Pirates & fame

Our Dave looks so adorable, he just has this presence on stage. Pix credit much thanks to Rachel who send to me. Watch Beautiful mv dvd & find it alrite, there was a slight jumping on Rain Phii but not too bad. Runaway was ok, also the mv itself supposed to be like handheld filming so there's the occasional jerking. This is not pirated taking the meaning of 'pirated' as releasing any cd/vcd/dvd without approval/knowledge from the singer & his record company & not paying any copyright. My understanding of 'parallel imports' is this: the company releasing the cd/vcd/dvd will pay lump sum for copyright to the singer or recording company which approved the release for China ONLY. I can only assume the trade agreement between China & Singapore also approves the sale of this kind of copyright. But whatever the reason, these China releases can be legally sold in Singapore. I believe there was a article abt how these 'parallel imports' are hurting the local recording companies cos they are not so expensive. As uber fan, I want to collect every legal release by David from any country which is why I bought this dvd. But unless you haven't seen the mvs, then this dvd is not really good value if you only want his new mvs as there are only 3.

Found this interesting news item @ youtube - David & Jay rehearsing for Jay's concert where David was guest not sure when as not really interested to go find out. Just find it rather sweet that David really hasn't changed all that much, still as talkative & jokey. Jay ... oh well since I am never his fan, I will not comment. Guess its true that sometimes too much fame & money can change you & not always for the better. David is not immune to such influence of cos which could be why he ran away to LA after his first album brought him so much attention. Maybe he wasn't just running away from the spotlight but also from himself. A lot of songs in his 2nd album I'm OK seemed to be written to remind himself to be humble & be thankful for what he has: Rain, I'm OK, Smaltown girl, Different, Circus. People always say he is 'underrated' which I think they meant he is not as famous as he should be for all his enormous talents. I feel he is comfortable with his level of fame, it gives him the freedom to do the music he wants to do & spread his message of love & peace sincerely to those who want to hear it.