Carolyne Mas: Guestbook
Den
July 23, 2008
Very pretty design! Keep up the good work. Thanks.
http://obnagennie.narod.ru
Kieron Murphy
July 17, 2008
Hi,
I bought your debut album in 1980 on a visit to NYC and loved it, though long since lost it in the course of many house moves. Recently I unearthed a cassette tape (remember them) of a compilation I'd made for myself of all my favourite music of that era. Best track on the tape? "Never 2 without 3"... Keep well, from an admirer in the UK.
Sweekeendorn
July 14, 2008
Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.--H.L. Mencken (1880--1956), U.S. journalist
tom
July 1, 2008
excuse me for popping this large piece of furniture in here, i thought you might like to see the whole thing--;-))
Telepolis-Musikcharts im Juli
Im Zeitalter der allgemeinen Verfügbarkeit von Musik via YouTube hier nicht ausschließlich Neuerscheinungen, sondern zehn Stücke, die unsere Autoren derzeit am meisten schätzen.
1. Barbara McNair – You´re Gonna Love My Baby
2. The Kooks – Ooh la
3. Public Enemy – Harder Than You Think (Live Version)
4. Motörhead – Ace of Spades (alternativ die Mad Max-Version)
5. Pete Doherty – Music When The Lights Go Out
6. Blossom Dearie - Rhode Island Is Famous For You (Gehört auf Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour)
7. Calle 13 – Atrevete-Te
8. Peaches – Fuck The Pain Away (Video von Erik Huber)
9. Carolyne Mas - Reconsider My Love (Auf Disc 2 von "Live!")
10. David Bromberg - If You Don't Want Me Baby (Auf "Reckless Abandon")
zusammengestellt unter Mitwirkung von Tom Appleton, Reinhard Jellen, Rudolf Maresch, Peter Mühlbauer und Dirk Scheuring01.07.2008
Alice Leon of "THE ALICE PROJECT" formerly Secret Lovers
June 23, 2008
Hey Carolyn... I heard you weren't playing anymore, but thought would understand what it felt like going back to Asbury Park yesterday...SO... I drove down to Asbury Park (just after my son's (Eli) first piano recital). I think I was more nervous than him. I held my breath thoughout his performance. Thankfully it wasn't a long number. Anyway... back to Asbury. I had mixed feelings on my way down. Asbury Park for me was from another lifetime entirely. I was playing the Stone Pony each Thursday night and lots of Saturdays as an opener in the mid to late 1980's and although I hardly remember specifics...I remember the butterflies and excitement I used to get. I remember the smell of the beach, the seediness of the town, the overrall energy and excitement about new music. I remember being in the eye of the storm when Bruce Springsteen would show up and take the stage after we'd finish our opening set. Seeing Ian Hunter, Mink DeVille, Gary US Bonds,. We even did a show with Jon Bon Jovi. I remember Glen Burtnik holding court and hanging on his every word after a Bar Anticipation gig. I remember being there yet always still feeling like an outsider. One of the very few girls to front or even be in a band. Felt like the "old boys" club. I was also alot younger than the others. I'm also very myopic (near sighted/legally blind) so my sense of the place was in blurred shapes, sounds and smells. Returning there last night filled me with a mix of emotions. I received an email from an emerging artist Christine Martucci who said "you were the shit back in the day", and it made me reflect a bit. I suppose when you're the "shit" you don't realize it. I feel that this is all one big continuum of one long day. Last night was beautiful...warm, clear and alive with music. Every single venue and shop was filled with music and music lovers. I felt real acceptance for the first time in Asbury Pk...and even comfort being part of such energy. I was alone with my guitar, singing my songs, telling my stories and the audience listened. I couldn't have played in a more beautiful spot. Inside the grand old Paramount Theater overlooking the ocean. I was surprised to see Glen Burtnik had come to say "hi" and hear me. My old/young friend Michelle Leone was with me and has been supportive of my music since the early days and there she was with her big bright smile, filming me and hanging. Some things never change...thankfully...
SLXTC
June 20, 2008
Die Herkunft des Koi
In der heutigen Zeit gezüchtete Kois kommen hauptsächlich aus
Surprise The Wife
After a few years of married life, this guy finds that he is unable to get it up anymore. He goes to his doctor, his doctor tries a few things but nothing works.
Finally the doctor says to him this is all in your mind, and refers him to a psychiatrist.
After a few visits to the shrink, the shrink confesses I am at a loss as to how you could possibly be cured.
Finally the psychiatrist refers him to a witch doctor.
The witch doctor tells him, I can cure this, and throws some powder on a flame, and there is a flash with billowing blue smoke....
The witch doctor says This is powerful healing but you can only use it once a year All you have to do is say 1 2 3 and it shall rise for as long as you wish
The guy then asks the witch doctor What happens after when its over?.
The witch doctor says all you have to say is 1 2 3 4 and it will go down. But be warned it will not work again for 3 months
This guy goes home and that night is ready to surprise his wife with the good news... So he is lying in bed with her and says 1 2 3, and suddenly he gets a hard-on.
His wife turns over and says What did you say 1 2 3 for ?
Norbert Butscheidt
June 19, 2008
Dear Carolyne,
I was a huge fan of yours in the early 80´s and even drove a few hundred miles just to see you live on stage in Mannheim/Germany. Ten years ago I rediscovered your music when I bought your first two albums second hand. Frankly, I don´t know why I sold them anyway. I still love these albums and regularly checked whether they´re available on cd or as mp3s in the internet.
Today I came across your homepage and read about your bad luck music career. It really is a shame but I´m very glad to read that you´ve found a new way to make you (and others) happy. Hats off to what you do today and I wish you all the best and good luck for your new life without music.
Regards
Norbert
AdultAngel
June 13, 2008
When it's time for your say,
Carl W. Ambridge
June 4, 2008
I just came across the albums of yours that I still have and decided to look you up. How's it going? I was a big fan of yours in the early 80's. Love your stuff, I'm going to play some vinyl this weekend and you are on the playlist.
Regards..........Carl
Phil
June 2, 2008
You've made my year - finally found your stuff! Loved hearing Still Sane again.. and Snow.. All the greatest, you've given me brilliant memories and great songs. Love your work... take care out there.
Jens
May 18, 2008
CAROLYNE, i totally understand why you quit everything for saving animals, my 12 year-old newfoundland dog is heartsick and i decided to be there for him as long as I can and put everything else behind.All the best for you!
jens and Dino
Brian Vatcher
May 4, 2008
We used to play these albums over and over until our parents screamed to stop. Carolyne Mas defined our summers. It's so great to hear it again!!
Mike McCarthy
May 2, 2008
Carolyne,
I remember an article in 1979 where you, Ellen Shipley and Ellen Foley were compared together. I discussed that article in ernest with dear friend of mine who was a cute female singer (I was a very bad bassist in a very bad band). We both agreed that you were the best new artist we had heard in quite some time and didn't deserve to be lumped into a lot of "new women artists". I still have the vinyl album that included your kindergarten report card. It's funny the things you remember from parts of life as time goes by.
I just wanted to say thank you. Your first two albums gave me so much enjoyment and confort. I can remember the solice I got from "snow" and I can remember to jump up and down joy I got from "Hold On".
I'm glad I found you on the web and I'm delighted to see that you are still alive and kicking.
I wish you much joy and happiness in your coming years.
Mike
Jody
April 30, 2008
While I am saddened to hear of your departure from music,know that to your fans your music is timeless and that it sounds as good today as when you wrote it. May PEACE be with you in all your future endevers
Pete
April 25, 2008
I had your original major label release ("Carolyne Mas" on Mercury Records released July 1979) many years ago. It was great. I don't know what happened to my copy of that album. Unfortunately it is out of print now. Next time I'm in NYC I'll check the Calendar link on your website to see if you have any upcoming shows. This website is very well put together ... congrats. Try not to sweat it too much when stupid crap gets put into your guestbook. Just delete it. It is put in there by automated web surfing robot programs. Just like SPAM it is going to happen. -- Love your music Carolyn!
Shuggy
April 17, 2008
Hi, I got to you site via an Ebay ad. Wow, I think your videos and music are pretty cool. You have wonderful taste in guitars too. I think you have came to far in music to quit all together. I think you should continue to share your gifts with the world- you are that good. I am a drummer who is switching to piano and guitar due to illness.
I have COPD and I can't drum very well. In stead of being bummed out about what I can't do...I am looking at what I still can do. I too had a lot of disappointments in the music business. My experience is somewhat different than your. My journey has taken me to experience the best and the worst. I think there is more good than bad. I wouldn't recommend the life of a musician to a kid though. But if that is on'e calling, why not make the best of it? I learned the hard way, that I am best off keeping the focus off of my expectations and focus on doing a good job; while having the most fun that I can. Wow, did things change. You are a really great musician, just find the fun stuff and do that, don't quit all together. DON'T QUIT BEFORE A MIRACLE HAPPENS. Your dedication to animal resuce is really super. We need more people in the world like you! I don't know if you are spiritual or not. But all things are possible through faith. God Bless you in all your efforts- a fan always.
Shuggy/ Menasha, Wisconsin
Carolyne
April 16, 2008
I have had to delete so much Spam from the Guestbook lately. To all of you creeps who think it is right to post links to porn sites and the like here, please have some respect for this Guestbook, and seek your jollies elsewhere.
Carolyne
April 8, 2008
Bernd...the "conditional" love that I refer to is the one that the music business bestows upon artists only as long as they see fit...as long as you are "hot" and they feel that they can profit the most from you...or the accolades that journalists shower upon artists whom they want to be credited with "discovering", or when they want to be part of a trend and not appear to be un-hip, or to get into the right circles and the right shows for free. It is precisely this kind of love that I despise, because it is disingenuous and comes at a price, and can make or break the livelihood of an artist. No-one should have that kind of control...and look what hoops artists have to jump through just to be noticed, to get a few crumbs of respect...it's like something out of a circus...it's undignified. Why should anyone have to stoop so low just for a bit of attention and gratitude? When did doing a good job stop being enough?
I have always loved my audiences...they are the people that the record companies I was signed to knew the least about...there was always a huge gap between how the record companies perceived me as an artist, and how the audiences did. They were always trying to look at a house from the inside so to speak, never stepping outside to get the big picture. I had little respect from them as an artist because of this. I have actually been signed to labels where the people working there had never been to a show. How is this possible, especially since my live shows were so well received? How could they have been making life and death decisions about my music for me without ever having seen me play?
One has only to look at the tabloids to see what this business does to artists, how they are created and disposed of all in the turn of a page. I can't even begin to list the ways in which this environment is harmful and so completely unhealthy for any person to be around. It makes the love of a dog or cat seem like something holy, which in fact, it is. It took me a while to realize this, after I was done examining myself over and over again, thinking that the problem was with me...I realized that it was the "life"....and that it really had so little to do with reality, and the things that are truly important.
Bernd Ohm
April 7, 2008
Carolyne,
I'm sorry to hear that the joy you once found in your music has all gone. However you feel about the music business now - I never had the impression the energy and love you gave us in your songs and records was in any way "conditional". I will appreciate it as long a I live. And I'm sure you'll do a great job in whatever you do now.
Always a big fan
Bernd
tom
April 4, 2008
"AWESOME!" said one female friend who recently listened to one of your live CDs. "Terrific woman, how come I've never heard of her before? Terrific backing band, too." Well, so it goes. I make CD copies and give them to people as birthday presents and such. Then they come back wanting more. Well, what does it mean? Hold on to your guitars...
Clatten
March 28, 2008
The Mas Hysteria album has always been one of my favourite vinyls over the years (and I've got too many my wife claims). Too bad you quit music.
http://clatten.googlepages.com/lillabommenochmas
Thomas
March 19, 2008
The are 2 more chords in the bridge!
I heard this song in the 70's without knowing anything about Carolyne. It was a miracle: how could one so little known be able to play such great music? The personality that shined out of this and other songs only through her voice & music (I saw Carolyne first on the website) had more appeal than many others.
Hrolf Leutsch
March 18, 2008
Dear Guestbook
some days ago we were wallowing in old times and remembered a disc jockey who was our favourite one. There were three special songs which run every time without ever getting boring and one of them was Sitting In The Dark.
Now I looked for it and found this page and the comment "I still cannot understand or explain its immense popularity". Maybe I can try to explain a bit. As a German I cannot speak for all Europeans (not even for all Germans) but I'd say this song was a kind of In A Gadda Davida for the next generation. So full of music. Fascinating what can be made out of only two chords. And then this guitar solo. Not a boring appending of any Chuck Berry riffs but a song in the song touching from the very beginning, leading one blindly through a climax.
It all gives you the feeling that this song wasn't made but that it -so to say- happened.
UncleClaudius
March 15, 2008
I first heard "Snow" when it came out at the end of the seventies, when I was in Troy, NY. I immediately loved the song, and as far as I'm concerned it's a classic. Then came "Still Sane", also wonderful, which I'd forgotten was a Carolyne Mas tune. "It's No Secret" must not have been given a lot of airplay, so it's a recent discovery, now one of my favorites.
It's a shame that you couldn't make money from the music - those songs from the late seventies/eighties still sound as vibrant now as they did then. There'd have to be a strong demand for them.
No matter, I think "Living well is the best revenge" is the best operative principle.
Tobi
March 15, 2008
You´re great !
Michael Wirick
March 9, 2008
I have Carolyn Mas on vinyl...I found it in like 1996 and wore that album out!
I am very glad to have found your site!
You are awesome!
Best Always,
Michael
Danny Counts
March 7, 2008
Carolyne -
Always loved your voice. Best of luck in your new endeavors.
Peace -
Danny Counts
Aaron Stein
February 23, 2008
I had to drive a couple of hours this weekend and was searching my cd's because i couldn't get 'stillsane' out of my head. i couldn't find it, and was going to have to dig out my LP, but thanks for having it online.
good luck with your animal rescue efforts!
Maurice Jones
February 20, 2008
I caught your show back in 79 or 80 at a niteclub in Greenville, NC called the Attic. I remember that it was a hot show and I had a good time.
Best wishes caring for your mother and your aunt, a truly more noble calling than entertaining the masses.
tom
February 10, 2008
coming from new zealand this time. never say die, carolyne. i'll have you over here yet, playing with the greatest. remember victoria spivey? (i mean: keep a uke.) at least. a little flea. lots of love ---
Karsten Linic (Germany)
February 1, 2008
Dear Carolyne,
I´m solly to hear that you are not doing any music - no more. But this is your decision.
So I wish that your new life will bring you the fulfillment that you deserve.
After all the ups and downs in your colerful musicial life I think that you did the right decision - at least I think that you never came to a decision without allowing all possibilities.
I wish you luck ang hope that you are doing fine reachimg the next step.
Thank you for your music and the moments and memorys that are going along.
I hope that you will keep your website alive so that I can still take a look what is going on.
Greedings from Germany,
Karsten Linic
Andrea
January 13, 2008
Hello jour song ist very grandious
i love it.
Andrea
Thomas
January 10, 2008
Thanks for the reconfirmation!
Carolyne
January 10, 2008
It is plans up, which does rhyme with hands up.
Thomas
January 8, 2008
Maybe funny: As we plan to cover your in Germany so famous song "Sittin...." I transcribed chords and lyrics and arranged it for my band www.groovin-stew.de. Last week we tried out the song for the first time and our singer came up to me and asked if I found the lyrics in the net or if wrote down what I understood from what you sang. It was the latter. She convinced me that "Come on out with your plans up" is more correct that my version "Come on out with your pants up"
No offens, best regards.
Howard
January 6, 2008
I remember the best concert Ihave ever been to: Carolyne MAs at York University in Toronto in 1981. I will never forget being at the front of the stage with a dozen others and we are all singing "Quote goodbye quote that's all he wrote" repeatedly into the mic with Carolyne as she sang the lead. To this day I cannot think of this without smiling and getting a shiver down my spine. Thanks for the memory.
ida lupino
January 5, 2008
January 5, 2008
Ieri 4 gennaio 2008 nel locale piu' "friendly" che c'e' a Viterbo,l'"En Femme", si e' esibito Alex Maugeri,eclettico ed estroso performer,coadiuvato da due eccellenti musicisti orientali,una violoncellista e un contrabassista sviluppando un repertorio elettro acustico estremamente teatrale.Ho riconosciuto gran parte dei brani di David Bowie,"Femme Fatale "di Lou Reed che Maugeri ha dedicato a tutte le "regine" in sala e altri brani molto romantici e comunque riusciti ma non specificati nel titolo.La performance e' stata supportata da una proiezione molto colorata e dal sapore "camp" in stile Warholiano.L'anno si e' aperto bene e all'insegna delle buone suggestioni musicali qui nella sonnolenta Viterbo.
Ida Lupino
Carolyne
January 5, 2008
In response to the Muenster gig, I had to cancel for a combination of reasons. What started out as my husband not feeling safe about me travelling because of the fear of something happening in Bush's new world, ended up evolving into a family situation, where I had to help my mother move from her home of 18 years, to a new place next door to us. It was a year of family situations for me, and I had to cancel 2 tours, both in Italy and Germany.
Maybe next year...who knows, but I do not have any plans to play at this point in time. I am wondering if those days are gone for me, because there always seems to be something at home going on that has to take a front seat in my life. Family first, you know.
Carolyne
January 5, 2008
My former fan club at one point made a CD set of the Mercury CDs, but that was some time ago, and it is no longer available. The best you can do is to download the mp3s here onto CD. It's a shame, I know...
Paul Shapiro
December 22, 2007
I've been trying to buy your original "Carolyne Mas" album on CD. I really enjoy the album but am hoping to get the songs on CD so I can transfer them to my ipod. Is it available?
Thomas
December 18, 2007
Hi Carolyne,
much to my regret the Muenster Gig in Autumn was cancelled or, perhaps more accurate, its 'tba' announcement was deleted. Could you tell us what happend? Is there a chance for a new approach? Germany is starving for CM.
Ever heard of the club www.spiritof66.be in Vervier, Belgium near the German Border? I have been there recently, it's a nice and wellknown place with an impressive "Hall of Fame". Thought that this might be a good place for you to play.
Thomas
Robert Theis
December 17, 2007
Saw you twice in the eighties, amazing shows! Any future Canadian dates?
Michael Schwenk
December 16, 2007
saw CM at NYC Town Hall, NYC; think it was 12/31/79
german guy
November 24, 2007
Many greetz from Germany!
I've used your CD "reason street" to test an old grundig getto bluster in conjunction with an old philips car cd player. i've bought this CD in the year '93 in my time as student in Konstanz, South Germany. and: to hear your music again after few years - nevertheless it is/was a pleasure to hear this sound again.
also the test was 100% success!
Perhaps you read these lines...
it's hard to concentrate when the big sister on the left is watching me all the time - as a hint 4 the webdesigner ;-)
Wow!
November 15, 2007
Hi, Carolyne! I was a student at Fordham University (NY) in the 70s-80s and you came to play there a couple of times. I even bought your album! I've tried googling you a few times over the years, but nothing..then tonight I googled something totally unrelated and you came up. Of course, I was spelling Carolyne wrong. But I found you, and am going to browse your website to see if you still tour. I love your stuff!
omong_kosong
October 26, 2007
Hi Carolyne,
about 25 years ago I heard your live performance track "Quote Goodbye Quote" and were stunned by your music since then, though I didn´t get any chances to listen to your music since then. Just now I ran across your website by chance and enjoy the songs provided there. Keep on rockin :-D
Marie Getz & Paul Humphries
October 21, 2007
My husband has had you debut self-titled album since his university days (and that is some time ago) Still loves it and stil plays it. Imagine our surprise at finding your website by accident! For years he's been searching for more of your music now that we know where to find it...can't wait. Keep it up.
Ross
October 18, 2007
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROLYNE!!! (I may be off by a day or two but thinking of you now)
Peace and love,
Ross
JWirtel
October 17, 2007
Carolyn:
You're the most inspirational singer/artist...Your song "Call Me" still shreds the inner lining of my soul...I really wish you could get into a duet thing with someone like Glenn Hughes...He's a great singer and brings a lot of the same conviction to the table. Keep punching...I've got to believe that talent wins out, which in your case forshadows great things in your future...The best is yet to come..
jpw www.lasolasmusic.com
jammarlibre
October 12, 2007
Good morning
Thanks for your site.
Carolyne
October 8, 2007
Well folks, this ia another case of Caryn MacFayden impersonating me. I have emailed Ken below, and he met "me" in Austin, TX, where I have NEVER been, and at the R&R Hall of Fame, whch I have never been to. Nice, huh? Does anyone have any suggestions on how to stop this person from saying they are me????? Their whole storyline of my life that they are spewing is completely inaccurate, and may be making me look like some kind of lunatic, as it doesn't jive at all with what I post here to my fans. HELP!!!!!
KenBarker
October 7, 2007
Hello Carolyne!
Ken Barker here you record dealer friend! I have missed seeing you at Austin, COME BACK to the show! or email me if you get a chance, need to catch up!
Love
Ken
Abrahazion Abraha
October 5, 2007
Hallo!
Per Zufall stolperte ich lettztes Jahr über Deine Musik. Balsam für die Ohren, großartige Stimme,...
Ich bin froh diese Seite gefunden zu haben.
Danke für die Musik.
Abri
Det
October 2, 2007
Hi Carolyne,
this eveneing i send you this email. But the email returned with the remark, that your mailbox is full. Please see my email here:
Hi Carolyne,
you are right with your remark of teaching left-handed kids. It seems
to works well, and if i think about it, it seem to be absolutely clear.
But i never had got this solution for my own. Thank you.
Carolyne, a few days ago i asked you for the chords of your great
song "Snow". This evening i played the song to my band, and everyone
loved it. Except Micha our drummer. He said "I can not play that slow".
It was meant as a joke, he also loves the song.
And when i said that i wrote a mail to you, and got an answer, he was
stunned and asked if i mean the musician and songwriter he knows as
Carolyne Mas. He could not believe that you give me an answer to my
mail.
You see, you are still a great star.
Warmest Regards
Det
PS:
You are not only a star for making music and being famous. You are
a star for your engagement for the people.
Carolyne
September 24, 2007
Easier said than done...I tried that in 1991 when my former manager contacted an old friend named Mary Martin, who had been a very important person w/Warner Bros in the 80's in NYC, and then went into country. This was after my CD, "Action Pact", a country CD basically, released in Germany on SPV. She basically said in a nutshell that I waan't country enough, that one has to spend time in Nashville to cultivate that sort of sensibility. I was living in Germany at the time.
When I did move to Nashville in 1997, I encountered the same resistance. I did not LOOK like a country singer, nor did I sound like a real one, nor did I write in the style that the writers there were writing. I was pounded into submission more than a few times there. One guy named R.C. Bannon, who had written some songs for famous people, and allowed me to submit some things to him when he was looking for a new co-writer as a staff writer for BMG, told me that all of my songs were awful...and I gave him my best stuff!!! He berated me for an hour on the phone, but I must say, I took it like a lady AND like a man. That place is locked up tight to outsiders, and it's an impossible clique to break into. There were so many pretty young singers, and lots of people to provide songs for them, and it was just as plastic a scene as one could imagine. Not room for much innovation.
It would have been nice to have success in any gendre, even as a songwriter. My lack thereof has only mystfied me, especially since I appear to have so many fans. All I would like at this point in my life is a little nod from music history as being in some ways a unique artist, certainly ahead of my time. Of course, royalties would be nice if only someone would pick up on my songs...and I sure would like to be able to record another CD at some point. But I wouldn't sell my soul to do it!
Bruce
September 17, 2007
I whole heartedly agree Tom! And I didn't mean to shove you into a neat little "Country only" box Carolyne. My comment was meant to express how truly rich your voice is. Your voice is one of the most superb "instruments" I've heard in a long time and is capable creating awe in any genre it's applied to; however capable does not always equate to profitable in this world of marketing. That being said Carolyne, with Country the way it is today I think you could be true to yourself and your fans AND bust the doors of Country music wide open!
tom
September 13, 2007
at the risk of hogging too much space & time here, i feel i'd like to say to bruce, who just commented on carolyne's patsy cline=ish qualities below, that WHILE i'd hate to see carolyne "go country" i would wish her every success and COULD easily visualise her as some kind of country music queen. just give a listen to "i want him to (marry me)" and tell me if that couldn't come out of a hundred juke boxes -- provided it was done again with some of those faultless nashville cats adding a few gratuitous guitar licks to make the thing radio compatible. and so -- on through a whole lot of those tracks, where carolyne sings in a pure joan baezish mode. then, later, super rich, driving down from her mansion, the country queen revisits the blues, the rock & rolls and all those other ingredients of her very special gumbo, and just once more & for the benefit of her real old fans -- cooks up some fine raucous ROCK again, with great muzos all around stirring the pot. ah what a dream.
Bruce Hershberger
September 11, 2007
I've been a rocker since before FM radio existed and I had never heard of you until I was doing an I-Tunes search a couple months ago for "Sleepwalk" and ran accross your version. It has since been placed in "My All-time Favs" category. Your voice is transcendental in that song. Needless to say, I've since become a fan. If you ever chose to do a tribute album to Patsy Cline, I'd probably swear that you were her, reincarnated up to the next level of vocal perfection! Rock on Carolyne!
Jacek Fox
September 6, 2007
Hallo Carolyne, I hear your Music first in 1980. Very Good. Best Wishes from Bavaria-Germany
Thomas
September 5, 2007
Hi Carolyne,
came back to your site after a couple of month.
Is the TBA Gig in Muenster fixed? Lookin'forward so much to see you there!
Always,
Thomas
pat sullivan
August 25, 2007
i have not heard from you for so long your 1979 album was so good the vocalist i currently enjot are joss stone,greg allman, bob seeger etc your are as much a of a favorite as any of these ones are
Dave Foss
August 23, 2007
Hi Carolyne,
I'm so glad I found this site. We used to play your first two albums in the records stores that I managed back when they were first released. I hope all is well with you!
Gloria Alemany Vilar
August 2, 2007
My name is Gloria Alemany Vilar great-granddaughter of Francesc Mas Nadal.
Ihave found in internet the Victar Mas family project and I could not contact him.
I have found your page in internet and I have saw that you are the aunt of Victar Mas.
Could you please give me the adress of e-mail of him?
II knew Ana Lydia long time ago when I was 15 years old.
I like listening your music.
Excuse me for my bad english.
Salutations from Bascara (Girona) Catalonia.
Bill Sisemore
July 31, 2007
Hi Carolyne,
You are both a true Patriot for Freedom and a great Artist. I am proud to have met you. I'll be jammin' on your tunes from now on!
Later,
Bill
Ross
July 31, 2007
Carolyne!
Your comments of 7/22 on your homepage about politics/music resonated so deeply with me. You are a rare individual on many levels and you have absolutely succeeded in being a HUMAN BEING of the highest order...I am proud to have all your music and to be associated with your name in any capacity.
I've been dealing with much personal hardship most of this year and I just wanted to let you know how much your words moved me to want to write this post.
Always,
Ross
Stefan
July 31, 2007
Hi Carolyne! I love to hear that your memories about my hometown are that good ... but my major intention was - and still is - to really thank you for your wonderful music. And btw - if you need more souvenirs just let me know ;-)
SEMI AUTO... SOLOIST
July 31, 2007
CAROLYNE!!!
SLID THRU AT FIRST JUST 2 CHECK UR LAYOUT N STAYED 2 HEAR THE MUSIC THEN READ UR PAGE AND...
BAMM!!!
THAT 3RD STAGE VIDEO!
KUDOS!
MY HAT OFF TO U MISS LADY!
KEEP DOIN UR THING.
MUSICALLY N POLITICALLY!
STAY FREE!
PEACE...
Carolyne
July 30, 2007
Stefan, you are misunderstanding me. I have great memories of Muenster, and it was certainly not the fault of Jovel that I was in that situation. The amp was rented by my manager, the monitor mix guy was hired by him, and the contracts to record the performance were all signed by him as well. And I am the idiot who signed with HIM in the first place!
I am in no way putting down Jovel or Muenster at all. I always had a good time in the city, and we always atayed at the same hotel. We played there for 2 days in a row at some small club in 1989, and that was a lot of fun, too. I still have my key from the hotel, because I liked it so much. It was the Hotel Conti. Just a small, charming place.
And Tom...I think it's hard for people to understand how frustrating it is for someone to have their albums so highly regarded, yet not make a single penny from them. It is uncanny that I have never been able to make a living off of my work. While it's lovely to think of all of the people enjoying them for years to come, to know that someone else has made money from my recordings is unbearable. It's downright criminal.
Stefan
July 26, 2007
Hi! Even if your memories of my hometown Münster and the Jovel aren t that great, I can tell you that there are still lots of people who remember you and really love your songs. And for me - whenever i need a cheer up i turn on "Thomas Dunson..." and everything looks a bit brighter. So thank you for the music!
Gregory p. Leather
July 24, 2007
I saw you play in Albany, NY back in the 1980's. I was completely amazed.
I have wondered for years what has become of you, and I am relieved to know that you are still involved in music. I hope I get the chance to see you play again soon.
Thomas Gollan
July 20, 2007
Hi! Carolyne Mas und ich waren
1992 Nachbarn in der Horner Str.
in Bremen.Damals nutzte sie den Dachboden als Proberaum und ich
finde es Klasse und Super,dass sie
immer noch erfolgreich Musik macht!
hippie64
July 19, 2007
Thank You for the music i found on your homepage.
Jeffrey MacPherson
July 12, 2007
long ago and far away the sound of your voice was more than magic as I remember it
tom again
July 4, 2007
Well, here i am checking in, by a mere coincidence, on the fourth of july. What i’d have to say though, carolyne, is that, sad and sorry as the tale may be, the MUSIC itself is still gloriously wired up, pumping with life and energy, so that both those albums, MAS HYSTERIA and LIVE!, count as two of the greatest live albums ever, in my book. And I’m talking here as a lifelong live little feat fan and mick taylor’s live rolling stones fan and all of that. Live recordings have a curious way about them – think of the benny goodman concert of 1938, at carnegie hall, where the original recordings (done in duplicate!) disappeared for 60 years. (benny goodman never even knew -- throughout his entire life -- that the second set of discs existed…!) the stones’ excellent 72 and 73 live recordings in Europe and America have been bootlegged heaps but for some reason – which I imagine are contractual reasons – have never been officially released. And this goes on and on. Even so, you’d be amiss in turning your back entirely on your own past – those are glorious musical moments, whichever way they were achieved. I heard a car bopping down the road the other day with its loudspeakers up at full volume and they were playing – young kids – bill haley’s “rock around the clock”, and the car was practically electric with energy. Now who gives a shit, now, today, about how bill haley felt about that song when he recorded it 50 years ago? (he thought it stank.) it’s gonna live forever. And I’m willing to wager that your live recordings of the past are likely to hang around for a long while yet, in just the same way. I’m only very seriously hoping that there will be more – great songs, that you can record under more auspicious circumstances, and with a more felicitous sound arrangement -- it’s like a serious wish-fulfilment dream that I hope will come true, one of these days. Tomorrow, or pretty damn soon, anyway.
;-))
Carolyne
July 2, 2007
...AND I hve never received a PENNY from any of those CDs, "Mas Hysteria" or "Live."
Carolyne
July 2, 2007
Actually Tom, I would be happy if I never had to play any of those songs ever again! That live double CD was made against my will. My manager there signed with SPV himself as my owner basically. Everything was in German...all of the contracts...I had pretty much just gotten there, and I was an easy victim for a good con. Everyone wanted "Sitting in the Dark" on CD, basically, and this guy wanted to deliver it to SPV, and it was all SPV would ever want from me. They eventually bought up the rights to my whole catalogue, just for Germany, even though they eventually only re-released "Mas Hysteria" in 1996.
FYI the "Live" CD from Jovel Music Hall in Muenster, I sang that whole show without monitors. The wires were actually broken, as the inept monitor mix guy discovered after the show. And the lead guitar player's amp...well let's just say the only good channel on that shitty amp was broken. Both the sax and my guitar had to be redone in a studio in Bremen because the sound was so awful. This album was done without my consent from cover, which looks like I am burning in Hell, to content. They also put David Landau's name on it without his consent, because they thought it would sell records. He had been over a few months earlier to write and record with me, and they were impressed by his lineage. So they took it upon themselves to exploit him. This put a serious wound on our friendship, even though it was not my doing. Not to mention there are spelling errors in the song titles, and they put some kind of bogus fan club address, completely ignoring my fan club that I had back then for years. They also tried to steal my publishing on that CD, and even listed the publisher although no contracts had been signed, but that is another story. I got them on that, and they had to sticker each CD with my fan club's address.
So, you can see now maybe why I want to forget these songs and move on. After all, I am no longer that person anymore. That person was an idiot for having ever gotten into a situation with liars and crooks like them in the first place!!!
tom
July 1, 2007
hiya carolyne -- i bought another version of the double live-CD today --, ie, the SPV 220455-303, from 2001, as opposed to the SPV 086-88642, of 1992 -- as new, for a mere four euros, -- but it is actually a much harder mix than the original -- like a harsher xerox copy of a photograph, sans the grey tones. clearly the germans like their music with the drums way out in front. if i ever get a quarter of a million to fritter away i'd definitely try to get it right, it would give me the greatest pleasure... get you to record all these things again...some place where they'd know a thing or two about subtlety in music...
i told the guy at the record store here in vienna -- "this is a really nice record..." --"ah yeah?" was all he said. total lack of interest. i guess i should have said, "this record is an absolute crock of shit. have you listened to it? how can you sell this kinda crap?" -- he would have gone and played it and said, "what's wrong with it? it's excellent...!"
i'll remember that for my next review. of anybody.
Cheers for now, from
tom
Rich
June 27, 2007
My best friend thru high school and freshman year at college had your debut vinyl album. She brought it over to my dorm room in college so we could dance and drink wine to it. I fell in love with the lyrics, the meoldies, and at times, the intensity. This vinyl album she had was badly scratched. At the time, I also worked at a toy store in Brooklyn, NY during holiday breaks and summers. One day I saw the owner brought in a collection of cut-out albums, and I nearly died when I saw a brand new copy of yours. I bought it and have kept it ever since. My friend and I have parted ways the past year after 25 years of friendship, but we always pulled out that album and played when we got together over the years. I moved out midwest and west from NY, so the distance between my friend I became greater, but the music didn't. We have moved on for other reasons, but I always had a wonderful memory of your music and I used to search music stores for any other materials. I even went on youtube last night and plugged in your name. Well, it just dawned on me to google you online, and I saw this site. Thanks for putting such a warm, personal touch here and I will be sure to download your newest songs when I get home. I guess I am lucky to be "still sane" after all these years. 1979-80 were high school years...great times and the best music ever made. All the best
Steve Norman
June 23, 2007
Carolyne
I have loved your music ever since the first time that I heard 'Quote Goodbye Quote' all those years ago.
Thank you & KEEP ROCKIN!
Love
Steve
Carolyne
June 2, 2007
Merlin's was in 1980. I loved Madison. I played there twice, and there was a really cool vintage clothing store near our hotel.
That particular August, the club had hired an airplane with a scrolling sign on its underbelly to fly over the city advertizing the gig. We waited for it on the rooftop of the hotel. As it flew overhead, I could see my name, only it was spelled wrong...without the "e." The band had quite a laff, because this happened nearly every place we played, despite the fact that the LPs always had my name displayed prominently in 2 inch bold caps.
I hope to go back to that city one day. It was one of my favorite places to visit. Very hip.
Gloria
June 1, 2007
Ah The Memories! I love your site. Get back to me about that email when you get a moment.
Mike McKoy
May 31, 2007
Carolyne, I saw you at Merlyn's in Madison Wisconsin. I still have the ticket; it says Fri. Aug. 15. Just not sure what year! Great show, and I still have the guitar pick you threw into the crowd that night!
Ray Atwood
May 30, 2007
Carolyne, I got your e-mail about your videos. Hope to be able to view them. So sorry I couldn't attend any of your concerts. Still hoping that you will come to Albany
to do a show someday, I've really missed you over the years! Until then keep Rockin and stay in touch!Ray
Jo
May 29, 2007
Hey Carol! How´s it going - I hope all is well.
Cheerio,
Jo
Chicagokeith
May 25, 2007
Pete, I think are one LUCKY KID!!!Your Mom raised you on the the BEST!Do yourself a favor and check out Caorl's other stuff! I still almost wet myself every time I hear her version of "Sleepwalk"!! I have talked several times to this wonderful animal loving woman who with her talent should be living like Madonna! She has been through hell and she is "Still Sane" God Bless you Carol.
Pete
May 23, 2007
My mother and I used to listen to your album together when I was a kid. I'm in my 20's now and glad to have a chance to still listen to my favorite songs
Reg
May 23, 2007
Thanks for the new videos. i love the whole collection. I do think it's pretty funny that all three music videos are basically the same.
"Cry Now" is my favorite live vid.
tom
May 22, 2007
dear carolyne -- got your message re the new videos.
don't apologise and don't hesitate to do it RIGHT...!
(you know, with the link to the right place right there for people to click into.)
(as it is, it's easier to ask for NOT getting emails from you than to view the videos...!!!)
(hardly what you'd want, is it?)
best, TOM
Chicagokeith
May 19, 2007
Computer is screwed up to keep printing my name as mfemf! It's me from Rock around the Dock(as you even say, your best remembered show! Chicago K
MFEMF
May 19, 2007
Carol, Hi, I,ve been offline for a whileWanted to see how you were and how the animals were!!Talk soon, still making fans for you,Chicagokeith
Charles Smith
May 13, 2007
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY !
Bonnie
May 4, 2007
Hey Carolyne:
Glad to see you're still a prisoner of rock and roll!
I went to Pandora yesterday and made a radio station entitled "Chicks with balls" and you're there!!!
WE NEED YOU TO PLAY HERE IN NEW JERSEY!!!! Saw Wille Nile last weekend at Drew Eckman's place in Ringwood...thought it would be a great place for you and when I mentioned it to Drew he told me I was the fourth person who asked about you that night!
Come on, sistah...WE NEED YOU!
"Never spend your guitar or your pen."
Jerry O'Brien
May 4, 2007
I interviewed Carolyn awhile back but it didn't go too well, although she was so very generous with her time and sharing things about her career.
Just the other day I put on three of the CDs the Mercury years and then the Long Isalnad Potao thing and I was blown away once more.
Carolyn you made a sound so pure, so true taht it simply gets better with time.
I'm sorry for all the pain you endured, but so incredibly grateful for the music you have given us.
Peace, Happiness and tranquillity you deserve them all.
Kurt
May 3, 2007
lookin for CM in the net while hearing sitting in the dark.
What about a gig @ fabrik in Hamburg, Germany. I'm shure there's mas of fans still today in Germany. Keep on rocking Carolyn, Icon of my Youth !
Christian Sander
April 30, 2007
In the early80's we had as teenies our first band! Deep Purple, ACDC, Rush and others were our favourites. I remember that evening I#m coming to the Band with Mas Hysteria. It was great. Nobody of us plays anything, we heard teh whole album this evening. The next day we tried to play sittin' in the dark...
Not very succesful, but today, if "the old one's make a session... every time wlir 92.7, the radio station of long island....comes on...
Best regards, Christian
Sharon
April 20, 2007
Hi Carolyne!
Many years ago I had a new music radio show on a station in London, Ontario. I was totally in love with your album and you came in for an interview. My show was an hour long and usually I covered a bunch of artists and songs in one show. However, I did one hour just with our interview and your music. I believe you were doing promo for a concert where you were opening for Robert Palmer. I still have the concert poster (which was awesome) but the show cancelled - so I never saw you live. Still love mentioning you when conversations start up about pet favorites - when I find people that also dug you - there is an extra special connection.
So a big hello and thank you after all these years!
Sharon
Mike
April 16, 2007
Please let me know where I can purchase the cd containing quote goodbye quote, still sane, sadie says, snow etc. This was my favorite album in college after you performed at Fordham University. I have looked everywhere but have had no luck tracking it down. Thanks so much for you time.
Mike
Reg
April 16, 2007
About finding lyrices...yeah it's probably better to Google, there is no one major database (and they come and go). And often the lyrics might be found at the artist's site instead.
But when Googling, it's best to put the title in quotes like:
"baby got back" lyrics
Although sometimes they just aren't out there:
snow "carolyne mas" lyrics
:-(
Carolyne
April 16, 2007
I usually have great luck just Googling the song title, and maybe the artist, and I've been able to find some pretty obscure stuff. I don't know the names of any of the databases, I suspect there are a few, because just performing a search per song as needed really did the trick.
Carolyne
April 15, 2007
I have a lot of fondness for Hazleton and its people, and I was very shocked when I heard it mentioned on the news some months back that they were adopting some sort of extreme policy concerning immigrants. This was odd to me because I remember Hazleton as being a relatively poor town full of Polish and Italian immigrants. The Bush regime has succeeded in drumming up hatred in even the most loving of our communities, and this is just one of the good reasons why I still remain politically active, although I wish that some of that would be directed in a more musical way. I was involed back then (Fall 1974-Summer 1975) with a lot of good people in the area...artists, musicians, writers, poets, and even clergy...who were very politically vocal, and it was very creative and exciting. I am still in touch with some of them, and I miss the kinds of events we used to throw together effortlessly as if by magic. It was a very educational experience for me.
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