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Topic: Blogging my novel, "Greatest Hits"
Posted By: Chicapah
Subject: Blogging my novel, "Greatest Hits"
Date Posted: April 05 2013 at 14:26
I'm new to this "blogging" stuff but figured it was a way to get a book I've been sitting on for decades out into the public realm.  Here's the synopsis:

            The story centers on the lives of Gabriel Brewer and Joshua Kelly, two creative souls who meet up in the early 1970s and form a musical partnership called “Josh & Gabe.”  Josh is a seasoned singer/songwriter who’s been trying to find his place in the music business for years while Gabe is a poetic drifter who’s never performed professionally.  But the unique combination of their talents results in them eventually climbing to the apex of the industry.  Their personalities and their backgrounds couldn’t be more different.  At first Josh is a frustrated loner driven to succeed while Gabe is a free spirit looking to find peace in his life but after they achieve fame and fortune they unexpectedly switch places and adopt the other’s point of view.

            “Greatest Hits” offers an inside look at how difficult it was to survive and prevail in the music business during the seventies decade when a handful of record company executives controlled the entire industry.  The tale primarily focuses on how musicians who harbored dreams of expressing themselves through their aural art had to constantly deal with the pressures their careers put on their love relationships and the complications that inevitably arose in their associations with moguls, managers and other musicians.



I plan to serialize the chapters at the rate of about 1 or 2 chapters per week so as not to overwhelm the reader with page after page of writing.  I've just finished recording an album of original songs with my songwriting partner John Davis entitled "Two Old Friends" that will soon be available on Amazon and ITunes.  Many of the songs coincide with the ones mentioned in the novel so you might be interested in checking the record out at some point.  Unfortunately, none of the compositions could fairly be labeled as prog but some have jazzy tints to them that you might find enjoyable.  It is a mix of many different genres from rock to C&W to Americana to gospel.  What I can assure you of is that it is of the highest quality.

Check the novel out at:

http://rollieanderson.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/greatest-hits-prologue-and-chapter-1/

Thanks to all my progger friends,
Rollie

P.S.  Let me know if you have trouble accessing the blog.  I'll post an update when the album is listed on the aforementioned sites.


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"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain



Replies:
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: April 06 2013 at 04:09
If your (gotta be semi autobiographical?) novel is even half as good as your reviews, it will be a fantastic read Rollie Thumbs Up

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Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: April 06 2013 at 09:41
Thanks.  I knew I could count on you for encouragement!

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"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain


Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: April 06 2013 at 09:52
Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

If your (gotta be semi autobiographical?) novel is even half as good as your reviews, it will be a fantastic read Rollie Thumbs Up



This in spades.
As you know Rollie, I am just about your biggest fan, so I will be reading your novel with a big smirk on my face. The subject matter is also something I find immensely interesting(says a guy on a music site...).

Cheers buddy.

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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams


Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: April 15 2013 at 14:22
I now have 5 chapters posted.  Found a blog site that's easier to read so you can catch up at the one listed above or at:

http://rollieanderson.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/greatest-hits-chapter-4/

On the new one you can easily go back or forward at the bottom to the chapters you've missed.  Hope you enjoy it.

FYI - The album of original songs is now available to hear at reverbnation.  Just search for Davis - Anderson.  We will have our own website soon.


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"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain



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