A melancholy day...
This almost ruined my day A personal message from Chad Taylor:
Dead Friend of Live,
Let me start by thanking you for your many years of devoted loyalty to our music. Bands are lucky if they have one hit and fade away but in the case of Live, you kept us relevant for more than 20 years. Today I am writing you as a fan of the band with sad news.
As many of you know, Live was having a hard time keeping things together. After many years of friendship, love and laughter it became clear that things had run their course. I was in denial. Our working relationship with Ed had grown cold and we were only on limited speaking terms for the last several months. We agreed for the sake of the bands future to take a break and announced the hiatus. During that time period we discovered a contract executed in 2005 that engaged the bands company into a legal obligation that did not have majority consent from the band. Ed’s signature was the only one required.
We were fast to try and open communication with Ed or his legal team but got no reply. Our hiatus had fast turned into a break up. Chad, Patrick and I have no plans to replace Ed at this point in time, however, he will no longer be a member of our band. We are excited by the opportunities ahead of us and will look to enjoin forces with vocalists and instrumentalists that will hold high the ideals set forth by the band and its fans. Yes, there may be future Live recording and tours but we are all very realistic that it will never be the same without Ed. That doesn’t mean that it can’t be great.
Like you, we are greatly saddened by the discoveries we made but as many of you know, life has a way of sorting things out. Ed will always be tied to Live and we will never make attempts to shadow his considerable lyrical and melodic contributions to our music.
Stay tuned to FOL for more details on our future plans. I would also ask that we all take the time to remember the positive energy Ed, Chad, Patrick and I spent so many years pushing forward. I’m trying hard myself to not be judgmental and let life flow freely around me.
Love,
Chad Taylor
On behalf of Chad Gracey and Patrick Dahlheimer
But then I had to sit down and see NaNoWriMo to its close. During that, Drew found the opening to Record of Lodoss War that I had been looking all over for and couldn't find. It's amazing how music helps ^_^ It also helped propel me all the way to midnight. I clocked in at 66,844 words. That's the awesome I'd like to report today. I wrote 66,844 words in 1 month. And I'm loving the story. NaNo's end is always exciting and sad at the same time. I'm hoping I can keep at least some of the literary abandon going! I've broken through the writers block with explosive force, now its time to go back to being a serious writer. Who knows? This could be the one that finally gets my name on the shelves.
I've been a fan of Live since I was 14. The singer, Ed, was always someone I respected as very genuine. His actions hurt more than they should... and I'm inclined to side with the band when it's an entire band vs. 1. I know it's stupid to feel betrayed by someone I never met but I did... this band whose music has taken me places for so long now feels very fake and it will take me a little while to get back into that mindset. But I am going to concentrate on the genuineness (I don't think that's a word, but LJ seems to think so) of the rest of them and think that it must have been at least for some time. I feel really bad for Chad, Chad, and Patrick. They are apparently genuine and they are hurt too. It's a letdown, but all of my bands are NOT breaking up like it sometimes feels. Moving on... ::sigh:: Music is what you get from it anyway, right?
No more sad. ::pats self on back:: I have owned the literary abandon ^_^ and in 2 days, I am FINALLY headed to Charleston! Now if I can just kick this cold...
Dead Friend of Live,
Let me start by thanking you for your many years of devoted loyalty to our music. Bands are lucky if they have one hit and fade away but in the case of Live, you kept us relevant for more than 20 years. Today I am writing you as a fan of the band with sad news.
As many of you know, Live was having a hard time keeping things together. After many years of friendship, love and laughter it became clear that things had run their course. I was in denial. Our working relationship with Ed had grown cold and we were only on limited speaking terms for the last several months. We agreed for the sake of the bands future to take a break and announced the hiatus. During that time period we discovered a contract executed in 2005 that engaged the bands company into a legal obligation that did not have majority consent from the band. Ed’s signature was the only one required.
We were fast to try and open communication with Ed or his legal team but got no reply. Our hiatus had fast turned into a break up. Chad, Patrick and I have no plans to replace Ed at this point in time, however, he will no longer be a member of our band. We are excited by the opportunities ahead of us and will look to enjoin forces with vocalists and instrumentalists that will hold high the ideals set forth by the band and its fans. Yes, there may be future Live recording and tours but we are all very realistic that it will never be the same without Ed. That doesn’t mean that it can’t be great.
Like you, we are greatly saddened by the discoveries we made but as many of you know, life has a way of sorting things out. Ed will always be tied to Live and we will never make attempts to shadow his considerable lyrical and melodic contributions to our music.
Stay tuned to FOL for more details on our future plans. I would also ask that we all take the time to remember the positive energy Ed, Chad, Patrick and I spent so many years pushing forward. I’m trying hard myself to not be judgmental and let life flow freely around me.
Love,
Chad Taylor
On behalf of Chad Gracey and Patrick Dahlheimer
But then I had to sit down and see NaNoWriMo to its close. During that, Drew found the opening to Record of Lodoss War that I had been looking all over for and couldn't find. It's amazing how music helps ^_^ It also helped propel me all the way to midnight. I clocked in at 66,844 words. That's the awesome I'd like to report today. I wrote 66,844 words in 1 month. And I'm loving the story. NaNo's end is always exciting and sad at the same time. I'm hoping I can keep at least some of the literary abandon going! I've broken through the writers block with explosive force, now its time to go back to being a serious writer. Who knows? This could be the one that finally gets my name on the shelves.
I've been a fan of Live since I was 14. The singer, Ed, was always someone I respected as very genuine. His actions hurt more than they should... and I'm inclined to side with the band when it's an entire band vs. 1. I know it's stupid to feel betrayed by someone I never met but I did... this band whose music has taken me places for so long now feels very fake and it will take me a little while to get back into that mindset. But I am going to concentrate on the genuineness (I don't think that's a word, but LJ seems to think so) of the rest of them and think that it must have been at least for some time. I feel really bad for Chad, Chad, and Patrick. They are apparently genuine and they are hurt too. It's a letdown, but all of my bands are NOT breaking up like it sometimes feels. Moving on... ::sigh:: Music is what you get from it anyway, right?
No more sad. ::pats self on back:: I have owned the literary abandon ^_^ and in 2 days, I am FINALLY headed to Charleston! Now if I can just kick this cold...