Was The Music Industry CORRUPT from the very start?

Is It Right For The Rich To Oppress The Poor?

Is it right for the rich to have special privileges, oppress and exploit the earth, the poor, exclude all not of their kin, come onto personal blogsites, impersonate women or transgendered women to mock others?
Is it right for the oppressors to mock those they oppress?
Is it right to exploit the weak that you have made weak? Is it right to laugh at those you steal from and murder?

Is it right to pass yourself off as righteous when all you do make money and make a name off the murder of innocents?

Then your karma is very bleak. I do not envy you. I pity you, for what is to come upon you.

The Price Of Experience

1.1“What is the price of Experience? do men buy it for a song?
1.2Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price
1.3Of all that a man hath, his house, his wife, his children.
1.4Wisdom is sold in the desolate market where none come to buy,
1.5And in the wither’d field where the farmer plows for bread in vain.

1.6It is an easy thing to triumph in the summer’s sun
1.7And in the vintage and to sing on the waggon loaded with corn.
1.8It is an easy thing to talk of patience to the afflicted,
1.9To speak the laws of prudence to the houseless wanderer,
1.10To listen to the hungry raven’s cry in wintry season
1.11When the red blood is fill’d with wine and with the marrow of lambs.

1.12It is an easy thing to laugh at wrathful elements,
1.13To hear the dog howl at the wintry door, the ox in the slaughter house moan;
1.14To see a god on every wind and a blessing on every blast;
1.15To hear sounds of love in the thunder storm that destroys our enemies’ house;
1.16To rejoice in the blight that covers his field, and the sickness that cuts off his children,
1.17While our olive and vine sing and laugh round our door, and our children bring fruits and flowers.

1.18Then the groan and the dolor are quite forgotten, and the slave grinding at the mill,
1.19And the captive in chains, and the poor in the prison, and the soldier in the field
1.20When the shatter’d bone hath laid him groaning among the happier dead.

1.21It is an easy thing to rejoice in the tents of prosperity:
1.22Thus could I sing and thus rejoice: but it is not so with me.

-WIlliam Blake

The Secret

I do not know if you or anyone else – can even begin to imagine being me….
you have been *abused almost from the day you were born*
you saw the whole world of humans as weak, cruel, ignorant, pompous, a con job, because that is exactly what your own parents and siblings are – and you were summarily disowned for not being one of them.
Is there anything good in life?

Well what if you then found a friend you can truly relate to as you were growning up, or a true love, or even many sex partners who found you attractive and validated your worth at least in that area? No? Didnt happen? What if *NO CRUCIAL LIFE AFFIRMING EXPERIENCES* occured during your critical childhood and adolescent years at ALL? But you were IGNORED, REJECTED, RIDICULED by all and sundry for your very existence – so you were there with your bleak and insane Christian guilt about your sexual needs – a time bomb – and your sickening immoral piece of shit younger brother gets sex AND LOVE ALL the time, and what made him ‘better’ than you? What were the defining qualities of ‘better’ as the human race saw it and rewarded in individuals? Cunning…cruelty….the abilitiy to lie and cheat and steal, (I had my entire cupboard of personal belongings stolen by ‘the hero’ once)
ingorance, a taste for bad music and bad art, being sycophantic to ‘important’ ppl and institutions….

And as you grew up into adulthood, alone rejected, and all the therapists and priests did nothing to help you, they had their own agenda instead – you saw money being one of the 2 main gods of your family and humanity. the other being power. and it is truly nothing else mattered, no matter what they wrote in books that win big money and power, fame and fortune, that got them love and sex and belonging.

And now after a life time of failing to find people who can even acknowldge anything true and good about you, you are told again andagain to ‘love yourself’ – oh that is the answer! Well you love yourself. Otherwise you would not be angry for being treated less than shit for 48 years! “Oh be grateful’ – and the earliest memory of ppl who tell u that were not grateful for anything – they couldnt even lie well enough as their grim countenances and angry voices told you ‘gratitude to your superiors, asshole!!!!!! or else!!!!!!!’

And everything you tried to do failed. You live in poverty which no one acknowledges or helps because well everyone knows poor ppl are black in Africa or American ghettoes or Indonesian kids, and not English speaking Chinese like you. if you worked and lived in the streets, they do not care. It is ALL YOUR FAULT. Why, bitch, don’t you know your own thoughts created the world? Now, you are responsible for every single person out there.

All your businesses never took off. No one wanted you, no one believed you. You did the work of a dozen ppl – since no one wanted to work with you or partner you in any way. Even McDonalds has a memo to not hire you. Nobody wants you in any capacity shape or form.
No one.
Your spouse does not accept you. You are warned repeatedly or you are out.
You have no place to go, you have no means for an independent existence. Next stop – prison or mental hospital.

And you happen to be one of humanity’s greatest composers, even if NO ONE knows it! You know things in your field NO ONE ELSE KNOWS ABOUT – yet NO ONE wants to PAY you a single cent to learn from you!!!!!!! Humans have made you WORTHLESS!
And every true and good thing about you is reviled.
And you are truly good – and no one but YOU admits it. Even this makes you feel guilty, feels like arrogance to keep praising yourself in the face of global condemnation, doesnt it? I mean, 7 billions ppl can’t be wrong, can they?

Your head throbs, the pain in your teeth wont go away.
Your heart is destroyed.
You try to ‘relax’ and read a novel from the library
you read how the protagonist considers herself a failure
because the novel she wrote was actually published by a major publisher
and sold 425 copies.

I d give anything to be as much as failure as she is. Wouldn’t you?

No one even knows, how much it takes to remain sane. And surely, no one cares. They keep demonstrating it, again and again and again…

The world’s First.

FACT:
The world’s first male to female transgendered jazz fusion guitarist and composer Domina Catrina Lee is not at all acknowledged, but is ignored and marginalised to the point of social exclusion and poverty.

FACT:
The first ever Singaporean jazz fusion guitarist and composer Domina Catrina Lee has her third self released album “Songs From The Breastbone Drum” critically praised in an extended analysis at the prestigious online American jazz and fusion website, AllAboutJazz.com – a fact skimmed over and wished away by the Singapore National Arts Council, the Substation, the Esplanade, the Arts House, various corporations, banks, and arts organisations including The Body Shop, also excluding and ignoring her achievements, are local LGBT organisations such as SGButterfly, and Fridae.com, and numerous Singapore nightclubs like Timbre, Wala Wala, Indochine, et al. Local news agencies ignore her numerous emails, as do yahoo news.sg

FACT:
The world’s first transgendered jazz fusion guitarist/composer, who has also placed as the best of Avant Garde Jazz for the year 2010 in the SomethingElse! review site, thus ranking her work alongside the very best of the international luminaries in the world of creative jazz- the first ever Singaporean to do so, is not actually even a professional musician, despite trying to break into the professional scene for thirty years.

FACT:
Local musicians and music agencies have boycotted Domina and her music for over thirty years. A closed, mafia like network made of crass money mad mediocres, they have seen to it that vision and truth in life and music be outcasts, as is Domina in life itself.

FACT:
The world – as represented by Netizens- have largely ignored her appeals for funding her musical work, despite the modest amounts requested at the “fair trade, not aid’ RocketHub site.

FACT:
The sub-cultures on line that support artists and genres similar to the music of Domina have tried their best to overlook and not even listen to, the albums of Domina Catrina Lee thus depriving her of the very audience she so needs to grow.

FACT:
WIth no money to press CDs Domina offered her album for digital download sales at Bandcamp.com, and faced no sales, and also online theft. She has taken down her albums and offer them via FTP if someone emailed her for an order. She is still waiting for her first order.

FACT:
Those that say they ‘love’ Domina’s music, only wish that she give them her work for free. Not living in a world where living necessities are likewise free, she has not been able to convince anyone of the true worth of her visionary art, mind and being, and thereby actually founding a career.

FACT:
Domina has to take to the streets in male attire as she has no money for hormones and needed feminine attire, and also to not attract police attention who will likely confuse a transgendered street fortune telling tarot reader who almost never gets a client who wants to stop on the busy street for a few minutes tarot reading, with a prostitute.

FACT:
Domina has not the money for the numerous dental work that has been years in requiring – all totalling several thousands of dollars, and has no means to obtain this money and so will most likely have no teeth in not too long a time.

FACT:
Domina has not money to obtain glasses she needs to see the world about her. Her broken glasses are still in a drawer in the room where she rents from well to do realtors, who do not care about her music at all.

FACT:
Domina is the SOLE possessor of the world’s only Grand Unified Harmonic Theory Of Western Music, a theory so sweeping and so accurate as to take in hundreds of years of development of Occidental Harmonic Theory and projected into future possibilities…and nobody gives a fuck.

FACT:
Domina’s music belongs to the handful of music, art, & literature that truly ever matters, that will stand the test of time way beyond her lifespan. And once again, not that anyone actually gives a flying fuck not when American Idol, talentless hiphop, and Hello Kitty are around for the 95% retard world to gaga over (leaving the top 5% to draconically monopolise everything).

FACT:
Nobody really cares. Nobody acknowledges the work the music, and nobody supports it.

Domina – Meaning

You entered: domina
There are 6 letters in your name.
Those 6 letters total to 29
There are 3 vowels and 3 consonants in your name.

Your number is: 11

The characteristics of #11 are: High spiritual plane, intuitive, illumination, idealist, a dreamer.

The expression or destiny for #11:
Your Expression number is 11. The number 11 is the first of the master numbers. It is associated with idealistic concepts and rather spiritual issues. Accordingly, it is a number with potentials that are somewhat more difficult to live up to. You have the capacity to be inspirational, and the ability to lead merely by your own example. An inborn inner strength and awareness can make you an excellent teacher, social worker, philosopher, or advisor. No matter what area of work you pursue, you are very aware and sensitive to the highest sense of your environment. Your intuition is very strong; in fact, many psychic people and those involved in occult studies have the number 11 expression. You possess a good mind with keen analytical ability. Because of this you can probably succeed in most lines of work, however, you will do better and be happier outside of the business world. Oddly enough, even here you generally succeed, owing to your often original and unusual approach. Nonetheless, you are more content working with your ideals, rather than dollars and cents.

The positive aspect of the number 11 expression is an always idealistic attitude. Your thinking is long term, and you are able to grasp the far-reaching effects of actions and plans. You are disappointed by the shortsighted views of many of your contemporaries. You are deeply concerned and supportive of art, music, or of beauty in any form.

The negative attitudes associated with the number 11 expression include a continuous sense of nervous tension; you may be too sensitive and temperamental. You tend to dream a lot and may be more of a dreamer than a doer. Fantasy and reality sometimes become intermingled and you are sometimes very impractical. You tend to want to spread the illumination of your knowledge to others irrespective of their desire or need.

Your Soul Urge number is: 7

A Soul Urge number of 7 means:
With a number 7 Soul Urge you are very fond of reading, and retreating to periods of being alone and away from the disruptions of the outer world. You like to dream and develop you idealistic understandings, to study and analyze, to gain knowledge and wisdom. You may be too laid back and withdrawn to really succeed in the business world, and you will be much more comfortable in circumstances that are tolerant of your reserve, your analytical approach, and your desire to use your mind rather than your physical being.

You are very timid around people that you don’t know very well, so much so at times that casual conversation and social situations can be strained. You tend to repress your emotions to the extend that some people have a good bit of difficult understanding you. You tend to be very selective with friends and you don’t easily adapt to new environments or to new people very quickly.

The negative traits of the 7 include becoming too much the introvert and isolated from others.

Your Inner Dream number is: 4

An Inner Dream number of 4 means:
You dream of being a very solid citizen that people can depend upon. You strive for organization and predictable order. You want to be recognized as a person with a plan and the discipline to make that plan work like clockwork.

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You entered: catrina
There are 7 letters in your name.
Those 7 letters total to 30
There are 3 vowels and 4 consonants in your name.

What your first name means:
Portuguese Female Form of the Greek Catherine meaning pure.

Your number is: 3

The characteristics of #3 are: Expression, verbalization, socialization, the arts, the joy of living.

The expression or destiny for #3:
An Expression of 3 produces a quest for destiny with words along a variety of lines that may include writing, speaking, singing, acting or teaching; our entertainers, writers, litigators, teachers, salesmen, and composers. You also have the destiny to sell yourself or sell just about any product that comes along. You are imaginative in your presentation, and you may have creative talents in the arts, although these are more likely to be latent. You are an optimistic person that seems ever enthusiastic about life and living. You are friendly, loving and social, and people like you because you are charming and such a good conversationalist. Your ability to communicate may often inspire others. It is your role in life to inspire and motivate; to raise the spirits of those around you.

The negative side of number 3 Expression is superficiality. You may tend to scatter your forces and simply be too easygoing. It is advisable for the negative 3 to avoid dwelling on trivial matters, especially gossip.

Your Soul Urge number is: 11

A Soul Urge number of 11 means:
With the 11 Soul Urge, much of your thinking and interests relate to the abstract, the spiritual, and utopian dreams. You are motivated toward idealistic concepts, and the sharing of your ideas and concepts with humanity. This number is not one that is giving in a material or a practical sense, but rather one who desires to help mankind with a more abstract commodity such as religion, spiritualism, occult studies, or even psychic abilities.

If you possess the positive 11 Soul Urge traits, you have a dream of the perfect world; you are highly idealistic and inspirational. Your inner strength and devotion to your beliefs are extremely strong. You have a very good mind that is especially well equipped to handle the higher, more abstract forms of thought.

If there is an excess of 11 energy in your makeup, you may possess some the negative 11 traits. There is a tendency for the 11 to produce considerable amounts of nervous tension which is bought on by a very high level of awareness. You may be too sensitive and overly emotional. In some cases, these sensitivities and emotions are quite repressed, and this tends to add even more to the sense of nervousness in the makeup.

The strong 11 is not a very practical person because of the extreme idealism; often, there is a degree of self-deception present. There is usually a rather fixed idea of right and wrong held by those showing strong 11 traits, and with this very often is a resulting attitude of inflexibility.

Your Inner Dream number is: 1

An Inner Dream number of 1 means:
You dream of being a leader and one who is in charge. You want to be known for your courage, daring, and original ideas. You seek unconquered heights. People may get a first impression that you are very aggressive and sure of yourself.

The New Music Is Here

You spent your entire life seeking a music – a music that defies description – a music that lifts your heart and brings you closer to out of the liminal and into the numinous. You suffered ridicule, rejection, ostracism, and now also great poverty and betrayal, your own people do not know you nor care. It seems the whole world does not care you create a new music. You try to tell others about it, but they would not listen. They see you as a braggart if you hold your music respectfully. They lie, they cheat, they have even tried to steal your vision.

But despite it all you go on. At a certain time in your life you offer this work – a work of a wasted lifetime in a wasted world – and someone listened and understood.

———————- NOW ———————-

Her MUSIC HAS BEEN PRAISED:

www.somethingelsereviews.com/2010/10/domina-catrina-lee-songs-from.html

Domina Catrina Lee — made it to SomethingElse! “Best of 2010″ Avant-garde jazz category!
See link:
www.somethingelsereviews.com/2010/12/best-of-2010-part-5-whack-jazz.html

Domina Catrina Lee is reviewed at SomethingElse!
See link:
www.somethingelsereviews.com/2010/10/domina-catrina-lee-songs-from.html

Domina Catrina Lee is reviewed at AllAboutJazz in an extended analysis:
www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=37744

You Can Help make Domina Catrina Lee”s album a bona fide CD:
www.rockethub.com/projects/778-make-domina-catrina-lee-s-songs-from-the-breastbone-drum-album-into-a-real-cd/

…if you want to. You can show your real support. If you do, when it comes time for you to ask her, she will call the winds from the corners of time to help you.

Knee Deep

Ofcourse, this RocketHub project I started is knee deep in ironies -a) I really do feel that the 24 bit WAV soundfile media is superior to the 16 bit CD medium- it does not get scratched, worn out, or get lost (unless you happen to lose your puter!) – All you do need is a good soundcard and a hook up to your existing HiFi. I am really truly running this project to help fund what MOST of you all here WANT – Compact Discs!

b) Starting of the funding period seeing one funder (Nicole, thank you again!) but we have 31/2 weeks to go, people! Let us hope by the time you all get your year end bonuses, you can see to it to spend (yes, *spend*, not give) at least $10 (two coffees at Starbucks, a McDonalds Happy Meal for two) to get you all this music in the CD format you so love. I notice someone asked for and gotten in excess of, the $10K he wanted to make a CD of jazz standard songs of his singing. He made it seem as if jazz tunes were an endangered species – which they are not. But my music is. And all I target for is $2k, yes I said ‘all’ as in ‘not alot’ as many of you know it does cost tens of thousands to make and promote a CD. Since I do all the steps myself, we can afford to make it a low-budget, High End Quality Sound album!

Certainly, you will want your grandchildren to look up to you and say, ‘Ypu actually knew Domina Catrina Lee? And you were a great friend and help to her? Wow, I am so proud of you, Gramma/Gramdad! *muah*!!!) and NOT ‘what, you knew Domina Catrina Lee, and you just ignored her music, her life, her work??!!! What the @!#$!!! is WRONG with you!?!?! *door slam*!!!)

*Ok you might say ‘hubris’ – but I say ‘honest’ – If you are an artist and you have NO vision, nothing new or unique or of genius to GIVE to humanity, why are you doing it?
I am doing it with a CLEAN CONSCIENCE, and a pure HEART.
I KNOW who I AM. I am the Visionary. I am the one. I am humbled by visionaries around and behind me. Let us all move forward to a better tomorrow.

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The Domina Catrina Lee RocketHub Project To Make Visionary New Music Available To All.

Not only good karmic brownie points with Allah (or The Big Bang, your preference), but tons of great tangible rewards too. Go check it out.