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record and the book, it has been one of the most efit of my imagination and his skill and his imag- that.”
satisfying, creative processes I’ve ever gone ination to see it through.” Mark reveals that he wants the novel to
through. I think it’s been just so exciting to get If the novel is successful, Mark tells us that stand apart. “Like I told the people at United Tal-
to it and opening up the mind and having these he would love nothing more than to write a se- ent Agency, I want this book to be a book that
things materialise. I can’t tell you how many quel. It is something that he and John have al- has nothing to do with anything else if need be.
times I got the goosebumps reading through the ready talked about. “I don’t want to leave any You don’t have to be a Tremonti fan, or have the
chapters. I would explain to John about, you spoilers,” Mark smiles, “but, we’ve made the record. In a perfect world it’s a 3D experience;
know, we went over the story a million times, but book so that when you finish it, it feels complete, you have a record that has the book and you
when it was actually pen to paper and I could but certain characters live, certain die, it could have the book that has the record. It’s more of a
read the awakening of Stella, the main charac- definitely go on if we wanted it to!” 3D listening experience. But, I want the book to
ter, and I could actually see her react in the How would he feel about the novel being stand alone. I don’t want it to be...I told them,
book, it’s such an experience I’ve never had be- turned into a movie? “That’s my ultimate dream! ‘Don’t sell this book because of my past, don’t
fore. The strength in knowing that you can take I’ve talked to a lot of people about the story and sell it because, ‘Oh it’s the guitar player from this
an idea and actually see it through is what I’m played them the songs; more times than not band or that band’, I would rather you not say
most happy with. I’ve always wanted to write a people are like, ‘That sounds like it could be a that’. I’d rather the book stand on its own merits
book but I always felt self-conscious about it; I great movie’. I was explaining the story to my because I’ve read a lot of books, and this…I
don’t know if I could actually do it myself. I don’t friend and he went to college with the Russo think this book is just as exciting to me as a lot
know if I’m as good of a ’John Shirley’ when I try brothers, who just did the new Avengers movie. of the books I’ve read. I can’t wait for people to
to do it myself. I’d write it then I got with John My friend told me, ‘This would be right up their get into it.”
and explained to him the story and the charac- alley. I’ll see if I can introduce you to them’. If
ters, all of this stuff, and he started writing it. I’m anything, I’ll get a book in their hands, for who- Whatever Mark has worked on up until this
like, ‘Yeah, he’s got this!’ Mark grins. “I could ever reads it and if they’re interested it would be point has gone on to be successful and Black
never do that because he’s been doing it since incredible.” Mark has already met with the Velvet is certain that this new endeavour will see
the 70s. It’s like trying to step in as a guitar United Talent Agency; the feedback from the yet another one of his dreams become a reality.
player and being, ‘I really like guitar, I think I can head of the movie department there has been Visit www.marktremonti.com for more info.
play guitar’, but then you hear somebody that’s positive. “We’re going to try to do everything we
been doing it for 30 years... So I’m glad I part- can,” Mark says. “If not a movie, it could be a Words By Penny & Sam Gower
nered up with him. I think we got to use the ben- Netflix series or a YouTube Red, or this and
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