Saturday, November 25, 2006

TDA Demo #2: Wrinkle Suit

Here's the next tune we are kicking around for the new CD. It's called "Wrinkle Suit" (MP3). I was sitting next to a sales rep for large industrial trash compactors in an airport last year. He was making cold calls to different companies while I was making cold calls to different venues. I guess you could say we both were trying to put the "squeeze on." Ha! Anyway, that's what inspired this tune.

My favorite line is "I'm low man on the totem and Loman back in coach and I'm feeling like a shadow of myself as we approach." If we do this tune next year on tour, I think it would be fun to break it down in the middle and actually make a "cold call" to an event in the area and leave a message asking for a gig while the audience screams in the background. Talk about your interactive booking strategies!

There's a third verse that's not on the demo and I'm too lazy to go back and sing it, so I'll just print it here.

If you want to play this game, you've got to learn the ropes
And learn to tell the buyers from all the nopey nopes
Every sale is heaven, no deal is ever dead
You've just got to squeeze the margins 'til your boss is seeing red.


Let me know what you think ... Yea or nay!

3 Comments:

Anonymous Bill In Milwaukee said...

Paul,

Didn't you try that trick of making a cold-call in the middle of a set during TDA's last summer tour? Funny thing though, it almost seemed like that cell phone you we're using was a fake.

Hummmm.

Well, no matter. Wrinkle Suit would be a fine addition to the next TDA CD.

Maybe you could resurrect that "Ben & Jen" song? You might have to update it a bit though. Perhaps work in something about America's Sweetheart Britney Spears and her boyfriend? Oh wait, they're splitsville too.

Nevermind.


*Bill In Milwaukee

11:02 AM  
Anonymous Bill from Reedley said...

I agree that Wrinkle Suit is a great song but when I tried to dance to it I started going double jointed and if you have ever seen me you would know thats not a good thing! Keep em coming. Hey how about a song about Tomcat and his bride?

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