NEWSLETTERS 

The April 2003 Issue     

A few questions for Don E Vie:

From CDSMASH.COM

http://www.cdsmash.com/donnievie.htm
 
Thanks Donnie for taking the time to answer a few questions,
Tell us what’s up? How's the solo CD going?
Donnie Vie-
The solo cd is going pretty good.  The songs are all there, but I would have liked to get real drums on the whole record as opposed to 50% of it. You can really tell the difference.

Will you be producing it?  

Donnie Vie-
Yeah I'm co producing the album with my writing partner Andrew Rollins.  We've got a real strange relationship, but I guess that's what made the writing so good. 

When will it be released? And who will be playing with you on it? 

Donnie Vie-
Also it’s mostly just he and I playing on the record. I did all the vocals and keyboards, my share of the guitars (we fought a lot over who got to play what guitar part. You see he is a great technical player, and I'm chuck full of ideas, but sloppy, and together like I said the friction worked well. Also a kid by the
name of Troy Farrel played drums on the songs [Troy played with Mike Tramps band previously and recently with various LA bands including Fain, and Adrian). The rest I programmed the drum machine, aaaahhhgggg!!!!!

You have worked with other writers like Billy Corgan and Rick Nielsen
of Cheap Trick; tell me what it was like to work with them as writers? And was it easy writing with others? 
Donnie Vie-
I hadn't really worked with Neilson or Corgan. In fact I worked on one song with Rick, more with Robin than anything, Rick wasn't too receptive and Corgan was just a big fat Skip Z’nuff fabrication. Maybe he wrote with him when I don't know... Billy is a great writer, what would he need me for??

Donnie, name a song that you wish you had written?
Donnie Vie-
If I wrote any song I'd say I wish I wrote Happy Birthday To You or Mary Had A Little Lamb.  Every one knows them and that's my idea of success.

Donnie Vie-
Thank you for taking the time for me. Check out www.donnievie.com and look out for don E Vie  " just enough "" coming soon somewhere at the bottom of the world...     peace and love     dv


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