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Post by DJ 7.0 on Jun 30, 2009 8:14:52 GMT -5
Michael Jackson has at least a couple of hundred unreleased songs in his vault, and this means the King of Pop live on forever in spirit, and he will seem to be alive in the industry as well. Those records could be distributed for years to come.
In the years since 2001's Invincible, music's elite have been telling MTV News amazing stories about their collaborations with Jackson for an upcoming album.
"I'm writing a lot of stuff right now," Jackson told Ebony magazine in 2007. "I'm in the studio, like, every day."
MTV News confirmed that songwriter Sean Garrett, Grammy winners Ne-Yo and Kanye West, and music do-it-all T-Pain had all met with Jackson and discussed work.
In June 2008, super-producer Swizz Beatz told us he was crafting tracks for Jackson as well producing pieces for his tour. Even Murder Inc. head honcho Irv Gotti traveled to the Neverland Ranch back in 2002, hoping to Jackson to let him helm the LP.
Chris Brown was pushing for a duet with one of his greatest musical influences in 2007. "He called me for my birthday, and I told him we should do a song," Brown told MTV News. "He was up for it."
DJ Whoo Kid openly dreamed of orchestrating a Jackson/ 50 Cent collaboration in 2006, after sitting down to a weird but extraordinary dinner with Jackson in Bahrain. "He was supposed to be there for like 45 minutes; he stayed for five hours," Whoo Kid recalled of how he met Jackson and later arranged for phone conversations between him and 50.
Jackson worked with Akon on more than one track, and a song called "Hold My Hand" leaked to the Net several months ago.
"He's incredible," 'Kon said of his first collaboration with Jackson, a 2008 remix of "Wanna Be Startin' Something." "He's a genius. Just to be in the same room [with him], I felt everything I wanted to accomplish in life has been achieved."
Will.I.Am also told MTV News in 2007 that Jackson called him personally and had him work on a few songs. "I'm a fan of the dude," Will said at the time. "He's the smartest dude I ever met."
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Post by BRiTNASTY on Jun 30, 2009 13:20:15 GMT -5
Like 2Pac, the rest of his music that is all unlistenable shit, will now be released for years to come
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Post by Late Winter on Jun 30, 2009 15:42:05 GMT -5
It's very unfortunate we only really got one album from him in "modern" times.
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Post by DJ 7.0 on Jun 30, 2009 18:41:13 GMT -5
I wonder if we will get a new album from him...Maybe in 2011 or something
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Post by BRiTNASTY on Jun 30, 2009 19:59:43 GMT -5
But none of it will be new. He hasn't been in a recording studio to record new stuff since 2003.
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Post by DJ 7.0 on Jun 30, 2009 20:01:23 GMT -5
He was in the studio working with tons of people in 2007
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Post by Kasey on Jun 30, 2009 20:04:25 GMT -5
tons of people like who?
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Post by Late Winter on Jun 30, 2009 20:05:19 GMT -5
I thought he has been working with people like Ne-Yo, Akon, Rodney Jerkins, will i am, etc for awhile now.
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Post by DJ 7.0 on Jun 30, 2009 20:06:04 GMT -5
He was.
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Post by BRiTNASTY on Jun 30, 2009 21:01:21 GMT -5
He was in the studio working with tons of people in 2007 That was all confirmed for the Thriller re-releas ethough. I know Ne-Yo said they spent 2 days together but got 4 songs out of it, but only recorded one.
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Post by ___D___ on Jun 30, 2009 21:01:46 GMT -5
How about that 3D Movie that he apparently finished 2 weeks before his death! He said he has always wanted to do a film, non music related...I guess that was it! Yeah, I'm excited to hear new stuff from Michael...wasn't he working on a new album, anyway? Most likely for 2010 release? He should have many tracks that are recorded fresh and are "good". But his record company will stretch the HELL out of this. prolly over like 10 years or more. They already relased how many GH albums? And that was when he was alive!
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Post by Late Winter on Jun 30, 2009 21:09:36 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm sure we'll have tons of material. And I'm sure even some of his older unreleased stuff will probably get new production from current producers.
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Post by DJ 7.0 on Jun 30, 2009 21:11:15 GMT -5
yeah, he could easily make a "Fresh" album
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Post by - `J0EL™ on Jun 30, 2009 21:23:41 GMT -5
I want songs that were recorded for the thriller era but never released.
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Post by Late Winter on Jun 30, 2009 21:24:24 GMT -5
They released some of those tracks recently and
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Post by - `J0EL™ on Jun 30, 2009 21:23:58 GMT -5
Ohh did they?
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Post by DJ 7.0 on Jun 30, 2009 21:26:28 GMT -5
wasnt something released on the thriller thing?
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Post by BRiTNASTY on Jun 30, 2009 21:36:36 GMT -5
Yeah they all sucked.
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Post by Late Winter on Jul 11, 2009 6:27:55 GMT -5
Intresting article. It says he had three projects in the works: the tour, a new pop album obviously, and a classical album That project especially makes me sad that it never come to fruition -------------------------------------- More details on instrumental album Michael Jackson started before his death, and his love of classical music weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/classicalmusic/2009/07/more_details_on_instrumental_a.htmlTV and film composer and conductor David Michael Frank may have been one of the last persons to collaborate with Michael Jackson on an artistic project. The pop singer’s untimely death left that project in an uncertain state. Initial reports suggested that Jackson planned to do an album of “classical music” he had written; the pieces were to be orchestrated by Frank. Actually, Frank says, the pieces were closer to film music and would have gone into an all-instrumental album had Jackson lived. The Baltimore-born Frank, interviewed by phone in California, gives an account here of his experience with the King of Pop: Four or five months ago, I received a call from Michael Jackson’s longtime personal recording engineer, Michael Prince, who told me Michael was looking for someone to arrange some music for orchestra. I thought it was going to be for the tour he was going to do. For the next month or two, he would call, saying, ‘Michael Jackson says he’s going to call you.’ At the end of April, another Michael, Michael Jackson’s personal assistant, called me and asked me to come the next day at 10 a.m. and asked me the make and model of my car. I drove to the Holmby Hills home. I drove up to the front door, and was met by an assistant who told me to go inside. I was met there by a woman dressed like a housekeeper, but with a white turban on her head. She said, ‘Michael Jackson will be with you shortly.’ About two minutes later, he came down the stairs. I was reluctant to shake his hand because I had heard that he was concerned about germs, but he immediately stuck his hand out and gave me a very firm handshake. He was very skinny, but not the least bit frail. He was wearing a suit and a hat. He was going to rehearsal later for the tour. He said, ‘You look familiar.’ I told him a long time ago I worked on a TV tribute to Sammy Davis, Jr. at Shrine Auditorium [that he had participated in]. I told him I had met him briefly there.’ He said, ‘I never forget a face.’ He told me, ‘I have three projects going on simultaneously.’ One was the tour that the whole world knew about. The other two I believe no one knew about. One was to be an album of pop songs. Then he said, ‘The other one is that I want to record an album of classical music’ — what he called classical music. He said he listened to ... classical music all the time; it was his absolute favorite. I was impressed with the pieces he mentioned: Aaron Copland’s Rodeo, Fanfare for the Common Man and Lincoln Portrait; Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story. I mentioned Bernstein's On the Waterfront. Then Michael mentioned that he loved Elmer Bernstein's film music, too, and he specifically mentioned To Kill a Mockingbird. I realized that almost all the classical pieces he mentioned are childlike, very simple and pretty, like Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf and Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite. He also mentioned Debussy several times, specifically Arabesque [No. 1] and Clair de lune. He was very soft-spoken when were talking about music, but when he got animated about something, he was very changed. When he mentioned how he loved Elmer Bernstein, and I said I liked the Magnificent Seven score, Michael started singing the theme very loudly, almost screaming it. He said, ‘I’m making a CD.’ Then his son, Prince Michael, came in, and Michael asked him to find a CD player. Paris found one and brought it in with Prince. Michael played the CD. It was very pretty music. He said, ‘But a section is missing.’ He played a second piece. And he said, ‘But a section is missing, too. But I can hum it to you.’ I asked if there was a piano in the house, and he said there was one in the pool house. We headed out there, but Michael stopped when he saw the dog was outside, soaking wet from being in the pool. He didn't want us to get splattered. It was kind of funny. Michael got another assistant to hold the dog while we went to his pool house. I sat at the piano and Michael hummed the missing part of one of the pieces. I had taken a little digital recorder with me and asked if I could record him. He was in perfect pitch. I tried to figure out chords to go with it as he hummed. He said, ‘Your instincts are totally right about the chords.’ We talked about classical music some more. I played some Debussy pieces. Michael seemed very happy and I think he felt very comfortable with me. He mentioned Leonard Bernstein again, and I played some of West Side Story. He told me he had met Bernstein once and that Bernstein had said he was a big fan of Michael’s. Back in the house, whenever he’d go from room to room, you’d hear, ‘I love you, Daddy.’ ‘I love you, Paris.’ They all seemed pretty normal and happy. Michael was very anxious to get the pieces orchestrated and record the music with a big orchestra. I suggested we record it at the Fox, Sony or Warner Brothers lot. I asked if he could have someone call me to discuss the budget and he said he would take care of it. When I left there were several fans outside the gate. [Later] I talked to Michael on the phone. He asked me how the project was going and I said I was waiting to hear from someone so we could set the deal. I suggested we could record the music in London while he was doing the show there. He liked the idea. He again brought up Arabesque. I laid the music all out on my computer and started on the orchestrations. Finally, a week before Michael died, his manager, Frank Dileo, called and asked me for an email with the budget and an electronic mock-up of the music, the costs of orchestration. Now I have no idea what’s going to happen with this. I’m hoping the family will do something to get this done. I will not bring it up [with them] until after what I think is an appropriate time. My guess is that each piece would be seven to ten minutes long. [Each one] is more substantial than a song. It’s very pretty music. One piece had an Irish quality about it. I suggested that we could use a Celtic harp. The pieces sound like pretty film score music, with very traditional harmony, and definitely very strong melodies. One of them was a little John Barry-ish, like in Out of Africa -- that kind of John Barry score. I could hear [in my head] sweeping strings and French horns in unison. I told Michael I was going to use one of Leonard Bernstein’s batons I had bought at auction when we did the recording. I knew he would have gotten a big kick out of that. I guess I still will use that baton if I ever get to conduct the music.
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Post by Late Winter on Jul 12, 2009 5:55:57 GMT -5
Amanda Ghost talking about waiting to put out an album
------------------------------------- 'No rush' for new Jackson songs
By Rodrigo Davies 6 Music News reporter
Michael Jackson Jackson was said to be working on instrumental music and a pop album
New music recorded by Michael Jackson before his death is likely to be released - but not yet, the president of his record label Epic has said.
"We just want to pay our respects to Michael," Amanda Ghost said: "We don't want to be seen to be jumping on any bandwagon associated with his death."
Jackson had been working on new music for several years with hip-hop and R&B stars like Will.i.am, Ne-Yo and Akon.
"The appetite is definitely there" for new material, Ghost told BBC 6 Music.
"If we do release anything of unreleased material, it has to be fantastic and it can't damage in any way his legacy or his legend and I won't let that happen at Epic.
"I have no idea when it's coming out, but it will come out on Sony/Epic. We haven't made any decisions because we just want to be respectful for his memory and not be seen in any way as trying to cash in."
The release of new music is also likely to be delayed as legal negotiations over his estate.
Earlier this week, a Los Angeles judge gave control to his lawyer John Branca and music executive John McClain, rejecting a claim by Jackson's mother Katherine.
Instrumental album
Bruce Swedien, a producer and engineer who worked on Off The Wall and Thriller, has said he believed Jackson was working on instrumental music as well as a pop album.
Ghost, best known for her work as a producer and writer with the likes of Beyonce, Shakira and James Blunt, is the first recording artist to be appointed head of a major label.
She first met Jackson in February this year when presenting him with an award for being the label's biggest selling artist.
"I walked up to him and said 'Hi, I'm the president of Epic,' and he said 'Wow, things have changed since I was there,'" Ghost said.
"He knew my work and he thought it was fantastic that a creative had been put in charge."
US music sales tracker Nielsen SoundScan has revealed that 800,000 copies of Jackson's albums were bought last week - almost double sales for the previous week.
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Post by Till Da World Ends [MARK] on Jul 13, 2009 12:57:11 GMT -5
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Post by DJ 7.0 on Dec 4, 2009 10:37:43 GMT -5
I'd heard this rumor for years, so it's nice to see that it's finally confirmed, even if it is after his death.
"Rumor no more! Are you standing? Then sit down. Are you sitting down? Then stand up, then sit down again, for there’s huge news to share: Michael Jackson is now confirmed to have written the music for Sonic The Hedgehog 3.
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Post by - `J0EL™ on Dec 4, 2009 10:39:19 GMT -5
Like who gives a shit?
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Post by DJ 7.0 on Dec 4, 2009 10:48:09 GMT -5
idk lol people cared so i posted it
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Post by Late Winter on Dec 4, 2009 12:15:45 GMT -5
Sonic? That's random.
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