This entry is purely therapeutic. That being said you might not want to read it. I’m upset, and my feelings are keeping me awake. It’s 1:55 am and I don’t feel like dumping my purse on some well-meaning friend. So… I blog. Emotions running wild and probably saying more then I should, but I do that all the time anyway. The only difference being this time you are warned in advance.
There is this venue I’ve been playing lately and I really came to love it almost instantly. They said in their introduction literature they were an artist based venue, I didn’t have to beg my fans for venue tips, play covers or even play my flagship songs. Very cool indeed, and after playing there, they seem to be everything they said they were and more. I was hoping for a long and fruitful relationship with another good venue.
Today I received a notecard from my new favorite venue. It contained a schedule of the week’s events. Yes I was on it (good) but as I looked further down I saw a very disturbing entry. It seems Throughthesewalls Moody is doing… staff training for the venue. It’s on the schedule people… IT’S ON THE SCHEDULE!!!
Are my new friends in cahoots with the EVILLLL that is MNP (still not sure what MNP stands for, the only thing I know for sure is it doesn’t mean “Music Not Politics”. Moody is not cleaver enough to pull off that feat of irony)???? (Once again, the numbers of question marks indicate my shock)
I’m trying to think they probably don’t know what a useless sack of shit Moody is, and are blissfully unaware of the unrelenting iniquity she represents. In all honesty, Moody talks a good game, but her results are… well frankly, pathetic. Lots of people hate her. I of course don’t hate her; I just hate the EVILLLL she seems to embody.
I’m like Jesus that way.
Moody likes to pretend she is an expert. This is utter folly, and I’ve pointed that out before. Nobody has really achieved the kind of success in Second Life that would qualify them as experts. Of course being unqualified doesn’t even slow Moody down.
The Mood/MNP (Marsupials nagging Penguins…. Nah) paradigm is pretty simple. Make outlandish promises, fabricate numbers, imply some sort of corporate sponsorship and people start to take notice. But from my short-lived experience with Moody I found her to be all talk… then not so much talk… then a lame gig at a strip club… long story short, unimpressive.
If I had bought into her phantom record company, or real life management bullshit I would probably be bitterly disappointed. All I really wanted was some help building my group, and a few more gigs booked. When Moody and I started our relationship I had 137 members in my group. By the end, I had 180. Making a lump sum gain of 43 members. I feel I should mention 7 of those members where MNP (Monkey’s nilistic pantomime… nah) employees (Pod people) bringing the actual grand total to 36 new members.
Contrasting that, we went from 180 members, to 310 as of last check, post Moody. Totaling up a lump sum gain of 130 Members. I feel I should point out, the moment my relationship with the Dark Queen of the Pod people was terminated; the 7 Pod people left the group as an act of solidarity, so the post Moody membership wasn’t even 180.
The effectiveness of Moody’s group building paradigm was vastly less effective then what I like to refer to as the Nyx method.
As for Moody’s ability to find me work, I think she might have booked me about five paying gigs during the relationship. I book more then five paying gigs a month, and a lot more then that in tip gigs. I’m better at booking then the self-proclaimed expert.
By the time I was… fired from MNP (Manhandled nurf patriarchs… nah) I was honestly trying to figure out a polite way to say, “This isn’t working out… it’s not you, it’s me”. But frankly, it was them. I was not expecting much, and I guess in that aspect I was not disappointed. Moody managed to fail gloriously.
A part of me wants to leave all this unpleasantness behind me. But it seems I cannot. It seems Moody want to impress upon everyone what an expert she is, and she’ll continue misinforming and supporting the same lame ass bullshit that has been hamstringing Second life since… well… Moody became involved with the music scene.
Now if Moody and her MNP (Masturbate neatly please… nah) cronies were just delusional, I guess I could let it all slide and get on with my life. But since I’ve left the MNP ( Marry Nancy Pelosi…. Nah) fold, I’ve been threaten, harassed, and bullied. They aren’t the harmless nut jobs they may seem to be.
Wait, I’m making them out as dangerous and I’m sure they would really enjoy that. If they could do harm, I’m sure they would, but in actuality all they are is annoying, and extremely unpleasant.
One of Moody’s Pod people actually has the position MNP (May need psychiatric help…. Whoops that would be MNPH) Bulldog listed on her profile. At one point her profile even said “Mess with my friends and you’ll regret it”, or something to that effect.
If Moody’s gang is really “All about the music”, why do they need a Bulldog? Why does someone warn people not to mess with their friends? I don’t need a Zorch Bulldog and I’m an arrogant bastard. If anybody needed some intimidating canine help it would be me.
A lot of really disturbing accusations have been made about MNP (Mindless No Personality… ohhhh… getting closer I’m sure), but I won’t repeat them here. Suffice it to say, ask around I’m sure you’ll find plenty of people to fill you in on the gory details.
Moody prattles about claiming to be an expert, making outlandish claims, and if anybody even remotely affiliated with her at any time achieves some success, she’ll claim she gave them their start. If she were just a harmless delusional wretch it would all be fun and games right? But considering the thuggish nature of her little clique, the serious and possibly baseless accusations against her, it might seem her agenda is somewhat… wait for it… Political.
Think about it, this is all an attempt on Moody’s part to position herself as an authority. I’ve lost a gig because I was at odds with Moody. My music didn’t change, why did I lose the gig? Because a certain venue owner was more interested in maintaining the good will of a women that claims to be “All about the music and not politics”. What a load of crap.
I don’t know if Moody is Evil, crazy or stupid, but I do know she is full of shit. I’m giving my new friends the benefit of the doubt that they don’t know what a waste of time Moody really is, But I will be asking about their relationship with her tomorrow. If they are friends of the Dark Queen of the Pod People, I guess I’ll have a few Wednesday open. I’ll not be involved with any venue associated with Moody.
I wonder if I just pulled the trigger?
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first thing Zorch... don't let that stuff rob your sleep.
I have been wonderign for a long long time why so many people are inclined to simply buy whatever promisses they are being made... and why people tend to forget why they actually started to make music in SL for a good part when they get some shiny promisses of "fame in kingdom come"...
I gave up on answering that question... I have no answer. all I know is that people are easily blinded and forget things that happened not so long ago. unable to look at the facts, and draw conclusions as to how realisic these promisses actually can be.
I have said it in another comment - there is a few people out there who are helping artists and might be called managers - but they never ever wear a management tag. whereas others do it only for their own ego, a shiny title, and actually to rip people off and toss them as soon as they are not "profitable" any longer or see through the sharade.
In conclusion - there is more good people out there than bad ones, I am pretty sure of that. unfortunately though the bad ones usually throw more of a tantrum and make sure they get the public attention they think they deserve.
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