Starshot: A Rock & Roll Fable

by Rick ArJohn Buda, Rick Buda

A love story direct from the backstages, behind the scenes and deep into the corporate offices of one of the largest music publication and record distribution companies in the world. Starshot follows the life and musical career of David Joseph Glossack, or as millions of fans know him – Deejay Gloss. Following his life from the 1960’s through his discovery and emergence into the entertainment industry, Gloss became a superstar. With his partner John DeVoe and ally Jim Clark, the world is his to woo and seduce. Through the 70’s and into the 1980’s the golden years of music, Gloss will ride the rapids of fame. It’s all there, very unforgettable scene. All the Music, artistic conflict, love, hate, sex, drugs and yes, Rock & Roll, is laid naked for you to see. One man wanting the freedom he feels he has earned, the love Gloss has sought out, the rough, violent, depraved world he claims as his own is his to conquer. How does Deejay do it? How did any artist manage? It’s here, the things you remember, details never revealed till now scenes you never dreamt possible. Starshot – A Rock & Roll Fable. Read it. Live it.

339 pages, Paperback

Published November 15, 2018

Reviews

[Lynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gritty, almost documentary-style novel. It follows two struggling rock-star wanna be’s from their earliest days of establishing themselves as song writers to finally making a name for themselves with a hand up from an old "friend" who grew into a major role with a record producing company. The story rums the gamete from the backstage scoop on how record company contracts can handcuff their artists, through the frustration of artistic control which, in one artist's case, led to numbing drug use, reckless behavior, betrayals, rehab, and finding lost a love. This story digs deep into the dirt of the recording industry and the life of a touring musician. Lots of egos and clashing agendas. And just when it looks like our main rock star hero has finally found his end of the rainbow…. well… telling would be spoiling the end of the story.

P.S. this book was written and self-published by someone I know from BookCrossing and Facebook. This didn't affect the honesty of my review

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

I felt that the more out there stories are a bit between too giving of free information and at the same time vulgar. In that respect you are getting a read that will at the least have you reading to possibly see how it all pans out. I received a complimentary copy.

[Rick]

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