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JOSHUA CRAWFORD's " PLAY ME " - the most passed around DEMO in the world.
The anticipated novel by Joshua Crawford,
SIGNATURE PLACE part 1: the saga of the "ThrillerBaby Generation" ...
has now FINALLY been officially turned over to Amazon.com to go to PRESS, and is now awaiting the natural process of gaining its own "display-page" on Amazon so that ORDERS for the book can be placed. This process is expected to last anywhere from 1 to 60 days. Please check back here on this website daily. As soon as a street-date for this display page is announced,
you'll hear about it HERE first!
ON THE SUBJECT OF MICHAEL JACKSON'S DEATH:
In light of the many who are currently wondering what Mr. Crawford's thoughts are on the death of the beloved pop icon, Michael Jackson, whom Crawford named his entire "ThrillerBaby" generation after a mere 15 years before Jackson ever died, Mr. Crawford has forgone addressing the public on such matters, but will do so in a massive 123-page introduction for PART ONE of Crawford's " SIGNATURE PLACE " 3-part epic-novel, which was initially set to go to Jackson himself on the very day that he shockingly DIED; June 25th, 2009.
Naturally, his death delayed the release of the book for nearly 3 years ...
UNTIL NOW.
Crawford has had to spend much time "rewriting" the entire introduction of his novel, to take into affect the morbid and sad circumstances surrounding the gloved-one's untimely death.
SIGNATURE PLACE will soon make its worldwide premiere on Amazon.com, 2012!
( Keep checking for updates! )
Amazon's criteria guidelines for a book of this magnitude, require a waiting-process in order to generate the book's "display page" for purchase. We realize how important it is to each and every one of you who are aiming to understand how Jackson's 1982 mega-selling album, Thriller, spawned an entire generation to which Crawford's book coined.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the millions of ThrillerBabies around the world ... and throughout the universe.
Please bare with us, and check back here often for the latest updates on "Signature Place" - the complete 1,000-page 3-part saga of the ThrillerBaby generation which Crawford first started authoring at the age of 19 in 1994.
(And yes, for those wondering, Mr. Crawford was invited to the funeral.)
ABOUT THE BOOK:
ThrillerBabies, Michael Jackson fans, latchkey-kids, & single parents worldwide, rejoice! Joshua Crawford's EPIC FOR THE KID IN EVERY ADULT, & THE ADULT IN EVERY KID is HERE; SIGNATURE PLACE! From the big-hearted & gifted green-eyed singer-songwriter with the most passed around demo on the planet (PLAY ME - on iTunes), comes his much talked-about 3-part 1,000 page character-study on early gentrification & the 1st majorital generation of LatchKey kids; offspring of the BabyBoomers; the ThrillerBaby generation - babies of the 1980s, born 1965-1980! One of the most revolutionary literary works of our time, before Harry Potter or Twilight, was the book about neighborhood kids growing up in a DIFFERENT kind of darkness, all-too-real; DIVORCE, DOUBLE INCOME, & the DEATH of a PARENT! Written in poverty by the piano-playing 19 yr. old over 8 years when he didn't even own a car, all while his PLAY ME demo was bouncing around record-labels, deeming him the most rejected artist of his generation (which he is now considered the father of, as Signature Place coined the name THRILLERBABY GENERATION), "that underground book with the most PIRATED SOUNDTRACK of ALL TIME" proudly marks its 10th Anniversary! And to celebrate, Crawford pulls out all the punches for PART 1 of the 3-part saga, including: a 123-page preface/introduction written by the author, a complete table of contents, never-seen illustrations, & a 133-page Signature Place BIBLE reference-guide to all the '80s songs & pop culture featured in the book. Slip on your VANS, grab your Rubik's Cube, & read about how 1 little boy from Gary, Indiana, not only changed the face of music & opened the door for America's 1st African-American President, but caused a gradual multi-ethnic race-integration throughout the world; beginning in a Confederate city that spawned 2 U.S. Presidents; Midland, Texas. GET READY for a place where once the blinds are drawn, the REAL blinds are lifted! SIGNATURE PLACE!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Born December 5th, 1974 in Roswell, New Mexico, often deeming him 1 OF ROSWELL'S MOST INTERESTING ALIENS, Joshua Markl Crawford initially aimed to direct films under Steven Spielberg ever since age 7 upon seeing E.T. The by-ear piano-player & middle-kid assumed he'd never be a musician, due to failing piano-lessons 3 times by age 10, unable to READ music. In 1984, after his parents divorced, the 9 yr. old with the unusual mint green eyes, moved to a condominium-complex in Midland, Texas with his father, where he noticed EVERY kid on the block, also came from a divorce. This would lend way for an entire 1,000 page epic 10 yrs. later, when at age 19, Crawford started his 2nd novel (he began his 1st, "TRUE", at 15). In 1989, however, at 14, a virus attacked his heart, enlarging it 5x its size, causing Cardiomyopathy & almost killed him! But after he lost grasp of a tiny metal cross in his hand that ended up reappearing in 1 of his chest x-rays (when accordingly, it should've burned through him like acid!), his heart miraculously began to shrink, despite doctors sending him home to die because he had refused a transplant. Invited into Spielberg's private office for his 18th birthday (with Spielberg allegedly being out of town), this marked a creative change in young Crawford, who then wrote his very 1st song, SING ALONG, followed by CRYIN' PARTY, & PLAY ME; now known as THE PLAY ME RECORDINGS; the most passed around DEMO of all time in which he attempted to land a record-deal with. Every label rejected him, & Spielberg's office, who had just started a label of their own (DreamWorks - now defunct), took notice. Soon, a SIGNING was planned, but when the deal fell apart, the raspy-voiced torch-song crooner fell into a severe depression, & to pull out of it, decided to write a 2nd book, as a means to prevent his latchkey ThrillerBaby generation (& other generations!) from being named after letters & numbers; a common 1990s trend. This novel, would turn out to be "SIGNATURE PLACE"; a book that predated Michael Jackson's sublime influence on race-integration 14 years before the election of Barack Obama, & 6 years before the man from the very Texas town the book takes place in, would become PRESIDENT (George W. Bush). Like with his music, however, SIGNATURE would gain massive rejection (accordingly over 2,000 from publishers), who felt no child or parent would ever read something so massive. To date, Crawford has penned over 500 songs; all of which remain unrecorded.
AFTER YOU SEE "THIS IS IT" ...
... GET READY TO READ ABOUT
... HOW IT ALL BEGAN !
"SIGNATURE PLACE: PART 1"!
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