on the path…fellini’s raincoat
Recently, a friend of mine asked if I’d post the fellini album because his copy is gone. Since he was the guitar player in the band I thought it’d be good to share it; let everyone have access to it if they feel so inclined. Someday I’ll put the artwork up there too.
This band existed over 10 years ago and made a CD and had a slow burn of a dismantling. Many things have changed since then; some of us moved, several of us divorced, some have kids, and the entire music business for that matter has shifted in sound and technology about 5 times since then.
My euphemism about Fellini’s is:
“the drama of Fleetwood mac without the Hits”.
We had drama down, boy. Whew. A lot of bands get misguided by the CD as the tangible product. Many bands lack the foresight, and the audience, to actually sell the CD to pay for its creation in the first place.
So, back then, live performance became the crucial chapters of establishing a band. Bands sold cd’s and other wares at gigs. That was how to build an audience. Many bands disenegrate upon completeion of the CD whether it be an indie or major label release. Anyway Fellini’s raincoat fell into that category. It was a text-book story really. A band with a lotta hope but fragmented goals prevented getting to the next chapter. We managed to stretch it out 5 years though.
Stephen A. Thomas
February 25th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Site is fixed.
Somehow you erased your index.php file. Shame, shame.
Some of the links to your music files need to be placed.
February 25th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
I thought that thing looked important. :>
Thanks man I appreciate the fix.
I’ll be more careful.
The one thing that went through my mind when it happened was when you said, “here, let me show you how to upload stuff yourself, you can’t screw it up too bad.”
March 11th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
Dude, I haven’t heard this stuff in almost 10 years!!
I read a quote (I think in Paste) from some rock and roll record producer who said, “I can judge a drummer’s personality by the number of splash cymbals he has.”
It’s nice to (re)hear some atypical drum/cymbal sounds that aren’t in some athletic display of masturbatory drum pyrotechnics!
So the drama:hit ratio was pretty high, yes, but it’s hard to not remember how much fun I had listening to this when it was all going on.
B
March 28th, 2007 at 8:38 am
I still whip out my CD from time to time and listen, and I wasn’t even around during the Fellini period. I was in Oklahoma getting educated. Still, I can hear the fragmentation in the songs, in Marty’s voice, in the juxtaposition of the songs. Lots of bands self-destruct, many, many before they even make a CD. So you got that far, my friend. You have a record (no pun intended) of a period in your life that nobody can take away. That’s valuable.
April 4th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
I was in the studio painting and listening to Highway 82 Revisited, the WMSV compilation from a while ago… brought back great memories of the time and place and other bands.
I sort of misplaced some memories of the late 80s / early 90s - can you remind me what your typical Stark Vegas venue was?
Thanks for that
William
April 17th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
Hey William,
Wow “Hwy 82″ that’s a relic! Fellini’s only played at one venue in Starkville, and I think they give kudos to the plave in the liner notes of that CD. I actually forget the name of the place, but it was very popluar in the mid 90’s and I remember it was a big deal when they retrofitted the mens bathroom with new toilets! I’ll ask Richie if he remembers the name. I remember playing with Mind’s Eye and another band I forget the name of.
It’s nice to know that CD brings fond memories and that you e-mailed.
Stephen