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Judge said the attorneys had to discuss issues that takes some time. Deborah Chang, attorney for the Jacksons, doing direct examination.
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Taj: Some people would argue we were his (MJ) children before he had his children
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"He was definitely our mentor, everything we did in life we kind of geared to what he was doing," Taj explained.
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Taj said he has several handwritten notes from MJ that he saved as keepsake.
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Note MJ wrote: Taj, I love you all and am proud of you. PS. please rehearse
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Taj said it is written in a Neverland stationary, has the logo at the bottom.
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"He wrote various notes to me like this," Taj said. "That was probably from my mom telling him we were not rehearsing that much."
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Taj was the piano player. MJ bought him his first instruments.
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Note MJ wrote Taj.
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Chang showed a picture of MJ getting his Hollywood Walk of Fame star. Taj and TJ were present.
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Taj said MJ would ask him to watch his kids when he needed. He was also in charge of MJ's storage.
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"It would be foolish not to ask his advise," Taj said, explaining they could, and would, ask anything they wanted.
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"He picked out a lot of our songs, some we didn't like that much and he told us why they were important," Taj testified.
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Taj: He was a perfectionist when it came to his craft. He would study, study, study, and tell us to study the greatest, top 10 singers.
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"The demo sounded a little old fashioned, we couldn't hear what he was hearing," Taj said about "I Need You" song.
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Taj said they were recording down the street from MJ's recording studio. His uncle lent his voice to the end of the song.
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Taj: What's most amazing, it was all in one take, he didn't try again, all you hear was all in one take
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The song "I Need You" was a success for them. Chang played a snippet of the music video. MJ was not part of it, just his voice.
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"We were always trying to do what our uncle was doing," Taj said, mentioning the choir in the song.
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Taj said MJ would tell him 'you have to carry on the legacy, carry on the torch when I retire.'
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Michael taught Taj and his siblings to listen to the same music several times and hear different instruments each time.
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"I don't want to give out too many secrets," Taj said, laughing.
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Taj: For him it was about studying, that's what we learned as well. I started at 12 years old, but didn't start 3T until I was about 19.
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Taj said he and MJ share their mutual love for music and movies. They would watch it in different ways, once without sound, then with sound.
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"It was kind of intimidating to me," Taj said, since he didn't know much about movie and said he needed to learn a lot to become a filmmaker
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Taj said the robot transformer in the "Moonwalker" film was in their honor, because they loved the transformers.
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"He was constantly studying and reading about directing, he knew it back and forth and would test us," Taj said.
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MJ hired a USC professor to teach him movie directing. Taj said the children also learned from the professor.
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Taj said MJ loved King Tut, he loved Egypt, egyptian culture.
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MJ wanted him to study 3D, Taj said, since he loved the technology and wanted to do things with it. He wanted Taj to master it.
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Captain EO was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and is playing at Disneyland. It's a 3D science fiction film with MJ's music.
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Taj said he would stay with his uncle weeks at times. He said he lived at Neverland for about a year, majority of times with his uncle.
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Taj said he witnessed MJ writing notes to himself. He said he learned it from his uncle and keeps notes himself nowadays.
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"He liked to conduct meetings usually over the phone," Taj said. MJ would keep the phone on speaker so Taj would learn the business dealings
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Taj estimated over 100 meetings over the phone, probably over 20 in person.
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Michael believed in "What you conceive, you believe, you achieve," Taj testified.
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Taj said MJ would write down his ideas and what he wanted to achieve. He would see his uncle write on anything he could write.
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Chang showed picture of a mirror with several notes hang on it. "Michael was very sentimental," Taj said.
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Taj said MJ kept several items as mementos. Taj ran through a window at Neverland when he was 3 and MJ kept the blanket he was wrapped in.
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Taj explained the system MJ had in his life. Types of Documents 1- Inspirational ("Law of Attraction")
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2- Loving Keepsakes (notes) 3- "To Do" Topics to Cover During Meetings to Have Others Do
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Taj said after MJ died he went to Carolwood house to collect some of MJ's belongings. He said he wanted to keep them for his cousins.
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Taj said when his mother died, he lost a lot of things either in storage or they were auctioned off and it was very painful for them.
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Taj retrieved a box of documents from MJ's storage. The attorneys stipulated some of the notes were MJ's handwriting.
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Judge then broke session for lunch. Testimony should resume within 30 minutes.
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Picture of Taj, his siblings and his late mother, shown to the jury last time Taj testified.
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Photo of Taj and Michael Jackson at Neverland in a roller coast. Also shown last time around.
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Taj's wedding picture
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Another note Michael Jackson wrote Taj.
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Taj said MJ loved King Tut, he loved Egypt, egyptian culture.
I don't know whay but the King Tu reminded me about Withney Houston funeral :icon_eek: !!!!Taj said MJ kept several items as mementos. Taj ran through a window at Neverland when he was 3 and MJ kept the blanket he was wrapped in.
Another LIE ,cause Taj was not 3 when MJ had Neverland :icon_eek: :icon_rolleyes: !!!!!Toriano Adaryll Jackson II. ("Taj") (born August 4, 1973)