| Topic: General Subject: A New Message from Darren! Date: 04/11/01 I'm in Sydney Australia. It's so incredibly beautiful. I had my first night off since I got here today. I must admit, it's been a while since I did promo and it really is a lot of work!! Even though the single 'insatiable' doesn't even go to radio for a few weeks..I'm obviously here to begin the process of letting people know I've got a record coming out. I'm doing what we call long lead press. It's magazine interviews, photoshoots etc etc. that need months of advance time in order to make their deadlines, so you usually do it upfront. In Australia that involved interviews and photoshoots for Rolling Stone, InStyle... interviews for Smash Hits etc etc.. T.V things... also playing the album SPIN to the media and the record company. I'm primarily here to shoot the video for insatiable and am managing to fit in a little bit of time to see my family in Brisbane before I leave for L.A to do the album cover shoot and then go on to Japan and Europe for the same sorts of things before Christmas. What can I tell you? SPIN is done. We got the final mastered copy of the music two days ago. I'm so proud. You better play it loud! Today I played the album for the first time to the public. It was a small section of the Radio and Media in Australia at John Woodruff's house. It was such a magical day. I wasn't nervous. I was proud and I'm still smiling over the memory of hanging out with music guru Molly Meldrum for the full 67 minutes of the album. He listened (UP LOUD!) to all 13 tracks and it still blows me away that this man I used to look up to in awe as he spoke fondly of the genius of Michael Jackson...was now speaking fondly of my work. Speaking of Mr Jackson... I just got Invincible. Man! Thankyou Michael for still managing to make the hair on the back of my neck stand up with the joy of your voice and the genius of your talent. The world may knock you my friend but you will always be my inspiration. It's all about your song Speechless. Possibly the best song you've ever written. I wanna tell you all the things that the record companies never want me to (because things change so much)... But... how's this for some good news? Insatiable, the first single, is to be delivered to radio around the world by December... with a second single in Feb... and SPIN the album March 18. There are 12 tracks on the u.k and u.s albums... 13 on the Australian and Japanese versions. Where commercial singles are available there will be two versions. There are several remixes (one I did)...two by new DJ phenomenon Specificus and a Victor Calderone club mix...plus two brand new songs not on the album. Ride! and Falling At Your Feet. These two songs are the first of a batch of songs that didn't make it on to the album that I'm calling 'the rough sketches'. Basically I wrote 35 songs for SPIN and the ones I didn't finish or only did a rough demo version of will be appearing as b-sides or as downloads for free if you buy the record. No more complaints about bsides!! As you can probably tell I'm really excited about this record. I've just so much music to share and I can't wait for you to hear it. A few words to describe the sound of the album? Fun. Pop with a capital P. Electronic. R&B. Funky. Sexy. ROMANTIC. ROMANTIC. ROMANTIC!!! The first single? Perhaps not what you'd think. Maybe the best thing I've ever done. Imagine what the Moulin Rouge would sound like if it were a song. Imagine Fred and Ginger dancing to Santana. The world sultry comes to mind. Romantic. There's that word again. I love you. So much. Stay safe. Be positive. xxxxxalways D |