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Karl John Krumrey IV,
Detroit, Michigan, USA
I am a work in progress...
And work began in 1993, when I first heard that single opus that brought a whole new generation of people the music of Steinman. It was the most memorable 12 minutes of my life, it was the first time I heard 'Id do Anything for Love'. I was only 13. A shy boy, some would call a geek, definitley not social, I spent most of my time listening to Meat Loaf, still not getting the Steinman connection, and wondering what my life COULD be like, if only I had the balls some of the characters in these wonderful songs did.
A few years down the road... the Steinman connection was made and I had activley been hunting all his material. I was changing constantly, I was beginning to drop my shy persona and thrusting myself into the social world, whether they were ready for me or not. I was going to MAKE myself be known, instead of sitting around all day wondering 'Why didn't I do this? Why didn't I do that?'
Are the aforementioned lyrics familiar? They are a small part of the song that changed my life forever, 'A Kiss is a Terrible Thing to Waste'. It was this song that finally kicked whatever inhibition I had within me out. I literally was extremely ill the next 3 days after hearing that song, and when I awoke from my numerous sleeps, I was literally a new person. It was almost like the old me died, and I was reborn according to the Gospel Of Steinman.
Strange, to say the least. His music has had an immesurable impact on my life, giving me the courage to change the aspects of myself that I hated, and to follow my dreams. I own just about everything he's ever done and continue to be amazed each time I put on the most familiar of peices.
Now, about myself. I'm a self-centered ass who's obsessed with his own immortality (as one ex-girlfriend put it. I consider it a compliment) I love to sing, and I'm learning guitar, and I would love to find a band that can handle my controlling ambition!... I also do a bit of acting and performing on the side, I started that in high school, and I wouldn't mind making a living that way, either. Performing is my love, my drive. It's my dream to be remembered by more than a tombstone after I die. I want to inspire the same memories and emotions and feelings that Jim himself does, and while I know I can't quite fill shoes that large, it never hurts to try. It never EVER hurts to try ANYTHING, even if it means failure or rejection. Eventual rewards are worth it.
So instead of saying 'Why didn't I do this? Why didn't I do that?'.. I now say ... 'Why don't I try this? Why don't I try that'?... Thank you Jim, and may you live forever in the musical world.
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