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Playing By Heart
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Angus looked over at Bette, able to empathize with her current demeanor. Then he gave Joyce the stinkeye without being noticed by anyone except Kit, who smiled to herself.
“Maybe we should just tell them we’re faxing our counteroffer and see if they go for it.” Angus suggested. “Put that poor guy out of his misery.”
“What? And miss the groveling? That’s the best part.” Joyce responded with a shit-eating grin. “When I tell them we have two other potential deals on the table Kornbluth is going to shit a golden brick!”
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“Please, Aaron, I beg of you. You wanted me to handle this deal so let me handle it, will ya?”
“You were supposed to handle it in San Diego and you didn’t.”
Tina sat back in her chair. She was aware that this was meant as some sort of dig at her ability to perform.
“Are you prepared to fire me over this, Aaron?” she calmly asked.
“What?” Aaron scrunched up his face as Tina remained cool as a cucumber. “Tina, we’re on the same team, remember?”
“Are we?” Her gaze was intense as she scrutinized his words. “I’m in the business of making dreams come true for struggling artists and it seems like right now, your line of work includes a tremendous amount of ass-kissing like some star-fucking groupie.” With that, Tina took the call off hold. “Joyce, do you have a counteroffer in mind?”
The older woman smirked when she heard the question posed by the blonde on the other line.
“Allow me to defer to the band’s manager. Bette? Please, tell Tina what you had in mind.” Joyce encouraged the brunette.
Bette cleared her throat before glancing down at the paper laying on the table in front of her. “Outside of a non-exclusive contract, the band is willing to accept a $5 million, one year-one album with no option, no minimum recordings since the band retains all rights to the master recordings but will lease them to the label, and will be under no mandatory release obligations of the material. The band is the sole decisionmaker when it comes to the release of its material. They will retain all publishing rights and negotiate their own production deals outside of the label with royalties at 60%. The standard touring clause of your contract is fair enough and will be accepted as is.”
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Would “oops” be the right word?
Ouch.Poor Tina,Aaron will get nuts.Great update as always,thank you.PPS
Oh Boy, that was not not the drama I was expecting. How could Bette let that happen, she is usually a constant professional. I hope she has a job for Tina because she just lost her’s, if the band does not sign with Aron. And yes your story truly does entertain me, and I hope that your Tuesday will be better than your Monday. Waiting for the next chapter.PPS-ASAP!!!
Oh my, what a horrendous faux pas. Tina can and should disavow any knowledge of what the hell Bette said and never admit any involvement with Bette in any way whatsoever. They can always say that Bette must have been talking with someone in the room with her. Aaron can not prove anything. Hope she gets away with it. Thanks for the post.
Hey, Mel! I’m a bad person because I haven’t left a comment in ages; forgive me? Sorry to hear about your Monday, but please, don’t punch it in the face! On to the story, I’ll just say one word: AWKWARD!!! Do try to post as soon as possible. Please and thank you!
Uh Oh Houston…we have a problem! Maybe problem is the wrong word…big ass disaster is more like it. Great post as always and glad you’re back and writing.
oh shit poor Tina ahhaha!
omg,omg no she didn’t???? what a great treat by the way!!! god how I wish you’d post daily!!!!!
Oh Meloveslu! How wonderful is this story and the tease you are you should have posted another chpater – I know I’m greedy what can i say :) Hope your Tuesday will be much better then your Monday. Thank you for this excellent story.
ohhhh nooo please another one that was very good biggg drama)thank you for your post amazing…
Oh wow, that was so good.
That was the biggest whoops I’ve ever read OMG you had me dying. If we shared the winnings then you’d still have to work and there won’t be FF. Which would defeat the purpose, so I’ll take the FF. Money can’t buy the talent for writing that you have (and the other amazing writers on this site). Or maybe it can in CA thanks for the awesome update.
Awwwww poor chicken… Sorry about your bad …. Looks like Tina is headed in the same direction… Aaron is about to unleash a full scale Spanish inquisition and it ain’t going to be any more pleasant for Tina as it was for the.poor unsuspecting critters back then… Amazing chapter as usual, hoping that bad days aren’t what makes you post quicker as I would hate to wish more of those for you! and b/day dates and anniversaries aren’t cliché! :-(
LOL! Oh MeLL! It’s really a great surprise to see your posting so soon!! looks like there’s always a first time in everything! :-D … Keen to make it THRICE?!? :-D …. ;-) LMAO.. :-p Anyway, good luck for the better day tomorrow!! :-) life always has the ups and downs, hope it will be ups soon for you :-)