The debut album from Fiction Plane comes out tomorrow, and it reminded me of a story that I forgot to tell last month.
On February 1, 2003, we celebrated the official donewaiting.com launch. We did this with a huge concert here in Columbus OH, featuring some of my favorite bands: Miranda Sound, Manda and the Marbles, Stardrop, and Ken Gould.
A few weeks before the show I got a call on my celly telly from the William Morris Agency in Los Angeles. These are the guys who represent bigtime musical talent. I called them back, wondering if maybe they had interest in giving Miranda Sound lots of money, or something like that.
Wrong.
See, the guy calling me was representing one of their newest bands on the roster, Fiction Plane. They were desperate for gigs, and were willing to play for free, even. They wanted to play on the donewaiting.com show because it fit with their schedule, and they wanted to be a part of the event.
I said no.
It wasn’t because I didn’t like their music, it was because this was our launch show, and each band on the bill were close to me in their own ways. And besides, adding a band that featured the son of Sting (yes, that Sting, and no, we couldn’t advertise it as the son of Sting) just wouldn’t fit right.
For whatever it’s worth, now you know.