FANSOL letter to Chad Taylor, our thoughts and the mail compilation Options

[Merica]

No you may not

However... I think I will be partial to naming you King Of Canada. Since you're such a special person in the Live community.

[zmanpga]

count me in zmanpga!
thegraciousfans.com

could some of you please spend some time at the new site with some posts and info or are you all going to just hang out over here?

[Aitkens]

Merica: its Aitkens. Thanks.

[thefunkyredcaboose]

I've got it:

Hey Chad! Could you give me some more free stuff? LOL!

God bless! LOL!
-Eddie K.

[Merica]

Merica: its Aitkens. Thanks.

So it is. Apologies mate, I'll fix it next go around.

[crazy1]

You can add me too!

[sh4rpz]

What's your opinion on what thefunkyredcaboose said about making it tighter, and then my follow up thoughts of introducing the "request" sooner. We don't want to be all flowers and kiss ass, but we do have to tell him how much we love his work, or else we're being rude.

What do you think?

amazing letter dude!

don't forget SA on there too!

...As far as making it tighter goes, I don't think CT will ignore the letter if it is left as is... I think that what you have put in there is honest, no bullshit and sugar-coated stuff - it is as if you straight up asked as any of us would have. The sincerity in it is obvious and stands out. I would leave it as it is, even though I think funkyredcaboose makes some good points, as always.

Good effort tho, and I'm hoping he meets it positively for all of us!

This post has been edited by sh4rpz: Jul 16 2010, 10:19 am

[sh4rpz]

I've got it:

Hey Chad! Could you give me some more free stuff? LOL!

God bless! LOL!
-Eddie K.

...i'd be tempted if only to read the response!

[Merica]

I'll probably still try trim it a little, just so it's lighter on the eye.

Also, as much as I enjoy people praising me (and believe me, I really do), I must insist you all deflect the vast majority of it over to +Ed+ who really got this thing kick started by drafting up the initial letter.

[sh4rpz]

Thanks Merica..

hehehe you too +Ed+ ... good job, sirs!

Great to see so many people in support and sharing the effort as well. Really a testament to the music we love so much.

[thefunkyredcaboose]

You can add "Genres" (USA) to the list as well. Poster on thegraciousfans.com

[VoodooLady]

me too me too

[LivesMeltdown]

You can add me on the list! You may not want to put the name 'LivesMeltdown' on this list though...you can just put Rob

This post has been edited by LivesMeltdown: Jul 16 2010, 10:35 am

[Merica]

Here's another draft. Tried to trim it up a bit, and changed a few things.

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Dear Chad Taylor,

On behalf of your fans from around the world we want to sincerely thank you for the years of wonderful music you have given us, and for all that is still to come with TGF.

We believe ourselves to possess nearly all of the recordings that you've taken part in, and do so with great joy and pride. However; since about 1996 we've heard about several songs that are either only available in obscure, low quality form - or appear to be myths, and we're not certain they actually exist to be heard!

This is why we have decided to write to you today; we have a request. If they do exist, we're dying to know about them. We want to learn about the little known tracks like New City and Pop Vortex, the forgotten gems lost along the way. So whether you can tell us more information about them, or even be able to send us a version of these rare tracks - we'd be ever, ever so grateful. The members of the FansOfLive and WhereFreaksTalk message boards made a list of the songs we most desire. Here it is:

New City -- We believe there's a version circulating, but none of us have ever heard it. It's SUPER rare!
Wash the Blood Away -- Does it even exist?
Change -- We know this exists, but only have a low quality version.
Pop Vortex -- Once again we don't know if it exists at all, let alone if it's out there to be heard.
Pat's SS demo -- This was mentioned in the FOL newsletter and has us licking our lips.
Hold Me Up -- We love this so much; a studio cut must exist?

We would be incredibly happy to receive anything that you may be able to offer us. We hope this does not sound too upfront, but you seem to be the only person in the world who can help us with this and we decided that now is as good a time as any to see what could be done. You don't get if you don't ask, right?

Thank you very much for reading this, and in advance if you do decide you can help us in some way. Good luck with TGF. We can't wait for the record to drop in September!

And please, greet the rest of the band for us.


Faithfully yours,

FansOfLive.com
WhereFreaksTalk.com
TheGraciousFans.com

Merica (UK), thefunkyredcaboose (USA), donno (USA), Deku (UK), deepenoughtodive (USA), Bremang (USA), TheBeacon (USA), OutToDry (USA), Plive (Sweden), Nobody Knows (Netherlands), possum (USA), swami (King of Canada), SecretInsomnia (Netherlands), stuker (USA), Infrequent Poster (USA), drewgood (USA), dangum (Australia), ItchyTriggerFinger (USA), brandedwendy (Netherlands), Wildman (Netherlands), Lakini (Romania), +Ed+ (Russia), garadius (USA), Aitkens (USA), michael39 (Australia), Wambangalang (Australia), PurdueSteve (USA), janine5683 (Canada), Sonic Tonic (Canada), shave98765 (USA), zmanpga (USA), crazy1 (USA), sh4rpz (South Africa), Genres (USA), VoodooLady (USA), LivesMeltdown (USA)

... and the overwhelming masses of fans who have supported you and have petitioned to hear more of the music you've been inspired to create over the years.

This post has been edited by Merica: Jul 16 2010, 10:43 am

[+Ed+]

Ray! The last letter is perfect! I do think this is it!