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[Iva]

patches, on 25 April 2012 - 04:20 AM, said:

All of his albums have been about capturing dynamic and brilliant performances by himself and other musicians in a way that allows their work to breathe and speak differently each new time listening to them rather than feeling the same --- that's really really difficult to accomplish.

Totally! The numerous little sounds, connections and contradictions are what makes his music new almost each time one listens to it. And by the way, I think The Empyrean wouldn't make much sense live, or at least it wouldn't create the same sonic, space-shifting atmosphere if it was acoustic.

But *cough* if he would e.g. do what he did for Shadows and record audio or - even better - video of himself doing the future songs at home, that would almost be like a concert. Perhaps it would even *cough* motivate him to do a couple of shows.

If he doesn't like the "hype", I'm afraid nothing can be done about it, this new world's marketing machine has reflected on people so much that they'll often like something just to be proud of themselves for liking stuff. There will always be those who hype something for the sake of hyping; but there are others who genuinely appreciate it and peel it off, skin by skin, each time discovering something new.

And this needs more hearts.

[patches]

I think it's possible for the new work mentioned by Share will inspire some live performances even if they are recorded in a studio, or at home!

Also, what you said reminds me about the demos or alternate versions of songs on the Empyrean that were mentioned to possibly be released from John's web space! I am glad that he didn't put them out then, despite my curiosity, because they can be something new for listeners and fans whenever he might choose to send them!
Do you remember that too? Do you think John knows that there would still be interest for them, whatever they may be, four years later?

[Iva]

I don't remember him mentioning any demos...?

[patches]

That made me nervous for a few minutes if I was thinking wishfully, but thankfully i found what I remembered!
It was a long time ago! I really like that it happened differently than written here...how John felt comfortable that people who like him and his work would fully understand if he did not want to do some of this. I think he may be glad that his fans were not like other bands' fans complaining that something was different than expected, we went along with what really happened instead! The writings were really special, enough to last years and are still like gradually shifting zen gardens today. They are very much one-of-a-kind, like a tiny book written by him on multiple subjects.

here is the post, it is somewhat long

Spoiler

November 2008:
The Empyrean, John's newest record, features Flea, Josh, Johnny Marr, The Sonus Quartet and The New Dimension Singers. It will be released worldwide on January 20th 2009 via Record Collection.

John has decided to pull down the old website and create a direct conduit to communicate with his friends and his fans. While this blog format is new to John, he is very intent on stripping down the channels of communication by eliminating the walls and safeguards that have forever separated him from the millions of people all over the world who have supported his musical efforts.

It is for this reason that John decided to create a blog. In the coming months you can expect John to update this blog periodically with information about the release of the Empyrean as well as random thoughts about life and music. John will also use this blog to post various forms of artwork including unreleased tracks and demos.

John will be launching a new web store sometime next month which will be accessible via www.johnfrusciante.com and recordcollectionmusic.com. All of his records will be available through the store including some new t shirt designs.

[Iva]

Oh yes, that's the thing they gave *me* to post about 24 hours before the press release?
The http://invisible-mov...icial-than-this ?

Can a person have Alzheimer's at the age of 29? O_O

[patches]

It's not that! It is hard to remember things from computers at times. : )

When I think about what Omar was saying, I would not be too surprised if something like that happens later this decade and it will be very different from if it happened back then. I am thinking to myself, if John was going to share music like that he might want to have lots of different creative periods represented. Whenever it may happen now, there will apparently be many new periods and totally news sounds.