E-mail from Tonya to Universal - credit goes to the Tonya Mitchell Board
posted on 2-Nov-2001 12:38:41 AM
Hey Sal.. I know it's not your fault what has happen to me, But I just wanted to write and say I can't believe Universal. I know you had nothing to do with it and I would never blame you or Bruce.. But, Frankly.. Universal has been TERRIBLE! I have lots of fans on my board getting together a "GET TONYA MITCHELL HEARD PETITION" I have some dedicated fans out there.. Universal never gave me the VISUAL chance I needed. I had some of the best songs out there... Yeah, they gave me an album, I had ONE photo shoot and some shows.. if it hadn't been for Lynn, I wouldn't have had the NSYNC TOUR. Then was the time I needed a VISUAL for my fans...
I don't know if it was because Universal lost faith in me, or what.... but I am not done... Honestly, I wish Universal would just drop me. I am 19 and I am not gonna sit around on my butt wasting my life away doing nothing ... especially since I don't know if I will even be here tomorrow! I will NEVER quit singing, and I am still determined to make it. To be honest with you, me and my mom don't have a tons of money! She doesn't have a job, and neither do I ... all I am saying is DO SOMETHING... I don't mean this to come off rude to you Sal.... if you are offended by this, then maybe you need to forward this to the person in charge.
Me and my fans are pissed off because I never really got a chance... You can't expect a song to come out like "Broken Promises" and not have a video... It's like you were expecting it to go #1 without publicity, even I know you can't do that! You people are just used to working with Rap artists.. they don't need videos... we (pop music) NEED A VISUAL! If it's not in your face, you don't want it! I know you can't understand what this means to me... this is my career... my life... it's nothing to you! My dad died in July, and you should see my house.. he has been collecting pictures since I started...Everytime people would come over he would show them his "WALL OF FAME"... This was his LIFE! And all he ever said was "I sure do hope I live to see you make it" he even said that the night he died... One of the only pictures i have of my dad he wrote on it "I love you and you will be a big star someday"... Universal has surely disappointed a lot of people...
Just the day my dad died, he tried to get me to call Charlie, and see what was going on.. but I didn't.. I told him I didn't want to keep bothering you guys... What a shame! GOD BLESS
