The Wages, An Illustrated Story | 23. Songs and Parables | Peak Charts
“That’s nice Brandy. We don’t get mechanicals for sales of that song, but I will see if the airplay pushes up the next SOCAN cheque. But we have to keep making enough money to pay the band, a driver, and ourselves, too. It’s a big group. Right now we’re just breaking even from gig to gig, based on your stage presence and a few old songs. But it’s expensive, and the whole outfit will be in jeopardy soon, if we don’t break out of this pattern somehow.”
“Ah, shit. Why are you always so reasonable?”
“I’m just telling you to take a chance on making another recording. It’s a risk. But we can’t rest on the back catalog at our level. You’ve got the start of a few new songs—we have to put them out there if we want to stay in the game at all.”
“Why do we live like this?”
“Because it’s your dream?”
“What’s your dream, big sister?”
“Making enough money to keep gas in the bus, and pay everyone so they can eat.”
“I’ll think about it.”
“Do that. Or start shopping for wigs.”