There are some very good songs that have been left off albums, but I have yet to hear anything that blew me away enough to think it should've made a final tracklisting.
It’s definitely subjective, but personally, I can think of at least two to three unused songs that I feel should’ve been included on albums, especially Invincible.
Michael mentioned he starts off by recording his demos with a tape recorder and we hear that with songs like TGIM and WATW. I'd assume he brought it with him when he worked songs with others
But would he record the whole session or just the 'demo' parts?
Well let me hear it and let me be the judge, BillBill keeps on insisting on BB's not a great song.
He’ll record the demo parts on tape then create a multitrack recording around the demo using instruments
Never heard of an entire session being recorded on tape from him but I also wouldn't doubt it
I think I mean: did the tapes of those sessions include the whole writing process, like him and Anka trying to come up with ideas, talking, jamming etc. (like the 'Give To Me' session leak) or are most tapes just the songs (in demo form)?
He’ll record a demo on tape and then multitrack instruments around it
Here's a work tape of TGIM.
He should just post a snippet at this point.Bill keeps on insisting on BB's not a great song.
Assuming he still has the tape—is there anything stopping him from doing that, technically? We've seen instances of unheard MJ songs being leaked by people from MJ's team themselves (i.e. Brad Sundberg posting a video with a snippet of Family Thing playing in the background, Rodney Jerkins sharing snippets of writer's demos made for Michael, Michael Prince playing the intro of GYWOOM on the MJCast), even if he shares a very short snippet of MJ singing "Who shot Buffalo Bill?" I assume it's unlikely it'll get him into trouble with the Estate.
I guess 'Don't build your hopes to be let down' should be the slogan for this thread
Firstly, Bill has gone on record saying that he never took any tapes home for the Bad sessions. Whatever works-in-progress he had, Brad Sundberg took those tapes from Hayvenhurst to Westlake instead for reference by the A-team... He maintains the demos were basically the same as the album cuts (at least from memory) but doesn't have the tapes to tell exact differences...
Legally, no. As long as he doesn’t, say, upload a full song to Spotify/YouTube and start taking ad revenue, the estate couldn’t do anything.
It is for monetary reasons. If they can't make money from their creations, it's no use for them to release them. That is why they wait for the estate to decide to release them, because if they do it themselves they will not be able to monetize with it
I don't think that every MJ collaborator is trying to leach on Michael's Legacy. Most of them don't even have those songs. And they don't want SONY to send them seize and desist letters.
God, I’m excited for this book. Very interested to see what format it takes.
Hey man just wondering if you have any updates on pictures or additional information
Man I've been trying to find the pictures but it's not in my files. I've asked a few friends who were part of the group and they remember it but don't have pictures.
