Mud Folio

Extra Sediment Edition

David Greenberg

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01 December 2023

Musical scores, lyrics & libretti; Poetry

"DAVID GREENBERG has been in the music biz for most of his adult life: directing Grammy-nominated music videos, scripting the platinum-selling Kiss eXposed for Paul and Gene, product managed releases by Yoko Ono, Ringo Starr, Cesar Rosas, Robert Hunter, Bill Laswell, among others, and later as the Director of Marketing for a boutique agency working with the crème de la crème of the jazz world. (Now you know how he wangled those quotes from musical heavyweights.) And yet, the bulk of his lyrics still lay in a drawer unsung; deadbeat children who should be out there making the big bucks or, more importantly, of course, changing the lives of millions around the world. Heck, in these strange times, he'd even be grateful for a few pennies on the dollar and a few listeners given a good chuckle.

While Greenberg has been writing lyrics since he was a pup, he's rarely found himself around a musician who wanted to turn the words into penetrating, timeless songs. As Cary Baker of conqueroo noted, ""David never found his Elton John to his Bernie Taupin."" That's not to puff up the lyrical quality of the collection to the size of an alarmed blowfish and insinuate Greenberg is a Bernie Taupin, a Hal David, a Captain Beefheart. Still, even they weren't icons when they first started tipping their lyrics into the measures written by their musical partners. And to canvass for his own Reggie Dwight
* or John French
*
* by trying to hand out the sheets of lyrics to budding musicians like a hyper and overzealous Dr. Feelgood doling out pills to wary prospective customers seemed a bit slimy-to the budding musicians, at least-with the predictable outcome of having very few stuck to the proverbial wall and even less deep in the literal pockets.

Instead, he's going to try and sell them to you. We have pulled the lyrics together and jammed them into this book that we have lovingly designed for ultimate reader satisfaction. Here is the updated version of the folio with over 30 new lyricals! Get your copy today and start the rest of your music career on a straight path to hit-dom. Or at least jump-start Greenberg's! Or, if you read poems, consider this a book of poetry with some stanzas repeating themselves. Why hesitate? Didn't the quotes printed here mean anything to you? No? Read the ones inside. Well then, who else do we have to cajole and connive to get you interested? Sorry, not Sir Paul. Can't. Ever since Greenberg worked with Ms. Ono...
*Elton John
*
*Drumbo"

By: David Greenberg
Imprint: [Product]
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 413g
ISBN: 9798988867401
Pages: 306
Publication Date: 01 December 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Since the early 1980s, David Greenberg has been in the trenches, shooting off fusillades into the noisy fray, attempting the marketing of music, artist development, and branding strategy. Presently, he is the Director of Marketing and Development for Music Works International, a Music Booking Agency based North of Boston. In his past life, Greenberg had the ungodly commute into Boston then snaking through the traffic over to Brighton, to direct the marketing at an Agency best left to the imagination, and which still shall not be named much like Ms. Rowling's Voldemort. Greenberg also put in time as the marketing director for 360 Merch, a music merchandising company, and as producer of the music channel for iCAST.com. He got his start in the music industry producing and directing music videos with his company, Second Story Television, and his short-form video, Rubber Rodeo's Scenic Views, was nominated for a Grammy. While at the Rykodisc label, Greenberg worked with Yoko Ono, DEVO, Ringo Starr, Frank Zappa, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Morphine, Bill Laswell, Arthur Lyman, Joe Boyd, MMW, Red Elvises, and Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects, along with releasing spoken-word albums by Bill Hicks, Laurence Ferlinghetti, and Jack Kerouac. For PolyGram Home Video, Greenberg channeled his high-schoolishness into the screenplay for the RIAA Platinum-selling long-form video KISS eXposed.

Reviews for Mud Folio: Extra Sediment Edition

"Reviews ""Calling all composers, get barefoot and take a walk through Greenberg's Mud Folio. You will find songs waiting for you along the way. Half-full glasses of a hundred-proof lyrics waiting to spill over with music."" / ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY ""David Greenberg is the kind of lyricist that comes along once every umpteen years. His lyrics are fresh, unique, and speak to every human emotion."" / RAMSEY LEWIS ""As a drummer who only ever wrote one set of song lyrics that went on a record...I have no idea how David does this stuff without a guitar player to constantly argue with."" / HUGO BURNHAM Gang of Four ""Put down whatever you're reading this very minute and procure this book of lyrics. It'll tug at your heart, or make you laugh, or sing. Sometimes all at once. Either way, it will shine up any dull moment."" / DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER The One and Only ""David is an incredible writer. Any melody you throw at him, he can find words to fit. And he can do it all while having a day job and no matter what the time difference. The song we wrote together, or should I say, the song he saved me on, 'Ridin' The Bad News Through, ' is one of my favorite songs to sing."" / CHINA MOSES Singer, Songwriter, Broadcaster ""Greenberg writes lyrics, not music. The thing is, though, you read his lyrics, and you absolutely, sure as day, begin to HEAR the music. You start hearing the melody. You start hearing the harmonies. So it ends up as a collaboration-between Greenberg and you. That's how real, how on the mark, how in-the-pocket his lyrics are."" / JONATHAN STONE Former Creative Director, Author of Moving Day and other novels ""Tape Dave, I could still smell the Glam Seventies in your lyrics. I thought we left that back in High School, but not you."" / JED DRAKE Former ESPN Executive Producer, 16-Time Emmy Award Winner ""Greenberg has always displayed an uncanny gift of observation. You'll find it manifest here in his first book of lyrics. He just needs to find an Elton John to his Bernie Taupin. Perhaps that's you? Whether or not, these lyrics sing themselves off the printed page."" / CARY BAKER conqueroo (Publicist Extraordinaire) ""Having written music with lyrics in the past, there's a reason why I only write instrumental music now. Reading David's lyrics might lead you to believe that it's child's play, but don't believe it. Do not attempt without adult supervision!"" / BOB HOLMES SUSS, Rubber Rodeo ""David Greenberg is a storyteller! He goes deep into the heart and soul of the reader. You can hear music in his words, even if there is no melody behind it, and that is a true gift! His play on words, color and textures graces every page with emotion and grit but the true surprise is when a walloping laugh pops out of you out of nowhere!"" / LUCY WOODWARD Singer, Songwriter, Instructor ""Listen up socially conscious musicians: the lyric 'Evolution' would've been a great song from any of the important hardcore/post-punk alternative rockers, like Husker Dü, the Minutemen, X, or The Replacements. If you want to follow those guys, use these words."" / THE GHOST TFTT/IR:: Indigenous Resistance ""Though David Greenberg is shorter than me in both height and last name length, his words are longer and assembled into grand lyrics that are taller than me or anyone I know."" / DAVID GREENBERGER Artist, Performer, Musician, Publisher of The Duplex Planet"