The Illusion of Credit and Creation...

integrity

[in-teg-ri-tee]

noun 

1. adherence to moral and ethical principles; 
soundness of moral character; honesty.

Number one reason to maintain silence.

Fear of losing the Illusion of Integrity.

Number one reason to lie.

Loss of Integrity.

These words don't just apply to the Music Industry... The lack of integrity has become an ever present force within our World.  It surrounds us and draws us in... even the best of us is challenged daily to compromise what is right.

It reins its power over our governments, the financial systems of the world, and even the religions that so many consider the moral compass of their souls.

I will find a way to deal with those elements in the world around me... What bothers me most is the lack of integrity we allow in recorded History.  Here we are at what many would say is the most technology advanced stage of the human civilization. Though we are put to shame by history recorded in pictures on a cave wall, and even some of those early historians exaggerated the truth.  The future is based in part on the History we leave behind, will truth not be of any importance to our descendants.

The PC age of computers has allowed us to record & scan massive amounts of information. Now a document that was once only known to one individual where it was buried among boxes in their attic... that same document can be scanned and re-united with other hidden pieces of the event.  Even though this may not paint us a precise picture of the past, it might allow us a clearer understanding of what took place.

Without fail... the over whelming power that keeps the truth away seems to always have an underlying reason.

In the Music Industry this reason is ROYALTIES.  If the acknowledgement of the real truth could possibly lead to the lost of current day royalties for individuals & music publishers... they have either recopied, burned, buried or locked that truth up in Fort Knox.  Even if they were told they still get to keep all the money & rights, they will not share the truth.  For then the illusion of integrity is gone.  So... the code of silence is the Industry motto... 

After hundreds of inquiries to individuals & corporations within the music industry over the last seven years regarding John Bartee, I have gotten the message loud & clear.  CASH trumps Truth.

Old lovable Buddy in the Dick Van Dyke Show went to his grave under a similar code, denial.  Right or Wrong...even in this case the truth is in there somewhere.  Are we prepared as individuals for the generations of the future to write the wikipedia article on who we were based on the information they have available.  But then do we really care?


Lord Invader -  Rum & Coca Cola

Andrew Sisters - Rum & Coca Cola

At least this makes it easier to understand the rules of the game.  I am now only under the illusion that there were 9 laws on those stone tablets, and even those are now debatable.   Play Ball...