vast - turquoise & Crimson...

[bloodreactor]

I got my copy of the double cd vast - turquoise & Crimson in the mail today! you guys should really get it or check it out if you like jon crosby's/vast's work. It's mainly remastered demos and unreleased work that was on nude and not featured on it. Mine was signed. There is also a turquoise & Crimson novel out also. I'm not sure what all is in it though.


www.realvast.com

[bloodreactor]

Foreward from the cd...

This is a time capsule. For me its like a package I bury in the sand in hopes that a thousand years from now someone or something will uncover it and have a glimpse into what my thoughts and feelings were. If I live to an old age I hope to unbury this cd and remember the time I released Turquoise and Crimson Online. it was the summer of 2003. I was living in New Mexico hiding from the status-quo entertainment police of Los Angeles and NY. I wanted to release new material and saw new possiblities in the internet that were not being tapped into. My manager and I decided to release two ten song sets of MP3s for $2.99. One named "Turquoise" which was released in June and the other entitled "Crimsom" in August. It was partly to get closer to an audience in a way not possible before but for me it was also a way to enhance my craft. Since day one I have never viewed myself as just a musician. I want to break the rules and explore new grounds. I feel that I never did here. I know Vast is the first band to release an album in online this way because at the time and even still as I write this there is only one company that allows for the online distribution of songs for less than $1. The relevance of pricing is the political statement it makes. For the last fifty years the lion's share of a musicians profit has gone to a large corporation thus giving the corporation all the power and control. On the other hand, we have entered into a new era where all media is being distributed freely online with no real way of even knowing where it's going. The powers that be have no interest in finding a solution to this that might cut them out in some way shape or form. This is why the label I was on (Elektra) has since folded. The musicians I spoke to about this felt the same way I did but for some reason or another were too afraid to release music online themselves. Beaten only by a Madonna single, Vast's "Turquoise and Crimson" stayed at number 2 and 3 on the online chart for over a year outselling at least 15 other artists that had records in the top ten on Billboard. That tells me that there is a light at the end of this dark corporate tunnel and maybe one day we will all reach it together. I think that there is a young musician out there reading this who will take it much further than I ever dreamed. Perhaps history will not remember Vast for being the first band to release music online this way but I will remember. I like to think you will remember friend. Without you it couldn't have been possible. Thank You very much.

Jon Crosby
October 2004

[solvethebox]

Awsome.

I want this album. How is it compared to other albums?

[bloodreactor]

well it's mainly demos of songs from nude plus some other stuff that didnt make it. The songs sound different from different beats and lyrics he did at that time. but they are remastered to cd quality. I could send them to you until you got the cd.

this is the song lists...

Turquoise
Turquoise
Ecstasy
Be with me
Thrown away
Don't take your love away from me
Falling from the sky
Candle
I woke up L.A.
I Can't say no to you
Desert Garden

Crimson
Dead Angels
I Need to say goodbye
Lost
Winter in my heart
All I found was you (Japanese Fantasy)
That's my Boy
Evil little girl
Beautiful
Senorita
Where it Never Rains
Bruise
Goodbye

[XBurner]

I want.

[bloodreactor]

just hit me up on AIM for them. I dont mind sending