Today has also been a day of decision...
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Today has also been a day of decision and taking initiatives. I called Richard Chadwick with major Crimson proposals; also a suggestion or two to Bill Nelson. Interesting information for the enthusiast audient: neither Crimson, Bill nor David Sylvian can afford to be a group on the road. You might think that’s crazy, and it is. I have my own strange & unlikely proposals to deal with the impossibilities. But solutions, to the madness of the music industry’s inexorable logic, only have effect for a limited period. The problems continue as if eternal: the solutions are all, always, only available for a relatively short period of time. So, unless we act within the time umbrella, the opportunity is lost & possible productions become impossible applications. This is a key difference between the “successful” artist and another, more talented but less “successful”: recognising a moment, what is possible within it, and acting in time. Taken together, these constitute timing.
[Excerpt from RF’s Diary - February 1st. 1999]
The only constant in my life, music, the balm, the stimulant, the chord that elicits an overwhelmed heart, perhaps a tear, a laugh. Watched you perform with a tiny handful of others 47 years ago at Johns Hopkins Uni. It was a lightbulb moment, and I have pursued those moments ever since. Thank you, Sir.
Wise advice as always <3