Francis Rodino

Ingie's famous! She was mentioned on Harborough FM tonight, sharing her Francis love.

That was fun, wasn't it!

jeez you guys should lighten up cuz life is short!

and with all that's going on in the world there's so much more important stuff to take seriously. jobs, the economy, love, friendships all that jazz.

some of you have far too much time on your hands if you're bitching in moaning about who's posting a thread in the forum!

anyway, what have I missed?

F

He already has one thread missy , I had to merge them .. also if he is here .. he needs to play

I will play with you any time.

F

This is the "Other Artists" thread. I am an "Other Artist".

Now this is "My Thread".

And I'm damn happy.

Let your voice be heard.

F

http://www.francisrodino.com

sariflor, you are such a little sweet thing!

thank you :-)

F

Good morning Francis.

Not spoken to you in a while.

I'm lying low as not to abuse my absolute priviledge of posting in the forum

"Luke Juby and Francis Rodino have a steamy love-affair"

 

Always works.

 

*Walks out.*

That's a good one!

sadly, I'm older than Mika too.

but I'm also wiser and better looking!!!

:-)

F

Hi all,

Tonight the whole band met up (it's rare to find us all in the same time and space - unless we're gigging!) for the last time before we get our album mastered.

Unfortunately, there was heaps of traffic and a few of us arrived late so although we got a tiny amount of video diary stuff shot, I wasn't able to get your questions in tonight's session.

I've copied and pasted them into a word doc and Luke and I are going to meet up in the next couple of weeks alone so we can devote a little thought and time into getting them answered properly.

Sorry about the delay, but its going to come!

Fran

ps. many thanks to the moderator(s) who kindly closed off the question session.

Random Question:

Is Francis STILL piggybacking on MFC??

Yes!

(but I'm gonna give you stuff in return :-)

good questions everybody!

Ok guys and girls,

You have until 17:30 London time TODAY to respond here with questions for legendary Mika keyboard player Luke Juby - who is now MY legendary keyboard player.

I'm going be to asking him YOUR questions TONIGHT, ON VIDEO and we're going post the best ones up on youtube.

Just reply to this thread - the video will be posted in the next couple of days!

EXCLUSIVE MFC content - just for you!!!!!

BRING IT ON!!!!!

Fran

http://www.francisrodino.com

some examples:

Why is Francis your favourite artist?

What colour is your underwear

Why was "Circles & Squares" the best album you've ever worked on?

How does Francis deal with all his groupies?

:-) :-) :-)

Francis!

 

You look really great in that picture, by the way.

 

And, see - those pics are from the London party. Those UK types are so well behaved. The X-rated pics are the ones that happen when the California contingent get together.

 

Come hang out more! We miss you around these parts.

 

And I like the idea of an MFC surprise...

Stop, I'm blushing!!

So what's been happening here? Not much I gather? Come on someone tell me the news!

F

Hi all,

I've been keeping my head down like a very well behaved little boy. Truth is, I've missed you. I've seen all the funky Xmas party pics on Facebook - but, come, on where are the adult-rated pics? Are you telling me there really is no gossip in the MFC? Come out with it!!!!

Luke and I are going to have a little suprise just for MFC. Watch with space.

F

it's all good, people. it's all good!

It's one less distraction from what's really important: finsihing "Circles & Squares"!

You guys really rock. I love you!

F

i love most of you, but a special mention has to go out to Ingie - my online ambassador!

love you babe

F

I told you that you would be the first to know.

The Orange Unsigned Act production team called me today to tell me that I got through!

I want to thank the community for your wonderful enthusiasm and excitement, and your passionate voting!

You guys pulled through for me and I'm very grateful for that!

Although I got through, however, there could be a slight complication/issue reagarding my contract with Sellaband.com - the online music website from which I was able to finance my album through crowd-sourcing. Strictly speaking, they're not a label. There are certain tie-ins though regarding rights on the songs, so the Orange legal team are looking into this.

Either way, this is a huge accomplishment, being selected out of 7000+ UK bands. It is an indication of my passionate, internet fanbase, and a great indication of support.

Now I'm just going to take things step by step. For those of you in the London area, open auditions will be taking place on the 11th & 12th October.

And YES! Luke will be there, as will the full band. So you will have the oppotunity to watch us audition live, and if we're successful, follow our progress on the show!

I could not have gone through with out you! I am honoured, humbled and promise not to let you down!

Francis

you guys will be the first to know - promise!

i can't thank you enough for spreading the word and getting the votes to roll in.

winning is not important - it's trying one's best!

stay tuned :-)

F

just passing through to say thank you, thank you, thank you for the votes.

keep them coming, tell your friends, rally the troops!

F

Vote here: http://orangeunsignedact.co.uk/acts/francisrodino

Sorry to hear that Francis - it will make Blood all the more

poignant now!!

that's impossible.

I wrote about all of this on my blog: http://www.francisrodino.com/myblog.cfm

the fun continues tomorrow.

F

Over the weekend I lost a friend who has been battling Leukemia.

So no funny emails today.

Will resume tommorrow!

Francis

does anyone have the Blood lyrics? because I am thinking of using it in this project i am doing as backing music and i want to show the song to my friend.

Blood

I wanted to be something else in life

I wanted you to see that the doors break open

We were just dreamers at night

I wanted you to see what our love was like

but it's so hard to breathe when you're in my sight

We were just two stones in the cold

You're in my blood

You're in my blood

You're in my blood

And it feels so good

When I go blind you will show me a shining light

I was wrong again but can it wait until tomorrow?

but what's the point?

How did it feel -

All that pain when we were seventeen?

When everything felt so "real"

We were just so lost in the world

You're in my blood

You're in my blood

You're in my blood

And it feels so good

You're in my blood

You're in my blood

You're in my blood

And it doesn't hurt at all

Wherever if flows it's getting closer

Whatever it takes to cross the line

Wherever it goes it's my desire to find you allright

To find you in time

As far as our eyes can see

It's a distant memory

And if that shining light should fade away

You gotta believe it will be allright

We're frozen in time, but someone will find us

Take a mental picture of this moment

ps.

Voting for the Orange Unsigned competition is until September 14th obviously - not December!!!

I'm SO grateful for your help on this. Who knows. We might have a chance.

Just a reminder that voting is ONE VOTE PER DAY until the 14th of December. It's just over a week so not too long.

love you!!!!

Fran

i did ! i did !

 

says i can vote 2 more times today, yet the "vote" button doesn't allow me to vote for you 2 more times

am i doing something wrong?

You can only vote for the same artist once a day.

thank you SO much for voting!

F

hello francis! will go check it out! i'd be glad to help as i love your music!

(that's if i can, since i live in montreal, the city where you get kissed on both cheeks!)

xx

You can, you can!!!