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| From | "Chip Bell" <cbell10@columbus.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: Avril's reply from her Myspace page |
| Date | Fri, 6 Jul 2007 23:05:33 -0400 |
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I'm especially intrigued by the fact that Avril believes that all humans
speak one language.
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From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
Hersh Forman
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 8:06 PM
To: Audities
Subject: Avril's reply from her Myspace page
If this wasn't written by her lawyer(s), she should quit making music and
got to law school toute suite!
Friday, July 06, 2007
To My Dear Media, Friends, and Fans
You may have heard some news that two guys who wrote for some band from the
1970s I have never in my life heard of called the "Rubinoos" are trying to
sue me. They have a song called "I Want To Be Your Boyfriend" that has no
musical similarities to the song "Girlfriend" that Luke Gottwald and I wrote
together. They claim that a small part of the lyrics are the same and are
saying that I took these from them. I had never heard this song in my life
and their claim is based on 5 words! All songs share similar lyrics and
emotions. As humans we speak one language.
Off the top of my head, two other songs that I can immediately think of with
this type of lyric are "Hey, hey, you, you get off of my cloud" by the
Rolling Stones and "Hey little girl I want to be your boyfriend" by the
Ramones. Simply put, I have been falsely accused of ripping their song off.
Luke and I have done nothing wrong and there is no merit to their claim.
And slap in the face #2
I was going to be the bigger person and not reply when I read Chantal
Kreviazuk's article in Performing Songwriter magazine. Now that all the
media have caught on to her little interview, I need to speak. Chantal's
comments are damaging to my reputation and a clear defamation of my
character and I am considering taking legal action. Chantal has accused me
of taking a song idea from her because I happen to have a song on my new
record with the same title.
For the record, I wrote a song with Evan Taubenfeld which coincidentally has
the same title as a song Chantal had sent me a few years ago. Our songs have
no similarities and opposite meanings, i.e. different lyrics, different
melody, different genres. In Chantal's own words "the only similarity is in
the title." I originally wrote this with Evan for his record and I ended up
with it. Funny enough when I decided to put "Contagious" on my album we had
to change the words from "she" to "he" in order for it to work on my record.
There are hundreds of songs out there with the title "Contagious," 75+ on
iTunes alone.
Chantal has also made false accusations about my writing skills. I am so
over this topic. This letter is not about this. I am not going to sit here
and defend my writing skills. I don't have to prove anything to anyone. I
know who I am and what I have done and accomplished and no one can take that
away from me.
My decision to discontinue working with Chantal after co-writing together on
my second record was simply based on the fact that we had no hits together.
That is why her name is not on this record, despite her numerous attempts to
be included, which were always denied. From my perspective this is a clear
case of bitterness. Chantal is upset that she didn't get to be a part of my
record. She did email me after the article came out apologizing and I
forgive her but I have to put the truth out there so my fans are not
confused by these false accusations.
Let it be crystal clear that I have not ripped anyone off or done anything
wrong. I have never had to deal with anything publicly like this and surely
never wanted to. I do not deserve this negative press and attention. I take
pride in the songs that I write and appreciate the opportunities to work
with some great writers and musicians.
My fans have been so dedicated to my music and it is because of them that I
have this amazing career. Thank you again to my fans for continuing to be so
supportive. This is a very positive time for me in my life. I have a very
successful career and I feel very lucky to have accomplished all that I
have. I am so thankful every day.
I would like to say more but my lawyers have advised me not to. Why is it
when you get to a certain level people want to attack you?.... and now I
have said my peace.
Avril
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