[Gitchigumee]

Oh, I remember now. I was gonna say with regard to this topic of whether he will ever do another album, that I think he is such a perfectionist, that he's not just gonna throw something together just for the sake of putting out a new CD. And I can completely understand why at this point in his life he doesn't want to spend months in a studio working on a new album. I do however also believe that songwriters just don't stop being songwriters, and I'll bet he has quite an arsenal of songs in all stages of completion, that we have yet to hear from him.

I had an idea, and maybe I'm crazy, but here goes...

I have a friend of a friend who has begun a new business venture, called Melvincares.com if any of you would be so inclined to check this out. It's a music download business where new/emerging artists can sell their songs, one-at-a-time, to customers who download them and pay $1/song. Part of the profits go to charity. The web site explains it so much better, so I'm hoping some of you will check into it.

Anyway, here's a partial copy of an e-mail I sent to them a couple of months ago:

"... I am a HUGE Gordon Lightfoot fan! I found an interesting article, published today in the Times & Transcript newspaper out of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, in which he speaks candidly about why he is not interested in recording a new CD at this point in his life and career. As a devoted fan, I'm sure you can imagine how incredibly sad that is for me.

Then I thought of YOU! WHAT IF you could get a living legend like Gordon Lightfoot, who is incredibly talented, still touring to sold out crowds across Canada and the U.S., and who has absolutely nothing left to prove to anyone, to use Melvin Cares as an outlet for his NEW MUSIC??!!! And being the humanitarian that he is, I'll bet the part about fighting poverty might spark his interest too??

I know Melvincares is about new, emerging artists. BUT...perhaps there's an opportunity here that needs to be checked into??!!"

Here's the reply I got from them:

"Thanks so much for your email. It's a very interesting idea. Maybe he would be interested in putting up a song or two.

I will see if there's any way I can contact Gordon's management, but that sort of thing is always a difficult process. By the way, if you are interested in trying that on my behalf, please let me know."

SO......WHAT DO YA'LL THINK?!

[ June 27, 2007, 12:36: Message edited by: Gitchigumee ]