Latest '4 Minutes on the Net with Dec'

[Dec [Cluskey]]

Just uploaded the latest '4 Minutes on the Net with Dec' ... this time the last of three 'tips' re. Music Publishing ... I hope it is well received. It is well intentioned. https://deccluskey.wordpress.com/ Dec

[JackA]

On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 3:20:03 PM UTC-5, Dec [Cluskey] wrote:
> Just uploaded the latest '4 Minutes on the Net with Dec' ... this time the last of three 'tips' re. Music Publishing ... I hope it is well received. It is well intentioned. https://deccluskey.wordpress.com/ Dec

It was very nice to be able to thank Shel Talmy (producer) for his Who stereo mixes!

Maybe some can spot a "hit" before others. I'm not thrilled with "today's" music, but when I first heard "Pumped Up Kicks" (2011?), by Foster The People, I knew it was going to do well!! Had and eerie sound about it!

Also, it is/was a thrill to chat with Jim Liddane, elsewhere. I'd ask Jim a one sentence song question, and would receive a novel size reply!..

http://www.songwriter.co.uk/page8.html

Jack

[Dec [Cluskey]]

On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 8:20:03 PM UTC, Dec [Cluskey] wrote:
> Just uploaded the latest '4 Minutes on the Net with Dec' ... this time the last of three 'tips' re. Music Publishing ... I hope it is well received. It is well intentioned. https://deccluskey.wordpress.com/ Dec

Jack ....

Shel Talmy .... I can thank Shel for my band's first hit! Also for allowing me to learn so much from him ... a lovely guy and, I hope, a dear friend through the years.

Strangely, i am told, he was not very enamoured with the work he did with us ... maybe untrue? To me it was sheer genius. Dec

[JackA]

On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 9:53:57 AM UTC-5, Dec [Cluskey] wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 8:20:03 PM UTC, Dec [Cluskey] wrote:
> > Just uploaded the latest '4 Minutes on the Net with Dec' ... this time the last of three 'tips' re. Music Publishing ... I hope it is well received. It is well intentioned. https://deccluskey.wordpress.com/ Dec
>
> Jack ....
>
> Shel Talmy .... I can thank Shel for my band's first hit! Also for allowing me to learn so much from him ... a lovely guy and, I hope, a dear friend through the years.
>
> Strangely, i am told, he was not very enamoured with the work he did with us ... maybe untrue? To me it was sheer genius. Dec

Dec,

The drummer of The Fifth Estate who had a [1967] US hit with, "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead", sent me a copy of a current Fifth Estate album, for review. Guess who Produced it? Yep, Shel!! Small world, eh? :)

Cheers/Best,
Jack

[Dec [Cluskey]]

On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 8:20:03 PM UTC, Dec [Cluskey] wrote:
> Just uploaded the latest '4 Minutes on the Net with Dec' ... this time the last of three 'tips' re. Music Publishing ... I hope it is well received. It is well intentioned. https://deccluskey.wordpress.com/ Dec

Jack ... the last time I was in contact with Shel he was virtually blind ... his sight was always bad ... he was then still producing even with no sight... Dec PS. I hope he is still around ... I owe him a lot.

[JackA]

On Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 1:20:37 PM UTC-5, Dec [Cluskey] wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 8:20:03 PM UTC, Dec [Cluskey] wrote:
> > Just uploaded the latest '4 Minutes on the Net with Dec' ... this time the last of three 'tips' re. Music Publishing ... I hope it is well received. It is well intentioned. https://deccluskey.wordpress.com/ Dec
>
> Jack ... the last time I was in contact with Shel he was virtually blind ... his sight was always bad ... he was then still producing even with no sight... Dec PS. I hope he is still around ... I owe him a lot.

Wow, Dec, that IS sad news. I only wrote/shared some words with him in e-mails a couple years ago [related to his Who stereo mixes], but others tell me he's a sweet person!!

Thank you for letting me know!

Best,
Jack

[JackA]

On Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 6:37:39 PM UTC-5, JackA wrote:
> On Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 1:20:37 PM UTC-5, Dec [Cluskey] wrote:
> > On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 8:20:03 PM UTC, Dec [Cluskey] wrote:
> > > Just uploaded the latest '4 Minutes on the Net with Dec' ... this time the last of three 'tips' re. Music Publishing ... I hope it is well received. It is well intentioned. https://deccluskey.wordpress.com/ Dec
> >
> > Jack ... the last time I was in contact with Shel he was virtually blind ... his sight was always bad ... he was then still producing even with no sight... Dec PS. I hope he is still around ... I owe him a lot.
>
> Wow, Dec, that IS sad news. I only wrote/shared some words with him in e-mails a couple years ago [related to his Who stereo mixes], but others tell me he's a sweet person!!
>
> Thank you for letting me know!
>
> Best,
> Jack

Dec, some years back I found a favorite Kinks song (You Really Got Me), but in stereo. Have to assume Shel mixed it, Ray Davies didn't like it, so Shel sent it to pasture.

Also, I was sent a CD by the drummer of 60's group, The Fifth Estate. It was a new album/CD. Later, while reminiscing, I noticed Shel Produced it!

Jack

[Dec [Cluskey]]

On Saturday, March 7, 2015 at 4:10:21 AM UTC, JackA wrote:
> On Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 6:37:39 PM UTC-5, JackA wrote:
> > On Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 1:20:37 PM UTC-5, Dec [Cluskey] wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 8:20:03 PM UTC, Dec [Cluskey] wrote:
> > > > Just uploaded the latest '4 Minutes on the Net with Dec' ... this time the last of three 'tips' re. Music Publishing ... I hope it is well received. It is well intentioned. https://deccluskey.wordpress.com/ Dec
> > >
> > > Jack ... the last time I was in contact with Shel he was virtually blind ... his sight was always bad ... he was then still producing even with no sight... Dec PS. I hope he is still around ... I owe him a lot.
> >
> > Wow, Dec, that IS sad news. I only wrote/shared some words with him in e-mails a couple years ago [related to his Who stereo mixes], but others tell me he's a sweet person!!
> >
> > Thank you for letting me know!
> >
> > Best,
> > Jack
>
> Dec, some years back I found a favorite Kinks song (You Really Got Me), but in stereo. Have to assume Shel mixed it, Ray Davies didn't like it, so Shel sent it to pasture.
>
> Also, I was sent a CD by the drummer of 60's group, The Fifth Estate. It was a new album/CD. Later, while reminiscing, I noticed Shel Produced it!
>
> Jack

Jack .... yes, Shel is/was an exceptionally nice guy and I owe him a lot .... he promotes himself mostly on his work on The Who and The Kinks ... yet he made a nice packet from my band ... and never mentions it in public... strange? [grin!]. He said one of the funniest lines I have ever heard when I asked him did he ever see his erstwhile partner, Mike Stone. His reply of "f**k him and the horse he rode into town on" still makes me smile all over!!!!!!! Funny line.