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From: MustLoveMusic
To: AlyEuphoriaEvents
Date: February 19, 2001 8:21 AM
Subject: Band
The only wayI can officially launch my soon-to-be legendary wedding band—Marryoke (working title, don’t laugh)—is if you send me the numbers for the guys from Saturday.
No pressure, obviously.Just the future of musical matrimony riding on this.
Also—minor update: I got a place.There won’t be awkward encounters with my parents in the very small hallway ...now that I think about it there’s now hallway.Well, glad I don’t have to live with them.The living isn’t popular in there, ha.
Looking forward to getting started once I find where I packed my amp cord.
Your favorite Wedding Singer
ChapterNine
EchoZone – Private Message Thread
February 19,2001 8:07 PM
AlyEuphoriaEvents:Marryoke?Way to self-sabotage yourself.No one is going to want to hire you.
MustLoveMusic:It’s like karaoke for marriages.
AlyEuphoriaEvents:We need a band that is enticing for weddings, anniversaries, baptisms ...all kinds of events.Not just karaoke.
MustLoveMusic:There won’t be karaoke.I’ll do the singing.
AlyEuphoriaEvents:How do you think this is going to go?
MustLoveMusic:Excellent.
AlyEuphoriaEvents:Jules’s friend (the drummer) won’t be able to do any gigs.
MustLoveMusic:I might be able to convince my friend.He’s a diva, but he owns a suit and can beat the shit out of a drum.
AlyEuphoriaEvents:No beating.I need someone who knows how to play.
MustLoveMusic:He does.
AlyEuphoriaEvents:I’ll email you the number for the other two guys later.Can we just discuss names for the band?
MustLoveMusic:I’m open to suggestions.
AlyEuphoriaEvents:Good.Because Marryoke makes it sound like drunk aunts will be fighting over the mic by dessert.
MustLoveMusic:You say that like it’s a bad thing.I’ve seen a mic fight end in tears and a toast.It brought people together.
AlyEuphoriaEvents:You’re not helping your case.This band needs to sound professional.Like something someone’s grandmother will clap along to without clutching her pearls.
MustLoveMusic:So you want safe and boring?Got it.How about ...Mood Lighting?
AlyEuphoriaEvents:Are you naming a band or a motel off I-5?
MustLoveMusic:You’re judgy.
