dguidry wrote on Wed, 15 October 2008 17:35 |
Ivan...or John as some might know you, how are Mr. Mitchum and Mr.Bower? I trust they are doing well?
How would you like it if I lied to the venue managers and promoters where Rare Earth plays and told them the guitar player was a drug addict and a thief? That's no different than telling my artists I am a thief and disreputable lawyer. I have never had a complaint filed against me with the bar in over 25 year of practice...a rarity for an attorney. I don't think you contacted my artists, but you incited others to do so and that was ethically wrong.
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My Full Name is : John Ivan Greilick. My Mom started the Ivan bit years ago, then we started a band called "The Trouble With Johnny" and so Johnny stuck for a while. Then, in 1990{?} {God, I'm getting old}, we went to L.A. And rehearsed a Band named "Filth Eater", a nod to some Aztec Goddess that consumes your sins before you die? I guess? and we Rehearsed at "Audible" in Burbank for months on end it seemed, while we played the strip at night. Crazy days. It was lots of fun, I guess. Anyway, that's when I zipped all the hair off my head and the name Ivan was back for good.. Some people just call me HEY!
Um, I don't know who Mitchum and Bower are off the top of my head. I take it we played a show where these guys are promoters? Or Agents? I don't know..
What I do know though is that I never told anyone you were a thief or a disreputable Lawyer. Never. I am willing to state here and now though, that I seriously question your judgment based only upon what I've read here in this public Forum.
Now, I don't understand what you are all up in arms about. I've been asking you this question for quite some time now. If your reputation as a Layer,a Producer, an Engineer or what ever you fancy yourself as these days is so fragile that you can't bare hearing apposing opinions based on what YOU write, then I don't know what to tell you. You came here looking for answers. You got them. You don't like them. Someone in Law School has you convinced that this is grounds for suing people.
I haven't done anything to you. The idea that I "Incited" anyone to do anything is laughable. I have no problems sleeping at night. I have given my opinion at your request. You know this. You just don't like what I said, that's all. And that's fine.
If you feel that your reputation has been damaged somehow, I would suggest you take a very serious look at how and why this happened. You came here and outlined the most unethical deal anyone here has ever seen, and then back pedaled on whether or not you were being serious. The fact that people might have pointed this out to the rest of the world is something you should not be crying about.
What did you think would happen?
Ivan..................