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Maybe god smiled, or planets aligned, or perhaps a butterfly in China flapped its wings, but for whatever reason, Cynthia Jane has recorded their debut CD, Lo and Behold, with William Calhoun (Living Colour) and Billy Carmassi (Aldo Nova) on drums, and Scott Thunes (Zappa Family) on bass. |
Cynthia Jane's friend, Amanda Cruz, while working for Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan, was able to get Cynthia Jane the odd, free session. And so, armed with valuable recording time, Cynthia Jane called their valuable friend Scott Thunes and asked him to come to New York and record some bass tracks. Scott obliged and, of course, his bass playing made Cynthia Jane's songs sound better than ever. Suddenly, the quality of the project had escalated to unexpected heights. But
how to maintain this level of quality?
...It was then that Amanda reminded Cynthia Jane that she was a close personal friend of William Calhoun, and that she could ask him to play drums on a couple of songs. After considering this for about .06 seconds, Cynthia Jane said "please do!" She did, and Will graciously recorded three tracks. But
how to maintain this level of quality?
...So Cynthia Jane contacted Billy Carmassi, a long time friend of the Cynthia Jane family, and coincidentally, one of their all time favorite drummers. Billy agreed to fly out from his home in California and play drums on the remaining eight songs. But
just as sure as the sun rises, it also sets.
...Soon after Billy's sessions, Amanda left her job at Quad, and suddenly, Cynthia Jane was without a benefactor. The rhythm tracks were finished, and they were monstrous! but, alas, there was no money to continue the project. And so... ...After a brief period of crippling self-pity, and then many therapeutic club gigs, Cynthia Jane was back on course; making eight-track demos and often coming very close to getting funded. Meanwhile... ...Cynthia
Jane had built up excellent credit ratings with many important sounding
banks around the country. The Visa card offers came weekly, with
ever diminishing APRs. And when the interest rates fell below 13%,
Cynthia
Jane opened credit accounts with several of these gullible institutions.
Soon their credit lines were high enough and Cynthia Jane became
their own benefactor. Where
there's a bill, there's a way...Cynthia Jane then employed the many
talents of engineer/producer Kennan Keating and finished the recording
at his Treehaus Studio in Manhattan. And better late than
never, Lo and Behold is at last being released to an oblivious public.
The
Oblivious Public
Exploitation
Strategy
Objective
And,
since life is short, let it be known that...
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