The Where and When of: To Be (Oneself) Or Not to Be (Oneself) This is my question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of scorn and group censorship… Some friends have PM’d me to ask if I’m okay and wonder if I might be oversharing when I post about my feelings, resentments, or past angsts. I think many of these people are still living in a halcyon age where people received royalties and everything was fair and nice… and good. I admit, sharing is cathartic; it helps to get it all out there and have some kind of record of my experiences from my point of view. I’ve held onto these thoughts for 20 years, and staying silent hasn’t done me any real good. And perhaps it’s boring to read, but sorry… there’ll be a cat video for you to laugh at in a microsecond… to help you forget the creeping barrage of your own enslavement… Also, the big question is: am I showing weakness by sharing? Or is it stronger to fight for what you believe? Anyhow, it’s not like I’m going to lose out on any record company work! I’ve been blackballed by major record labels since 2004, YES, 20 years!! What are they going to do, give me no work for another 20 years? I was working hard and collaborating with top people, I had about 5 albums in the top 10, Dido was number 1 and going massive, winning two Brits! I realized in 1999 that a band making a Dido-type sound would be huge, and so I made my plan to find a band and make that happen. In 1999, I found this band—This is the Keane I started working with: https://lnkd.in/eRqspdhh And I thought I could make a Dido-y sound with it, then I pitched the idea to the band. This was my sound, my studio, my synths, my vision. MY IDEA!!! The transition was finished by the end of 2001. But due to lies, broken agreements, and trusting people’s word and handshakes… After they left my studio, they didn’t invite me to the BRITs and ghosted me. Lee and Thompson lawyers and I filed suit against Island Records in 2010. Island Records said they’d try to do better the next time. 20th Anniversary’s release, 48 wrong credits! Even songs on the 2001 CD made here at VibeyStudios by me were credited as ‘Tim’s Demos’. Imagine the INSULT! AND don’t forget, because Keane told everyone they made Hopes and Fears themselves in their garden, they made it look like I was lying… AND I have never been asked to work by a major record company again!!! Blacklisted Due to the lies in 2004, I went from “superstar programmer” to some kind of ‘lying blagger scoundrel’ overnight… My career kind of ended. So, I went independent, building up new acts on my own. I wouldn’t really have minded if they hadn’t done the same thing to me again 20 years later with ENGLISH TEACHER. I’ve made two of Island Records’ biggest UK acts and they stole both from me.
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