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<!-- Item Author -->By Mark Devlin | 12 November 2010
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<!-- Item fulltext -->The first official single from the upcoming Michael Jackson album, 'Michael', is to be 'Hold My Hand', his record label Sony Music has confirmed. The track is a duet with Akon, and is to get its UK release on Sunday 28th November, with the album to follow on 13th December. Meanwhile, Sony has further addressed the rumours that the lead vocals on Jackson's 'Breaking News' track are not the artist himself, by releasing a statement from the Attorney for the deceased star's estate.
'Hold My Hand' was recorded in 2007. Sony has said that a handwritten note from Michael belonging to his estate indicated his desire that the song be the first single on his next project. However, in its unfinished state, the song leaked out in 2008. Akon recently completed the new and final production of “Hold My Hand.”
Akon has commented: “The world was not ready to hear ‘Hold My Hand’ when it leaked a couple years ago. We were devastated about it. But its time has definitely come; now in its final state, it has become an incredible, beautiful, anthemic song. I’m so proud to have had the chance to work with Michael, one of my all time idols.”
Sony has now confirmed the full track listing for 'Michael' to be as follows:
1. Hold My Hand (Duet with Akon)
2. Hollywood Tonight
3. Keep Your Head Up
4. (I Like) The Way You Love Me
5. Monster (Featuring 50 Cent)
6. Best Of Joy
7. Breaking News
8. (I Can’t Make It) Another Day (Featuring Lenny Kravitz)
9. Behind The Mask
10. Much Too Soon
The official statement from Howard Weitzman, Attorney for the Estate Of Michael Jackson, reads as follows:
There is nothing more important to the Estate than Michael’s music, his legacy and his fans.
As the Michael album was being put together, it was decided to bring Teddy Riley on board to work on several songs, including “Breaking News,” a song Michael recorded with Eddie Cascio and James Porte in late 2007 while living at the Cascio family home with his children. Riley produced and submitted “Breaking News” to Sony for inclusion on the album. At that time, no one ever mentioned that the vocals we heard on the Cascio songs, which were basically in demo format, might not be Michael. It was known, however, that the background vocals were a combination of Michael and James Porte. [...]
WHERE ARE THOSE DEMO FORMAT VOCALS????
[...]After the tracks were submitted to Sony, three of these Cascio songs were selected to be on the album, and “Breaking News” was one of the three. The day after the submission and selection of the album tracks, for the very first time, the authenticity of Michael’s vocals on the Cascio tracks was questioned. [...]
WHY WERE THEY QUESTIONED, BY WHOM AND WHY ONLY THE CASCIO TRACKS WERE QUESTIONED -- I fail to see the explanation in this article?
[...]Because of these questions, I was immediately asked by co-Executors John Branca and John McClain to conduct an investigation regarding the authenticity of the lead vocals on the Cascio tracks.
Six of Michael’s former producers and engineers who had worked with Michael over the past 30 years – Bruce Swedien, Matt Forger, Stewart Brawley, Michael Prince, Dr. Freeze and Teddy Riley – were all invited to a listening session to hear the raw vocals of the Cascio tracks in question.[...]
AGAIN, WHERE ARE THOSE RAW VOCALS? WHY DON'T WE FANS -WHO ARE TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY YOU AS YOU SAID- GET THE CHANCE TO LISTEN TO THOSE RAW VOCALS???
[...]All of these persons listened to the a cappella versions of the vocals on the Cascio tracks being considered for inclusion on the album, so they could give an opinion as to whether or not the lead vocals were sung by Michael. They all confirmed that the vocal was definitely Michael. [...]
GIVE US FANS THE CHANCE TO LISTEN TO THE A CAPPELLA VERSIONS OF THE VOCALS! IF A WHOLE SONG WHICH IS NOT ON THE ALBUM CAN LEAK, A REAL A CAPPELLA COULD LEAK TOO. LEAK THEM OR STREAM THEM, WE FANS WILL LISTEN TO THEM AND GIVE OUR OPINION TOO. REMEMBER, YOU TAKE OUR OPINION SERIOUSLY, SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR TO LET US GIVE OUR OPINION ON THOSE A CAPPELLAS?
[...]Michael’s musical director and piano player on many of his records over a 20-year period, Greg Phillinganes, played on a Cascio track being produced for the album, and said the voice was definitely Michael’s. Dorian Holley, who was Michael’s vocal director for his solo tours for 20 plus years (including the O2 Concert Tour) and is seen in the This Is It film, listened to the Cascio tracks and told me the lead vocal was Michael Jackson.
These are all engineers, producers and musicians who worked on tours and/or in the studio with Michael when he was recording Bad, Thriller, Off The Wall, Dangerous, Invincible, HIStory and Blood On The Dance Floor, and they all reconfirmed their belief that the lead vocals were Michael’s voice on the Cascio tracks.[...]
THEIR BELIEF????!!!!!!!
[...]The Estate then retained one of the best-known forensic musicologists in the nation to listen to the vocals without any instrumental accompaniment (“a cappella”), and to compare them with a cappella vocals from previous Michael songs. This expert performed waveform analysis, an objective scientific test used to determine audio authenticity, on the Cascio tracks, as well as previously released tracks with Michael’s voice, and reported that ALL of the lead vocals analyzed (which included Cascio tracks) were the voice of Michael Jackson. [...]
FIRST, NON-CASCIO TRACKS WERE NOT QUESTIONNED! SO OF COURSE THEY ARE MICHAEL'S.
SECOND, THE SO CALLED WAVEFORM ANALYSIS IS NOT COMPLETE! INDEED, IF A SOUNDALIKE HAS AN EXTREMELY CLOSE VOCALS TO THE ORIGINAL ONE, THE WAVEFORM WILL MATCH AS IF THE SAME SINGER IS SINGING THEM.
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A GEORGE MICHAEL IMITATOR (LIVE!!!), CAN YOU SAY THE DIFFERENCE? I BET THE WAVEFORM ANALYSIS WOULD SHOW THE SAME VOICE, IT'S A MUST SEE:
[youtube]ULkD7ckrhUc[/youtube]
IN ORDER TO MAKE THE ANALYSIS COMPLETE YOU NEED TO COMPARE OTHER VOCALS TOO! IN THIS CASE, THEY NOWHERE MENTION THAT THEY COMPARED THE CASCIO TRACKS TO JASON MALACHI'S VOCALS! I BET THE AUDIOLOGISTS WOULD HAVE HAD QUITE A SURPRISE HAD THEY DONE THAT!
[...]Sony Music conducted their own investigation by hiring yet a second well-respected forensic musicologist who also compared the a cappella lead vocals from Cascio tracks against previously released vocals of Michael’s, and found that it was Michael’s voice on all sets of the raw vocals. The Cascio tracks were also played for two very prominent persons in the music industry who played crucial roles in Michael’s career. Both of these individuals believed that the lead vocals were Michael’s.[...]
BELIEVED!!!????
[...]Just to be absolutely certain, I also contacted Jason Malachi, a young singer who some persons had wrongfully alleged was a “soundalike” singer that was hired to sing on the Cascio tracks, and I confirmed that he had no involvement with this project whatsoever. [...]
CONTACTED? AS IN, HI JASON, DID YOU SING THOSE SONGS? DID YOU THINK HE WOULD SAY YES I DID?
HOW ABOUT SUBMITTING HIS RAW VOCALS AND A CAPPELLAS TO THE AUDIOLOGISTS AND COMPARE THE WAVEFORMS? WHY NO ONE HAD THE IDEA TO DO THAT?
[...]Sony decided that, given the overwhelming objective evidence resulting from the exhaustive investigations outlined above, they wanted to release a record that included three of the Cascio-Porte tracks – because they believed, without reservation, that the lead vocal on all of those tracks were sung by Michael Jackson. [...]
BELIEVED??? ONLY AFTER WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD FOLLOWING THE INCOMPLETE OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS!
IN MY OPINION AFTER READING THIS ARTICLE SONY GOT DUPED! THEY ACTUALLY QUESTIONED THE TRACKS AND DECIDED TO ABIDE BY WHAT THE AUDIOLOGISTS SAID WITHOUT EVEN BOTHERING TO COMPARE THE RAW VOCALS WITH JASON MALACHI'S VOCALS!
[...]Although there still seem to be concerns being expressed in some quarters about the authenticity of the lead vocals,[...]
OF COURSE THERE ARE CONCERNS! EARS CAN HEAR BETTER THAN WAVEFORM ANALYSIS BASED ON VISUAL INTERPRETATION OF WAVES RENDERED BY SOFTWARES.
[...]notwithstanding the opinion of those who worked with Michael, and two independent forensic analysts, ultimately, Michael’s fans will be the judges of these songs, as they always are. We take all fan comments very seriously, and as I’d stated above, there is nothing more important to the Estate than Michael’s music, his legacy and his fans. [...]
THIS IS BLATANTLY UNTRUE! MICHAEL'S FANS QUESTION THOSE TRACKS AND WE ARE NOT GIVEN THE CHANCE TO LISTEN TO THE RAW VOCALS.
WHEN THE FANS DEMAND TO COMPARE THOSE VOCALS WITH JASON MALACHI'S, IT IS NOT DONE.
WHEN THE FANS ASK FOR SONGS SUCH AS SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM INSTEAD OF THE CASCIO TRACKS, NOBODY CARES.
SO HOW IS THAT TAKING FANS SERIOUSLY?
[...]Michael’s fans are extraordinary in their quest for accuracy and their passions to raise their voices in a search for truth! We join with them in our care and concern for Michael. We are continuing to follow up with those who have worked in the studio or on tours with Michael, and if any new information comes to light, we will keep you and the fans advised.
INDEED. BUT WE ARE STILL WAITING TO BE INFORMED, WHICH WE ARE NOT! GIVING US HALF BAKED ANALYSIS IS NOT ENOUGH. WE NEED A COMPLETE ANALASYS WITH ALL SOUNDALIKES AND WE NEED TO SEE THE WAVEFORM COMPARISONS PRINTED OR PUT ON INTERNET. WE ALSO NEED TO HEAR THE RAW VOCALS.
GIVE YOUR WORD AND RE-ANALYZE THE SONGS BETTER BY USING ALL POSSIBLE VOCAL COMPARISONS, NOT ONLY MICHAEL'S! SHOW US THE RESULST!
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<!-- Item fulltext -->The first official single from the upcoming Michael Jackson album, 'Michael', is to be 'Hold My Hand', his record label Sony Music has confirmed. The track is a duet with Akon, and is to get its UK release on Sunday 28th November, with the album to follow on 13th December. Meanwhile, Sony has further addressed the rumours that the lead vocals on Jackson's 'Breaking News' track are not the artist himself, by releasing a statement from the Attorney for the deceased star's estate.
'Hold My Hand' was recorded in 2007. Sony has said that a handwritten note from Michael belonging to his estate indicated his desire that the song be the first single on his next project. However, in its unfinished state, the song leaked out in 2008. Akon recently completed the new and final production of “Hold My Hand.”
Akon has commented: “The world was not ready to hear ‘Hold My Hand’ when it leaked a couple years ago. We were devastated about it. But its time has definitely come; now in its final state, it has become an incredible, beautiful, anthemic song. I’m so proud to have had the chance to work with Michael, one of my all time idols.”
Sony has now confirmed the full track listing for 'Michael' to be as follows:
1. Hold My Hand (Duet with Akon)
2. Hollywood Tonight
3. Keep Your Head Up
4. (I Like) The Way You Love Me
5. Monster (Featuring 50 Cent)
6. Best Of Joy
7. Breaking News
8. (I Can’t Make It) Another Day (Featuring Lenny Kravitz)
9. Behind The Mask
10. Much Too Soon
The official statement from Howard Weitzman, Attorney for the Estate Of Michael Jackson, reads as follows:
There is nothing more important to the Estate than Michael’s music, his legacy and his fans.
As the Michael album was being put together, it was decided to bring Teddy Riley on board to work on several songs, including “Breaking News,” a song Michael recorded with Eddie Cascio and James Porte in late 2007 while living at the Cascio family home with his children. Riley produced and submitted “Breaking News” to Sony for inclusion on the album. At that time, no one ever mentioned that the vocals we heard on the Cascio songs, which were basically in demo format, might not be Michael. It was known, however, that the background vocals were a combination of Michael and James Porte. [...]
WHERE ARE THOSE DEMO FORMAT VOCALS????
[...]After the tracks were submitted to Sony, three of these Cascio songs were selected to be on the album, and “Breaking News” was one of the three. The day after the submission and selection of the album tracks, for the very first time, the authenticity of Michael’s vocals on the Cascio tracks was questioned. [...]
WHY WERE THEY QUESTIONED, BY WHOM AND WHY ONLY THE CASCIO TRACKS WERE QUESTIONED -- I fail to see the explanation in this article?
[...]Because of these questions, I was immediately asked by co-Executors John Branca and John McClain to conduct an investigation regarding the authenticity of the lead vocals on the Cascio tracks.
Six of Michael’s former producers and engineers who had worked with Michael over the past 30 years – Bruce Swedien, Matt Forger, Stewart Brawley, Michael Prince, Dr. Freeze and Teddy Riley – were all invited to a listening session to hear the raw vocals of the Cascio tracks in question.[...]
AGAIN, WHERE ARE THOSE RAW VOCALS? WHY DON'T WE FANS -WHO ARE TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY YOU AS YOU SAID- GET THE CHANCE TO LISTEN TO THOSE RAW VOCALS???
[...]All of these persons listened to the a cappella versions of the vocals on the Cascio tracks being considered for inclusion on the album, so they could give an opinion as to whether or not the lead vocals were sung by Michael. They all confirmed that the vocal was definitely Michael. [...]
GIVE US FANS THE CHANCE TO LISTEN TO THE A CAPPELLA VERSIONS OF THE VOCALS! IF A WHOLE SONG WHICH IS NOT ON THE ALBUM CAN LEAK, A REAL A CAPPELLA COULD LEAK TOO. LEAK THEM OR STREAM THEM, WE FANS WILL LISTEN TO THEM AND GIVE OUR OPINION TOO. REMEMBER, YOU TAKE OUR OPINION SERIOUSLY, SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR TO LET US GIVE OUR OPINION ON THOSE A CAPPELLAS?
[...]Michael’s musical director and piano player on many of his records over a 20-year period, Greg Phillinganes, played on a Cascio track being produced for the album, and said the voice was definitely Michael’s. Dorian Holley, who was Michael’s vocal director for his solo tours for 20 plus years (including the O2 Concert Tour) and is seen in the This Is It film, listened to the Cascio tracks and told me the lead vocal was Michael Jackson.
These are all engineers, producers and musicians who worked on tours and/or in the studio with Michael when he was recording Bad, Thriller, Off The Wall, Dangerous, Invincible, HIStory and Blood On The Dance Floor, and they all reconfirmed their belief that the lead vocals were Michael’s voice on the Cascio tracks.[...]
THEIR BELIEF????!!!!!!!
[...]The Estate then retained one of the best-known forensic musicologists in the nation to listen to the vocals without any instrumental accompaniment (“a cappella”), and to compare them with a cappella vocals from previous Michael songs. This expert performed waveform analysis, an objective scientific test used to determine audio authenticity, on the Cascio tracks, as well as previously released tracks with Michael’s voice, and reported that ALL of the lead vocals analyzed (which included Cascio tracks) were the voice of Michael Jackson. [...]
FIRST, NON-CASCIO TRACKS WERE NOT QUESTIONNED! SO OF COURSE THEY ARE MICHAEL'S.
SECOND, THE SO CALLED WAVEFORM ANALYSIS IS NOT COMPLETE! INDEED, IF A SOUNDALIKE HAS AN EXTREMELY CLOSE VOCALS TO THE ORIGINAL ONE, THE WAVEFORM WILL MATCH AS IF THE SAME SINGER IS SINGING THEM.
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A GEORGE MICHAEL IMITATOR (LIVE!!!), CAN YOU SAY THE DIFFERENCE? I BET THE WAVEFORM ANALYSIS WOULD SHOW THE SAME VOICE, IT'S A MUST SEE:
[youtube]ULkD7ckrhUc[/youtube]
IN ORDER TO MAKE THE ANALYSIS COMPLETE YOU NEED TO COMPARE OTHER VOCALS TOO! IN THIS CASE, THEY NOWHERE MENTION THAT THEY COMPARED THE CASCIO TRACKS TO JASON MALACHI'S VOCALS! I BET THE AUDIOLOGISTS WOULD HAVE HAD QUITE A SURPRISE HAD THEY DONE THAT!
[...]Sony Music conducted their own investigation by hiring yet a second well-respected forensic musicologist who also compared the a cappella lead vocals from Cascio tracks against previously released vocals of Michael’s, and found that it was Michael’s voice on all sets of the raw vocals. The Cascio tracks were also played for two very prominent persons in the music industry who played crucial roles in Michael’s career. Both of these individuals believed that the lead vocals were Michael’s.[...]
BELIEVED!!!????
[...]Just to be absolutely certain, I also contacted Jason Malachi, a young singer who some persons had wrongfully alleged was a “soundalike” singer that was hired to sing on the Cascio tracks, and I confirmed that he had no involvement with this project whatsoever. [...]
CONTACTED? AS IN, HI JASON, DID YOU SING THOSE SONGS? DID YOU THINK HE WOULD SAY YES I DID?
HOW ABOUT SUBMITTING HIS RAW VOCALS AND A CAPPELLAS TO THE AUDIOLOGISTS AND COMPARE THE WAVEFORMS? WHY NO ONE HAD THE IDEA TO DO THAT?
[...]Sony decided that, given the overwhelming objective evidence resulting from the exhaustive investigations outlined above, they wanted to release a record that included three of the Cascio-Porte tracks – because they believed, without reservation, that the lead vocal on all of those tracks were sung by Michael Jackson. [...]
BELIEVED??? ONLY AFTER WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD FOLLOWING THE INCOMPLETE OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS!
IN MY OPINION AFTER READING THIS ARTICLE SONY GOT DUPED! THEY ACTUALLY QUESTIONED THE TRACKS AND DECIDED TO ABIDE BY WHAT THE AUDIOLOGISTS SAID WITHOUT EVEN BOTHERING TO COMPARE THE RAW VOCALS WITH JASON MALACHI'S VOCALS!
[...]Although there still seem to be concerns being expressed in some quarters about the authenticity of the lead vocals,[...]
OF COURSE THERE ARE CONCERNS! EARS CAN HEAR BETTER THAN WAVEFORM ANALYSIS BASED ON VISUAL INTERPRETATION OF WAVES RENDERED BY SOFTWARES.
[...]notwithstanding the opinion of those who worked with Michael, and two independent forensic analysts, ultimately, Michael’s fans will be the judges of these songs, as they always are. We take all fan comments very seriously, and as I’d stated above, there is nothing more important to the Estate than Michael’s music, his legacy and his fans. [...]
THIS IS BLATANTLY UNTRUE! MICHAEL'S FANS QUESTION THOSE TRACKS AND WE ARE NOT GIVEN THE CHANCE TO LISTEN TO THE RAW VOCALS.
WHEN THE FANS DEMAND TO COMPARE THOSE VOCALS WITH JASON MALACHI'S, IT IS NOT DONE.
WHEN THE FANS ASK FOR SONGS SUCH AS SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM INSTEAD OF THE CASCIO TRACKS, NOBODY CARES.
SO HOW IS THAT TAKING FANS SERIOUSLY?
[...]Michael’s fans are extraordinary in their quest for accuracy and their passions to raise their voices in a search for truth! We join with them in our care and concern for Michael. We are continuing to follow up with those who have worked in the studio or on tours with Michael, and if any new information comes to light, we will keep you and the fans advised.
INDEED. BUT WE ARE STILL WAITING TO BE INFORMED, WHICH WE ARE NOT! GIVING US HALF BAKED ANALYSIS IS NOT ENOUGH. WE NEED A COMPLETE ANALASYS WITH ALL SOUNDALIKES AND WE NEED TO SEE THE WAVEFORM COMPARISONS PRINTED OR PUT ON INTERNET. WE ALSO NEED TO HEAR THE RAW VOCALS.
GIVE YOUR WORD AND RE-ANALYZE THE SONGS BETTER BY USING ALL POSSIBLE VOCAL COMPARISONS, NOT ONLY MICHAEL'S! SHOW US THE RESULST!
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