Any sports/celebrity/famous people on this forum??
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I'm not famous, neither is my family, but, I golfed with 2 Montreal Canadiens (NHL hockey team for you International folks) before, Patrise Brisebois and Benoit Brunet. I've also met a couple of French-Canadian celebrities and got pictures.
I was signed to a demo deal with Warner records when I fronted a hip hop/pop all girl group years ago. We broke up before we got the full deal which was a good thing because God only knows who any of us would be right now if it continued. And the label would have turn us into something I knew I didn't want to be but I continued to write music, did some work as a lead and backup singer for R&B/urban/hip hop performances. Was a regular at Lola's Martini Bar, was an openning gig for The Philosopher Kings, met some producers, some cool musicians - the base player for Nelly Furtado who also toured a bit with Pink Floyd - and label execs. I ended up having a song played on regular rotation on the radio for a while - that was a while back. At one point, the U.K group All Saints picked up one of my songs because they were working with the same producer we worked with when we were with Warner but unfortunately the group was having alot of inside squabbles between the girls and they never did end up putting out that last album. They couldn't reconcile their differences and i missed out.
I got a guitar and changed the course of my writing - instead of R&B, I got into mainstream writing. Now i'm a producer and I work mainly on my own music trying to learn more about music production and quite enjoy the stuff i'm doing now over the stuff I was doing for the hip hop/pop market.
So i'm not famous, but I did have some close calls with getting out there. I'm still trying to get out there but i'm still trying to get my new sh** together. I don't know if I want to be 'famous' but I would like to be able to do what I do for a 'living'. The arts is such a tough place to do that. Especially when you're an Indie. It's such a fickle and elitist area. But, i'm keeping my chin up and maybe one day....
I got a guitar and changed the course of my writing - instead of R&B, I got into mainstream writing. Now i'm a producer and I work mainly on my own music trying to learn more about music production and quite enjoy the stuff i'm doing now over the stuff I was doing for the hip hop/pop market.
So i'm not famous, but I did have some close calls with getting out there. I'm still trying to get out there but i'm still trying to get my new sh** together. I don't know if I want to be 'famous' but I would like to be able to do what I do for a 'living'. The arts is such a tough place to do that. Especially when you're an Indie. It's such a fickle and elitist area. But, i'm keeping my chin up and maybe one day....
I had a drink or two with the actor/singers of the Commitments. Anyone seen that movie? They were doing a promo in our Town and we went to see them. Daughter wanted their atuographs and I went and asked them. When they heard my accent they asked me to sit with them, us all being from Dublin Ireland. I chatted with Leo Sawyer, I met Michael Cain years ago. I'm a very friendly person !
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Wouldn't you like to know. :lol:
fuzzylogix said:
Wouldn't you like to know. :lol:
I met Kelsey Grammer in the grocery store once, and I've been told I look like a young Liz Taylor (I've also been told I look like a young Sheila Copps AND Laura Bush... personally, I can't see where I look like any of them or where any of them look like each other, but I must have that "I know you from someplace" look
Re: RE: Any sports/celebrity/famous people on this forum??
Suuuuuurrrrre.
And check your pm box!
Jay said:I think not said:
Let me reassure the members that these were completely separate events!
Suuuuuurrrrre.
And check your pm box!
I've met Sean Connery , Ali McGraw, Bruce Cockburn, Vincent Price, Monty Hall, George C. Scott, Donna Reed, and I did a small acting bit with Effram Zimbalist Jr.
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You've met the Corrs?!?! Or are you talking about other actors in that movie?
I've met TONS of famous people, but I myself am not famous lol. Except I've been on tv a few times if that counts
I just found out that a friend I havent seen since we finished school 2 years ago is now in the US training for the sailing in the next Olympics! Pretty damn cool, I reckon!
Jo said:
You've met the Corrs?!?! Or are you talking about other actors in that movie?
I've met TONS of famous people, but I myself am not famous lol. Except I've been on tv a few times if that counts
I just found out that a friend I havent seen since we finished school 2 years ago is now in the US training for the sailing in the next Olympics! Pretty damn cool, I reckon!
Maybe I've seen any famous person, maybe I've talked with any of them, but I don't know about it. Because I wouldn't know if I had talked with any of them. In crescent street in downtown of montreal you got an opportunity to see anyone you like.