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The Savage Gardener #94

The Savage Gardener is out early tonight because my computer has to go into
the shop for a few days because for some reason it won't let my dad run his
engraving machine from it. We have no idea how long it'll be, so please be
aware that I won't be able to check my mail for a while. If you have any
questions (that aren't responses to the newsletter) please wait until I get
back, as I want to keep my mail load somewhat down. I'll let you know as soon
as I'm back online, of course. Thanks! Remember that box set that someone had
found? Turns out it's the Asian Tour Package, and you can get it online.
Thanks to [email protected] and [email protected] for both sending
in info about it.

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SaVaGe NeWs

**Savage Garden (or a question about) appeared in Parade, a mini-magazine
that appears in newspapers every Sunday. It included a pic of the guys, and a
question about their new album. Here we go:

Q. I'm mad about the song "Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden. When will I
hear a new CD from this Australian duo? - Sam Cowan, Los Angeles, Calif.

A. By the end of summer, if all goes well. "We went into the studio in San
Francisco on April 3 and expect to spend 3 months," Darren Hayes, 27, tells
us. "This will be more serious, more about relationships, than our first CD".
Hayes and his partner, Daniel Jones, 25, are in the expert hands of producer
Walter Afanasieff, who guided Mariah Carey and Celine Dion. Hayes even has a
vocal coach, Joan Lader. "The difference is amazing," he says. "Now I can
sing opera."

The caption over the picture read: "Hayes (l) and Jones of Savage Garden:
Maybe they'll surprise fans with some opera on their second CD

Now THAT would be interesting...

**"The Animal Song" drops back to #26 this week on the Rick Dees Weekly Top
40.

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Savage Trivia

Last week's trivia question was: What happened to Darren's dad when he saw
his son perform for the very first time? The answer is, he cried. Say it with
me now..."AWWWWWWWWWW!". Anyhoo, I can tell I'm running dry on trivia
questions now because I'm picking really easy ones that 9305834095830 of you
get right. Sigh...I think I'm losing my touch. Anyhoo, congrats!

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This week's quessie is: When Darren and Daniel like a song, there's a process
they follow in order to write their own songs (and this isn't the
Daniel-writes-music-hands-it-to-Darren-who-puts-a-storyline-into-it process).
This refers to the actual song that they like. What is that process?

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SaVaGe CoMmEnTs

This is the first time in a long time that we've had no comments. Hmm...wish
I could think of something to say here... ~Lauren :o)

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Our Turn in the Spotlight: The Savage Gardener's Fan of the Week

Just the facts....

First name~ Deborah :)
Age~ 27
Place where you live~ Flagstaff, Az
Family~ Lets see...Mom, Dad, Deano, Danny, Dale, David (the last
four are my brothers:the last three are half brothers) Mammy my
grandmother......should I stop here??? :)
Pets~ Echo, He is about 3 months old and is an Australian Bearded
Dragon Lizard. (to me, lizards are cute!)

Savage Stats...

Fave song~ to the moon and back
Fave remix~ all of them! I would chose BMSM since the beat is real
groovy!
Have you seen them in concert~ not yet :(
How long have you been a fan~ since march of 1998
First thing you'd ask/say if you met them~ "Thank you for making
wonderful music. It touches my soul in more ways than I ever imagined
music could do."

Getting to know you...(3 or less of faves)

Fave food~ Double latte's!
Fave ice cream~ peanut butter!
Fave color~ blue and green (separately of course)
Fave TV shows~
Fave movies~
Fave actor/actress~ Harrison Ford/ Meryl Streep
Current Crush~ (besides SG) Amir Derakhe (guitarist from Orgy)
Fave CDs~ (besides SG) Depeche Mode- When I lose myself cd
Hobbies~ painting, macrame', travelling
Talents~ writing poetry/songs
Collections~ vinyl records. mostly rock from 60's to present
Pet Peeves~ People who are arrogant (know it alls)
Best/Worst habits~ best- motivation worst- time management!
If you were invisible for a day,what would you do?~ pinch everyones
buttocks!
If you won $1,000,what would you do with it?~ buy music items after
I paid the rent...
If you were an animal,what would you be?~ either a bearded dragon
lizard or an african elephant
If you were granted 3 wishes,what would they be?~ to get all A's in
school, fall in love with the most amazing cutie! and to have alot of
music in my life.
and finally........
Describe yourself using 10 words or less~
Hyper, energetic, happy, youthful, giving, loving and down to earth

If you'd like to be the Savage Gardener's Fan of the Week, just email
[email protected] and she'll forward you the questionnaire. She'll then pick
one person every week to be featured. This is being run completely by Tammy,
so direct all questions to her, not me. Thanks!

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**Savage site alert

http://marina.fortunecity.com/titanic/341 (Note from owner: doesn't have
anything to do with the "Titanic" movie)

**We have the AOL transcript of Darren's live chat, thanks to
[email protected].

StageLive: Welcome Darren Hayes!

SavageRdn: Sorry I'm late. I was recording.

SavageRdn: Can I start by saying one thing?

SavageRdn: There's been a lot of confusion on the Internet about

StageLive: Please do!

SavageRdn: chatters on the Internet talking to Savage Garden.

SavageRdn: If you've been talking to people on the Internet,

SavageRdn: Daniel and I don't go into chat rooms so it's not us.

SavageRdn: But hello, I'm happy to be here.

StageLive: Here's our first question...

Question: I love your music! Do you know how many tracks there are going
to

be on the new album?

SavageRdn: At the moment, there's 13.

SavageRdn: And we've got another two songs that will be B-sides.

SavageRdn: So there's 15 brand new songs kicking around.

Question: Since the new album is being recorded in California, What are
you

guys doing after long days in the studio?

SavageRdn: We are having a blast.

SavageRdn: We're at place called WallyWorld.

SavageRdn: We've spent our downtime on motor scooters and 4-wheeld

SavageRdn: rives playing roller derby.

SavageRdn: Lots of boy things.

SavageRdn: I hang out at the local Starbucks and everybody there knows
myn

SavageRdn: ame now.

Question: What will the next single be like? A slow love song like Truly
or

Question: upbeat like I Want You or The Animal Song?

SavageRdn: We don't know.

SavageRdn: At the moment, I can just tell you that I love this record.

SavageRdn: I'm always going to say it's the best thing we've ever done.

SavageRdn: It's really emotional.

SavageRdn: There's about a third of the record upbeat and poppy.

SavageRdn: And another good chunk of it is very emotional.

SavageRdn: I don't think there's anything on there as innocent as "Truly
Madly Deeply."

SavageRdn: It's very electronic.

Question: Since you guys hit it big, things have changed alot in
yourlives...is

Question: there anything you would take back to change any event that has

taken place or

Question: are you perfectly happy with your sucess?

StageLive: We're talking right now with Pop Sensation Savage Garden,
whose
newest single

StageLive: "The Animal Garden" was released earlier this year.

SavageRdn: I was talking to my mother last night about that.

SavageRdn: I wouldn't change a single event in my life, good or bad.

SavageRdn: It makes you who you are.

SavageRdn: You bend and shape yourself according to your experiences.

SavageRdn: The present wouldn't be the present day without past
experiences,

SavageRdn: good or bad.

Question: Do you have any other hobbies or aspirations besides music
andwriting?

SavageRdn: At the moment, I'm kind of preoccupied with home things.

SavageRdn: I've just bought an apartment in Manhattan.

SavageRdn: It's kind of become my baby.

SavageRdn: I keep saying this but we get paid to do our hobby.

SavageRdn: So what I would do in my free time is kind of taken up in my

career.

SavageRdn: So besides my obsession with Star Wars, I'm kind of a simple
guy.

SavageRdn: There is one thing ...

SavageRdn: American diners.

SavageRdn: I'm fascinated with them.

SavageRdn: From New York, I've driven to Boston and Washington.

SavageRdn: In California, I drove to Sacramento.J

SavageRdn: ust little dives.

SavageRdn: I visit diners and I compare them to diners in my little diner

book

SavageRdn: I just bought.

Question: Will Daniel be singing in any of the songs on the new album?

SavageRdn: I don't think so.

SavageRdn: That's like asking me if I'll be playing any instruments.

SavageRdn: No.

Question: darren and Daniel, Do youu know if Anna Maria LaSpina will be

coming

Question: with you on tour again? and how is her solo career going?

SavageRdn: We would love her to come on tour with us.

SavageRdn: She has a permanent job with Savage Garden if she wants it.

SavageRdn: Anna is a dear friend of mine.

SavageRdn: and she's currently working very hard with a publishing
company

SavageRdn: writing songs and working with record companies about a deal.

SavageRdn: But it takes a long time so we'll see.

Question: Is any of your new material influenced by acts on the charts
today?

What

Question: kind of music are you into now?

SavageRdn: I don't know if any of the music on the new album is
influenced

SavageRdn: by the top 40 at the moment.

SavageRdn: A good chunk of it was influenced by Madonna's "Ray of Light"

album.

SavageRdn: And it was influenced by a group called K's choice.

SavageRdn: But really, every time we sit down to write a song,w

SavageRdn: e're drawing from influences from birth right through to the

SavageRdn: present day.

SavageRdn: I love songs.

SavageRdn: For instance, the new TLC song I think is incredible.

SavageRdn: So we'll bring that song into the studio and say, "What is it

about

SavageRdn: that song that sounds so magic? And how can we bring the samem

SavageRdn: agic into our music?"

Question: When you tour again in 2000, will you be using the same backup

band?

Question: ~~Lisa =)

SavageRdn: Some of them.

Question: If you could do a duet with anyone, who would it be and why?

SavageRdn: Good question.

SavageRdn: That's a really good question...

SavageRdn: Anna Maria LaSpina because she's the only person on the
planett

SavageRdn: hat I think my voice fits with like a glove.

Question: What difference do you see in your fans in America compared to

those

Question: around the world?

SavageRdn: American fans are less excitable.

SavageRdn: Very down to earth, and I like that.

SavageRdn: They can often have conversations with me on the street

SavageRdn: rather than screaming hysterically. And I love a chat.

Question: In an interview a while back, when asked about what we could
look

Question: forward to in the new album, Darren replied it would be a mix
of

Pop and

Question: Trip-hop.....and since the animal song is totally opposite from

that, what kind

Question: of sound should we be gearing up for?

SavageRdn: I think there's only one song on the record that has elements
of

SavageRdn: trip hop. I don't even know if we said that.

SavageRdn: There's only one trip hop song.

SavageRdn: The pop is very pop.

SavageRdn: And the ballads are very sad.

SavageRdn: It's not so much a record about music fashion as opposed

SavageRdn: to song writing.

SavageRdn: It's definitely a different style of song writing on this
record.

SavageRdn: It's more about moods and emotions.

SavageRdn: At first glance, it's probably going to look like quite a sad

album.

SavageRdn: There's a lot of heartache on there.

SavageRdn: but overall it's a very positive record.

SavageRdn: It's a record about getting through and living through
difficults

SavageRdn: ituations and coming out on the other side.

SavageRdn: If anything, "The Animal Song" is like the happy ending to
this

album.

Question: What's your most memorable event while performing?

SavageRdn: There are many.

SavageRdn: Usually embarrassing ones.

SavageRdn: Falling off stage in your hometown is always a favorite.

frustrations out in his songwriting

SavageRdn: Being mobbed on stage in Miami.

SavageRdn: Performing to 40,000 Hindus in India.

Question: Is it harder for you guys to work together since you two are in
two

Question: different locations?

SavageRdn: No. We are getting along better than ever.

SavageRdn: We did write together for this album.

SavageRdn: I think the media hyped it up a lot because I was in America
and

Daniel

SavageRdn: was in Australia.

SavageRdn: But I flew home a few times and Daniel came to San Francisco

SavageRdn: prior to the recording of the album to finish writing songs
with

me.

touring endlessly for 2 years

SavageRdn: And we've since written another two in the studio whilst

recording.

Question: do you take time off for family?

SavageRdn: There's not a lot of time off in this business.

SavageRdn: We just took nine months so that probably qualifies.

Question: what is your personal favorite song that u guys do?

SavageRdn: It's a brand new song on the album and it's called "Two Beds
and a

Coffee Machine."

Question: How did you come up with the name Savage Garden and what does
the

name

Question: mean?

SavageRdn: See Ann Rice.

Question: In what ways have you grown since the debut album?

SavageRdn: In so many ways.

SavageRdn: Personally and musically.

SavageRdn: I'm four years older than I was when it all started.

SavageRdn: I think that our success and our experience so far has taught

SavageRdn: us more about life than I've learned in 26 years on the
planet.

SavageRdn: It's been very fulfilling.

Question: Do you guys enjoy meeting w/your fans, including chats?

SavageRdn: I love this.

SavageRdn: I love a conversation.

SavageRdn: I'm not always comfortable being a person on a pedestal.I

SavageRdn: t can make a meeting kind of uncomfortable.

SavageRdn: I'd much rather run into a fan on the street than I would have

them

SavageRdn: meet me backstage because there's so much more expectation

SavageRdn: when you're seen as "the popstar."

Question: Hey guys, I really love your music, and I was wondering where
you

get

Question: your inspiration for your lyrics?

SavageRdn: Everything that we write is based on personal experience.

SavageRdn: And when we write together, Daniel and I just inspire each
other.

SavageRdn: He comes up with a piece of music and it triggers a memory in
me

SavageRdn: and we're constantly building off each other.

StageLive: We have time for one last question from the audience...

Question: When do you guys estimate the new album will be released and
can

you

Question: tell us a little bit about it?-Taylor

SavageRdn: Hopefully August of this year.

SavageRdn: There will be a first single from it in July.

SavageRdn: It's really colorful, very energetic

SavageRdn: painfully honest.

SavageRdn: And I don't know ...

SavageRdn: it just feels like 10 steps from where we've come from.

SavageRdn: I'm very proud of it at the moment.

SavageRdn: I just want to say thank you to everyone for your support and
your

SavageRdn: love and your patience.

SavageRdn: I can't wait to give you this big present

SavageRdn: and get back on the road and play the songs for you live.

SavageRdn: Thanks for such a beautiful life.

StageLive: Thank you Darren -- any final comments before you have to
leave?

SavageRdn: I have one final comment.

SavageRdn: Up until recently, it has been extremely difficult to
determine

SavageRdn: which is the order line and which is the pickup line at a

Starbucks.

SavageRdn: And I'm happy to see that more and more Starbucks are
beginning

SavageRdn: to place signs for the pickup and the ordering.

SavageRdn: Thank you.

StageLive: Thanks Darren, and thank all of you for being with us tonight!

Any comments on this one, especially about the album being depressing? Will
people accept their new musical style? Will you? And more importantly, was
Darren serious when he mentioned the song titled "Two Beds and a Coffee
Machine"?

**If you're doing the Savage Garden Musical, send any and all questions to
Brittany ([email protected]) ONLY. I asked her if she would mind being in charge
of all the questions that you have, so please email her if you need anything.
If you're a new subscriber and have no idea what I'm talking about, read
below.

**Alright, all you aspiring writers. As you all know, I'm preparing for a
couple months of an "empty" SGer prior to the release of the new Savage
Garden single and album. So in an attempt to spice things up a bit, a fellow
reader came up with a brilliant idea. Brittany ([email protected]) suggested that
we have a Savage Garden Musical contest, inspired by the whole "Mine",
"Break", "Words" trilogy. Rather than a trilogy, she suggested people write a
musical built around Savage Garden songs. If you're interested in writing a
play-like script, email me for all the rules. We're thinking of having the
due date in the middle of July, so you'll have plenty of time to work on it.
Don't ask for the rules unless you're honestly interested and really want to
do it, as Brittany and I want to have a grasp on how many entries we'll have.
Now c'mon SGer readers! I've been really disappointed with the lack of
participation lately! Give me back my faith in you by joining in!

**Thanks to [email protected] for being the very first person to send in
her Savage Garden musical! I look forward to reading it as soon as I get my
computer back!

That's it for this week! Remember that my computer's going into the shop
tonight, so don't forget that I won't be around for a few days. I'll let you
know when I return, so until then, stay Savage!

Peace, love, and Savage Garden!
Lauren ( <A HREF="mailto: [email protected]">[email protected]</A> )

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