A new book about MK

[JF]

Swiss musician Richard Koechli is preparing to release a book on Mark Knopfler by the end of the year. He explains his approach on his Facebook page :

https://www.facebook.com/richard.koechli/posts/pfbid04GsqNVwe8aCQqTSK4bbmdkpEHXhbAR21zEkLupxDf4Nx4S5xcc7Gwp6zRGdbGAe8l

[Darling Pretty]

when you donate CHF 300 you will be mentioned as an executive producer.
wow. How many AMITer will think about that now. Nice idea. I will buy this thing

[wakeywakey]

when you donate CHF 300 you will be mentioned as an executive producer.
wow. How many AMITer will think about that now. Nice idea. I will buy this thing

I take it you are being sarcastic?
To pay £260 to get your name in a book is a complete rip off/madness.

[Darling Pretty]

sure it is.
But still sure some fans will do it

[Rail King]

It's called crowdfunding. Can't see anything wrong with it.

[stratmad]

It sounds promising anyway. Firstly because he's a musician himself, which is a totally different perspective, and because apparently he's not doing it for the money, if he relies on crowdfunding.

[ds1984]

It sounds promising anyway. Firstly because he's a musician himself, which is a totally different perspective, and because apparently he's not doing it for the money, if he relies on crowdfunding.

Where did you read that he won't intend to make money with it?

He does not say much about "the how" that crowdfunding works, other than if you give him enough money you will have your name printed in the book.

So what I currently understand is that he is looking for money for the book - no more no less.

[qjamesfloyd]

Good job this book is not written by Henrik Hansen we'd never get to read it.

[dustyvalentino]

What's the author's record as a writer? Has he had positive reviews previously?

Hello to the author if he is looking in by the way, I'm sure he has referenced AMIT, nearly anytime you google something about MK AMIT is one of the top results.

[stratmad]

It sounds promising anyway. Firstly because he's a musician himself, which is a totally different perspective, and because apparently he's not doing it for the money, if he relies on crowdfunding.

Where did you read that he won't intend to make money with it?

He does not say much about "the how" that crowdfunding works, other than if you give him enough money you will have your name printed in the book.

So what I currently understand is that he is looking for money for the book - no more no less.

Of course he'll want to earn some money with it, but to me it doesn't sound like a big commercial project that's aimed at "milking" a big name, otherwise he'd have a contract with a publishing company, marketing etc. The impression I got is that he is genuinely interested in the music. If that's the case, I think it's something to look forward to. :-)

[dustyvalentino]

If he was sensible he would ask some of the experts on here like Jbaent to fact check it before publishing.

[Love Expresso]

If he was sensible he would ask some of the experts on here like Jbaent to fact check it before publishing.

Wow, harsh! Why rub it in? 

LE

[dustyvalentino]

If he was sensible he would ask some of the experts on here like Jbaent to fact check it before publishing.

Wow, harsh! Why rub it in? 

LE

I was being serious and didn't give a thought about what you are referring to until you brought it up.

Julio and many others (not me) will know much more than this author will about the facts around MK. I mentioned Julio specifically because he has already written a book on MK so has been through this process of fact checking, I don't know anyone else who has done that.

For the avoidance of doubt, in my opinion Julio is a great man and also happens to be one of the people in the world with the most knowledge of MK and I am proud to call him a friend.

So I stand by my suggestion that this author would be sensible to ask someone like Julio to fact check their book. John Illsley should have done that too.

[tobi777]

The author is well known in the guitar scene and has written several good and professional instruction books.
He has also worked as a musician for many years. That's why I have a lot of confidence in him.
There are also capable people outside this forum...

[dustyvalentino]

The author is well known in the guitar scene and has written several good and professional instruction books.
He has also worked as a musician for many years. That's why I have a lot of confidence in him.
There are also capable people outside this forum...

I have no idea who this person is so I definitely was not questioning their knowledge or ability.

I was just pointing out that there are people on here who have a lot of knowledge and to me it would make sense to tap into that if you wanted the book to be as good as it could be. Of course there are people who don't post here who also have a lot of knowledge, but this is an easy place to find such people.