<blockquote><div><cite>Kruft wrote:</cite>"Alright then." He turned to his band members. "We may have a bigger fight to fight now-but we're free of one hell of a curse, and it should be easier now. But in order to get to the top we have to start at the bottom. We need to start playing gigs and maybe record a demo to grab some label attention. If we can get featured in NME, Kerrang or the like that'll get us good exposure. But most importantly-where do we start?"</div></blockquote><br/><br/>Ptricia set up her own burners and started clearing up. "Well, more gigs should be the easiest to swing. Like I said, I did bouncer work for a number of places. I'll ring around tomorrow, see if I can scare up some more dates. Maybe we can use that stunt of Reizu's now it looks like he won't be arrested for it, catch some media attention that way."<br/><br/>"I think, most importantly for the demo, that we need to have a few songs of our own. From what I've seen, recording covers can cost more than it's worth. But I'm no songwriter. I hit the skins and grin, that's about it. Oh, and I can play the harp... long story... and the samisen... even longer story... but I don't think that's much help." The sphinx shrugged.<br/><br/>"You could add interwebby stuff to your media channels, but you really need to catch a rising meme, and they've already had 'keyboard cat'. I don't think harpist sphinx would be original enough."<br/><br/>Up in the farthest corner of the room, a few whisps of something unmentionable were coming together, un-noticed by the trio below...