MAYHEM (CHAOS FUEL #1) BY AMY BOOKER – eBook Details Online
- Status: Available for Free Download
- Authors: Amy Booker
- Language: English
- Genre: Contemporary romance
- Format: PDF / EPUB
- Size: 3.2 MB
- Price: Free
NUMB
BRAD
The politics of rock ‘n roll fucking suck. And it’s not just the kissing
asses and kissing babies part of it to keep our ‘image’ in check that
rubs me the wrong way. It’s the whole – ‘be somebody you’re not.’
Because ultimately, that’s exactly what it is.
‘Whatever it is you’re doing, stop doing that. You should look like this,
and sound like this, and act like this…’
Fuck that noise.
I have never conformed to what society expected of me a day in my life,
and I’m not inclined to start now. And while we’re now sitting in the
conference room of our record label getting our asses handed to us for
losing another bass player, we got here by being ourselves in the first place.
The suits never see that part of the equation.
Our new manager, Ian Summer, a former British rockstar himself,
seems to get it. Mostly. And is trying to stick up for us.
“Eliza, you know that Frankie wasn’t going to be able to cut it in the
long run,” he says to the VP of Blackmore Records, our label. “I say it’s
better that this happened now on the way up, rather than at the top, wouldn’t
you agree?”
The exec twirls a lock of hair as she considers his question, it’s
shoulder-length, and platinum with bright blue ends. At first glance, she’s
not your typical boardroom filler, but she can be a hardass when she wants.
Unfortunately, it looks like she wants to be one right now.
Lucky us.
“I get what you’re saying, Ian. I do.” She glances around at us, a bit
disparagingly. “But Frankie was the third bass player this year alone. And
these people have contracts that we need to pay out, even when they leave.
We can’t afford to keep doing this.”
And there it is. It’s all about the money. It always is. We’re digging into
their bottom line. Fuck the music. Fuck the artistry.
Money. Money. Money.
Ian nods and rubs a hand down his face as if he understands. Before
managing us, he was an executive with Blackmore too. In fact, he’s the guy
that got us signed with the label in the first place. But he’s a former
musician. He gets where we’re coming from. I really hope he’s not about to
start agreeing that we need to change somehow, because that would piss me
the fuck off. I like Ian, and I don’t want that to change over this stupid shit.
Band members come and go all the time, and all over the place. Hell, I
couldn’t even count the number of bands I’ve been in and left for one
reason or another. Sure, not always by my choice, but that’s how it is.
Everything in this business is temporary, except the music.
The music is what fucking matters.
“So, what are the options, then?” Ian asks, his eyes tired. “I take it you
have a suggestion as to how to fix this?”
For More Read Download This Book
EPUB