With You On My Mind aka Stars...

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Maybe for the same reason he chose Teen Beat.

No certainly, as with Try for the Sun and Shut Us Down the minds inquire endlessly.

Michele

Lindsey's version of Try for the Sun, in my opinion, is one of the best pieces he has ever done. I find it incredible! SUD is amazing live, but I don't really care for it on the record.

I have to say Stars and In Our Own Time really didn't do much for me. I'm sure i'll appreciate them more once I hear the actual album versions.

[elle]

Originally Posted by AliceLover

Lindsey's version of Try for the Sun, in my opinion, is one of the best pieces he has ever done. I find it incredible! SUD is amazing live, but I don't really care for it on the record.

I have to say Stars and In Our Own Time really didn't do much for me. I'm sure i'll appreciate them more once I hear the actual album versions.

interesting. like you, i LOVE to try for the sun, and do not like stars much although have to admit LB's version definitely adds something to the original. but i love love love in our own time - and illumination and the way love goes! how do you feel about latter two songs? or the end of time?

[elle]

from http://krfc.blogspot.com/2011/07/lisa-dewey.html :

MONDAY, JULY 04, 2011

Lisa Dewey
I became a Lisa Dewey fan after seeing her open for Mekons in 2007.

From a recent news release:
"...I have a co-write ("Stars Are Crazy") on the upcoming Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) CD, Seeds We Sow, due out September 6, 2011.
" The song, "Stars Are Crazy," will also be included on the DVD Lindsey Buckingham Live at The Saban Theatre.
"Purchase of the CD, DVD or digital file of the song, "Stars Are Crazy," will directly benefit my band [and]...fund the release of the next Lisa Dewey CD..."

[michelej1]

Metro Active, by Gary Singh July 7, 2011
http://www.metroactive.com/features/..._20110706.html

Dewey's DecimalsSan Jose songwriter Lisa Dewey could earn big bucks thanks to Lindsey Buckingham's version of her tune 'With You on My Mind'

I AM sitting in a coffee shop, and Lisa Dewey is showing me a private image on her phone. As I look closer, I see a scanned photo of a check from the Lindsey Buckingham Trust. I can't divulge the amount, but it's safe to say that if Buckingham's upcoming album, Seeds We Sow, takes off, Lisa will make a pile of dough. She'll either go insane, or it'll be a holiday road of some sort.

The story here is every San Jose songwriter's dream. I think. A longtime fixture in the San Jose alt-rock milieu, Lisa has written tons of songs, released quite a few albums on her own label, toured all over the United States more than once and hangs out with everyone from the Bangles to Concrete Blonde. She has put this city on the map, much more than any of the politicians. But since San Jose is an impossible no man's land of a place from which to base one's self, she has not always been able to make a fulltime living as a serious musician or songwriter.

Buckingham, of course, plays and sings for Fleetwood Mac and gets royalties every time one of its tunes plays on the canned stereo in supermarkets and dentists' offices worldwide. Income-wise, he can stop thinking about tomorrow whenever he wants.

A few years ago, Lisa appeared backstage at Buckingham's 2006 solo gig at the Palace of Fine Arts. She hung out for a few hours and unloaded one of her CDs on the guy. Just recently, she received a call from Buckingham's manager, informing her she now has a "co-write" on the upcoming Seeds We Sow album, available Sept. 6. Apparently, Buckingham enjoyed one of Lisa's songs so much he decided to rework it for himself.

That's right, a Lisa Dewey tune, "With You on My Mind," has now transmogrified into "Stars Are Crazy" on Buckingham's new album. She will get royalties whenever it plays live, on the radio, or even on the canned system at Whole Foods. If the album goes gold, she gets even more royalties.

Being a reputable dude, Buckingham didn't steal the track and call it his own. His manager phoned Lisa and offered her a contract to make sure she was taken care of. But she wasn't satisfied. Everyone has the right to negotiate such things, so she contacted old pal Michael Steele of the Bangles, who relayed her to attorney Michael O. Crain. Crain was the lawyer who represented the estates of Jerry Garcia, John Lennon and Bob Marley when Moe's burrito chain was sued for using those artists' names and images without licensing them.

"I'm getting credit on the album, the DVD and proceeds," says Lisa. "And royalties, mechanicals and what have you, forever more. I'm really excited that I'll be able to take whatever income comes from this, and as an artist, put it right back into my music. And be able to go back and do my music full time again, because I haven't been able to in a couple of years."

Luckily, the original Lisa Dewey song remains her property. The Buckingham tune is legally a co-write with a different title. That means when Lisa plays at the Blank Club this Saturday, she can say "With You on My Mind" is a tune transmogrified by Lindsey Buckingham. "We're going to play the Lisa Dewey version," she says. "In the deal, my song is still untouched."

Many musicians who've grown up in San Jose and haven't left yet will testify that part of the human condition here is dealing with the ridicule and disrespect hurled at San Jose from musicians in other, more happening cities. One often secretly longs to be that one musician who finally makes the big time without having to permanently leave San Jose and set up shop somewhere else.

"I could have gone to Los Angeles or San Francisco or New York, but I went and played all those places instead, a few times a year," Lisa said. "I decided to stay where I was because I like San Jose. And I really like the community here. I think we have a great artist community, and I think it's underrated. I have some amazing friends, and some amazing artists have come from San Jose. This city is not given its due at all. I'm sick of people saying San Jose sucks. I've stayed here because I want to prove that you can be here and make it."

Amen. Someday Lisa will be mayor, and I will write the State of the City Address.

Lisa Dewey, with Anya Marina and Ari Shine

[mezzoforte]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Metro Active, by Gary Singh July 7, 2011
http://www.metroactive.com/features/..._20110706.html

Dewey's DecimalsSan Jose songwriter Lisa Dewey could earn big bucks thanks to Lindsey Buckingham's version of her tune 'With You on My Mind'

I AM sitting in a coffee shop, and Lisa Dewey is showing me a private image on her phone. As I look closer, I see a scanned photo of a check from the Lindsey Buckingham Trust. I can't divulge the amount, but it's safe to say that if Buckingham's upcoming album, Seeds We Sow, takes off, Lisa will make a pile of dough. She'll either go insane, or it'll be a holiday road of some sort.

The story here is every San Jose songwriter's dream. I think. A longtime fixture in the San Jose alt-rock milieu, Lisa has written tons of songs, released quite a few albums on her own label, toured all over the United States more than once and hangs out with everyone from the Bangles to Concrete Blonde. She has put this city on the map, much more than any of the politicians. But since San Jose is an impossible no man's land of a place from which to base one's self, she has not always been able to make a fulltime living as a serious musician or songwriter.

Buckingham, of course, plays and sings for Fleetwood Mac and gets royalties every time one of its tunes plays on the canned stereo in supermarkets and dentists' offices worldwide. Income-wise, he can stop thinking about tomorrow whenever he wants.

A few years ago, Lisa appeared backstage at Buckingham's 2006 solo gig at the Palace of Fine Arts. She hung out for a few hours and unloaded one of her CDs on the guy. Just recently, she received a call from Buckingham's manager, informing her she now has a "co-write" on the upcoming Seeds We Sow album, available Sept. 6. Apparently, Buckingham enjoyed one of Lisa's songs so much he decided to rework it for himself.

That's right, a Lisa Dewey tune, "With You on My Mind," has now transmogrified into "Stars Are Crazy" on Buckingham's new album. She will get royalties whenever it plays live, on the radio, or even on the canned system at Whole Foods. If the album goes gold, she gets even more royalties.

Being a reputable dude, Buckingham didn't steal the track and call it his own. His manager phoned Lisa and offered her a contract to make sure she was taken care of. But she wasn't satisfied. Everyone has the right to negotiate such things, so she contacted old pal Michael Steele of the Bangles, who relayed her to attorney Michael O. Crain. Crain was the lawyer who represented the estates of Jerry Garcia, John Lennon and Bob Marley when Moe's burrito chain was sued for using those artists' names and images without licensing them.

"I'm getting credit on the album, the DVD and proceeds," says Lisa. "And royalties, mechanicals and what have you, forever more. I'm really excited that I'll be able to take whatever income comes from this, and as an artist, put it right back into my music. And be able to go back and do my music full time again, because I haven't been able to in a couple of years."

Luckily, the original Lisa Dewey song remains her property. The Buckingham tune is legally a co-write with a different title. That means when Lisa plays at the Blank Club this Saturday, she can say "With You on My Mind" is a tune transmogrified by Lindsey Buckingham. "We're going to play the Lisa Dewey version," she says. "In the deal, my song is still untouched."

Many musicians who've grown up in San Jose and haven't left yet will testify that part of the human condition here is dealing with the ridicule and disrespect hurled at San Jose from musicians in other, more happening cities. One often secretly longs to be that one musician who finally makes the big time without having to permanently leave San Jose and set up shop somewhere else.

"I could have gone to Los Angeles or San Francisco or New York, but I went and played all those places instead, a few times a year," Lisa said. "I decided to stay where I was because I like San Jose. And I really like the community here. I think we have a great artist community, and I think it's underrated. I have some amazing friends, and some amazing artists have come from San Jose. This city is not given its due at all. I'm sick of people saying San Jose sucks. I've stayed here because I want to prove that you can be here and make it."

Amen. Someday Lisa will be mayor, and I will write the State of the City Address.

Lisa Dewey, with Anya Marina and Ari Shine

Good luck with that.

[Peestie]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Metro Active, by Gary Singh July 7, 2011
http://www.metroactive.com/features/..._20110706.html

Dewey's DecimalsSan Jose songwriter Lisa Dewey could earn big bucks thanks to Lindsey Buckingham's version of her tune 'With You on My Mind'

I AM sitting in a coffee shop, and Lisa Dewey is showing me a private image on her phone. As I look closer, I see a scanned photo of a check from the Lindsey Buckingham Trust. I can't divulge the amount, but it's safe to say that if Buckingham's upcoming album, Seeds We Sow, takes off, Lisa will make a pile of dough. She'll either go insane, or it'll be a holiday road of some sort.

Interesting.

She's obviously worked what she thinks is a good deal for herself but if she's just getting a bit of cash every time someone buys the album/DVD then I fear she's overestimating how much she'll make. This album will sell a few tens of thousands of copies and all she is getting is a single co-write of one of eleven songs. It's not exactly big bucks considering that, even on the same track, Lindsey will get performance, production and co-writing money.

Still, perhaps she got a good advance as well. I guess that both Lindsey and Lisa are happy otherwise this song wouldn't be getting released, and I like Lindsey's version so I'm glad it didn't get axed because of legal wrangling.

[Peestie]

Originally Posted by mezzoforte

Good luck with that.

Great minds think alike!

[snicksfan85]

She'll get her half of 9.1 cents per album sold in mechanical royalties and about a $2.00 (if that) check every quarter from whichever PRO she is signed with. This is assuming she's her own publisher.

Hope that advance check was sizable because she'll have about enough to buy a latte every 3 months.

[wondergirl9847]

That article turned me off of her in a heartbeat.

I agree, good luck with making big bucks off of LB. Ain't gonna happen girlie.

[Nico]

Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

That article turned me off of her in a heartbeat.

I agree, good luck with making big bucks off of LB. Ain't gonna happen girlie.

Yeah, she sounds quite full of herself and a little too preoccupied with money. But, whatever floats your boat. Peeps got to make their money somehow.

Her version of that song sucks, even if she wrote it. Not gonna lie.

[MrStevie]

Lindsey advanced her $. Now everyone knows this isn't his song.

[Peestie]

Originally Posted by MrStevie

Lindsey advanced her $. Now everyone knows this isn't his song.

Well we would have known once the album came out and we saw the songwriting credits anyway. It's not like the advance was to keep her quiet about it.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by Peestie

Well we would have known once the album came out and we saw the songwriting credits anyway. It's not like the advance was to keep her quiet about it.

I heard he did horrible things to Emily Dickinson to make sure she kept her yap shut.

He actually tickled me when he said that he didn't think Donovan liked his cover and he tried to mimic Donovan's disapproving Scottish accent. I've heard Stevie do an accent, but not Lindsey.

Michele

[Regina]

This girl is a little delusional. In many ways.
I LOVE the song (well, Lindsey's version. I had no interest in hearing her's, even if she wrote it) but, God bless him, he doesn't sell a lot.
Which brings up another point I've been meaning to bring up. And, it's kind of just me yammering but it's sad. I looked at the Morristown, NJ date and the tickets have been on sale for a couple of weeks now and 3/4 of the place is still empty. In a very small venue.
But, throw a FM concert and how many hundreds of people are pushing against that stage to touch Lindsey, play his guitar, worship at his feet....yet, no one supports his solo stuff (even though he throws in enough FM to keep everyone happy).
So, I give him tremendous props for continuing to push himself as an artist and to put himself out there for his fans (even though we're not a massive crowd).
Ugh. That was a tangent. But, it's free association time at the home!

[wondergirl9847]

Well, he may not be selling well in New Jersey, but the Clearwater, Florida show is sold out and it happened quickly.

Location, location, location, I guess.