OT: Mecca CD

by **weatherman90** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:26 am

Where's the best place to get my hands on a copy of the first Mecca CD? I can't seem to find it for sale anywhere for under $30, but that can't be right.

by **Joe Vana** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:32 pm

weatherman90 wrote:Where's the best place to get my hands on a copy of the first Mecca CD? I can't seem to find it for sale anywhere for under $30, but that can't be right.

I actually want to RE release it.....hmmm...maybe would be a good idea....

by **fightingilliniJRNY** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:08 pm

Joe Vana wrote:
weatherman90 wrote:Where's the best place to get my hands on a copy of the first Mecca CD? I can't seem to find it for sale anywhere for under $30, but that can't be right.

I actually want to RE release it.....hmmm...maybe would be a good idea....

I'd buy it. I can't find it for a reasonable price anywhere, either. That's the problem with having to buy an album as an import.

by **Joe Vana** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:29 pm

fightingilliniJRNY wrote:
Joe Vana wrote:
weatherman90 wrote:Where's the best place to get my hands on a copy of the first Mecca CD? I can't seem to find it for sale anywhere for under $30, but that can't be right.

I actually want to RE release it.....hmmm...maybe would be a good idea....

I'd buy it. I can't find it for a reasonable price anywhere, either. That's the problem with having to buy an album as an import.

And the problem that it takes me 6 f'n years to finish an album as well.....hahahahaahh

I will re release it then.....

JV

by **weatherman90** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:59 pm

Joe Vana wrote:
fightingilliniJRNY wrote:
Joe Vana wrote:
weatherman90 wrote:Where's the best place to get my hands on a copy of the first Mecca CD? I can't seem to find it for sale anywhere for under $30, but that can't be right.

I actually want to RE release it.....hmmm...maybe would be a good idea....

I'd buy it. I can't find it for a reasonable price anywhere, either. That's the problem with having to buy an album as an import.

And the problem that it takes me 6 f'n years to finish an album as well.....hahahahaahh

I will re release it then.....

JV

That would be cool...although I might just have to snatch it up before then. Ha!

When is Mecca II's big debut?

by **Ehwmatt** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:27 pm

Joe, how bout we PayPal u and u send us the songs? Possibility? I'd sure like to hear this fabled album...

by **Joe Vana** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:53 pm

Ehwmatt wrote:Joe, how bout we PayPal u and u send us the songs? Possibility? I'd sure like to hear this fabled album...

I am looking into things now....maybe Andrew????

I posted a NEW tune on our myspace....as a precursor to a project I am working on when Mecca finishes at the end of September....Just me and one of my writing Partners Brian Moritz....all electronic writing demo....give it a spin....

www.myspace.com/meccaofmusic

I will also be putting up almost the entire first album as well.....

JV

by **Franky** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:17 am

Just checked in after a few weeks ... "these hands" sounds great - would be a nice "instrumental" too, love the percussions ... looking forward to final release of album.
Greetings

by **Joe Vana** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:49 am

Franky wrote:Just checked in after a few weeks ... "these hands" sounds great - would be a nice "instrumental" too, love the percussions ... looking forward to final release of album.
Greetings

This is NOT a MECCA tune...it is for another album I am working on it...

The changes I do love on it....we are going for a very lush keyboard driven sound...guitars will go on next week....will post when done.....

And Thanks...I appreciate the input!!!

JV

by **Tito** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:48 am

Joe Vana wrote:
And the problem that it takes me 6 f'n years to finish an album as well.....hahahahaahh

JV

We'll have to start calling you Joe Scholtz as in Tom Scholtz.

by **Joe Vana** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:30 am

Tito wrote:
Joe Vana wrote:
And the problem that it takes me 6 f'n years to finish an album as well.....hahahahaahh

JV

We'll have to start calling you Joe Scholtz as in Tom Scholtz.

Works for me hahahahaha......

by **weatherman90** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:39 am

Tito wrote:
Joe Vana wrote:
And the problem that it takes me 6 f'n years to finish an album as well.....hahahahaahh

JV

We'll have to start calling you Joe Scholtz as in Tom Scholtz.

Scholz. But close enough.

How long have you been in the biz Joe? I just saw you in the credits of Fergie's Equilibrium which was already a decade ago. You must have been very young then

by **Joe Vana** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:52 pm

weatherman90 wrote:
Tito wrote:
Joe Vana wrote:
And the problem that it takes me 6 f'n years to finish an album as well.....hahahahaahh

JV

We'll have to start calling you Joe Scholtz as in Tom Scholtz.

Scholz. But close enough.

How long have you been in the biz Joe? I just saw you in the credits of Fergie's Equilibrium which was already a decade ago. You must have been very young then

I was 31....Thats when I started singing as well....1998......never a note before then.....

by **Joe Vana** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:58 am

Joe Vana wrote:
weatherman90 wrote:
Tito wrote:
Joe Vana wrote:
And the problem that it takes me 6 f'n years to finish an album as well.....hahahahaahh

JV

We'll have to start calling you Joe Scholtz as in Tom Scholtz.

Scholz. But close enough.

How long have you been in the biz Joe? I just saw you in the credits of Fergie's Equilibrium which was already a decade ago. You must have been very young then

I was 31....Thats when I started singing as well....1998......never a note before then.....

Mix #1 goes off to Frontiers this week...after 4 years of working on this album....JV

by **LtVanish** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:55 pm

Joe Vana wrote:
Joe Vana wrote:
weatherman90 wrote:
Tito wrote:
Joe Vana wrote:
And the problem that it takes me 6 f'n years to finish an album as well.....hahahahaahh

JV

We'll have to start calling you Joe Scholtz as in Tom Scholtz.

Scholz. But close enough.

How long have you been in the biz Joe? I just saw you in the credits of Fergie's Equilibrium which was already a decade ago. You must have been very young then

I was 31....Thats when I started singing as well....1998......never a note before then.....

Mix #1 goes off to Frontiers this week...after 4 years of working on this album....JV

I can't wait to get my paws on it Joe, very excited about it. I still spin the first album a lot, never gets lost in my music collection.

by **Santa Ana** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:39 am

Hey Joe -
So just wondering - how long does it take from the time that Frontiers gets the 1st mix to
when the ever anxious awaiting public :wink:

get to have it in our little hands?!

Ditto Vanish - Mecca ST still a long time favorite on all counts!

by **Joe Vana** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:41 pm

Santa Ana wrote:Hey Joe -
So just wondering - how long does it take from the time that Frontiers gets the 1st mix to
when the ever anxious awaiting public get to have it in our little hands?!

Ditto Vanish - Mecca ST still a long time favorite on all counts!

It depends....with my timeframes usually about 5 years...HA! :twisted:

Lables are all different, but Frontiers is pretty fast, and they really have a great passion for this music.....

You will have it soon....sooner rather than later!!!

Thanks a bunch for the kind words, I actually have NEVER listened to Mecca I all the way through!!! However, the songs are dear to my heart...

JV

by **Santa Ana** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 1:05 am

Thanks Joe for quick response and for the inside info.

You know what they say ... "good things are worth waiting for"!!

by **Joe Vana** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:16 am

Santa Ana wrote:Thanks Joe for quick response and for the inside info.

You know what they say ... "good things are worth waiting for"!!

Agreed!!!

At times I wished I did this full time....when things happen in my personal life that distract me Mecca suffers....an incident happened a week or so back that makes me want to just quit music all together, life is a complex thing, and I am a complicated guy, so to throw me off sometimes is pretty easy.....

People have heard the 80% completed version and have said it was wayyyy stronger than Mecca I already, and these guys beat the Hell out me usually, and never candy coat shit....

So yes, I will make sure it is worth the wait....

JV

by **Andrew** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:22 am

Joe Vana wrote:
People have heard the 80% completed version

Hello?

by **Joe Vana** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:46 am

Andrew wrote:
Joe Vana wrote:
People have heard the 80% completed version

Hello?

Are you asking?? Ha!

Check your email in 3 hours when i get home......also, the "other" thing should arrive here within a day....

JV

by **Santa Ana** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:28 pm

Thanks Joe for keeping us in the loop on the progress of the next Mecca release! :-)

Definitely can appreciate that there are other things in life sometimes more important than the music ...
For me it is at those times in life when music is my source of comfort and only TOO recently
does "Falling Down" give me that strength!
Thank you again Joe and if the follow up Mecca is even stronger - Bring it on!

Happy Friday!

by **Joe Vana** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:52 am

Santa Ana wrote:Thanks Joe for keeping us in the loop on the progress of the next Mecca release!
Definitely can appreciate that there are other things in life sometimes more important than the music ...
For me it is at those times in life when music is my source of comfort and only TOO recently
does "Falling Down" give me that strength!
Thank you again Joe and if the follow up Mecca is even stronger - Bring it on!

Happy Friday!

Hi....

I am VERY humbled by your post....I wrote "Falling Down" in a very difficult time in my life, it helped me writing it and to hear that someone was given strength by that song is an honor....Life is VERY difficult....many twists and turns and it is up to us, and only us how we travel down that road....I have many many time made the wrong move, said the wrong thing and generally screwed up...it is the fabric of who we are.....I am in the midst of a rebuilding of sorts myself right now.....I have lost some people that were very dear to me for a multitude of reasons....maybe I should listen to some inspirational music as well!!

I will start with "Burning Bridges".....it is BY FAR my favorite Survivor tune....the message is deep and the melodies flow along with the musical bed better than any tune of theirs I have ever heard....

A great post/topic would be - "What song/songs do you turn to when things get difficult for you?"......and why?

JV

by **Jeremy Holiday** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:10 am

Agreed of "Falling Down" -- amazing, deep lyrics and a fantastic performance as well -- love the vocal arrangement at the end. Best song on the album IMO.

by **Joe Vana** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:59 am

Jeremy Holiday wrote:Agreed of "Falling Down" -- amazing, deep lyrics and a fantastic performance as well -- love the vocal arrangement at the end. Best song on the album IMO.

Thanks Jeremy....

I just started scatting at the end....kind of like a Daryl Hall rip off....but JP did all the vocal arrangements on that one...stellar job.....JV

by **ptgraphics** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:27 am

Looking forward the new Mecca CD. Really loved the first one. It's a very "crankable" CD.

Pat

by **Joe Vana** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:02 am

ptgraphics wrote:Looking forward the new Mecca CD. Really loved the first one. It's a very "crankable" CD.

Pat

\

Thanks man....

I am honored you think so.....my favorite "cranking" tune from Mecca I would be probably "Blinded by Emotion" or "Without You" cuz it's an angry tune :twisted:

And as far as other artists it would be "Still of The Night" by Whitesnake.....can't get that one LOUD ENOUGH....and "Burning Bridges"........

JV

by **Joe Vana** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 4:35 am

ptgraphics wrote:Looking forward the new Mecca CD. Really loved the first one. It's a very "crankable" CD.

Pat

I will have a major update on Tuesday next week....

I hope all is well with everybody!!!

JV

by **Andrew** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:17 am

Jeremy Holiday wrote:Agreed of "Falling Down" -- amazing, deep lyrics and a fantastic performance as well -- love the vocal arrangement at the end. Best song on the album IMO.

Indeed!

by **Joe Vana** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:51 am

Andrew wrote:
Jeremy Holiday wrote:Agreed of "Falling Down" -- amazing, deep lyrics and a fantastic performance as well -- love the vocal arrangement at the end. Best song on the album IMO.

Indeed!

Thank you VERY much Drew....that tune was my absolute fav off of Mecca I.....JV

MR

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