An Avalanche of Momentum

Within a couple of days of selling out the club, I started to get some interesting phone calls. The first one I got was from Annie in New York City.  A.T.I., it seemed, had already heard about our sold-out show, a feat at a venue that some very big bands they handled hadn't been able to do, even though many of those acts already had major recording deals. Annie told me that she wanted us to open up for The Pat Travers Band, at the club, in three weeks. That band had a hit on the radio, at that time, and it was expected to be another near sell-out. Of course, I agreed, and got the rest of the info from her and as I hung up the phone, I realized we were caught up in a momentum which was surprising even me. Things were happening very, very, fast..and it was all good. I called all the guys, and passed along the  news, and I had barely hung up the phone, when it rang again..and this time it was the Program Director at WCCC, congratulating me on the very successful gig we had just done. He also informed me that WCCC wanted to do another WCCC Big Show with us at the club in six weeks time..and he told me this time, the show would be promoted even more than the first one had been. And again, I  immediately agreed. He also told me that I might want to start thinking about getting the station the next single by then, so we could keep the momentum we had already established. I told him I'd get back to him about that.. I didn't want to tell him we hadn't recorded it yet, so, instead, I asked him if he wanted to be an invited guest at the studio session when we recorded it. He told me to call him when it happened...he'd love to come. As I hung up the phone, I realized that gigs were finding us, I wasn't having to beg for work, and the work we were getting was not the kind of work that new bands were usually offered. It was apparent that this plan of mine was working out better than I had imagined it would...or at least...a lot faster. And I also knew that we had to get back into the recording studio...and soon...so I got on the phone, called the studio, and set up the recording session for the following week...and started to think hard about the next single...and what two songs we should select from our repertoire to record next...