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MUSIC, BOOKS, AND MUCH MORE
I took up writing novels and screenplays when becoming diabetic I was forced to take a break and step back from the front line of the music industry for a while. Thankfully returning, my life continues both in music and writing. Hence you won't be surprised to learn that my novels and screenplays inhabit that same space. Everything you've heard of the drama in the music business and much more is revealed in the thrillers 'To Excess And Back' & 'A Song For Maria.'
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Maria is 18, sensitive, painfully in love with Richard, and would do anything to make his dreams come true. It is a desire that will cost her more dearly than anyone could possibly imagine.
A SONG FOR MARIA
© David Montague
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SCREENPLAY / NOVEL
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A Romantic Tragedy Set In The World Of Music.
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Adult Reading.
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Set in the glamorous piranha pool of the music industry, where to a few money, power, fame, or a moment's sexual pleasure means more than the lives or loves of others. And against a backdrop of studios, stadiums and overwhelming
press attention, A Song For Maria tells the story of young love tragically torn apart in a world in which honesty, innocence and trust seem to exist solely for the amusement of the puppeteers.
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Richard is 20, complex, and desperate to escape his harsh south London background. Shy and insecure he nevertheless comes alive on stage. A brilliant guitarist who plays in a band. Music was his hiding place during a disturbed and violent childhood. In troubled times it is still the place to which he escapes.
Scott Leisham is a successful record producer. Possessing no morals he thinks only of himself. What he wants for the moment is all that counts.
Ralph Evans is a heavy, volatile and menacing multimillionaire manager. Ruthless beyond the point of law, he has turned revenge into an art form. He would never have chosen to be dealt such a cruel hand, but will play it right to the end, for all its worth, whatever the consequences.
TO EXCESS AND BACK
© David Montague
SCREENPLAY / NOVEL
To Excess And Back tells the story of Keely Kelda, the most talented and successful female artist of all time.
Being the toast of the musical fraternity and fans alike, Keely's success belies the fact that she is suffering in a loveless abusive marriage and being compromised and cheated at every turn.
At the age of 18 Keely was cajoled into marriage by the inept boss of her record company. A company that unbeknown to Keely was funded by the Miami Mafia in order to provide a legitimate front for laundering money.
With Keely's appearances allowing for drug profits to be laundered through ticket sales and memorabilia, and further facilitating the movement of blood diamonds, it is a massive earner for the Miami Mafia, and not something they will give up easily.
Meeting Alan again, an old flame from her teens changes everything, when it sparks a romance that renders her life in mortal danger. And when her own husband agrees to her being killed ...
Stardom, stadiums, attempts on Keely's life and Mafia murders, make for a cocktail of glamour, public adulation and constant danger. That all contrasts with Keely's desire for simple down to earth true love.
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FREELY AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO ENJOY ON YOUTUBE: THE BIRTH OF TONI & GUY
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From the dusty slopes of Mount Vesuvius to the international fashion leaders they became, the birth of Toni & Guy tells of the genius and fortitude of the Mascolo family, and of their hard earned success in hairdressing and product design. It tells of the poverty and of the terrible tragedy that befell their grandparents and indeed their own parents, that would thereafter shape the lives of the young brothers.
Following in their parents hairdressing footsteps, it wasn't until their breakthrough years during London's swinging 60s that their unique talent began to be recognised and gain the attention of a wider audience. And whilst they didn't realise it at the time would soon bring about a change in the family's fortunes.
The pain, suffering and sacrifices that had befallen their family is told here in stark detail by Guy. As he explains how all that their parents had instilled in them by way of a morals, work ethic and knowledge, formed the basis of the company they later founded with the desire to offer the best possible innovative styles and service to their clients. With their styles soon gracing the front covers of top fashion magazines, their reputation was soon to spread throughout the world
Through Guy Mascolo we learn of the losses and sacrifices, and of the sheer hard work that eventually resulted in Toni & Guy becoming the world's largest independently owned hairdressing company, with salons and products throughout the world.
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