A License to Slim

Oui Oui Music Newsletter

February 7, 2025

Hello There Slim Boys and Girls,

I was walking down the street when a cable guy drove by and asked me what time it was.

I told him, "It's between noon and 4."

Slim People!

Are you looking for a special gift for that special someone for Valentine's Day?

Me neither!

But if I were searching for a V-Day present, I would definitely consider gifting the ol' curmudgeon a Slim Man Cooks Volume 2 cookbook.

Order by Monday, February 10th, and I will ship it USPS Priority. FREE! Give me a name and I can sign it to your dearly beloved.

Imagine the look of love on their mug when you hand them a signed Slim cookbook. It's big and beautiful, like a coffee table book.

It's so big you could put legs on it and use it as a coffee table!

The cookbook is full of scrumptious recipes, glorious photos, funny stories, and every recipe has a video.

Huh?

That's right, there's a QR code for every recipe! Just scan it and watch a quick video of Mr. Man showing you how to cook each and every dish.

It's magical!

Click here to get yours!

Do you need a song to play for your Sweet Potato on Valentine's Day?

Chase (Huna, Sax Man) has a new single coming out on February 10th. The song is called "Just Right." It's strong, Slim People. It's next level!

You could help out my good buddy by presaving it on Spotify. And it don't cost nothin'!

All you have to do is click this here link, and when Just Right comes out, you'll be notified.

The more people who presave it, the better chance the song has of hitting the charts.

Click here to presave:

Presave "Just Right" Right Here!

THIS JUST IN!

THE SLIM MAN BAND RETURNS TO THE COLLECTIVE ENCORE IN COLUMBIA, MARYLAND! MORE DETAILS TO COME!!

SUNDAY, APRIL 27! 7PM ET.

GET TICKETS RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW!

AND NOW FOR THE REAL NEW

REAL NEWS FROM

SLIM'S SHADY TRAILER PARK

I apologize to the Slim People for not writing sooner. There's a lot going on here at Slim's Shady Trailer Park!

The latest Slim Screenplay, I Got You Babe, continues to win awards. It made it to the semifinal round of the Outstanding Screenplays Awards.

If it wins, you Slim People can come and live with me. But if it doesn't, I expect to be able to come and live with you. Only seems fair!

I've been putting together music for the screenplay's soundtrack. That's been taking up a lot of time.

Meanwhile, I've been doing gigs every Tuesday at Vicky's (Indian Wells, CA), every Wednesday at Larkspur (Palm Desert, CA). And I do other concerts just about every weekend.

Plus, I'm working on a new cookbook. It should be ready by Christmas.

2030!

I'm working on a lot of things here at the Slim's Shady Trailer Park. We've opened a new cafe, even hired a barista...Kareem Anshoogah.

But the thing that's been taking up most of my time?

A company reached out to me about licensing some Slim Songs. They’ve placed songs in TV shows like Tulsa King, in Oscar-winning movies (Green Book), small indie films, as well as TV ads.

They’re really interested in my earlier songs. Songs I wrote while I was a songwriter for Motown. Recordings I made in the 1980s with my band, BootCamp.

They even did some digging online and found a cassette I released back in 1987. I had forgotten about that one!

I only made a couple hundred copies. Each label was hand-painted by an artist friend of mine.

So I poked through the Slim Archives and found a copy. There are some good songs on that thing!

Only one problem...I needed to get all these songs transferred from cassettes and reel-to-reel tapes into a digital format. Who has a cassette player these days? Who has a reel-to-reel machine?

My good friend Tom Alonso, piano player in BootCamp, that's who! He has all that stuff. He and HitMan Howie Z, BootCamp drummer extraordinaire, organized and digitized everything.

And then?

I took all the songs into the amazing Melrose Studios here in Palm Springs and mastered each one.

I needed to make sure they were all the same volume and tone. I polished them to a high sheen.

It took a lot of time! David Williams did a masterful job with the mastering.

I submitted dozens of songs to the licensing company. And now they want to sign more than 30 Slim ditties.

Licensing can be lucrative, depending on the usage. If your song is used as the theme for the new Wonder Woman movie, you could buy a house.

Or at least an Airstream at Slim's Shady Trailer Park.

If your tune is used in a local radio ad for Passmore Gas and Propane, you might be able to buy a dozen wings at Mother Clucker's Fried Chicken.

It depends, Slim People!

Paul Anka wrote the theme song for the Tonight Show (Johnny Carson) and Paul made about $100,000 a year just from that. And the show ran from 1962-1992.

NFK. Not Effing Kidding!

The Rembrandts have made about $5 million (so far!) from their Friends theme song.

I'm good friends with a record exec who owns the copyright to a really popular song that was recently licensed in a car commercial. They paid him $75,000.

The TV show Sex and the City used one of my Bona Fide songs in an episode way back when. It was playing in the background, so it wasn't Maserati money.

More like 2011 Toyota Corolla money.

But the nice thing about it was...it's not like I had to make a million meatballs to make that dough. Or play 100 gigs. It's what we in the music biz call mailbox money.

This licensing company that's interested in the Slim Songs is very excited about working with me. I'm pumped up, too!

However, one thing got me thinking, which is dangerous for me because of my ailment...

Attention Surplus Syndrome. You know the acronym. I think about things for too long. Kinda like the opposite of ADD.

And as my ASS kicked into high gear, I started thinking...do I get any say in how my songs are used? Do I get to approve any offers?

I mean, what if they get an offer to use a Slim Song in a porno movie? Or a TV ad for erectile dysfunction? Or a commercial for dry lady-parts?

Can they run that by me before they do anything like that?

We shall see! I will keep you posted, Slim People.

Keep in touch. And keep smiling. While you still have teeth!

It's all about love.

Who loves ya?

Uncle Slimmy

PS: Here's a video of my Slimalicious recipe for shrimp calzone. She's a-so nice!

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO

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Slim Man Concerts

Wednesdays!

The Slim Man Chase Huna Rat Pack Duo

Larkspur Grill at Hotel Paseo

45400 Larkspur

Palm Desert, CA 92204

760.340.6069

6-9 PM

Come see the Rat Pack Duo one of these Wednesdays!

Slim Man sings. Chase plays sax.

We have a cool video screen behind us that shows hundreds of vintage photos of the Rat Pack, Vegas, Palm Springs, old album covers, travel posters and postcards from the 1960s. Come check it out!

It's fun. Ain't that a kick in the head!

See you there!

PS: Chase is going out on tour with Al Stewart, and will be gone February 26 and March 26! Go Chase!

https://www.larkspurgrill.com