Pretentiousness (fandom considerations)

What shall I write in my introductory letter? I'm thinking of doing it up in calligraphy dissimilar (i.e. more italic, less gothic) to this (I know the Latin is completely wrong, and if you like the calligraphic style you'll find it as 'Benegraphic,' a free fontface based on this sample.) at risk of looking a bit pretentious.

Of course, I'll leave out the NW-worship bits, but what sort of information do you think they'd want to know about me? Name, age, musical background, what else? (And yes, I'll be requesting to be called by a stage name, I think. Tuuli Mustasydän? Or should I think of something less pretentious?)

I'm also thinking about the other elements of my submission package. I'd probably make a nice sleeve for my demo CD using one of my drawings (e.g. this because scanned ink drawings print much better than pencil drawings). Again, I might look pretentious.

As for photos of myself, here's some thoughts on the matter. (Yes, the first bit of this post is drawn from that thread.)

How pretentious do I get? How much fandom do I show before it goes overboard?




Bonus: How many times do I use the word 'pretentious' in this post?

This is a poem.

[repost]

The sandtimer of history turns again
One life, one breath, one river of time
Every turn a new witness to hope
Every turn a new breath of life

A fire simmers, still burning
It does not die, threatening
To consume my breath of life
Strangling dreams, raising fears
As with each breath that came before

This breath is not a breath, but a wind and a rain
And it will put out the fire, to end the pain
Ashes of old dreams blown away
Leaving old failures to decay.

From the cutting room floor

"Kuolema tekee taiteilijan" (3.64MB .MP3).

My entry after the interlude sucks. I know. I crapped out.

This is just for fun, there's no chance in heck any version of this song will be going on my demo. Hopefully this will encourage LeoHyuuga to make good on that dare I made him (to record himself singing this), once he gets a microphone.

What's really amazing is that after I ran the mixer on the original track to get rid of TT's main singing (mostly), I found that the remaining backup/harmony vocals (3.64MB .MP3) are unexpectedly beautiful on their own.