Read Soundtracks of a Life for Free Online Page B

starting to feel proud with the idea of our upcoming album that would be launched country wide. My stay at their home was once again very pleasant and we enjoyed the little down time we had.
    Now in a LA though, the fun was definitely over. We start working hard on the album, sometimes staying all through the night recording a song.
    Then came the photo shoots. Susan wanted to work on the album cover right away so she could release the first single as soon as possible, before the album itself came along.  Since they needed a cover for the single we worked on both covers at once.
    It was hours of hair and make-up to get ready. Then there were the clothes … put this and this and that… I must have changed a million times into different outfits. That part was easier for the guys. They didn’t fuss about the guys’ hair and clothes nearly as much as they did with me. It was exhausting but kind of fun. Finally, they decided on a look they liked and that, more importantly, I liked too. I finally get to check out the guys and they all are looking very sharp and cool with their made up hair and fashionable clothes. I have to force myself to stop looking at Chris who is looking so handsome it was hard to look away. When it came time to strike a pose and I can’t imagine feeling more ridiculous than how I felt in that photo shoot. They just keep yelling at us to make faces and poses and you just feel so self-conscious! It was fun, in a way, but we were all very happy to be over with it once it was done.
    Soon after, we received our first copy of the single. It was a very exciting moment but not nearly as exciting as when we heard our song on the radio for the first time. Chris was driving when our song came up on the radio. He immediately changed his route and speed towards where we were staying and called my cell screaming.
    “Come downstairs, now! Hurry, hurry.”
    “What? What’s the matter?” I say.
    “Do it now!”
    As I get downstairs, he is parked in front of the place his car door open blasting our song full volume.
    “It’s us, we’re on the radio!” He screams excited.
    I start screaming and we are jumping up and down , the passerby’s looking at us like we are crazy people. Then I see James and Ted running down the street towards us. They join in the screaming and jumping up and down until the song ends.
    Within days, we start to hear our song on the radio more and more often. It’s amazing how things happen more easily when you have the backing of a big label.
    A couple of weeks later we are in the studio recording when Susan comes in holding an issue of Billboard magazine.
    “Congratulations, your single just made number one!” She announces handing us the magazine.
    We just go crazy and end up hardly getting much work done that day. We finally just give up and get together in the evening in a posh LA nightclub to celebrate our latest accomplishment.
    After that things started happening even quicker . Because the first single did so well, Susan decided to strike while we were hot and put another single out right away, before the CD launched. Our second single started already number 15 on Billboard and soon shot to number one as well. Now we had two singles in the top 100.
    Wiped out, tired and emotionally spent, we finally wrapped up the album a week later. It was good to be done and we are all very happy a t how it turned out. We all believe we have a really solid album. Susan is confident it would do well.
    It’s finally our last day in the studio and so I say a few words to the band and the sound engineers who had done an excellent job.
    “Thanks everyone for your hard work. This has been an amazing experience already and no matter what happens with this album I’m really proud of all of you and the work we did here. You guys gave wings to my songs and for that I will always be grateful.”
    They all applaud and we hug each other and crack open champagne for a toast before we finally leave.
    As