Great Article on Steve Perry's voice

[Rick]

The article talks about Perry's voice and how he changed the style of singing over the years and how he dropped songs from tours to save his voice. It compares him against a lot of famous rock singers and provides vocal analogies ( of course John Farnham ws left out as he is the only one who can stand toe to toe with Perry) It's pretty much an essay on cheerleading but that is fine. What I found interesting and I would like some clarification is the subject performance royalties. The author says that Perry no longer gets these now that Journey has re-recorded the hits. I don't know if that makes sense. I understand transfer of copyright where the publisher buys out the songwriters share of royalties after a set period of time and maybe this is the 10 year period everyone talks about when they mention Steve still gets paid from the group. Performance royalties also include Radio, T.V. and othe public performances So if Steve is not going to get these anymore, maybe that is the reason he might want to release something in the near future to start a new revenue stream. I undestand he still gets paid for his solo stuff and he might be richer than God but we can't really confirm that of course. Does anyone have any opinions on the matter or can enlighten me on how Royalties really work?

No inf on how Royalties really work.....would just like to point out how you keep throwing this name around!!!!

John Farnham could stand toe to toe with Perry in his prime, both singers were so similuar is power and range, it's pretty crazy. They are both in their own league, and there isn't a professional or famous musician who disagrees. Just ask the likes of Richard Marx and other famous vocalists, and what they have to says about John. In my opinion John Farmham is the best singer of all them, because of his long career, and he hasn't lost his voice either, still strong as ever it seems.

I've posted this before, but JF sounded good singing for LRB.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wid5KRbTH8

[Don]

The article talks about Perry's voice and how he changed the style of singing over the years and how he dropped songs from tours to save his voice. It compares him against a lot of famous rock singers and provides vocal analogies ( of course John Farnham ws left out as he is the only one who can stand toe to toe with Perry) It's pretty much an essay on cheerleading but that is fine. What I found interesting and I would like some clarification is the subject performance royalties. The author says that Perry no longer gets these now that Journey has re-recorded the hits. I don't know if that makes sense. I understand transfer of copyright where the publisher buys out the songwriters share of royalties after a set period of time and maybe this is the 10 year period everyone talks about when they mention Steve still gets paid from the group. Performance royalties also include Radio, T.V. and othe public performances So if Steve is not going to get these anymore, maybe that is the reason he might want to release something in the near future to start a new revenue stream. I undestand he still gets paid for his solo stuff and he might be richer than God but we can't really confirm that of course. Does anyone have any opinions on the matter or can enlighten me on how Royalties really work?

No inf on how Royalties really work.....would just like to point out how you keep throwing this name around!!!!

John Farnham could stand toe to toe with Perry in his prime, both singers were so similuar is power and range, it's pretty crazy. They are both in their own league, and there isn't a professional or famous musician who disagrees. Just ask the likes of Richard Marx and other famous vocalists, and what they have to says about John. In my opinion John Farmham is the best singer of all them, because of his long career, and he hasn't lost his voice either, still strong as ever it seems.

I've posted this before, but JF sounded good singing for LRB.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wid5KRbTH8

Those guys in LRB would tape down John's Mic cord to keep him from wondering into the audience, he is quite the showman.

[Deb]

The article talks about Perry's voice and how he changed the style of singing over the years and how he dropped songs from tours to save his voice. It compares him against a lot of famous rock singers and provides vocal analogies ( of course John Farnham ws left out as he is the only one who can stand toe to toe with Perry) It's pretty much an essay on cheerleading but that is fine. What I found interesting and I would like some clarification is the subject performance royalties. The author says that Perry no longer gets these now that Journey has re-recorded the hits. I don't know if that makes sense. I understand transfer of copyright where the publisher buys out the songwriters share of royalties after a set period of time and maybe this is the 10 year period everyone talks about when they mention Steve still gets paid from the group. Performance royalties also include Radio, T.V. and othe public performances So if Steve is not going to get these anymore, maybe that is the reason he might want to release something in the near future to start a new revenue stream. I undestand he still gets paid for his solo stuff and he might be richer than God but we can't really confirm that of course. Does anyone have any opinions on the matter or can enlighten me on how Royalties really work?

No inf on how Royalties really work.....would just like to point out how you keep throwing this name around!!!!

John Farnham could stand toe to toe with Perry in his prime, both singers were so similuar is power and range, it's pretty crazy. They are both in their own league, and there isn't a professional or famous musician who disagrees. Just ask the likes of Richard Marx and other famous vocalists, and what they have to says about John. In my opinion John Farmham is the best singer of all them, because of his long career, and he hasn't lost his voice either, still strong as ever it seems.

I've posted this before, but JF sounded good singing for LRB.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wid5KRbTH8

Always loved this song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDI-f8NI ... re=related

[annie89509]

The article talks about Perry's voice and how he changed the style of singing over the years and how he dropped songs from tours to save his voice. It compares him against a lot of famous rock singers and provides vocal analogies ( of course John Farnham ws left out as he is the only one who can stand toe to toe with Perry) It's pretty much an essay on cheerleading but that is fine. What I found interesting and I would like some clarification is the subject performance royalties. The author says that Perry no longer gets these now that Journey has re-recorded the hits. I don't know if that makes sense. I understand transfer of copyright where the publisher buys out the songwriters share of royalties after a set period of time and maybe this is the 10 year period everyone talks about when they mention Steve still gets paid from the group. Performance royalties also include Radio, T.V. and othe public performances So if Steve is not going to get these anymore, maybe that is the reason he might want to release something in the near future to start a new revenue stream. I undestand he still gets paid for his solo stuff and he might be richer than God but we can't really confirm that of course. Does anyone have any opinions on the matter or can enlighten me on how Royalties really work?

No inf on how Royalties really work.....would just like to point out how you keep throwing this name around!!!!

Being the worldly person I am, I have to. Everyone in Europe and Australia now of him, just not many here in the U.S.

You've got that right, Gunbot. Never heard of the guy, until people here keep throwing his name out. I'm by no means a person possessing wide knowledge of the music scene, though. Learned a lot just reading on this board.

[Don]

The article talks about Perry's voice and how he changed the style of singing over the years and how he dropped songs from tours to save his voice. It compares him against a lot of famous rock singers and provides vocal analogies ( of course John Farnham ws left out as he is the only one who can stand toe to toe with Perry) It's pretty much an essay on cheerleading but that is fine. What I found interesting and I would like some clarification is the subject performance royalties. The author says that Perry no longer gets these now that Journey has re-recorded the hits. I don't know if that makes sense. I understand transfer of copyright where the publisher buys out the songwriters share of royalties after a set period of time and maybe this is the 10 year period everyone talks about when they mention Steve still gets paid from the group. Performance royalties also include Radio, T.V. and othe public performances So if Steve is not going to get these anymore, maybe that is the reason he might want to release something in the near future to start a new revenue stream. I undestand he still gets paid for his solo stuff and he might be richer than God but we can't really confirm that of course. Does anyone have any opinions on the matter or can enlighten me on how Royalties really work?

No inf on how Royalties really work.....would just like to point out how you keep throwing this name around!!!!

John Farnham could stand toe to toe with Perry in his prime, both singers were so similuar is power and range, it's pretty crazy. They are both in their own league, and there isn't a professional or famous musician who disagrees. Just ask the likes of Richard Marx and other famous vocalists, and what they have to says about John. In my opinion John Farmham is the best singer of all them, because of his long career, and he hasn't lost his voice either, still strong as ever it seems.

I've posted this before, but JF sounded good singing for LRB.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wid5KRbTH8

Always loved this song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDI-f8NI ... re=related

John was 54 in that clip and still sang the hell out of that and the crowd freakin loved it!!
Heart does a great cover of that song. It would be cool if they sing it on this tour.

[tammy]

Is this an article or what? From Nora's 'cut & paste' post it reads like a fan wrote it on a forum?!

Sorry for the confusion....

Everything in my 2 posts above are from the 21 page article.

I'll go fix it....

My fault Nora, I didn't see your second post cribbed with the more detailed about the vocals...vibrato, clarity, etc. Makes more sense now.

[annie89509]

Oh, John Farnham sang for Little River Band. What a great evolution ... these YT clips. Brings back a lot of good music ... memories.

[Tomulator]

Does anyone have any opinions on the matter or can enlighten me on how Royalties really work?

I will preface my comments by saying I am certainly no authority on how royalites work. I suspect they differ from contract to contract. That said, I did a rather large loan for a former member of the band Boston, and most of his income (we had to verify this income) was derived from royalty checks, that resulted from his years performing with Boston. Keep in mind that this particular gentleman hadn't been in Boston since 1983, and I did the loan for him in 2004. He was still making a pretty solid living, off of royalties. I know this probably doesn't enlighten you one iota. I would just be STUNNED if Perry receives ZERO royalites from Journey's back catalog.

Whether the guys calling themselves "Journey" today re-record the classics or not, it doesn't change the fact that Perry wrote or co-wrote almost every song they re-recorded. Common sense dictates that he must still receive something, somewhere. The guy is far from destitute, and as far as I can tell, has been retired for well over 10 years. so he definitely has money flowing in from somewhere!


John from Boston

When you say "pretty solid living"...can you give us some rough estimate of what his yearly earnings were???? Just so darn curious!

[jihavoh]

FINALLY!! I can post!! Sorry, meant to post this days ago been procrastinating/waiting on MR ... anyway..

Interesting read on The Voice, but I thought it was funny that the author didn't mention one of the most obvious vocalists Jimi Jamison ..I would add Freddi Curci also. Anyone else think these two should have been mentioned if not one of the silver or bronze receivers?

I apologize if these names have already been mentioned...

jihavoh

[BobbyinTN]

John Farnham is truly THE VOICE.

Check this shit out.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygzkYf72 ... re=related

[Saint John]

John Farnham is truly THE VOICE.

Check this shit out.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygzkYf72 ... re=related

Boring...and he looks like fucking Benny Hill.

[Don]

John Farnham is truly THE VOICE.

Check this shit out.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygzkYf72 ... re=related

Boring...and he looks like fucking Benny Hill.

The guy is around 57 years old in that clip and still out there performing, unlike someone else.
Here is a more uptone clip from his younger days.

"St. Louis"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZwCdEirWxzM

Just say that you love me
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Uh7WaejXG0E

"We two" from the same show
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qxXCbRpaoFY&feature=related

[BobbyinTN]

John Farnham is truly THE VOICE.

Check this shit out.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygzkYf72 ... re=related

Boring...and he looks like fucking Benny Hill.

I didn't know the way he looked affected how good his voice is.

[BobbyinTN]

John Farnham is truly THE VOICE.

Check this shit out.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygzkYf72 ... re=related

Boring...and he looks like fucking Benny Hill.

The guy is around 57 years old in that clip and still out there performing, unlike someone else.
Here is a more uptone clip from his younger days.

"St. Louis"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZwCdEirWxzM

"We two" from the same show
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qxXCbRpaoFY&feature=related

He's incredible, ain't he?