The One That Got Away
Although we've been busy little beavers behind the scenes, if you've been coming to our website to see when we're coming to Your Town, you've probably noticed there isn't a heck of a lot happening.
There's a reason for that.
Every once in a while, you get an opportunity to do something exceptional. A monster project that will be fun, provide an opportunity for great exposure, and pay pretty well to boot. In fact, that gig is so great that it would be worth dropping everything and blocking off 2 1/2 months of time on the chance that you'll get it.
The Hollywood ending is that we got just such a gig, and this blog entry is to tell you that we're now on the fast track to fame and fortune. We're talking at least Federline fame, if not "Where's the Beef" big. We'd be saying how grateful we are to all of the fans who supported and believed in us, and that we would never forget that.
Alas, life is not always like the movies. But here's a script we'd love to pitch:
Let's say there was a musical/comedy duo, and they were contacted by some very nice people who were thinking about putting together an internet ad campaign for a major consumer internet product. Why don't we call the parent company "Doodle", and the product they want to promote is called "dmale". The specifics really aren't important. In fact, the only details the music/comedy duo knows are that it will involve traveling on the west coast for 3-6 weeks starting in January. And that they'd be followed around by a camera man the whole time.
Anyway, everyone involved, most especially the music/comedy duo, really, really, really thinks they're a good fit for the gig, and that the chances of it happening are pretty good. So they decide to roll the dice and put off all of their booking plans. No, there were never any promises made. But hope, she is a tough mistress. Not quite the whips-and-chains variety, but a rather saucy tart nonetheless. They're told the deal will likely happen quickly, maybe even a meeting in December, and the music/comedy duo and their management wait by the proverbial phone and wait.
And wait.
And wait.
You remember that scene from "Swingers", where the main character goes through an entire relationship with a woman's answering machine? It felt a lot like that, mixed with the 5 stages of grief:
1. Denial - "They're just waiting for the mucky-mucks to green light it" and "It hasn't been that long"
2. Anger - "If they don't hire us, they're just stupid stupid-heads" and "We'll write a song about them"
3. Bargaining - "Maybe we asked for too much money" and "What if we offered to give them our redundant organs, like one kidney apiece, our appendixes, and possibly a toe or two"
4. Depression - many milkshakes were had
5 Acceptance - this blog.
So what does it feel like to be here at big step 5? It's not bad, actually. Because even if that dream died, our sassy mistress Hope is still standing by with a feather tickler in hand. And we're sure that there's still a "Rocky" ending in this for us. Or at least "Rocky III". Maybe "Rambo". Possibly with a little dash of "Rudy."
Heck, even "The Jerk" had a happy ending.
Coming to Your Town soon,
Paul and Storm
Although we've been busy little beavers behind the scenes, if you've been coming to our website to see when we're coming to Your Town, you've probably noticed there isn't a heck of a lot happening.
There's a reason for that.
Every once in a while, you get an opportunity to do something exceptional. A monster project that will be fun, provide an opportunity for great exposure, and pay pretty well to boot. In fact, that gig is so great that it would be worth dropping everything and blocking off 2 1/2 months of time on the chance that you'll get it.
The Hollywood ending is that we got just such a gig, and this blog entry is to tell you that we're now on the fast track to fame and fortune. We're talking at least Federline fame, if not "Where's the Beef" big. We'd be saying how grateful we are to all of the fans who supported and believed in us, and that we would never forget that.
Alas, life is not always like the movies. But here's a script we'd love to pitch:
Let's say there was a musical/comedy duo, and they were contacted by some very nice people who were thinking about putting together an internet ad campaign for a major consumer internet product. Why don't we call the parent company "Doodle", and the product they want to promote is called "dmale". The specifics really aren't important. In fact, the only details the music/comedy duo knows are that it will involve traveling on the west coast for 3-6 weeks starting in January. And that they'd be followed around by a camera man the whole time.
Anyway, everyone involved, most especially the music/comedy duo, really, really, really thinks they're a good fit for the gig, and that the chances of it happening are pretty good. So they decide to roll the dice and put off all of their booking plans. No, there were never any promises made. But hope, she is a tough mistress. Not quite the whips-and-chains variety, but a rather saucy tart nonetheless. They're told the deal will likely happen quickly, maybe even a meeting in December, and the music/comedy duo and their management wait by the proverbial phone and wait.
And wait.
And wait.
You remember that scene from "Swingers", where the main character goes through an entire relationship with a woman's answering machine? It felt a lot like that, mixed with the 5 stages of grief:
1. Denial - "They're just waiting for the mucky-mucks to green light it" and "It hasn't been that long"
2. Anger - "If they don't hire us, they're just stupid stupid-heads" and "We'll write a song about them"
3. Bargaining - "Maybe we asked for too much money" and "What if we offered to give them our redundant organs, like one kidney apiece, our appendixes, and possibly a toe or two"
4. Depression - many milkshakes were had
5 Acceptance - this blog.
So what does it feel like to be here at big step 5? It's not bad, actually. Because even if that dream died, our sassy mistress Hope is still standing by with a feather tickler in hand. And we're sure that there's still a "Rocky" ending in this for us. Or at least "Rocky III". Maybe "Rambo". Possibly with a little dash of "Rudy."
Heck, even "The Jerk" had a happy ending.
Coming to Your Town soon,
Paul and Storm
4 Comments:
Hollywood-type fame is way overrated. The fans who like you do so because you're real people. Not that ambition is bad (certainly not; and this isn't mean to be taken as discouragement) but it tends to drain people of what makes them so cool.
i believe,
after reading that,
my eyes are bleeding
That's nice. You're entitled to your opinion, I'm entitled to mine.
So you're telling me there's a chance...
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