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The ReverbNation Bloggings of
Midwestern Studio Group, Satian Minion

April 26, 2024: Seeking Underappreciated Genius
by Tommy George

I want to get the hell out of this town--Waverly, Iowa--so I am seeking a stellar singer to help me finish off what will probably be my last recordings before I  am recruited into the Lord's Heavenly Choir.

The playlist "U Do" is a free download of my unfinished work. I have included some lyrics that I've been working on, and played my solo guitar to suggest the melody I originally had in mind. But the more I listen to the new music, the more I realize that I am by no means married to my original ideas. Even a fossil knows what a fossil needs help to succeed. 

Consider what I offer. Some music tracks, melody, and lyrics. If you can put them over, great! If you smell something fishy, stupid or superannuated (out of date), change them to fit you. I welcome any direction you choose, and I will give credit and a monetary split (should we sell anything).

Otherwise, enjoy the last of Satian Minion--and please, buy something. I gotta get out of this place.

A Turgid Introduction

 

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January 3, 2024

I have adjusted my semi-retired career path--from striking gold as an author of literary fiction, a writer of popular songs, or alternatively, a posh gigolo--in the direction advised by my psychiatrist, Dr. Marvin Piburn, to market my textbook first. It has been a mere 178 months since I ignored his advice, resurrected my set-aside literary fiction, polished it up a bit, and undertook an agenda of queries and kibbitzing with literary agents and national publishers--"undertook" being the juste mot in light of results to date. 

What could an aging egoist do but follow doctor’s advice? It aimed not at the epicenters of hypercompetitive national literary, musical, and erotic cultures, but at employment committees at thousands of far-flung colleges and universities. Yes, I have set my sites on you, administrators in need of an inspiring visionary in English Composition Education and a model instructor of the same. Standard modes of teaching college-level Rhetoric and Composition have been superannuated since the days I was forced to sit through them. I did learn Composition, but in the style of Joseph Smith, peering into a dark sack of letters and relying on my talent for fakery.

I continue to seek a reputable literary agent--in my folly, or justifiable perseverance--but in addition, I have begun to beat the bushes in search of a part-time instructorship or lecturer position in College English Composition, preferably a two-year year institution seeking content affiliation with multiple online, degree-granting consortia.