Big Dreams - Next Pop Group Sensation (IC)
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				Title: <strong>Big Dreams - Next Pop Group Sensation (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TreyWalker</strong> on <strong>24-12-2012, 00:31:08</strong>
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				<div align="center">(http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r625/treywalker4/bigdreams.jpg)</div><br><div class="floatleft">(http://www.modelsandmoguls.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/devyne-stephens.jpg)</div>D’lo sat in the conference room awaiting for the moment to arrive. He had achieved a lot in his life as head honcho of FATE Entertainment. He had signed one of the biggest male acts, probably the biggest female acts and a couple of same sex groups that had literally taken over the charts. His record label this year alone had 23 number one’s on the Billboard chart, and six number one albums. He was a multi-millionaire approaching a billionaire rapidly. But he had more planned. Now he was going to make a super group the likes of which the world had never seen.<br><br>And this super group wasn’t just going to be another group.<br><br>They would be number one in the billboard charts, number one on twitter, number one on yahoo search, plastered all over the papers and blogged about to death. This was going to be the most media friendly, talked about group that ever existed. They would do university courses about this band. D’lo smiled thinking about it, knowing that he was going to be huge thanks to this group.<br><br>As he sat back and waited, the first of the selected youngster for this new group walked into the room. It was Olly Johnson, who one of his talent scouts had seen performing in a club. Olly was only 22 but had the body of someone who had been working out for a long time. He knew the teenage girls would love this guy, and all though he wasn’t edgy, that wouldn’t matter. He’d have other members to cover that. But he was the clean cut member, who had a press worthy pass.<br><br>Olly walked in, not the confident man he should be but an unsure 22 year old, who seemed slightly in awe of D’lo which was a good thing in D’lo’s eyes. Olly Johnson said hello and sat down on one of the chairs that was in a circle, to D’lo’s left. <br><br>“The rest of the group should be here soon Olly. But trust me, this is a big deal for you and them. And I’m sure you’ll love all the news I’ve got for you.”<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Big Dreams - Next Pop Group Sensation (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AribethAmkiir</strong> on <strong>27-12-2012, 00:43:50</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j480/Erion2451/m-TULISA-CONTOSTAVLOS-620x930c.jpg)</div>Rachel Ransom had always dreamed of making it big.&nbsp; She'd moved to the L.A. area two years ago, now, and had worked hard to be noticed.&nbsp; No less than a month ago, she'd considered quitting, returning to her parent's ranch outside of Dallas, and possibly enrolling into college for real.&nbsp; She'd been taking classes at a local community college for the last eight months, but it had been something to do with her time.&nbsp; School had never been a primary focus.&nbsp; Only two weeks ago, she'd been sitting in the back of the class of thirty, staring at the clock, as the professor droned on about someone who had done something some hundreds of years ago.&nbsp; Aside from school, she had held two jobs.&nbsp; One as a sale's associate at an American Eagle in a mall, and the other as a Barista at a StarBucks, one of several dozen located in the area.&nbsp; Neither job had been glamorous, exciting, or even unique.<br><br>Rachel liked to believe it was fate that had brought her to that club which had happened to have had an open-mic that one of D'lo's Saxton's assistants had been attending.&nbsp; &nbsp;It had been luck that she'd been able to convince the owner to allow her to take that final open slot, and it had been years of training, along with no shortage of raw talent, which had caused that very same assistant to approach her after her set.&nbsp; Rachel hadn't believed the offer genuine at first.&nbsp; Too many guys had tried to pick her up by pretending to be something they weren't.&nbsp; He'd given her his card though, and she'd called it first thing after waking the next day.&nbsp; A mix of surprise, disbelief, and utter exhilaration had filled her when the woman's voice had said "FATE Entertainment".&nbsp; Rachel had promptly asked for the assistant who'd given her the card and began talking about an audition for D'lo Saxton, himself.&nbsp; <br><br>It had been a whirlwind trip since then.&nbsp; Now, here she was, in FATE Entertainment's L.A. headquarters.&nbsp; She was being led by a man in a coat and tie to the conference room where she'd meet D'lo, for the third time this week, and the rest of the group, for the very first time.&nbsp; The butterflies in her belly were fluttering fiercely and it was a wonder, with how she felt she was trembling from excitement, that she hadn't fallen in her inch high heels.&nbsp; She was wearing a white blouse and a blue, knee length skirt.&nbsp; The assemble was trendy, it had been picked out and modified by one of FATE's fashion directors and it had cost as much as two months worth of tips and salary at her previous two jobs.&nbsp; All of that was behind her, she'd been assured and reassured.<br><br>She thanked her escort, after he opened the door to the conference room, in a voice nearly too quiet to be heard, her southern accent as thick as her nerves.&nbsp; Her smile, though, a mix of wonder and shock, lit up her face.&nbsp; <strong>"Hi, y'all,"</strong> she managed as a greeting to Olly and D'lo.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Big Dreams - Next Pop Group Sensation (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRaven</strong> on <strong>30-12-2012, 18:30:41</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jUKaS7FeOAY/SZzorsFQQ1I/AAAAAAAAAQ0/Fi89U6OjiDg/s400/l_259c6a8ba005e0d856389f00f08a1687.jpg)</div>Unlike the other two arrivals so far, the next one had some experience in the industry... or as much experience as was to be expected from a 25-year-old. While Sammy was generally alright with people, he had learned a few things from his previous work. The words of his mentor in the band, someone who had been working in the industry since he was 19, rang in his head. <em>"Never, ever let the label walk all over you."</em> So, he figured he'd let the new producer know in advance that he wasn't planning on being easy to screw over if those were his plans; to be fair to the man, Sammy had seen the results of his work rocketing up the charts. He was ambitious, which, for a musician talking about a producer, might be a little dangerous.<br><br>He pushed past the doorman and through the double-doors of FATE Entertainment's conference room and walked in, quite frankly, like he owned the place. He moved past Rachel, and took a seat near the middle of the table. He was pretty plainly dressed by his former standards, just a pair of dark jeans and a button-down shirt to go with his more casual shoes. Admittedly, after months of makeup, trenchcoats, huge boots, zipper-tight bondage pants, and fishnet tops, he was a little relieved to be back in something that would probably draw less attention from passerby. He idly wondered if anyone would even recognize him without all his old gear.<br><br>He leaned back a little bit, experimenting with the chair to see if it had a little lean to it in addition to the spindles and the high back. Unfortunately for him, not so much. He recognized D'lo, but this was his first time actually meeting with him, his agent had done most of the go-between. As for Rachel and Olly, he was completely clueless. <strong>"Hi,"</strong> he replied, with a little hint of playfulness in his voice behind the sardonic tone he had almost adopted as a habit with his previous group.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Big Dreams - Next Pop Group Sensation (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TreyWalker</strong> on <strong>30-12-2012, 20:53:36</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://channingtatumunwrapped.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/channing-tatum.jpg)</div>Olly had sat quietly in the room, not having spoken to D’lo, Rachel or Sammy when they had first arrived. Part of Olly wasn’t even sure if all of this was real. After all he had been chasing “the dream” for the majority of his life, and he had given up on his dream two years ago, delving into the club world, doing drugs and drinking unhealthy amounts of alcohol. He had made good money being a DJ, but it wasn’t his dream job. Singing, dancing and performing were his dream. And for two years he had thought that dream was dead.<br><br>So when one of his clubs where he was the resident DJ, had lost an act for a big music night, his boss had begged him to open so that they had the advertised amount of acts performing. Olly was ready to say no, but he saw how much his boss needed him to perform, so he did. He started of unsure of himself, having not done it in awhile, but as he got warmed up, the joy of performing had come back to him and he’d got a standing O! But that wasn’t unusually. He had got standing ovations before when he was singing week in and week out. So he had thought nothing more of it as he returned to his DJ booth.<br><br>That’s when a FATE representative had approached him. He had told the guy to take a hike, but the rep had been persistent and his business card had looked the business. He had called the number the next day, just in case it was all legit. That afternoon he was performing for more reps, and the day after he was asked to joined a new group. And even now, Olly was waiting for this to be some joke TV program or something along those lines.<br><br>He looked at D’Lo, one of the biggest names in the music industry right now. He wondered what D’Lo and his people saw in him that everyone else had missed. He then looked at Sammy and Rachel. Rachel was an attractive blonde who looked like she was born to be a star. And Sammy had the look of someone who had done this before, and his surroundings and situation didn’t phase him. He wished he could feel as confident as that.<br><br>“Hey, my names Olly Johnson,” he replied to both Rachel and Sammy’s greetings. He nodded in both of their directions as he wondered who would be coming in next.<br>
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