Liza book promotion chat — Page 7

Happy 80th, Liza!

Does anyone have the Times review please?

Feinstein has never bothered me until the past year. I fell like Liza has always been very "obsessive/loyal" about certain people. For example, she had that chunk where Charles Aznavour was everywhere in her life, Jim Caruso was around a lot, Billy Stritch was with Liza for another chunk, then Michael Feinstein.

I had some reservations about Liza "producing" his Gershwin Country album. Something seemed very clout to me about that. I recently did a re-listen of Feinstein's interview on Gilbert Gottfried's former podcast, and Feinstein's relationship with Ira Gershwin at the end of his life was nice. I know he and Jerry Herman got along well, and I think the something with Liza to a certain degree. I think he 100% respects these artists, but over the last year he seems to have been going from a passionate fan to an Eve Harrington type, and I don't like that.

fashionguru_23 said: "Feinstein has never bothered me until the past year. I fell like Liza has always been very "obsessive/loyal"about certain people. For example, she had that chunk where CharlesAznavour was everywhere in her life, Jim Caruso was around a lot, Billy Stritch was with Liza for another chunk, then Michael Feinstein.

I had some reservations about Liza "producing" his Gershwin Country album. Something seemed very clout to me about that. I recently did a re-listen of Feinstein's interview on Gilbert Gottfried's former podcast, and Feinstein's relationship with Ira Gershwin at the end of his life was nice. I know he and Jerry Herman got along well, and I think the something with Liza to a certain degree. I think he 100% respects these artists, but over the last year he seems to have been going from apassionate fan to an Eve Harrington type, and I don't like that."

Definitely feels very Eve Harrington to me. At this point, he positions himself as symbiotic with her, which a fan would never do. He sits besides her in HER interviews, she defers to him at times. I find it distressing. Liza has her mother's DNA and we know Judy let in men who would take over and run the show. It's just sad to see her legacy end this way, with his name on her memoir. A fan or friend wouldn't have taken any credit. This feels like its for clout.

The audiobook is using the cloning of Liza’s voice made by ElevenLabs. They chose to use her 80s-90s voice instead of her real voice as it sounds today. The Ai generated voice is reading the text of the book and it’s obvious no one ever went back in and fixed and polished things up, which is why sentences end and begin in a weird flow. They literally just hit record, uploaded the file, and that’s it. No proofing to make sure it sounded right, etc. I only could sit thru a few minutes before just giving up. I’ll read the book instead. The audiobook is a cop-out mess.

BrodyFosse123 said: "The audiobook is using the cloning of Liza’s voice made by ElevenLabs. They chose to use her 80s-90s voice instead of her real voice as it sounds today. The Ai generated voice is reading the text of the book and it’s obvious no one ever went back in and fixed and polished things up, which is why sentences end and begin in a weird flow. They literally just hit record, uploaded the file, and that’s it. No proofing to make sure it sounded right, etc. I only could sit thru a few minutes before just giving up. I’ll read the book instead. The audiobook is a cop-out mess."



How do they get away with labelling it as the real thing? False advertising.

Jay Lerner-Z said: "How do they get away with labelling it as the real thing? False advertising."

Because its an ethical issue, not a legal one. It is still technically Liza.

Jay Lerner-Z said: "Barbra convinced me that maybe audiobooks are the best way to "read" a memoir, but now they've been ruined. 😠"

Barbra committed and took it to another level with her audiobook. She not only read the memoir but interjected new tidbits she was remembering that she left out of the book AND included her music when she referenced a certain recording plus other great stuff.

Jay Lerner-Z said: "Barbra convinced me that maybe audiobooks are the best way to "read" a memoir, but now they've been ruined. 😠"

Barbra would never let anybody or anything do anything on her behalf. She is the only one who can do herself justice.

Crazy how nobody demanded this statement from "Liza™" and yet they still provided it... knowing that it was a flat out lie. They have done nothing but lie about every piece of the production of this book from the autographs to the audiobook for the pursuit of their own profits.

I hope everyone has a terrific time tonight!! Give us a full report!

When I looked earlier today, there were VERY FEW tickets available for tonight. I can’t access it now, but I think there were fewer than 20 seats available. I guess we’ll know more later.