I AM LOOKING FOR A POTENTIAL PARTNER WHO WOULD WANT SING OR GET A POPULAR SINGER TO PERFORM A SONG I WROTE FOR NEIL DIAMOND OVER FORTY(40) YEARS AGO ENTITLED: DON'T LET YOURSELF GO TO POT & HE TURNED DOWN ALL THE SONGS THAT I WROTE FOR HIM BECAUSE HE WASN'T TAKING OUTSIDE MATERIAL FROM ANYONE, INCLUDING ME, SO I MADE A MOCK VERSION OF HIM SINGING THIS SUNG THAT HE NEVER SUNG. I HAD GEORGE LIBERACE DO THE MUSIC FOR ALL THE SONGS THAT I WROTE FOR NEIL DIAMOND IN NEIL DIAMOND ROCK, WHICH WAS A STYLE OF MUSIC THEN AND THE CONTRACTED SINGER THEY USED EVEN SOUNDED LIKE NEIL DIAMOND AND I HAVE SHEET MUSIC IN CASE SOMEONE WANTS TO SING THIS SONG USING THE SAME MUSIC.
THE FOLLOWING IS HOW THE TITLE OF THIS SONG WAS INSPIRED. WHEN I MET MY WIFE OVER FORTY(40) YEARS AGO, SHE FOUND MY SECRET GARDEN, IN MY MOTHER'S BACKYARD AND SHE ASKED ME WHAT ARE THOSE TALL GREEN PLANTS IN THE CENTER OF YOUR GARDEN? I TOLD HER THAT I WOULD EXPLAIN LATER. THAT NIGHT IN BED, MARIE ASKED ME: "FRANKIE, NOW TELL ME WHAT ARE THOSE TALL GREEN PLANTS?" "MARIE, THOSE PLANTS ARE POT PLANTS." "FRANKIE, WHY ARE YOU GROWING POT PLANTS?" "MARIE, I WAS TRYING TO GRAFT A TOMATO PLANT WITH A POT PLANT." "FRANKIE, I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU BETTER GET RID OF ALL THOSE PLANTS, BEFORE YOU GET US ALL INTO TROUBLE." "MARIE, YOU ARE RIGHT, WE CAN PULL THEM ALL UP, TOMORROW NIGHT AND BAG THEM UP AND PUT THEM ALL OUT IN THE TRASH. LATER ON, MARIE ASKED ME: "FRANKIE, DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT WRITING A SONG ABOUT THOSE POT PLANTS?" "MARIE, I AM NOT GOING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GROW POT, BUT I COULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET INTO SHAPE." "FRANKIE, DO YOU HAVE A TITLE IN MIND?" "YES MARIE, WHILE YOU WERE TALKING I WROTE DOWN THE TITLE AND SOME LYRICS ON A NAPKIN, AND HERE IS THE TITLE: "DON'T LET YOURSELF GO TO POT AND HERE ARE SOME LYRICS: "YOU MAY THINK THAT YOU ARE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU STAYED PUT AND STRIVED FOR PERFECTION AND IF YOU LIKE TO RUN, THEN GETTING INTO SHAPE OUTTA BE FUN..." "FRANKIE, I LIKE THE TITLE AND YOUR LYRICS THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH POT AND FRANKIE, DON'T LOSE THAT NAPKIN AND BY THE WAY YOU ARE GETTING A POT BELLY!" "MARIE, WHEN I FINISH THE LYRICS, AND GET THE DEMO, I WILL LET YOU HEAR IT..."
NOW YOU KNOW HOW I CAME UP WITH THIS SONG. THERE IS ANOTHER POSSIBLE SCENARIO THAT MY POTENTIAL PARTNER MIGHT CONSIDER DOING IS TO CONTACT THE PHYSICAL FITNESS COMPANIES, LIKE: PLANET FITNESS, WEIGHT WATCHERS, JENNY CRAIG ETC. AND SEE IF THEY WOULD WANT TO BUY THIS SONG AND USE THE PREMISE, YOU BETTER GET THIS SONG, BEFORE YOUR COMPETITOR DOES, AND LET THEM HEAR THE DEMO AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY COULD GET THEIR OWN SINGER TO PERFORM THE SONG AND THEY COULD CHANGE THE LYRICS AND MUSIC AND ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS GIVE US A CASH ADVANCE AND A ROYALITY CONTRACT AND AFTER THEIR PROMOTION IS DONE, AND WHEN THEY REKOOP THEIR EXPENSES AND THE CASH ADVANCE THAT THEY GAVE US, AND THEN WE WOULD SPLIT THE ROYALTIES, OR IF THEY DON'T LIKE THIS DEAL THEY COULD BUY THE SONG FROM US AND THEY WOULD OWN THE SONG AND WE WOULDN'T GET ANY ROYALTIES OR ANY PROCEEDS.
REMEMBER, WHEN I WROTE THIS SONG IT WAS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET INTO SHAPE AND THAT NOBODY SHOULD LET THEMSELVES GO TO POT AND THE MESSAGE IS STILL THE SAME AFTER OVER FORTY(40) YEARS AGO. I THINK THAT IF THIS SONG IS PLAYED OVER AND OVER, IT COULD LEAVE A SUBLIMINAL MESSAGE TO ANYONE HEARING THIS SONG. HERE IS A BLURB THAT ONE OF THESE PHYSICAL FITNESS COMPANIES COULD USE: "SIGN UP WITH PLANET FITNESS NOW SO YOU DON'T LET YOURSELF GO TO POT." THIS SONG COULD BE PLAYED IN ALL OF THEIR LOCATIONS!
IT WILL BE UP TO MY POTENTIAL PARTNER, WHICH SCENARIO THAT YOU WANT TO CHOOSE, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU COULD SING THIS SONG, OR GET A POPULAR SINGER TO PERFPRM IT OR YOU COULD SELL THIS SONG TO A PHYSICAL FITNESS COMPANY.
IF ANYONE WANTS TO PARTNER WITH ME, OR HAS ANY IDEAS, OR QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU CAN REACH ME BY EMAIL AT: frankleeper46@gmail.com
SINCERELY YOURS,
FRANK LEEPER
THE UNKNOWN SONGWRITER
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