OT: "I think we're being shut down..."

[Deb]

Don't give up Nora, when one door closes another one opens, and you were inspired by the BEST. Your passion will pay off in the end, you'll see.

[TRAGChick]

Don't give up Nora, when one door closes another one opens, and you were inspired by the BEST. Your passion will pay off in the end, you'll see.

Thanx Deb....sigh....

I want to do Music as my "Day Job" (HATE that expression ) MORE THAN ANYTHING

But, I'm also into acting and VO....been sending out stuff towards that....

Here's my Headshot: Don't I look like someone who should be hired for Music / VO / Acting / Movie Extra Work?? LOL

[Deb]

Don't give up Nora, when one door closes another one opens, and you were inspired by the BEST. Your passion will pay off in the end, you'll see.

Thanx Deb....sigh....

I want to do Music as my "Day Job" (HATE that expression ) MORE THAN ANYTHING

But, I'm also into acting and VO....been sending out stuff towards that....

Here's my Headshot: Don't I look like someone who should be hired for Music / VO / Acting / Movie Extra Work?? LOL

Cool Nora. I'm having a "duh" moment though, what is VO?

[ohsherrie]

I think that's Voice Over Deb. And yes Nora you look like someone who should be hired for any one of those things. Sorry you've hit a rough spot.

[Deb]

I think that's Voice Over Deb. And yes Nora you look like someone who should be hired for any one of those things. Sorry you've hit a rough spot.

Thanks Sher. And you're right, I'm thinking maybe Jack Bauer's next love interest on 24. Who do we talk to.

[ohsherrie]

I think that's Voice Over Deb. And yes Nora you look like someone who should be hired for any one of those things. Sorry you've hit a rough spot.

Thanks Sher. And you're right, I'm thinking maybe Jack Bauer's next love interest on 24. Who do we talk to.

I don't watch 24, in fact I hardly watch TV but I was thinking maybe on the original CSI. She could be a singer in Las Vegas who has a clue to a murder but doesn't even realize it.

[TRAGChick]

Oh, and another thing:

Here's an excerpt of an interview Mark & I did in late 06 ~ which, irony of ALL ironies, I received in my email approximately one hour before the phone call from our Guitarist:

And Deano....Dude, you can come out swinging with what I say about Steve....right now, I DON'T CARE

http://www.rocknetwebzine.com/interview ... anese.html

"Nora: Nobody knows what to do with us up here in the northeast. I swear to God, nobody knows what to do with us because we’re not a cover band.

Interviewer: Yeah, I know that’s a problem up there. You either have to be a cover band or you have to do the cookie monster [death-metal] thing.

Nora: Yeah, and we don’t. I’m 39 and Mark is 44 years old and we represent the Gen X thing. When I wrote the cover letter of the press kit it’s like we play real music. Original music. We do everything ourselves and we bring back the musicianship and the music that the Gen X remembers from 20 years ago. We bring that back for them in the 21st century. I wrote that. I came up with that and people are like “yeah, you’re right. Tell us about it. You absolutely do.” Well, that’s the whole point. That’s the whole reason why I got into this 20 years ago for myself.

Tell you a little bit about myself. I got into music and I got into being a singer because of Steve Perry. I’m not going to mince words. He’s the whole reason why I do what I do. He’s absolutely fabulous. I saw him in 1983 on the Frontiers tour, 1986 Raised By Radio tour, and for the solo tour for Strange Medicine. I went all the way to New York state up in Poughkeepsie to go see him. He is just the top of the line and I’ve always admired his work ethic. He’s so focused. There’s just something about that that makes me want to do that. I want to be like that. I want to have that discipline and I just grabbed on to that and ran with it.

At the same time on a technical end, I went the Pat Benatar route. I studied classical training because I hear that’s what she did but then she could turn around and sing this throaty rock chick kind of thing. It sounds like it’s ripping her throat out but it’s not because she’s got the training and she knows what she’s doing. It’s like the technical and the passion thing of Pat Benatar and Steve Perry. That’s why I do what I do because it’s just amazing. I just always knew I was going to do something with this and it took me 20 years but you know what? I don’t care because now we’re getting ourselves out there and I don’t care how old I am. I don’t care that we’re up against all that Britney stuff and everything"

Well, now that I know what I'm doing at MySpace, I posted my first blog!

This is another part of the same interview....I mentioned this site, because I wanted to acknowledge all of you; this is my way of sending out a MAJOR "THANK YOU!!!" for all your help and support...I really, really appreciate it!!


"The Internet to me is probably the best way to get music out any way because it cuts out the middleman.

Nora: Oh yeah, totally.

Mark: Remember I was telling you Angela we actually for the first time too had somebody on iTunes buy the whole CD off iTunes.

Oh, that’s awesome.

Mark: Remember I told you before we’ve actually sold a copy in Scotland. And we’ve had reviews out in Australia too.

Nora: And New Zealand. This guy Ian out in Scotland. I’m going to give Andrew major props here because he has the greatest site. I belong to www.melodicrock.com.

Yeah, I know that site.

Nora: Oh you do? Well, I’m on the Journey board all the time and that’s where I met a whole bunch of really amazing, great people and one of them was named Ian and he’s out in Scotland. He ordered the CD to be shipped from America to Scotland and he also wanted my autograph and I wrote back to him and said that I’m in Connecticut and the CDBaby warehouse is 3,000 miles away in Oregon. I didn’t know how I was going to do that for him. He wrote back and gave me his address so I wrote him a short note and I signed my name and I mailed it to him from the address he gave me in Scotland through snail mail. Irony of ironies the old fashioned way. He got my little note. I have met the most interesting people online. I got a Christmas greeting from a woman I’ve been speaking with on Melodic Rock and she’s from Romania. You just meet the most amazing people."