02/12/2025
During the ides of March 1995 on Six Nations territory and the Mississauga's of the New Credit, I had the studio door on the second floor open, to Spring weather. A great wind was blowing dust and leaves from the previous fall around the parking lot in a whirlwind. The energy of the day was sweet smelling, and fierce. This is the day (around 1 pm) that I created what was originally called and registered with as "Higher You Take Me".
Like many songs, there's a right time to introduce it to Record Labels and the Publishing houses, and in this case during the 911 event, 4 days later I was in the air on the way to London U.K. to visit my first son, born when I went to University of London England - GoldSmith's College at Surrey Docks.
I walked my son to school on Sept. 21, 2001 and had already made appointments with HHO Publishing / Satril House owned by Lord Henry Hadaway (The Bird Dance Song) with his representative Matt Haywood. In attendance, I met his daughter Sarah Hadaway, and they took me up to the 3rd floor where I also met Tully Rutherford, manager of Kylie Minogue.
I brought with me 3 full length CDR's with 74 songs on them, all with their appropriate administrative identifications, labels, lyrics, address, contact info and who I believed each song was best suited to pitch to.
My second meeting was with hashtag
just down the street from HHO Publishing, and I had previously called to solicit my music as that was the protocol of the day.
I describe the brick and glass entrance, with black flooring, long corridor, modern angled artwork on the wall behind the tall and long reception counter with a black top on it of granite I think it was. I introduced myself to the receptionist, and said my intentions of why I was there, and handed over my package of 3 full length CDR's and the supporting documentations.
Matt Haywood called a couple days later and stated on the mother of my son's cell phone while driving in the car "Dean I want to be your U.K. representative". I said "great, can I get a letter of intent and a NDA agreement to start". We agreed to meet on the Monday for a second round. Come Monday he was not to be found, and I was advised that "Matt had left with an undisclosed amount of Intellectual Properties".
Neither Matt nor Zomba / Jive records contacted me back, although I attempted for 4 years, as I had left to go back to Canada. On Dec. 23, 2005 I was in Future Shop and thats when I heard my track and identified with it completely.
I've attempted to hold
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accountable, even at the Superior Court in Toronto Canada going up against of and a team at all on my own.
I complied with to serve parties in London U.K., wrote all my documents of Action on my own, used and paid for Process Services to serve Dave Aude on his birthday.
