Bredonborough Morning reading Editing Dear
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Bredonborough.
Morning reading…
Editing Dear Andrew. Revisiting these letters, at a level of detail never made public, is terrible. It is also astonishing to see EG managerial behaviour through eyes now more experienced & attuned to the details of music industry Standard Operating Procedure. Twenty years ago, I did not believe that Mr. Alder could have behaved as he did, withholding royalty payments for two years while using his power of attorney to extend my borrowing to cover the deficit. Mr. Alder was a chartered accountant, Treasurer of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy, consultant to the Palace. This would have been like an adviser in banking, pensions or financial services privileging their own interests over those of their clients in order to pay themselves huge bonuses / commissions; or Members of Parliament fiddling their expenses on a grand scale – just not possible in England!
Also developments in a current dispute with Sanctuary UMG: their proposed settlement terms include a gagging clause. Why? This would have the effect of preventing any information about the shortcomings of a major industry player (copyright abuse) becoming publicly known; eg in this Diary.
Gagging clauses were a SOP of Mr. Sam Alder, although Mr. Alder had nothing to hide. I know this because he told me so in our last personal meeting on April 17th. 1991, upon my return from The LCG Eurotour of March & April 1991. Mind you, Mr. Alder didn’t tell me that he had been withholding royalty payments for two years.
I am willing & available to circumspection & discretion, but why would anyone ask for gags where anything other than bona fide trade secrets are involved? So, this present dispute is not likely to be a settlement that settles, until that clause (at least) is removed.
Life is so much better than we make it. So, why make it any other way?
17.42 Shortly before 14.00 Chris Smith arrived bearing a
GA Fripp watercolour...
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Manorbier Castle in Pembrokeshire I…
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… a Birthday Gift to Dorothy M. Fripp from Annie T Fripp…
Chris e-acquired this on my behalf & kindly drove up from Bristol to deliver it personally. Chris was a member of the recent The OCG III course & the Devil Bug of Sassoferrato has returned to visit him a second time.
Cheese Constructionists arrived at 15.00 in their acting-formation as Cheese Tranting Services. Four pieces were carried across the Market Square from World HQ to be relocated here on 3 different floors. A revolving bookcase has replaced the oil of Madonna & Child (now in the attic) I…
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The street I…
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18.47 To the chiropodist, returning to stuff. Stuff. Stuff continues.
20.09 Stuff continues & could continue forever, certainly until the Minx arrives back tonight – and then forever after that. So when do we stop the endless demand of stuff? Simple. When we stop. This is a decision. To practising.
22.35 Done.
The Minx is arriving home shortly from her filming in London.
