Perry09

[perryfaithful]

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As touched on in One in a Million, in the last decade Steve Perry has made only token musical gestures such as guest backing vocals, a little production work and some song writing collaborations, but in March 2008 it was confirmed he had been working on demos and considering what to do with them (if anything).
Such consideration been given to the prospect of new solo material could be traced back to late 2007, but by 2009 it was still All Quiet On The Musical Front as regards Mr Perry, although there were some interesting positives on future new material such as session drummer Russ Miller commenting in January that he was "...working on Steve Perry's album" and Perry himself confirming during an interview with QCBC Radio Canada in July that he was working on new material.
The interview itself was primarily about the longevity of Don't Stop Believin', but it was interesting to note he still managed to get a dig in at Sony's dreadfully poor download royalties (as received by the artists) whilst failing to mention the relatively healthy performance royalties he had going for a number of years, or the mechanical royalty paycheque he would have received for sales of Revelation (via the re-recorded CD).
Maybe he could only afford a coffee from the download royalties, but he could have probably bought us all one from his performance royalty cuts.
Just as long as mine isn't a Starbucks, Steve - and you know where you can stick your 'Starbucks Experience', boys...
Sorry, I digress...
Away from 'source material' in 2009 the rumours, and in at least one case a clear fabrication, outdid the '09 facts due to the very nature of their content...

In April a fan posted a thread on melodicrock.com in connection with vocal teacher/ trainer Jeanie LoVetri who allegedly had not only seen a video of Perry's vocal folds, but claimed that Perry had given permission to his doctors to speak about his voice (the inference as I understand it being that Perry had recently had work done, possibly even surgery, and was at least 'back in training').
The thread was soon deleted/ retracted I'm pleased to say, as even allowing for any truth that may have been contained within, it was a truly bizarre episode and didn't exactly sit comfortably with doctor-patient confidentiality that would clearly exist.
Although I like to think I am different from many other fans as regards how I write or articulate - or perhaps more accurately what I write - I am no different from any other fan that loves to speculate...
More recent audio interviews with Perry do lead to me to believe that some work has been done as the 'rattle' (for want of a better description) in the laugh seems to have disappeared, and anything that was broken through wear and tear of the twenty years plus years of high intensity vocal service given to the cause from circa '77-'98 does seem to be fixed.
This is my conjecture however - no source has ever confirmed that as far as I am aware, nor are they obliged to, nor have I ever asked.

But that wasn't the most bizarre Perry-out-of-retirement story of '09...
In May Greg Azus, owner of the Pipeline Café in Hawaii issued a press release announcing that Steve Perry was going to be playing a club date there in June, and that tickets would be on sale shortly.
I would imagine the fan sites went mental, with thousands of bank balances being checked to see how they could afford the trip to Hawaii, let alone actually get a ticket.
Rather than packing a bag I immediately thought 'hoax', and went back to the day job.
What was also missed in amongst all the panic and gullibility was the fact that any such announcement would come from Perry himself or a trusted agency such as Fan Asylum. And funnily enough it did just a few days later, when Perry went on record at Fan Asylum with a post to officially denounce the hoax.
Didn't want to say told you so but, you know...
Azus later made a further statement with the inference being that Perry's management cancelled the deal because he's wasn't permitted to play another gig when he came to O'ahu to perform at a private function, and that invariably led to the 'fans' (yes sorry, but it's time for the inverted comma's) still believing in no smoke without fire and trying to glean information on the private show...
Around the same time I posted on specific sites including comment I had received from as close to source as I could provide who confirmed to me that "SP has no agent. SP has no manager. SP has no private gig in Hawaii. Whoever signed that supposed contract had nothing to do with SP".
The final word was from an attorney on behalf of Perry who confirmed he was trying to establish who was responsible for falsely promoting the Steve Perry concert at the Pipeline Café, and also looking into similar claims of a false concert at a nightclub in Pleasantville, NY.

It was a bit of a story at the time, but Let's be honest - any story on Steve Perry is hardly going to be as newsworthy or have the audience numbers of say Michael Jackson (in life or now in death), nor will any new material be as anticipated or as extraordinarily successful as The Eagles 'studio comeback' album Long Road Out Of Eden that went 7x Platinum Stateside, and sold another 2 million plus worldwide.
But Perry does have a passionate fanbase - the trouble being a lot of that fanbase hang on the words of every unconfirmed story, believe every rumour, or download every unofficial picture they can, seemingly oblivious to the fact that those very actions are the sort of thing that separates the genuine fan from the obsessed fanatic, and are clearly actions that Perry (or any other artist that doesn't court celebrity) can't condone.

On the subject of unofficial images, one particular individual took a couple of photos of Steve Perry at an airport (without his knowledge) and stuck them on his Twitter page including flight information - this too became a thread on melodicrock.com and no doubt other similar sites but again, thankfully, was removed shortly thereafter.

Time for a little perspective...
I have had many conversations with friends, music fans, and a few musicians where I always make the point about never elevating any artists to 'Hero status' as that way lies madness - they are just flesh and blood like you and me, albeit they can bring a wonderful gift to a person's life and their music can enrich it immeasurably.
Separating the love of the music from the individual's who created it is the trick (a far wiser man than me once told me he felt this was clearly my strongest trait), but many can't, and that's the problem for those who put others on pedestals and who therefore also Hear, Speak, or See no evil, and who want to know everything about their heroes beyond the Big Top World and the records/ CD's.
I've met a few of these 'fans' and while some laughingly and happily admit to it, others refuse to see it in themselves, living in denial.
The bottom line however is these artists share, or shared, their musical or artistic life with millions, but the rest of their life should be theirs and theirs alone - unless they choose to share further.

Steve Perry may well choose to share more of his music, and it's now anticipated that a new album will be released in 2010.
The 'TBC' usually associated with projected release dates such as this usually of course stands for 'To Be Confirmed'.
In the case of Perry however, and the stories that continue to follow him (most not of his own making), it's probably more accurate to define it as 'To Be Continued'...

Ross Muir August 2009
(A review of Steve Perry's career in front of a microphone from the Alien Project demos of 1977 to confirmation the singer had been writing and recording demos in 2008 can be found in Ross Muir's eBook 'One in a Million')
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[Arianddu]

...I've met a few of these 'fans' and while some laughingly and happily admit to it...

As the Bishop of the Church of St. Perry, with my laugh-resistant undies firmly on, I say 'Bless You For This'.

[walkslikealady]

"or download every unofficial picture they can, seemingly oblivious to the fact that those very actions are the sort of thing that separates the genuine fan from the obsessed fanatic"


Will anyone else admit to doing this?

I "right-click and save" all the time...then never look at the pictures after that! I do use all the cat photos I "right-click and save"...that's my wallpaper file.

I don't think it's the pictures I'm obsessed about anymore...it's the "right-click and save" I'm addicted to...

[ChildInTime]

The interview itself was primarily about the longevity of Don't Stop Believin', but it was interesting to note he still managed to get a dig in at Sony's dreadfully poor download royalties (as received by the artists) whilst failing to mention the relatively healthy performance royalties he had going for a number of years, or the mechanical royalty paycheque he would have received for sales of Revelation (via the re-recorded CD).
Maybe he could only afford a coffee from the download royalties, but he could have probably bought us all one from his performance royalty cuts.

Ha ha, OUCH.... so bad yet so true. I don't think you need any more money, Steev.

(Unless he was making that statement on behalf of all artists on the Sony label. )

[annpea]

http://www.fabricationshq.com/perry09.html

As touched on in One in a Million, in the last decade Steve Perry has made only token musical gestures such as guest backing vocals, a little production work and some song writing collaborations, but in March 2008 it was confirmed he had been working on demos and considering what to do with them (if anything).
Such consideration been given to the prospect of new solo material could be traced back to late 2007, but by 2009 it was still All Quiet On The Musical Front as regards Mr Perry, although there were some interesting positives on future new material such as session drummer Russ Miller commenting in January that he was "...working on Steve Perry's album" and Perry himself confirming during an interview with QCBC Radio Canada in July that he was working on new material.

The interview itself was primarily about the longevity of Don't Stop Believin', but it was interesting to note he still managed to get a dig in at Sony's dreadfully poor download royalties (as received by the artists) whilst failing to mention the relatively healthy performance royalties he had going for a number of years, or the mechanical royalty paycheque he would have received for sales of Revelation (via the re-recorded CD).
Maybe he could only afford a coffee from the download royalties, but he could have probably bought us all one from his performance royalty cuts.

I , guess he wasn't as FOB as HH and the crew thought he was when HH talked him into taking the journey with 'em.. all those years ago.... apparently kid had/has serious brain power and a lovely green thumb.

Just as long as mine isn't a Starbucks, Steve - and you know where you can stick your 'Starbucks Experience', boys...
Sorry, I digress...
Away from 'source material' in 2009 the rumours, and in at least one case a clear fabrication, outdid the '09 facts due to the very nature of their content...

In April a fan posted a thread on melodicrock.com in connection with vocal teacher/ trainer Jeanie LoVetri who allegedly had not only seen a video of Perry's vocal folds, but claimed that Perry had given permission to his doctors to speak about his voice (the inference as I understand it being that Perry had recently had work done, possibly even surgery, and was at least 'back in training').
The thread was soon deleted/ retracted I'm pleased to say, as even allowing for any truth that may have been contained within, it was a truly bizarre episode and didn't exactly sit comfortably with doctor-patient confidentiality that would clearly exist.
Although I like to think I am different from many other fans as regards how I write or articulate - or perhaps more accurately what I write - I am no different from any other fan that loves to speculate...
More recent audio interviews with Perry do lead to me to believe that some work has been done as the 'rattle' (for want of a better description) in the laugh seems to have disappeared, and anything that was broken through wear and tear of the twenty years plus years of high intensity vocal service given to the cause from circa '77-'98 does seem to be fixed.
This is my conjecture however - no source has ever confirmed that as far as I am aware, nor are they obliged to, nor have I ever asked.

But that wasn't the most bizarre Perry-out-of-retirement story of '09...
In May Greg Azus, owner of the Pipeline Café in Hawaii issued a press release announcing that Steve Perry was going to be playing a club date there in June, and that tickets would be on sale shortly.
I would imagine the fan sites went mental, with thousands of bank balances being checked to see how they could afford the trip to Hawaii, let alone actually get a ticket.
Rather than packing a bag I immediately thought 'hoax', and went back to the day job.
What was also missed in amongst all the panic and gullibility was the fact that any such announcement would come from Perry himself or a trusted agency such as Fan Asylum. And funnily enough it did just a few days later, when Perry went on record at Fan Asylum with a post to officially denounce the hoax.
Didn't want to say told you so but, you know...
Azus later made a further statement with the inference being that Perry's management cancelled the deal because he's wasn't permitted to play another gig when he came to O'ahu to perform at a private function, and that invariably led to the 'fans' (yes sorry, but it's time for the inverted comma's) still believing in no smoke without fire and trying to glean information on the private show...
Around the same time I posted on specific sites including comment I had received from as close to source as I could provide who confirmed to me that "SP has no agent. SP has no manager. SP has no private gig in Hawaii. Whoever signed that supposed contract had nothing to do with SP".
The final word was from an attorney on behalf of Perry who confirmed he was trying to establish who was responsible for falsely promoting the Steve Perry concert at the Pipeline Café, and also looking into similar claims of a false concert at a nightclub in Pleasantville, NY.

It was a bit of a story at the time, but Let's be honest - any story on Steve Perry is hardly going to be as newsworthy or have the audience numbers of say Michael Jackson (in life or now in death), nor will any new material be as anticipated or as extraordinarily successful as The Eagles 'studio comeback' album Long Road Out Of Eden that went 7x Platinum Stateside, and sold another 2 million plus worldwide.
But Perry does have a passionate fanbase - the trouble being a lot of that fanbase hang on the words of every unconfirmed story, believe every rumour, or download every unofficial picture they can, seemingly oblivious to the fact that those very actions are the sort of thing that separates the genuine fan from the obsessed fanatic, and are clearly actions that Perry (or any other artist that doesn't court celebrity) can't condone.

On the subject of unofficial images, one particular individual took a couple of photos of Steve Perry at an airport (without his knowledge) and stuck them on his Twitter page including flight information - this too became a thread on melodicrock.com and no doubt other similar sites but again, thankfully, was removed shortly thereafter.

Time for a little perspective...
I have had many conversations with friends, music fans, and a few musicians where I always make the point about never elevating any artists to 'Hero status' as that way lies madness - they are just flesh and blood like you and me, albeit they can bring a wonderful gift to a person's life and their music can enrich it immeasurably.
Separating the love of the music from the individual's who created it is the trick (a far wiser man than me once told me he felt this was clearly my strongest trait), but many can't, and that's the problem for those who put others on pedestals and who therefore also Hear, Speak, or See no evil, and who want to know everything about their heroes beyond the Big Top World and the records/ CD's.
I've met a few of these 'fans' and while some laughingly and happily admit to it, others refuse to see it in themselves, living in denial.
The bottom line however is these artists share, or shared, their musical or artistic life with millions, but the rest of their life should be theirs and theirs alone - unless they choose to share further.

Steve Perry may well choose to share more of his music, and it's now anticipated that a new album will be released in 2010.
The 'TBC' usually associated with projected release dates such as this usually of course stands for 'To Be Confirmed'.
In the case of Perry however, and the stories that continue to follow him (most not of his own making), it's probably more accurate to define it as 'To Be Continued'...

Ross Muir August 2009
(A review of Steve Perry's career in front of a microphone from the Alien Project demos of 1977 to confirmation the singer had been writing and recording demos in 2008 can be found in Ross Muir's eBook 'One in a Million')
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[Liquid_Drummer]

I exchange emails with Ross all the time. Great guy.

He critiques all of my vocal tracks for me because his ear is gold.