George Mouchet
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Shawn Inmon:
I just finished The Vigilante Life of Scott McKenzie on my Kindle. Great book! On the last page it says, "Words and Music to Not for Marching by Steve Larson." What does it mean?
Shawn Inmon
Hi, George.
From time to time in my books, I want to quote a song. However, I won't use someone else's intellectual property without permission and that permission is often hard (and/or costly) to obtain.
My problem is, I am not a musician, or a poet. So writing lyrics myself doesn't work.
However, I have a friend named Steve Larson who is a musician, and a songwriter. So, when I need a song that I can quote, I turn to him. I've done it twice so far. For my book Rock 'n Roll Heaven, I needed a song for my protagonist to sing with Buddy Holly. I had some general ideas of what I wanted to say, but didn't have the ability to write the song.
Steve wrote a song for me called "Edge of Heaven" and gave me the rights to use those lyrics in the book.
I did the same thing for my book The Reset Life of Cassandra Collins. He wrote a 60s-era protest song called "Not for Marching" for that book.
Now, the real mystery is, why was the credit for that song included in the prior book, The Vigilante Life of Scott McKenzie.
And the answer is... I have no idea. Just a mistake likely.
If you continue on in the series, you will find the song and lyrics in the next book.
Cheers!
From time to time in my books, I want to quote a song. However, I won't use someone else's intellectual property without permission and that permission is often hard (and/or costly) to obtain.
My problem is, I am not a musician, or a poet. So writing lyrics myself doesn't work.
However, I have a friend named Steve Larson who is a musician, and a songwriter. So, when I need a song that I can quote, I turn to him. I've done it twice so far. For my book Rock 'n Roll Heaven, I needed a song for my protagonist to sing with Buddy Holly. I had some general ideas of what I wanted to say, but didn't have the ability to write the song.
Steve wrote a song for me called "Edge of Heaven" and gave me the rights to use those lyrics in the book.
I did the same thing for my book The Reset Life of Cassandra Collins. He wrote a 60s-era protest song called "Not for Marching" for that book.
Now, the real mystery is, why was the credit for that song included in the prior book, The Vigilante Life of Scott McKenzie.
And the answer is... I have no idea. Just a mistake likely.
If you continue on in the series, you will find the song and lyrics in the next book.
Cheers!
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Daniel Lewis
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Shawn Inmon:
I keep forgetting to ask this! I loved the Replay reference in Charles Waters (I think that one is my favorite BTW) and I went and read it because of your mention. I am a time travel junkie so I am sure I would have gotten to it eventually but still, I enjoyed that. Are there any other time travel books that have influenced you? Clearly you influenced Relive by KJ Nelson.
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