Whew...I'm pretty damn busy. Can't
believe my last email was 10 days ago. So..what's up
with this MTV thing?
Well, I've checked out
all the competition, and I have to
admit...they're bad. I mean...BAAAD. A
couple...are pretty funny, or well
done..or show talent. But the majority are
very mediocre. Sounds great for me right?
Not exactly. In a move obviously meant to
generate traffic to their site...the MTV
winners are determined by voting. What
this means of course is Bubba, who can
whistle Dixie out his ASS, will
WIN the contest if he has his good
ol' boys vote for him. GREAT. They have
assured me that it is
THEIR commercial, and they wouldn't
air a complete NO-TALENT, but they still
have to go by the votes. So now I get
to solicit, which I don't do very
well. There's a few rounds of voting...The
first preliminary, then they cut it down
to 5 people, then finally at the end of
JUNE there will be one male and one female
who will appear in the
commercial.
YouTube
link added
12.20.07
Again, it's not like I'm getting
interviewed on TRL or anything (a show on MTV), it
will be a 30 second commercial that will show me and
probably the 4tvs in a shot along with the female that
wins. EITHER WAY! It's national exposure. And
it's MINE to win, because I simply put a
SHITLOAD more work into my auditions than most
people.
So here's what I'm asking you to
do. Go to hollywoodscreentest.com.
Hit "How to Get To Hollywood" and hit the
"TALENT SCOUT" selection at the VERY TOP.
This is to make you all feel special...LOL. You
basically sign-up as a TALENT SCOUT
(COMPLETLEY FREE) and it allows you to vote on
the contests. I have FIVE different auditions in the
MTV contest. I am NOT in the "big break" contest.
If you just want to vote blindly for me because of
"the love" - it shouldn't take you anymore than 15
minutes. If you actually want to watch all my
auditions first it will take a bti of time...but
you've seen most of them HERE, and today's entry is
one of those auditions...it's my 30 second vocal
audition.
And that's basically it there. Me
being on freakin' national television is completely
dependent on a popularity contest. You know that no
one's gonna go through all this trouble unless it's
their friend on the site, and if they're doing it for
a friend, they're not even gonna look at the rest of
the auditions. I really wish they would pick the
best talents and run with 'em. But what can you do.
My last two AAAH! Capella's shows
ever were a total waste:
Friday,
May 5th, 2000
AAAH!
CAPELLA'S 10
THE SETUP
Everything
stayed there all week.
THE PERFORMANCE
& REACTION
PARODY
2 - LIFE
Just
as I was about to leave one of Debbie's
friend's came in so I did a quick little
show. It was funny because the guy was
telling me I had to come up with some
one-liners in between my sets...'cause
when I jumped onstage I had to wait for
Debbie to turn some lights around. LOL.
I kept thinking to myself: "Not
another one of these guys..." The ones
that spend the whole show telling you what
you SHOULD do. Luckily once I did
these two sets he didn't have much to say.
(sigh)...I hate to be shitty but
everyone thinks they're THE
"idea-man"...little do they know that I
was that guy too...'cept..ahem...I did
something about it. Heh.
And
then the big One Year
Anniversary:
Saturday,
May 6th, 2000
AAAH!
CAPELLA'S 11
ONE YEAR ANNIVERSRY SHOW!!!
THE SETUP
Everything
stayed there all week.
THE PERFORMANCE
& REACTION
PARODY
2 - LIFE - SLIDE -
RHYTHM
Again,
just about to leave when two guys that knew
Debbie showed up. ALl these "show-up" guys
seem to get in for free for some reason, but
oh well...at least I HAD an
anniversary show. And this is my FINAL AAAH!
CAPELLA show. The performance was strange.
I've never wanted to NOT do a show in my
entire life. LOL. I had no energy at
all. Luckily my voice was DEAD-ON...and
I soon was able to follow suit. I just
didn't care tonight. Aaah! Capella has become
such a depressant for me. What was the
biggest deal in the world for me turned out
to be nothing. On the other hand it certainly
served a great purpose: It kept me going for
8 weeks whenlife was shit. Ya know? Knowing
what I know no of course makes it even
more depressing...but at the time it was this
shining unknown that kept me going. And now
I have hollywoodscreentest.com...and
well the rest is history. 4tvs live
performances will take a step-back for
awhile, which is fine. Enough to keep fresh.
So the performance finally ended...and the
two guys seemed very interested in the
technical aspect. Talked about the "Timecode"
movie for awhile. The only thing that bums me
out about Timecode is that people will think
I'm copying THEM. Oh well. Not that they're
copying me...but we're both creative and have
an outlet in different ways.
Anyway, so that's
it for Aaah! Capella... Amazing huh. It really seems
like the end for the live 4tvs show. I know it
isn't...but something's changed. It's as if I've
gotten to that "next-step" that 4tvs was intended to
get me to, and now it's a bit of a curiosity what it
will become. There is still much more I wish to
achieve with 4tvs...especially in the music sense.
We'll see what happens.
Well, you know that
I couldn't have an entry without some
turmoil...J-Dog is pretty sick. Yeah, my all time
favorite creature on this planet was about 72 hours
from dying. He has a urinary blockage and is bleeding
like crazy. We caught it in time though and basically
if we give him all this medicine and some special ($25
a bag for NUTHIN) food...he "should" be ok. It's still
a very good possibility he's gonna need surgery that
will eclipse $1000. How heartbreaking is this. The one
thing we just DON'T have is money. It's tough in
a bunch of ways. If he simply needed the surgery or
he'd die...well...we'd put him to sleep and just be
bummed out of our minds. But he's suffering and we CAN
help now...even if it ends up we're wasting our money
and he still needs the surgery. I love J-Dog like a
son as many of you know. Everyone feels this way about
their pets, and the things J-Dog has been through with
me is simply incredible. Especially when I got
divorced. So we just hope and pray. If we're lucky we
can nip this in the bud and simply have to feed him
some expensive ass food for the rest of his life...if
not he goes to doggie heaven. And I do mean
doggie...lol. Oh did I mention that? Ha...no i
didn't...J-Dog is my cat. HAHAHAHA. Oh well. That's
life. Let's hope.
And finally...let me remind you
about Palaur.com.
I'm still highly excited about this and especially the
responses of those who have started it and gotten
through it. It's the most positive response I've
gotten of ANYTHING I've ever done. I'll admit, it
is indeed the most personal experience you'll ever
have...reading and hearing someone else's life. It's
got quite the voyeuristic feeling to it. Please check
it out when you've got the time. The preview is
completely free...and long...and REALLY gets you
into the story. Email me if you've got any
questions.
And here's the video! It says to
sing a love song to a contestent you saw on the site,
and I did...both of me did. :-) VIDEO.