STEVE WIEST
Multiple Grammy-Nominated Trombonist, Composer, Songwriter, Author and Cartoonist
Edwards Instruments Artist. Steve Wiest plays the Custom T302 Excalibur Trombone and Griego-Steve Wiest Mouthpiece Exclusively
A MESSAGE TO OWN FROM STEVE WIEST
Good Morning to The Good Folks at OWN,
My name is Steve Wiest, I am a multiple Grammy-nominated performer and polymath. (more on that later) and I live in Lincoln Square in Chicago with the absolute love of my life Deborah and our delightful golden retriever Phoebe (Phoebe is a teenager…OY! The ENERGY! OY! …we’re working on it )
I am NOT looking for money, I’m NOT applying for a grant, I need NOTHING financial from OWN. Ok...Lemme add the word "YET." Because one of my favorite characters in the universe is "Mr. Spock" from Star Trek who famously said:
"There are ALWAYS possibilities."
And so it goes...
Also, I was going to begin this message with the iconic line uttered by Dan Akroyd and John Belushi from one of my favorite movies "The Blues Brothers:"
"I'm on a mission from GOD!"
But I chose not to, (even though I AM on such a quest) because that seemed just a wee bit trite, campy, pedestrian, and over-used. I can be MUCH more creative than that.
And THAT is why I’m writing to you today Thursday, 11/22/2024.
Steve Wiest
940-391-8170
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We must–as a species on this planet–leave all social media NOW!!
Full Stop
I could leave it right there, but my man George Bernard Shaw simply will NOT let me. Dig:
“There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?”
–George Bernard Shaw
And all the people said …”A-MEN!” (They actually said A-FUCKING Men…but that is the new majority in what used to be the U.S.A. …and I digress…)
Ok, all well and good. Yes, we ALL know the toxic dangers both literally, financially, politically, and most disturbing of all… mentally that makes social media rightly famous and heinously ubiquitous. But what do I want to DO about it? Why should I say, “why not?”
I recently had an epiphany, my own “come to Jesus” moment (literally) and it has changed my life FOR REAL. BTW: Why doesn’t anyone warn you that when God speaks to you in these modern times (She DOES) and changes your life for the better (It has) that all of your family and friends both cyber and analog think that you are BATSHIT CRAZY! Well, they do, and you know what? I get it. And I am FINE with that. Because I now have a new covenant, and I consider myself to be the most blessed man in the world. To quote another one of my heroes, Charles Dickens:
“I am a happy man. A truly…HAPPY man.”
–Charles Dickens via the character of Bob Cratchit: A Christmas Carol
As part of my new “covenant” I have created (early days…baby steps) a blog that I have christened with the optimistic and entirely grandiose monniker: The WIESTWORLD Chat-Blog Community, or…because there is simply NOTHING more powerful and well… EVERYWHERE these days than acronyms–WCBC. Please give it a look and see more of what I am doing. Here is a link for WCBC. Please audition me by having a look.
My guess is that YOU and yes, OPRAH, have already been thinking about this, working on this, developing this. I am a polymath (told ya’ I’d get back to that ) I have over 40 years of wild success in the arts, Academia (or as I like to call it AcaDAMNia) and amateur biz promotion (my own) I’d like to help OWN and I’d like for OWN to help me. HOW? Dunno. Just like another one of my heroes: Vice President and Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris, I know what I don’t know. You dig? It is my superpower.
But don’t take MY word for it (Thank you LeVar Burton) Invite me into OWN to talk about it! I double-DAWG dare you to! I’ll jump on a plane and be in West Hollywood TODAY. Or, I will leap into in my Tesla Batman-style (That’s right ELON! Get my ASS to Mars!!) and DRIVE!
You don’t gotta pay for NUTHIN! All ya got to do is call: 940-391-8170. SUCH A DEAL!!
Suggestions and A New OWN Production That is TIMELY and NEEDED…NOW!
An Alternative to Social Media
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You hire me to help in creating a viable ALTERNATIVE to social media
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Said must be FREE. NO algorithms, NO ads, NO Ayn Randian corporate shenanigans. It needs to be SAFE and CIVIL and it needs to include EVERYONE: Red, Blue, Bernie, Kamal, Trump, and all points in between. It needs to be HUMAN!
A NEW Production for OWN
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Audition ME to be the next “Dr. Phil” or “Mehmet Oz” Great ideas and great cats initially, but power and money corrupted them completely. VET ME, you will find that I have no need of what corrupted them. I have a WONDERFUL LIFE!
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Plus…I am FUNNY AS FUCK! Check out this interview as an example:
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And just like the rest of the universe(s) I have multiple podcasts. Check THIS one out. AUDITION ME people! (You will be VERY glad that you did)
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I have MILLIONS of ideas about a show like THAT! ALL of them GREAT, GOOD, and FUN! No brag, just fact folks, this could be HUGE! It is NOT the same thing as my alternative to social media, this is an idea for an OWN production that will change the world. No hyperbole. DAYTIME FEEL GOOD EXTRAVAGANZA!!
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Dr. Phil is now a meme joke, Oz is a scammer who is now working for King Snake Oil, Ellen has left for England. STEVE WIEST is right here in CHICAGO! And I’m NEVER going to leave. (just for visits to Sardinia and Glastonbury…you dig?)
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Whatareyawaitingfor?
Realistic and Real-World Baby Steps
Yeah, I do NOT like this category. Just sayin. "What do we want?" PATIENCE! "When do we want it?" NOW!!!
But if we must...
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To start things off, I produce a demo show with some of my friends in Milwaukee and Chicago and send it to you for evaluation of potential, and as a fair-audition.
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If you dig it (YOU WILL) either I come out to Hollywood for awhile (MY EXPENSE), or you send an "expendable" intern-level team of crack hungry kids (preferably not ON crack) to film a bunch of short video vignettes here. I'd be glad to send you around 500 suggestions for said :)
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You use the mini vids on various shows and collect audience interest.
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Or you pitch the vignettes to carefully chosen Nielson Family Panels to see what THEY think
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If enough interest is generated, THEN you consider putting me at the helm of some obscure "beginner-boy" morning show and let me do that Voodoo that Meedoo SO well.
Whatever you choose to do, I recommend that it is done SUPER FAST (at least the initial decision) because–as you well know–things are moving at LIGHT SPEED right now, things are very DANGEROUS right now, and the world needs help NOW!
I can help. GUARANTEED.
Please invite me in for a meeting ASAP with your production team or your lowest level intern, or your highest (I am worth it) I will BLOW YOU AWAY with what I have to offer... NO BRAG JUST FACT.
I can appear magically in your office as soon as you like! Won't cost you a penny. Or we can do Zoom. It's what all the kids are doing these days!
I pray that I hear from you soon. This could be WONDERFUL.
Submitted with great respect,
Steve Wiest
940-391-8170
