Another letter from Tommy Shaw!!

[Toph]

Man this guy is on fire!!

Hello Friends!

I know 2 notes in 2 days, but I am just so ready for another year in StyxWorld and this one promises to be the best yet! I just got finished to listening to another track off Regeneration Vol 2 that Gary handed off to me. It is awesome. It is amazing what modern technology can do. We can get each song to sound almost identical to the original version. Pro Tools is a godsend. Believe it or not, we can fix every crack in JY’s voice so that when you hear him sing Great White Hope it doesn’t automatically want to make you pull out that .45 in your closet and end it all. And it can do wonders in thickening up Lawrence’s voice. Gary has gotten so adept with ProTools that I am going to have to stop making Lawrence wear that red turtleneck with the big “A” on it when we are in the studio (just a little hazing friends, all in good fun!). I just wish we had the ability to use ProTools this fall on tour – it sure would have helped on a few of those songs we pulled out of the closet that sounded great…..30 years ago.

Speaking of old songs, I am really excited about Regeneration Vol.2. You may or may not know that we are planning on releasing one new volume of Regeneration for the next 10 years. I can’t wait to hear some of these great songs redone. Right now we are planning on doing: Regeneration – The Serpent is Rising (a lost classic that thankfully doesn’t feature much DDY so it’s good to go!), Regeneration – 8 Songs Backwards! (Listen for those messages!), Regeneration – Blue Collar Man: Find the Difference! (This is really going to be fun – 10 different versions of Blue Collar Man – each with a subtle change somewhere in the song – it may be a note, a word (think “dog” vs. “wife” as my friend), or even a drumbeat! Can you find each change? Charlie Brusco thinks this is a fantastic promotion and may result in double digit sales! Of course a highlight for JY and me will be Regeneration – the solo years, where you can get such timeless classics as Friendly Advice, True Confessions, Sitting on Top Of The World, Bad Times, Chain Me Down, and Toys For American Boys…all redone! I hope you have as much fun listening to these as we had rerecording them!

I’m sure you can agree that the creativity is bursting at the seams around here. Thank God we finally got the balls to kick Dennis DeYoung to the street. He was really holding us back. Now we are free to explore the depths of our artistic license – JY is right – this version of Styx is the best ever!! And we’re not done yet! After being an opening act for Foreigner and Journey this spring in Europe (and more great news – they just let us know that they’ve increased our time from 30 to 35 minutes – hello, can you say 5 minutes longer on that Renegade guitar solo?!?!), we are back here in the States to play live for you live all the great songs on Regeneration Vol 2. Preliminary stops include Maysville Elementary School family day, closing ceremonies for Briarwood Little League, and one I’m really excited for…the grand opening of the new Kroger in Staunton, VA. So, keep checking our site, www.styxworld.com for new dates – we’ll be near your town soon!

Whoops, have to go, Gary is calling me – he just finished the mix on Just Fell In – can’t wait to hear it!

Life Is Good,
T. Shaw

[yogi]

CLASSIC!!!

[kmd2009]

It's a official, Tommy Shaw is a dick! He never mentions Dennis and now he got the guts to diss him? Nice asshole. Lol

[RedWingFan]

Hilarious! Nice job Toph.

[cittadeeno23]

Tommy,
my daughter's softball team that I'm coaching has opening day on March 5th. Can you, JY and the replacement members you allow to call themselves Styx come on out and sing the national anthem???

Also, there are a few high schools in the area you guys can headline that evening!

[brywool]

Hahahaha.

Toph, that was pretty funny.

[gr8dane]

Nice curveball there topher.
I didn't know you had it in you.
Well done.

[Baron Von Bielski]

It's a official, Tommy Shaw is a dick! He never mentions Dennis and now he got the guts to diss him? Nice asshole. Lol

How did he diss him? You DO realize the letter is a fake???

[Everett]

Even though you are the biggest ass on this forum, that actually was pretty funny.

I know i know glen should have kicked my ass blah blah blah

[Everett]

It's a official, Tommy Shaw is a dick! He never mentions Dennis and now he got the guts to diss him? Nice asshole. Lol

How did he diss him? You DO realize the letter is a fake???

He's been tophlined.

[Baron Von Bielski]

It's a official, Tommy Shaw is a dick! He never mentions Dennis and now he got the guts to diss him? Nice asshole. Lol

How did he diss him? You DO realize the letter is a fake???

He's been tophlined.

Apparently so.

[kansas666]

That's funny right there.

[Baron Von Bielski]

I liked the "double digit sales" line best. Another was the "Just Fell In" one, worst song on BNW... hands down!

[masque]

brilliant.

[kmd2009]

It's a official, Tommy Shaw is a dick! He never mentions Dennis and now he got the guts to diss him? Nice asshole. Lol

How did he diss him? You DO realize the letter is a fake???

I misread it dumbass. I re read it later and didn't bother to say sorry.

[Baron Von Bielski]

It's a official, Tommy Shaw is a dick! He never mentions Dennis and now he got the guts to diss him? Nice asshole. Lol

How did he diss him? You DO realize the letter is a fake???

I misread it dumbass. I re read it later and didn't bother to say sorry.

I wouldn't classify ME as the dumbass though...

Childish.

[froy]

Man this guy is on fire!!

Hello Friends!

I know 2 notes in 2 days, but I am just so ready for another year in StyxWorld and this one promises to be the best yet! I just got finished to listening to another track off Regeneration Vol 2 that Gary handed off to me. It is awesome. It is amazing what modern technology can do. We can get each song to sound almost identical to the original version. Pro Tools is a godsend. Believe it or not, we can fix every crack in JY’s voice so that when you hear him sing Great White Hope it doesn’t automatically want to make you pull out that .45 in your closet and end it all. And it can do wonders in thickening up Lawrence’s voice. Gary has gotten so adept with ProTools that I am going to have to stop making Lawrence wear that red turtleneck with the big “A” on it when we are in the studio (just a little hazing friends, all in good fun!). I just wish we had the ability to use ProTools this fall on tour – it sure would have helped on a few of those songs we pulled out of the closet that sounded great…..30 years ago.

Speaking of old songs, I am really excited about Regeneration Vol.2. You may or may not know that we are planning on releasing one new volume of Regeneration for the next 10 years. I can’t wait to hear some of these great songs redone. Right now we are planning on doing: Regeneration – The Serpent is Rising (a lost classic that thankfully doesn’t feature much DDY so it’s good to go!), Regeneration – 8 Songs Backwards! (Listen for those messages!), Regeneration – Blue Collar Man: Find the Difference! (This is really going to be fun – 10 different versions of Blue Collar Man – each with a subtle change somewhere in the song – it may be a note, a word (think “dog” vs. “wife” as my friend), or even a drumbeat! Can you find each change? Charlie Brusco thinks this is a fantastic promotion and may result in double digit sales! Of course a highlight for JY and me will be Regeneration – the solo years, where you can get such timeless classics as Friendly Advice, True Confessions, Sitting on Top Of The World, Bad Times, Chain Me Down, and Toys For American Boys…all redone! I hope you have as much fun listening to these as we had rerecording them!

I’m sure you can agree that the creativity is bursting at the seams around here. Thank God we finally got the balls to kick Dennis DeYoung to the street. He was really holding us back. Now we are free to explore the depths of our artistic license – JY is right – this version of Styx is the best ever!! And we’re not done yet! After being an opening act for Foreigner and Journey this spring in Europe (and more great news – they just let us know that they’ve increased our time from 30 to 35 minutes – hello, can you say 5 minutes longer on that Renegade guitar solo?!?!), we are back here in the States to play live for you live all the great songs on Regeneration Vol 2. Preliminary stops include Maysville Elementary School family day, closing ceremonies for Briarwood Little League, and one I’m really excited for…the grand opening of the new Kroger in Staunton, VA. So, keep checking our site, www.styxworld.com for new dates – we’ll be near your town soon!

Whoops, have to go, Gary is calling me – he just finished the mix on Just Fell In – can’t wait to hear it!

Life Is Good,
T. Shaw

The post of the year to date Classic

[gr8dane]

I think we can safely say that toph has single handedly put Titusville on the world wide web map of Styx forum index participation.
Good on ya,but don't let it go to your head now.

[Boomchild]

Man this guy is on fire!!

Hello Friends!

I know 2 notes in 2 days, but I am just so ready for another year in StyxWorld and this one promises to be the best yet! I just got finished to listening to another track off Regeneration Vol 2 that Gary handed off to me. It is awesome. It is amazing what modern technology can do. We can get each song to sound almost identical to the original version. Pro Tools is a godsend. Believe it or not, we can fix every crack in JY’s voice so that when you hear him sing Great White Hope it doesn’t automatically want to make you pull out that .45 in your closet and end it all. And it can do wonders in thickening up Lawrence’s voice. Gary has gotten so adept with ProTools that I am going to have to stop making Lawrence wear that red turtleneck with the big “A” on it when we are in the studio (just a little hazing friends, all in good fun!). I just wish we had the ability to use ProTools this fall on tour – it sure would have helped on a few of those songs we pulled out of the closet that sounded great…..30 years ago.

Speaking of old songs, I am really excited about Regeneration Vol.2. You may or may not know that we are planning on releasing one new volume of Regeneration for the next 10 years. I can’t wait to hear some of these great songs redone. Right now we are planning on doing: Regeneration – The Serpent is Rising (a lost classic that thankfully doesn’t feature much DDY so it’s good to go!), Regeneration – 8 Songs Backwards! (Listen for those messages!), Regeneration – Blue Collar Man: Find the Difference! (This is really going to be fun – 10 different versions of Blue Collar Man – each with a subtle change somewhere in the song – it may be a note, a word (think “dog” vs. “wife” as my friend), or even a drumbeat! Can you find each change? Charlie Brusco thinks this is a fantastic promotion and may result in double digit sales! Of course a highlight for JY and me will be Regeneration – the solo years, where you can get such timeless classics as Friendly Advice, True Confessions, Sitting on Top Of The World, Bad Times, Chain Me Down, and Toys For American Boys…all redone! I hope you have as much fun listening to these as we had rerecording them!

I’m sure you can agree that the creativity is bursting at the seams around here. Thank God we finally got the balls to kick Dennis DeYoung to the street. He was really holding us back. Now we are free to explore the depths of our artistic license – JY is right – this version of Styx is the best ever!! And we’re not done yet! After being an opening act for Foreigner and Journey this spring in Europe (and more great news – they just let us know that they’ve increased our time from 30 to 35 minutes – hello, can you say 5 minutes longer on that Renegade guitar solo?!?!), we are back here in the States to play live for you live all the great songs on Regeneration Vol 2. Preliminary stops include Maysville Elementary School family day, closing ceremonies for Briarwood Little League, and one I’m really excited for…the grand opening of the new Kroger in Staunton, VA. So, keep checking our site, www.styxworld.com for new dates – we’ll be near your town soon!

Whoops, have to go, Gary is calling me – he just finished the mix on Just Fell In – can’t wait to hear it!

Life Is Good,
T. Shaw

Too funny! You know what they say, there's always a bit of truth in humor. This one seems full of it.!

[bugsymalone]

Read this yesterday. Still laughing about it today. Well done!



Bugsy