Chicago and recorded the album
and created rough mixes of all the
songs, with the hope that Motown
would connect us with someone
who could polish the final mixes
better. But we kept getting the
runaround from the company and
eventually the whole world heard
that Berry Gordy had decided to
sell Motown to MCA. Eventually,
almost all the acts on the label
were dropped, except for a few
big names. So our brief time as
Motown Recording artists ended
with no album or single release.
We were, of course, very disappointed. But we learned a lot in
recording those songs and left
the experience much more knowledgeable about the record indus-
try than when we were signed. I
had taken a couple of years off
from college when the Motown
deal happened, promising myself
and my parents that I would return
to finish my degree after following this dream as far as I could. So
not long after the Motown deal
ended, I returned to school and
finished my journalism degree,
earning my final three credits by
correspondence while playing
with the band in Japan. In mid1990, I graduated college and
moved to Pittsburgh to start work
as a newspaper journalist; most
of the other members of The Voyage Band moved to Los Angeles
to continue their music careers not
long after.
Presents
Stormin’ Norman Seldin
Sat., Sept. 6 @ 8pm
Legendary pianist/vocalist Stormin’ Norman Seldin with his “Ten Fingers-One Voice”
solo show. Randy Newman, Ray Charles, New Orleans, Ragtime, Van Morrison,
Joe Cocker, Marc Cohn, Buffet, and much more of New Age and Original’s.
68 Ocean Ave, Long Branch, NJ
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