVE IT IS THE OLDEST POSSESSION I STILL HAVE.I ALLWAYS
FOUND THE PAINTING FASINATING AND AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL-BUT I COULD NOT
TELL YOU WHY-IT JUST IS.
I

-GUITARISTS-PLAYING FAVORITES-

2009-05-08T13:44:00.000-07:00

CHOOSING THE BEST GUITAR PLAYERS IS SUBJECTIVE AT BEST AND
BIASED AT WORSE.FIRST,THERE IS THE MATTER OF GENRE.I WAS PLAY-
ING SOME LIVE SHOW'S IN HOLLYWOOD AND A RUSSIAN CAB DRIVER
ASKED ME WHO WAS A GOOD NON-ROCK PLAYER-SOMEBODY WHO
PLAYED IN A STRAIGHT ARTISTIC STYLE-ABIT JAZZY-BUT NOT TO FAR
OUT-I SAID "PAT METHANEY".
THEN YOU CLASSICAL GUITARIST'S LIKE "SEGOVIA" AND ACOUSTIC
AUTURES LIKE "LEO KOTTKE".
MOST PEOPLE ARE THINKING OF ROCK GUITARISTS WHEN THE
QUESTION IS ASKED AND EVEN WHEN YOU NARROW IT DOWN TO
ONE GENRE IT'S STILL A SUBJECTIVE MATTER.EVERYONE HAS THIER
FAVORITES.I REMEMBER READING AN INTERVIEW WITH ERIC JOHNSON,
JOE SATERINI,AND YAWANGIE MALSTROM ONCE."KURT COBAIN" CAME
UP AND SATERINI AND MALSTROM WERE QUICK TO POINT OUT HIS
LIMITATION'S-JOHNSON ON THE OTHER HAND NOTED THAT COBAIN
NEVER LOOKED AT THE GUITAR WHEN HE WAS PLAYING-AS IF HE WAS
PLAYING BY PURE INSTINCT-AND THAT IMPRESSED HIM GREATLY !
JOE AND YAWANGIE WERE SURPRISED BY THIS REVELATION AND QUICKLY
STATED THAT THEY COULD NEVER PERFORM SUCH A FEAT.LOOKING
AT THE GUITAR WAS AN INTREGAL AND NESSASARY PART OF BOTH OF
THIER PLAYING STYLE'S AND ONE THAT IF TAKEN AWAY WOULD MAKE IT
IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO PLAY.SO THEY ALL GAVE KUDO'S TO COBAIN
FOR HAVING THIS RARE AND UNIQUE TALENT.

WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-2009-COPYRIGHT-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

LITERARY MASTERPIECES

2009-04-29T01:24:00.000-07:00

1."THE GREAT GATSBY"
BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

OF ALL OF AMERICA'S GREAT WRITERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
{STIENBECK,HEMMINWAY ETC.} F. SCOTT FITZGERALD WAS THE
MOST IDIOSYNCRATIC.IN "THE GREAT GATSBY" FITZGERALD CREATES
A WORLD UNTO ITSELFOF BOTH FACT AND FICTION.ALLTHOUGH
"LONG ISLAND","NEW YORK CITY" AND "THE PLAZA HOTEL" ARE
RECOGNIZABLE AND ARE ALSO THE THREE LOCATIONS WHERE THE
BULK OF THE NOVEL TAKES PLACE-YOU'LL NEVER SEE THEM
DESCRIBED AS FITZGERALD DOES IN "GATSBY".
HIS PROSE IS BOTH ROMANTIC AND REALISTIC-A TRICKY
PROPOSITION.THE STORY SEEMS BOTH FANTASMAGORICAL AND
QUITE POSSIBLY SOMETHING THAT COULD TAKE PLACE IN REAL
LIFE-QUITE A JUXTAPOSITION.HOW DOES HE PULL IT OFF?THE
ANSWER IS WITH STYLE.A STYLE SO SINGULAR TO FITZGERALD
THAT PUTING A NAME ON IT IS-WELL-IMPOSSIBLE.
IMPRESSIONISTIC,FACTUAL,OPTOMISTIC,CYNICAL,FULL OF IM-
POSSIBLE LOVE-BUT IN BREVITY-ACCOMPLISHED LOVE AS A
FLEETING SENSE OF DREAMS COME TRUE-IF ONLY FOR A MOMENT
OR A GLEAM IN THE EYE OF IT'S BEHOLDERS-THAT CAN LAST AS
LONG AS THE DREAMERS REMEMBER IT.
IT'S A NOVEL LIKE NO OTHER IN AMERICAN LETTERS.A
THAT ONLY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD COULD HAVE WRITTEN
AND ONLY IN AMERICA COULD IT'S GREATNESS BE REALIZED
LONG AFTER F. SCOTT FITZGERLD SAID GOODBYE.

WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-COPYWRITE-2009-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

"THE GREAT GATSBY" THOU NOT A GREAT SUCCESS UPON IT'S
FIRST RELEASE IN THE 1920'S HAS NOW BEEN SCRIBNERS PUBLISHING
HOUSE'S BEST SELLING NOVEL FOR MANY YEARS NOW SINCE
A REVIVAL OF INTREST THAT STARTED IN THE 1940'S AND HAS
CONTINUED ON TO THE PRESENT.F. SCOTT FITZGERALD DIED IN
1940 AND DID NOT LIVE TO SEE "GATSBY'S" SUCCESS-HE DID
HOWEVER PREDICT THAT ONE DAY IT WOULD BE SEEN AS
AS HIS FINEST WORK AND WOULD TAKE IT'S PLACE
AS ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATIST NOVELS .-P.H.

THE KEYNES WAY

2009-01-20T12:14:00.000-08:00

DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF THE 1930'S THE MOST WELL
KNOWN ECONOMIST WAS LORD MAYNARD KEYNES,AN,AN ENGLISHMAN
WHO NEVER THE LESS HAD TALK'S WITH F.D.R. AND CAME TO THIS
CONCLUSION IN HIS BOOK "THE GENERRAL THERORY" PUBLISHED IN
1936.
TO SUMERIZE HIS STATMENT IN THE BOOK ABOUT HOW TO REMEDY THE
DEPRESSION-KEYNE'S WITH HIS TOUNGE ONLY PARTLY IN HIS CHEEK SAID
{AND I PARAPHRASE}THIS:
THAT "TO FILL AN EMPTY AND UNUSED COAL MINE WITH BOTTLES FULL
OF BANK NOTES AND THEN DIG THEM OUT AGAIN WOULD REDUCE
UNEMPLOYMENT.WHILE IT WOULD BE BETTER TO BUILD HOUSES-IF SUCH A
THING WERE IMPOSSIBLE IT WOULD BE BETTER TO EMPLOY THE FIRST
IDEA THAN TO DO NOTHING".
HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE IDEA'S OF "ECONOMISTS" AND "POLITICAL
PHILOSOPHERS" WERE MORE POWERFUL THAN WAS COMMONLY UNDER-
STOOD.THAT,IN FACT,"MENS{AND WOMENS} LIVE'S WERE RULED BY LITTLE
ELSE".
FOR 29 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN WITNESSING THE EFFECTS OF "TRICKLE-
DOWN ECONOMICS".THIS THEORY WAS DREAMT UP BY A DEFUNCT AND
DISCREDITED ECONOMIST AROUND 1900.IT OBVIOUS {AS WAS POINTED OUT
BACK IN 1900 AND SO NEVER IMPLEMENTED} THAT THE THEORY AS WE
HAVE SEEN IN PRACTICE BRINGS HUGE INEQUITIES AND MASSIVLY ASTRO-
NOMICAL DEFICETS THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD.IT'S TIME TO GET RID OF THIS
FAILED SYSTEM THAT HAS BROUGHT AMERICA'S AND INDEED THE WORLDS
ECONOMIES TO THE BRINK OF DISASTER.WE NEED A NEW AND BETTER
SYSTEM OF ECONOMICS-ONE THAT TAKE'S INTO ACCOUNT ALL THE CHANGES
THAT SECOND MILENIA HAS BROUGHT WITH IT.AMERICA AND THE WORLD
DESERVE BETTER.LET'S FIND A SYSTEM THAT WORKS
AND IS INCLUSIVE OF ALL PEOPLES-NOT JUST SOME.

WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2009-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

MUSIC ON TV-FAITH HILL-JOY TO THE WORLD

2008-12-20T12:25:00.000-08:00

FRI. DEC. 19TH-10:00PM-11:00PM-PBS

THE GREAT IRONY OF OUR TIME IS THAT WHEN SO MUCH IS POSSIBLE

IN MUSIC,MEDIA,AND WITH ALL THE GREAT VOCAISTS AND MUSICIANS

OF OUR TIME -WE SEE VERY FEW FULL LENGTH PERFORMANCES IN THE TELEVISION

MEDIUM.

FAITH HILL SHOWED US JUST HOW WELL A PROGRAM OF THIS TYPE CAN BE

DONE-IN A FEW WORDS-SHE NAILED IT.

AS HILL NOTED,PULLING OFF A NEW TAKE ON CHRISTMAS SONGS IS NO EASY

TASK.-BUT WITH A GREAT CONDUCTOR,ORCHESTRA,AND VOCAL GROUP AS

WELL AS HILL'S OWN TOWERING VOCAL STRENGTH AND ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE,

SHE GAVE A PERFORMANCE THAT WAS BOTH AWE INSPIRING AND FUN.

THAT FAITH HILL LOVES CHRISTMAS THERE IS NO DOUBT.THAT SHE IS A

SHOW STOPPING PERFORMER OF THE HIGHEST ORDER IS A JOYFUL FACT

THAT CANNOT BE DENIED.SHINE ON,FAITH,SHINE ON.

WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2008-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

PETE HOLLY HAS BEEN A PROFFESIONAL MUSICIAN FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF LOOK'S MUSIC INTERNATIONAL RECORD LABEL

AND PUBLISHING AND IS A VOTING MEMBER OF THE RECORDING ACADEMY.

ABOUT MY FILM "PETE HOLLY LIVE at BERKELEY

2008-10-01T11:39:00.000-07:00

TECHNICALLY "PETE HOLLY LIVE AT BERKELEY" IS WHAT IS KNOWN IN
FILM AS AN "ARK" MOVIE.THE WHOLE MOVIE TAKES PLACE IN ONE ROOM{TWELVE ANGRY MEN,LIFEBOAT}.IT ALSO CARRIES THE DISTINCTION OF BEING
ONE OF A VERY FEW NUMBER OF FILMS TO BE SHOT ALL IN ONE CONTINOUS TAKE.
{ALFRED HITCHCOCKS "ROPE" WAS DONE IN TEN MINUTE CONTINIOUS TAKE'S-VERY RARE}.BELIEVE ME THIS ISN'T EASY TO DO FOR 2 HOURS & 15 MINUTES.LUCKILY FOR
ME I HAVE HAD A MYRIAD OF EXPIERIENCES IN LIFE AND I HAVE BEEN PERFORMING SINCE I WAS 12{THAT'S FORTY YEARS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
COUNTING].SO I DIDN'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE AT ALL FILLING UP THE TIME WITH
SOME OF MY MORE EXTREME ADVENTURE'S AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCES.THERE
ISN'T MUCH I HAVEN'T SEEN IN HOLLYWOOD,NEW YORK,NASHVILLE AND ALL THE PLACES IN BETWEEN IN THE WORLD OF SHOW BUSINESS FROM THE LOWEST LOWS
TO THE HIGHEST HIGHS.
THE SETLIST IS VERY IMPORTANT-THERE IS AN ART TO CHOOSING WHICH SONGS TO PLAY AND IN WHAT ORDER.I DID ALOT OF WORK ON THAT.
I DIDN'T PREPARE FOR THE INTERVIEW.I HAVE A GOOD MEMORY AND NO ONE KNOWS MY LIFE BETTER THAN ME{EXCEPTING GOD}.MY STATMENTS OF
BEING ON THE EDGE OF CATASTROPHE SO MANY TIMES IS NO EXAGERATION.FOR THE BETTER PART OF 35 YEARS WHEN I SAW A DANGEROUS STORM COMING AT
MY SHIP-I DIDN'T BACK AWAY BUT INSTEAD I PLOWED FULL STEAM AHEAD RIGHT
INTO TO THE CENTER OF IT WITH ONLY MY GUITARS AND VOICE AND SONGS-
I GAVE IT MY ALL-I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY.
THAT'S WHAT MY FILM IS REALLY ALL ABOUT.THE MIRACLE THAT I SURVIVED.
"BUT THERE FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GO I"

PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT 2008-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

PETE HOLLY AND THE LOOK'S-LIVE AT DESMOND AND MOLLIES

2008-09-23T04:24:00.000-07:00

WE'VE JUST RELEASED THE SECOND PRESSING OF "PETE HOLLY AND THE

LOOK'S"-LIVE AT DESMOND AND MOLLIES ! THIS IS AN ULTRA-RARE CD-

IT BEING THE ONLY LIVE RECORDING OF MY BAND-"THE LOOK'S" .

YOU CAN FEEL THE EXCITMENT IN THE AIR.WE HAD JUST RETURNED

FROM RECORDING OUR SINGLE IN LOS ANGELES AND IT WAS A FULL

MOON.IT'S DEFINATLY ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS WE EVER PLAYED SO

I'M GLAD WE CAUGHT IT ON TAPE.EVEN TRACKING DOWN ALL THE

MATERIAL{THERE WERE TWO 9 SONG SETS} THAT WE PLAYED THAT NIGHT WAS QUITE A CHALLENGE.BUT BETWEEN LOOK'S DRUMMER AND MY GOOD FRIEND LENNY MONTOYA WE FINALLY MANAGED TO GET IT ALL TOGETHER
18 SONGS INCLUDING "ARE YOU GONNA BE MY GIRL{2 VERSIONS},BABY PLEASE
BELIEVE ME,WHAT DID I SAY & LOOK OUT BELOW.
ORDER HERE:

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THE GREATIST RECORDINGS OF ALL-TIME

2008-07-13T17:27:00.000-07:00

9."LOOKING FOR THE MAGIC"-THE DWIGHT TWILLY BAND

IN 1975 THE TWILLY BAND HAD THIER FIRST RELEASE "I'M ON FIRE" CLIMB
TO THE UPPER REACHES OF THE POP SINGLES CHART.UNFORTUNATLY,
'SHELTER" LEON RUSSELS LABEL DIDN'T GET THE ALBUM{"SINCERELY" OUT UNTIL A YEAR LATER..BY THEN MOMENTUM HAD RECEDED TO PUT IT POLITLY AND
THE BRILLIANT DEBUT BY TWILLYS BAND WENT LARGLY UNNOTICED.
TWILLY QUICKLY BOUNCED BACK WITH A SECOND ALBUM "TWILLY DON'T
MIND"-AN ALBUM OF POP/ROCK BRILLIACE EQUAL BUT DIFERANT THAN THAT
OF "SINCERELY".
"LOOKING FOR THE MAGIC" IS THE KIND OF SONG EVERY ROCKER DREAMS
OF WRITING-TOM PETTY EVEN STEPPED IN TO PLAY GUITAR ON THE TRACK.
HE MUST HAVE SENSED IT'S TIMELESSNESS.TWILLY COMBINES THE SOUNDS
OF THE BEATLES AND THE BEACH BOYS/WITH SOME "ELVIS" THROWN IN
FOR GOOD MEASURE."LOOKING FOR THE MAGIC" IS THE MOST MAGICAL SONG
OF THE 1970'S.TWILLY FOUND THE MAGIC-NOW ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS FIND TWILLY.
WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY- COPYRIGHT-2008-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

THE GREATIST RECORDINGS OF ALL-TIME

2008-06-22T17:53:00.000-07:00

8. "EVERYDAY PEOPLE"-SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE

SLY STONE AND HIS FAMILY BAND WERE FUNKY,THEY WERE SOULFUL,

BUT MOST OF ALL THEY WERE UNBELIEVABLY POSITIVE.SLY STONE WAS

THE MOST VISIONARY BLACK ARTIST OF THE 1960'S.ALL BLACK MUSIC AFTER

SLY WAS INFLUENCED BY SLY.AS A COMPOSER/PRODUCER/AND BAND LEADER SLY MAPPED OUT THE FUTURE OF BLACK MUSIC AND FOR MANY -BLACK-

WHITE-YELLOW-BROWN-ALL COLORED PEOPLE SLY MAPPED OUT THE FUTURE

WORLD.OUR WORLD;WHERE EVERYONE IS JUST "EVERYDAY PEOPLE".NO MATTER WHAT THIER RACE,CREED,OR COLOR BE.RICH OR POOR-ESKIMO OR INDIAN-WE'RE

ALL ON THIS PLANET TOGETHER AND "WE GOT TO LIVE TOGETHER ! ".

BY PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-6/22/2008-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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2008-05-12T16:36:00.000-07:00

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TAKING SCIENCE APART

2008-05-08T16:32:00.000-07:00

MOST HUMANS UNDERSTANDING OF MODERN SCIENCE IS THAT IT'S FACTUAL ,NUMERICAL,EXPERT RIPE APPEARENCE DEEMS ALL OTHER BELIEF SYSTEMS NULL AND VOID.HOWEVER,THIS IS FAR FROM TRUE.THEORYS OF THE UNIVERSE ALLWAYS SUFFER FROM PROBLEMS-BUT THEY ARE RARELY MENTIONED.
ISSAC NEWTON'S "FOR EVERY ACTION THERE IS AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE REACTION" IS GREAT SCIENCE-UNTIL YOU ASK-"WHAT STARTED THE FIRST ACTION?"
IF OBJECTS ARE JUST OBJECTS WHAT INATIMATE FORCE WOULD START A MOITION-
ANY MOITION.SO THE GREAT MYSTERY OF ACTION AT A DISTANCE REMAINS UNRESOLVED
IN EINSTIENS GREAT THEORY OF RELITIVITY THE SAME PROBLEM ARISES.
SURE EXTEME SPEEDS MAY ALTER TIME.OBSEVATIONS OF RIGHT NOW MAY VARY
FROM PLACES THAT ARE EXTREMELY FAR AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.BUT SO WHAT.
IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSES AN QBJECT TO HAVE A GREAT VELOCITY OR
WHAT CAUSES PLACES T BE SO DISTANT FROM EACH OTHER THAT THIER TIME IS NOT THE SAME-IT DOESN'T SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF THE UNIVERSE EITHER.
ALL UNIVERSE THEORYS HAVE THIS PROBLEM-QUATUM PHYSICS,STRING
THEORY,CHAOS THEORY-NONE CAN EXPLAIN WHAT CAUSES ACTION AT A DISTANCE.{BUT THEY ARE STILL GREAT THEORYS-AS THEORY'S GO}

PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-5/08/2008

THE ORIGINS OF "LOOK OUT BELOW"

2008-04-27T04:20:00.000-07:00

ALL OF THE GREAT STYLES OF AMERICAN MUSIC HAVE HAD SOME
POINT OF REFERANCE THAT WAS THIER INSPIRATION-SOMETIMES
SEVERAL.IT'S DIFFICULT TO DESCRIBE WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN 1977-
1978 TO BE PLAYING IN A THREE PIECE GARAGE BAND IN BOISE IDAHO.
BUT THE MOVEMENT THAT ALLOWED "THE LOOKS" AND MYSELF TO
AT LEAST SOME TRACTION WAS THE PUNK SCENE THAT EVOLVED
AT CBGB'S IN N.Y.C..STYLISTICALLY THE MUSIC WE PLAYED WAS
VERY SIMULAR TO THE BANDS OF THAT SCENCE.I GUESS WE WERE
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN "TELEVISION" AND "THE RAMONES".LATER
ON "THE CLASH" BECAME AN INSPIRATION."LOOK OUT BELOW" WAS
A SONG I WROTE IN THAT PERIOD-CLEARLY REFLECTS THE INFLUENCE
OF ALL THREE BANDS AND YOU COULD ADD "THE TALKING HEADS"
AND "DEVO".I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE ALOT OF BANDS TO
INFLUENCE ONE SONG, "LOOK OUT BELOW",BUT I SWEAR THEY
ARE ALL THERE IF YOU LISTEN.THAT WAS SORT OF THE PREMISE
FOR WRITING THE SONG.WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU COMBINED
THE SOUND OF ALL THESE BANDS IN ONE SONG AND WROTE ABOUT
SOMETHING REALLY BIG-WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE NUCLEAR WAR.
W'ELL WHAT HAPPENED WAS "LOOK OUT BELOW".IT ALL CAME TO
ME IN ONE PIECE-VERY QUICKLY.AFTER "THE RAMONES" CAME TO
TOWN WE SPEEDED IT UP A LITTLE;BUT OTHER THAN THAT IT
REMAINS AS WRITTEN.

COPYRIGHT-PETE HOLLY-2008
4/27/2008

THE GREATIST RECORDINGS OF ALL-TIME

2008-04-05T15:55:00.001-07:00

#7.GOD BLESS THE CHILD-BILLIE HOLIDAY

ONCE UPON A TIME IN SMALL CLUB IN NEW YORK CITY BILLIE HOLIDAY
WAS PERFORMING WITH ONE "FRANK SINATRA" IN THE AUDIENCE.A MAN
STARTED HECKLING MS. HOLIDAY AND SUDDENLY FRANK BECAME VERY
UPSET;WALKED OVER TO WHERE THE MAN WAS SITTING AND CONFRONTED
HIM."I'M SORRY MR. SINATRA,I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE HERE" THE MAN
PLEADED."THAT'S O.K. PAL,JUST KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT AND YOU WON'T
GET HURT AND OH BY THE WAY THAT LADY YOU'VE BEEN HECKLING-
IS THE GREATIST SINGER IN THE WORLD-SHE'S A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE
-SO HAVE SOME CLASS AND TREAT HER WITH RESPECT '"."YES MR.
SINATRA,I WILL" THE MAN REPLIED TREMBLING "I DEFINATELY WILL".

STRAY CAT STRUT-THE CASE OF THE ORANGE CAT

2008-02-23T08:53:00.000-08:00

BY PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2008

EVERY SPRING FERAL CATS START TO CONGRAGATE AROUND OUR APARTMENT

COMPLEX.YOU USUALLY ONLY SEE 3 OR 4 OF THEM AT A TIME BUT YOU CAN TELL

BY THIER LOOK'S THAT THERE'S ABOUT 20 OR SO DIFFERANT CATS.THEN EVERY FALL THEY DISAPPEAR AND WE GET A NEW BATCH THE NEXT SPRING.THERE IS ONE

CAT WHO IS DIFFERANT.SHE'S ORANGE AND SHE HAD A LITTER OF SIX OR SEVEN

KITTENS IN ONE OF THE PLANTER 2 SUMMERS AGO.SOMEONE CALLED THE ANIMAL

CONTROL PEOPLE AND THEY CAME AND PICKED UP SOME OF THE CATS.BUT SPRING OF LAST YEAR THE ORANGE MOTHER CAT WAS STILL HERE AND SHE STILL HAD TWO OF HER OFFSPRING WHO WERE NOW ALLMOST AS BIG AS SHE.I KNEW SHE HAD

MADE IT ALONE THRU THE WINTER BEFORE THAT-THE ONLY CAT I'VE EVER SEEN DO THAT.SO NOW SHE HAD MADE IT THRU TWO WINTERS AND GOT HER BABIES THRU THE WINTER SOMEHOW TOO.THIS IS ONE SMART CAT.IT'S BELOW,USUALLY

WAY BELOW FREEZING AT NIGHT FOR AT LEAST FOUR MONTHS OUT OF YEAR HERE

IN BOISE-SO FERAL CATS THAT CAN SURVIVE SUCCESIVE WINTERS ARE EXTREMLY

RARE.IN FACT THIS IS THE ONLY ONE I'VE EVER SEEN MAKE IT.SO WHAT WAS HER

SECRET.SHE AND NOW HER BABIIES TOO HIDE IN THE WARM ENGINE COMPARTMENTS OF THE CARS AS PEOPLE ARRIVE HOME AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT.WHEN THE ENGINE THEY ARE ON COOLS OFF THEY SIMPLY MOVE TO A NEWER ARRIVAL WHOSE ENGINE IS STILL NICE AND TOASTY.IF YOU ASK
ME THESE ARE SOME PRETTY DAMN SMART CAT'S-NO WONDER THEY STRUT.

THE TIMES AND INFLUENCES OF EMILY DICKENSON

2008-02-08T15:51:00.000-08:00

"WITHIN' YOU AND WITHOUT YOU"

BY PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2008

IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THE CONVERGENCES OF IDEAS AND HISTORICAL
EVENTS AND THE EFFECTS THEY HAD ON ARTISTS AND WRITERS OF THIER
TIME.FEW PEOPLE ATTACH THE POETRY OF EMILY DICKENSON TO THE CIVIL
WAR YET IT WAS PRECISELY DURING THE YEARS OF THE WAR THAT DICKEN-
SON WROTE THE LARGEST AMOUNT AND THE BEST OF HER POETRY।
TWO OTHER MOVEMENTS IN ART AND LITERATURE ALSO COINCIDED
WITH DICKENSON'S WORK AND SHE WAS WELL AWARE OF BOTH.FIRST WAS
"THE HUDSON SCHOOL OF PAINTING" LEAD BY THOMAS COLE.THE NATURE
SCENES WEE IDEALIZED AND ROMANTIC YET THE IMAGERY WAS SO STRONG
AND BROUGHT THE RUGGEDNESS OF NATURE SO ALIVE THAT THEY WERE
EMOITIONALLY IMPRESSIVE।SOMEHOW ALL THIS WAS CONNECTED TO
EMERSON,THOREAU'S SELF-RELIANCE AND WALT WHITMANS WILD
FREE FORM POETRY.-ALL REFLECTIONS OF MAN'S RELATION TO UNTAMED
NATURE AND SEEKING A WAY TO LIVE WITH IT ON THIER OWN-WITHOUT
SPOILING THE VIEW-SO TO SPEAK।ALL THESE IDEAS AND EVENTS INFLUENCED EMILY DICKENSON AND YET SHE WAS ABLE TO CREATE HER OWN
ART THAT COULD EASILY STAND ON IT'S OWN MERIT-AND ABOVE ALL THESE
WRITERS AND ARTISTS.INDEED;DICKENSON'S PEN NOT ONLY TOOK EVERYTHING IN BUT IT ALSO GAVE EVERYTHING OUT AS WELL.THIS WAS THE SPECIAL POWER OF HER POETRY
AND WHY IT IS STILL AHEAD OF IT'S TIME OVER 150 YEARS LATER!HER MYTH
LIVES ON IN THE GLORY OF HER WORDS.

SOURCES-A HISTORICAL GUIDE TO EMILY DICKENSON-VIVIAN R. POLLACK
THE LIFE OF EMILY DICKINSON-MY WARS ARE LAID AWAY IN BOOK'S
-ALFRED HABEGGAR

BORN ON A CAR LOT

2008-01-15T14:22:00.000-08:00

GAS MAY SEEM EXPENSIVE AT $100।00 A BARREL{82 GALLONS} OR ABOUT 3.19
A GALLON FOR GASOLINE AT THE PUMP।BUT WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO THE
OTHER COMMODITIES THAT HAVE UNDERGONE MASSIVE INFLATON FOR MANY
YEARS OIL DOESN'T FARE SO BADLY।CONSIDER THESE CURIOUS FIGURES:

1.COCA-COLA-$119.00 PER BARREL
2.PERRIER WATER-$426.00 PER BARREL
3.BUDWIESER BEER-$410.00 PE BARREL
4.BERTOLLI OLIVE OIL-$1,165.00 PER BARREL
5.STOP AND SHOP DANDRUFF SHAMPOO-1,469.00 PER BARREL
6.JACK DANIELS BLACK LABEL WHISKEY-$4,460.00 PER BARREL
7।MCLLHENNY'S TABASCO SAUCE-$4,542.00 PER BARREL

PETE HOLLY- COPYRIGHT 2007-SOURCE-THE AGE OF OIL-LEONARDO MAUGERI-2006

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2007-12-24T09:52:00.000-08:00

#5-DO YOU WANNA DANCE?-THE BEACH BOYS

THE LEAD-OFF TRACK ON THE BEACH BOYS "TODAY" ALBUM WHICH ALSO

CONTAINS "HELP ME RHONDA" AND "DANCE,DANCE,DANCE"-TWO OF THE BEACH

BOYS BIGGEST HITS-THIS TRACK FEATURES BEACH BOY DRUMMER DENNIS WILSON

ON VOCALS AND DISPLAYS BRIAN WILSON AT THE PEAK OF HIS PRODUCTION

POWERS TAKING THE OLD BOBBY FREEMAN SONG AND INFUSING IT WITH

UNMATCHED POWER AND SLEEKNESS IN A PRODUCTION JOB THAT CAN ONLY

BE DESCRIBED AS GENUIS।BRIAN WILSON LEARNED EVERYTHING THAT PHIL

SPECTOR KNEW AND THEN CAME UP WITH A FEW TRICKS OF HIS OWN.BUT IN THE

END IT'S DENNIS WILSON'S VOCAL THAT HITS THIS ONE OUT OF THE PARK.-AND NO

WONDER-DENNIS WAS THE ONLY REAL SURFER IN THE BEACH BOY'S AND ON THIS TRACK HE'S ALSO THIER BEST VOCALIST।
PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-12/24/2007

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PETE HOLLY AND THE 2008 GRAMMY'S

2007-10-11T15:40:00.000-07:00

HERE ARE THE WORKS THAT PETE HOLLY HAS UP FOR NOMINATION
IN THIS YEARS GRAMMY'S-2008

1।BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION-"CHINA"

2।BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION-"PIANO COMPOSITION #3"

3।BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM-"THE MORRISON CENTER SESSION"

5।BEST LINER NOTES-"THE MORRISON CENTER SESSION"

PLEASE ACCEPT OUR GRATITUDE IN CONSIDERATION
OF YOUR VOTE FOR PETE HOLLY'S WORKS UP FOR NOMINATION.

THE GREATIST RECORDINGS OF ALL-TIME

2007-10-09T11:01:00.000-07:00

#1-"MY FAVORITE THINGS"-JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET

SAXAPHONIIST JOHN COLTRANE,IN THE LATE 1950'S AND EARLY 1960'S,
WAS SHAKING UP THE THE JAZZ WORLD IN A WAY THAT IT HAD NEVER BEEN
SHAKEN' BEFORE OR SINCE.HE HAD DEVELOPED A NUMBER OF INTRICATE
TECHNIQUES,"SHEETS OF SOUND","STACKING NOTES" AND FINDING NOTES
THAT FIT THE SONG BUT TECHNICHALLY SHOUDN'T HAVE.USING THIS ARSENAL
OF SOUND COLTRANE AMAZED AUDIENCES AND FELLOW MUSICIANS WHO
WOULD STAND NEXT TO THE STAGE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW COLTRANE
WAS BLAZING THIS NEW TRAIL AND HOW HE COULD SOUND LIKE TWO
SAXAPHONISTS PLAYING AT ONCE।
COLTRANES COMPOSITIONAL SKILLS WERE ALSO AT THERE BEST-"NAIMA","COUSIN MARY","CENTRAL PARK WEST","GIANT STEPS" AND "EQUINOX"
WERE ALL WORKS OF AMAZING GENUIS.BUT THERE WAS MORE.COLTRANE MANAGED TO TAKE HIS INCREDIBLY COMPLEX PLAYING STYLE AND ADAPT IT
TO THE POPULAR SONG "MY FAVORITE THINGS" FROM THE SOUND OF MUSIC{FILM
AND MUSICAL}.THE RECORDING CROSSED OVER INTO THE MAINSTREAM AND
"FAVORITE THINGS" BECAME SECOND ONLY TO DAVE BRUBECKS "TAKE FIVE" AS
THE BEST-SELLING JAZZ RECORD OF ALL-TIME.SUDDENLY SQUARES WERE
TURNED ON TO COOL।IT WAS COLTRANES REVOLUTION.

P। HOLLY

RIDE A WHITE SWAN

2007-10-04T20:45:00.000-07:00

ONE ELEMENT OF THE STATISTICS THAT I REPORTED ON FROM B।M.I॥ IS

THAT A LARGE PART OF THE INCREASED INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY CAME FROM

THE USE OF THE PETE HOLLY SONG "ARE YOU GONNA BE MY GIRL" IN FILM AND TELEVISION.

PUBLISHERS ARE AWARE OF THE THIS GROWING PORTION OF THE MARKET BUT AN ARTIST WHO IS JUST STARTING OUT MAY NOT BE.WELL,NOW YOU ARE.THIS IS AN ALL UPSIDE PART OF THE MARKET.WITH NO LIMIT ON THE POSSIIBLE ZERO'S

ATTACHED TO THE ROYALTY AMOUNT.OF COARSE THERE NO WAY OF PREDICTING

WHAT AMOUNT OF THE FILM AND TELEVISION MARKET YOU MAY GAIN।
BUT IT WON'T COST YOU A DIME TO SCOUT THE MARKET।IF YOU GET AN OFFER-
TAKE-IT-THEY DON'T GROW ON TREE'S। P।HOLLY 10/4/07