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Hi, I'm your ride to fourth street.

Okay. I'm gonna be a lift driver with Jessica in the back.

All right.

Hey, how you doing today?

Well, enjoy your ride.

Did you say something?

This is close enough.

You can just drop me off at the corner.

Hey, boss.

How'd the doctor's appointment go?

Oh, you know, same old thing.

Did some tests and they'll call me

if there's any change, I guess, I don't know.

You want me to swap out those hard drives?

Yeah, if you can.

Okay. Will do.

Yeah, don't worry about staying late, but if you close up,

I appreciate that, the kid's got something going on tonight.

Hey, thanks man.

No problem.

Let me know if you hear anything from the doctor.

Sure, will do.

Hey, what are you doing?

I was walking by and I saw that your clamps came off

of your battery and your battery charger wasn't charged

in the battery, I thought I'd help you out.

Oh, okay, I thought you were stealing it. So, yeah.

You know this neighborhood, but let me jump in it.

It's been on there all day.

Hopefully it came off after it was charged, so.

All right, let's see what happens.

Let's see what happens.

Oh yeah.

Looks like you got power.

Good. We got a full charge.

All right.

Well, I appreciate you coming by.

Glad to help you out.

Actually, you need a battery charger?

Oh, no, I'm... you an have this one.

I promise I'm not gonna need it anymore.

Oh, well, Moosey, looking at this

really isn't making me feel any better.

In fact, if I keep looking at this, I'm gonna go crazy,

start talking to cats.

Oh, here, you jump down. I'm gonna work on that new song.

Maybe that'll get my mind right again. Ugh.

All right. No problem.

Church over on seventh street, their computer's frozen.

Can you get over there and take a look at that?

Yeah, sure.

Okay. Is your car running okay?

Otherwise you can take company vehicle.

No, no, no, I'm good, I'm good. See you in a bit.

I'll be in meetings all day, so if you need anything,

you can text me.

Please feel free to call me in the evening

if anything comes up.

Okay.

The programs we have,

we need them printed by Friday morning.

Please... I will.

- If they need to be done. - I did that last year.

And by the way,

I have a guy coming in to check the computer out.

There's something seems to be wrong with it,

so he'll be here shortly.

Somebody called about a computer repair.

I don't know. It appears to be frozen or something.

It's on the table in there. I gotta catch a plane.

I'm gonna be late. It needs to be done by Sunday morning.

I'll see you on Sunday.

That was beautiful.

Oh, gee, I thought I was alone in here.

Who's that by?

Well, did you like it?

I loved it. That was really nice.

Well, in that case, yeah, I wrote it.

Really?

Yeah, if you said you didn't like it,

I would've said it was by Bon Jovi.

No, I thought it was good. You really wrote that?

Yeah, I really did.

Wow. I've never met a songwriter before.

So what's it about? Is it about somebody you lost?

Oh, I don't know.

I guess it's mainly just a bunch of words that rhyme.

So, are you a professional music writer then?

No, I wish, but actually I'm an it guy.

I fix computers and stuff like that.

I'm actually here, the pastor called me in

to fix his laptop.

Well, this is a funny looking laptop.

So, do you fix 'em by singing to 'em?

Yeah, that's it. But hey, so you like music then?

Of course, I have to love music.

I'm the choir director here at the church.

- Oh, really? - Yeah.

Oh, so you know all about music then?

I do.

So, you sing and do you play like instruments in too, or?

No, we have other members that play the instruments.

I just sing and direct the choir.

Oh, that's pretty cool.

So this song, seriously, what made you write it?

Made me write it? What do you mean made me write it?

No, you know what I mean. What's it really about?

I don't know, I guess how, you know,

yesterday kind of seems always better than today.

Why would you think that?

Geez, you are full of questions.

I'm sorry. I just find it very interesting.

No, that's , I'm just giving you a hard time.

I gotta admit, I like talking about music and stuff.

It's, you know, it's cool.

It's nice to talk to somebody about it.

But anyway, while that laptop's updating,

I was actually gonna go grab a bite to eat, get some lunch.

You interested in going with me?

Well, don't you have to fix the laptop?

No, seriously, it's only updating.

It'll literally fix itself.

Right.

No, seriously. Let's go grab some lunch.

And don't let the long hair fool you,

I'm completely harmless, I promise.

And you know, it'd be nice, it's nice to talk about music

with somebody with a music background like you.

So, what do you say? You wanna grab something to eat?

Okay.

So besides work and music, what else are you into?

Well, I've got a cat and 11 turtles.

Turtles? I didn't expect that one.

Most people aren't though.

So, are you in a band or something?

Well, you know, I used to be.

For many years around here I was in, you know, cover bands,

bar bands like that.

But I just got sick of playing other people's music

and I really got sick of the bar scene.

So yeah, I literally, I put down the guitar

and never touched it for maybe 15 years.

And for some reason I picked it up

and started writing and playing again.

And I don't know, I guess I got all the satisfaction

I need outta music by creating.

So is everything you write

like what I heard you play at the church?

No, I mean, a lot of it is, you know,

like old school hard rock.

That's what I used to listen to, what I still listen to.

So that's kinda what I write like,

a lot of the stuff's like that.

You know, as far as, I don't know,

I guess there's really no genre,

I mean, I write all kinds of different music.

It's kind of a feeling,

it's whatever I'm feeling and thinking.

I try to write words in music, you know,

to kind of match that, so.

That's really cool.

You know, the only songs I work on

were written like 400 years ago,

but at least I'm singing, right?

No, that's true.

You know, as long as you're singing.

Speaking of singing, I don't know if you'd be interested

maybe singing one of my songs with me.

What do you mean?

Well, you know, I've got a song that I wrote that,

you know, when I recorded, what I've got so far,

I always thought this would be

a perfect male/female duet type of song.

And it's not like anything you've heard yet.

It's not a hard rock, it's not an ac/dc song or anything.

But I just think it's, I don't know,

just a kind of a song that would sound good

with a male/female voice.

I'm confused.

Well, what I do is, I'd send you the song,

I'll text it to you, or email, whatever,

and I'll send you the lyrics and you can listen to the song

and come up with like a Harmony part

or something that you'd sing along with me.

And once you're comfortable with it, let me know.

We can get together and you can give it a try,

and we'll try singing it together.

Yeah, I can try it. That sounds good.

So do you suppose your computer's done updating yet?

Well, yeah, I would guess so.

This was a pretty easy fix I gotta admit.

Usually I've gotta go to all the trouble

of turning 'em off and on before they work.

Oh, right, that always works, right?

That always works. Yeah.

And that's the secret of my trade, you know?

It's easier than singing 400 dear old church songs, right?

True.

Yeah, are you gonna go in the church center

or are you gonna head home?

What's your plan?

I'll probably just head home.

Okay, well, here, let me,

why don't you enter your number into my phone?

And then I will text you that song when I get home.

And like I said, listen to it,

if you think you wanna sing it, think it would be fun to do,

yeah, we'll give it a shot.

That'd be great.

If you think it's terrible, hey, tell me, I have no ego.

I'm sure I'm gonna love it.

So, do you wanna meet back here at eight?

Meet here at the church?

- Yeah. - Okay.

- Okay. - Sounds good.

All right. See you at eight. - Bye.

All right. Well, you're ready to give this a shot?

I am.

All right. You know the words and everything?

I do. I've been listening to it all day.

- Really? - Yes.

You still like it?

Yeah, I do.

- Really? You sure? - It's good.

- Okay, okay. - It's really good.

Well, anyway, we can do it a couple of different ways.

I could grab my laptop,

we could have the whole band behind it kinda thing.

Like bass and drums and everything-

- okay. - And play along with that.

Or I can just do the guitar. What do you wanna do?

The guitar is fine.

Okay. Is that kinda what you're used to?

That's definitely what I'm used to.

With the church though. Okay.

Well, let's, I guess just try it.

- Okay. I'm ready. - All right.

That was really fun.

I mean, you sounded, you really brought that song to life.

You sounded great.

Oh, it was really fun. Thank you.

You sure are good at lyrics.

Now, you gotta tell me, who's it about?

No, it really wasn't about anybody,

you know, in particular.

It was just a general way of saying goodbye, I guess.

Well, it was really good.

I wish I could write like that.

Well, thanks, I appreciate that.

Have you ever tried to write lyrics?

No, not really. I've written poems.

That was a long time ago, but that's about it.

Well, tell you what, I wrote a song,

I've got the, you know, I've got the music for it.

I've got all that worked out.

I've got the melody worked out for it.

But I have absolutely no words for it.

Get your phone out and I'll tell you what,

I'll play the song and I'll kind of scat sing it

with like do, do, do, do.

That'll tell you what the melody is.

You take it, you write the words for it,

and then we'll get together and you sing it.

Wait, really? You want me to write it and then sing it?

Sure. Why not? So, anyway, okay.

Go ahead, get your phone on, start recording.

Let me know when you're ready and I'll start playing

and do, do doing.

Okay. I'm ready.

All right. Here we go.

All right. Here comes the verse.

And here's the pre-chorus.

Here's the chorus.

You're making me laugh.

What's so funny?

You're just cute.

- My do do's? - Yeah.

I'm making a lot of do do's here.

Anyway. - You are.

Cut that. And yeah, that's the song.

See if you can do something with that.

All right.

If you can, let me know and we'll get together

and give it a shot.

- Sounds good. - All right.

Well, I better head out and get back to the shop.

Thanks. It was a fun day.

Yeah, it was.

- All right. See you later. - See ya.

Whoo. It's really late.

It is. I couldn't sleep.

I guess I couldn't either.

So I finished with the lyrics.

Yeah, I just, I was in bed.

I just threw on the clothes I had yesterday, so I guess-

you threw on clothes. That's all that matters.

That's right.

I didn't wanna come up my pajamas 'cause they're invisible.

So that would be terrible.

Yes, it would. Do you wanna try this?

Yeah, let's try this.

I guess I'll just play what I played this afternoon

and you just do your thing.

We'll just kinda fake it.

Do you wanna try to harmonize?

Maybe, yeah. Throw the lyrics out here.

I'll see if I can do that. But yeah, I'm ready.

Let's give it a try. - Okay.

Not bad.

Did you hear that sound?

I did.

What was that?

I don't know if we're here alone, so.

Well, maybe it was the holy ghost.

Maybe he liked the song too.

Maybe.

- That makes sense, right? - Yeah.

Or maybe he didn't like it.

One or the other.

Yeah.

I hear a dog barking. You hear a dog in the background?

I do.

I guess that's our sign. Maybe we better go.

Yeah, maybe.

You know, tell you what,

I actually have the day off tomorrow.

You wanna get together and maybe we can, you know,

we can play this again, we can try the other one.

Maybe I'll send you some more songs,

maybe we can work on some more stuff.

Just, I don't know, just kinda hang out.

Are you asking me out?

No. It's just, you know, we'll just have fun, just a.

Okay.

Just a music thing, right?

Yeah, of course. Absolutely.

Okay, well-

so how about the diner at newland?

Yeah. Yeah, that'll work.

- Okay. - Okay, cool.

- Let's do that. - All right.

Well, you're right about one thing.

That they got good food in there. That was really good.

It was really good.

What do you wanna do now anyway?

You wanna, maybe we can go to the park?

I don't know. We could work on some songs there.

Anyway, I'm gonna sit down for a sec.

I got a rock in my shoe or something.

I suppose we could go stand on the street corner

and sing "just you and me" for money.

You know what? They don't let you do that here.

Really?

Yeah, you can panhandle all you want, but you can't sing.

They don't let you sing for money or whatever.

You can't sing in the street though. Cops will come.

That's crazy. Life just isn't fair, is it?

Yeah. No kidding.

I was gonna ask you, just you and me,

what's that song about?

What inspired you to write that?

It's just a bunch of words that rhyme.

Yeah, I guess I deserve that.

Can I ask you something?

Yeah, sure. Of course.

Something personal?

Okay. You got me a little scared, but yeah, okay.

Well, it's just that last night we were talking

and then I thought you were gonna ask me out,

but you didn't.

I guess I just always heard

that rockers were into sex, drugs, and rock and roll.

And we've been hanging out for a while

and you've never tried anything, so I was just wondering.

Well, I guess I'm not a very good rocker then,

because I never done a drug in my life, I don't even drink.

I've never had a one-night stand in my life.

I do like rock and roll, but as far as the other stuff,

no, just not me.

I'm kind of embarrassed that I even asked.

So I think it's my turn to ask you a question now.

Okay, fine.

So like, what are you attached?

You have like a boyfriend or are you a man? Are you gay?

Wait, strike the man part. You are definitely not a man.

But what's your situation?

Okay, you asked more than one question

so that's cheating.

And I'm not gonna play this game anymore.

Get the rock outta your shoe. Let's go.

Well, what do you think?

Should we head over to the park

and hang out there for a while?

See what kinda trouble we can get into?

Yeah, that sounds fun.

I haven't been there in a long time.

And along the way we can listen

to this great new up-and-coming music artist

that you may be familiar with.

Ah, yeah. It's my favorite.

You okay?

You wanna go lay in the back or something for a while?

You can. I mean... no, no.

You know what? We don't have that much going on today.

If you wanna... no, no.

Go home early, you can.

Seriously, I'm fine. I'm fine.

Don't worry about it. Thanks, though.

You know, I am kind of tired. I'm probably just hungry.

Is it okay if I grab an early lunch?

No problem. Go ahead.

- Hey. - Oh, hey.

How's it going?

Not too bad. How are you?

- Good. - Good.

So what's the deal?

Well, first of all,

I want to commend you on the songs that you sent.

They're just amazing. I'm really proud of you.

And then I was wondering

if we could play that one more question game again.

Sure, but if we're gonna make a game out of it,

we gotta come up with a cool game name.

So how about one honest answer?

I guess that's a pretty good name.

You know, the other day you asked me if I was with anyone.

But anyway, to answer your question, yes, I am married.

Whoa. Okay.

You don't wear a ring though?

Well, I lost it a few years ago and he never replaced it,

which I guess is fine.

Okay, wow. I guess, are you happy?

Actually, there's more.

I'm married to the pastor of the church.

The pastor at the church? Fuck.

Sorry, I shouldn't swear, but.

So, do you have any kids?

We have two kids and they're both in college.

So, you guys happy?

I guess. I mean, I'm really not even sure though.

Because we got married when I was only 18 years old

and back then I used to feel like his wife.

But I really don't feel like that anymore.

I just feel like the pastor's wife.

Does that make sense?

Yeah, it does actually. But I have a question for you.

Would you be here right now if he wasn't outta town?

Honestly, I mean, I doubt it,

but I don't want you to misunderstand me.

It's not like I'm looking to have an affair

or anything like that.

I just heard your music at the church

and it kind of sparked an interest in me

and I just felt like I had to be honest with you.

Oh, that's cool. It's been fun for me too.

I mean, it's fun to talk about music

and it gets kind of boring,

you know, just making songs up for myself.

Well, all I know

is that I find the music really interesting

and it kinda gives me a purpose.

I feel like when I get up in the morning

that I'm somebody more than just the pastor's wife.

So, I'm sorry for the bombshell though.

No, it, it's cool. Seriously, I get it.

I know what you're saying.

I mean, it could be a lot worse, right?

Yeah. I mean, you're right.

Well, why don't you ask me a question now?

Let's see. What's your biggest secret?

Whoa, nice broad question there. One honest answer, right?

Right.

Okay, I'll tell you,

but I can't believe I'm gonna tell you.

But you gotta promise me one thing.

That you will not tell anybody what I'm about to say.

Okay, now you're scaring me. So what's the deal?

Are you like a escaped convict or alien or something?

Alien? Yeah, that'd be cool.

It'd be better than what I'm gonna say too,

because the truth is, I'm dying.

That's a good one.

Wait, you're serious. Are you serious?

I have an inoperable brain tumor. They found it last year.

I was taking meds to keep it from growing,

but they weren't working, so here I am.

I don't get it. I mean, you look so healthy.

Do you have any symptoms?

I mean, I get tired occasionally

and get a headache once in a while,

but I don't know if that's because of what I have

or just because that's normal.

They say sometimes with these there are no symptoms.

So maybe that's what's happening to me.

So what does your family think?

No, no family. Just my boss knows.

And of course now you.

But you promised you'll keep it a secret, right?

Of course.

I know what you wanna ask next, but I'm sure you won't.

So I'm just gonna answer it for you.

They don't know how long I have.

Could be a day, can be a week, a month, a year, two years.

They won't tell me or they don't know.

I'm not sure which one.

So you're telling me that nothing can be done?

No, I guess that's the answer

to the first question you ever asked me

is why I didn't hit on you.

And the reason is because I don't think it'd be fair

to anyone to be involved with me knowing what I know.

I wouldn't wanna hurt someone that way. I mean, look at you.

I mean, you're almost crying

and you've only known me for a couple of days and you know,

imagine how bad you'd feel if, you know, if you love me.

I'm sorry. I just don't know what to say.

I mean, I look at it this way. We could die at any second.

I mean, a truck could hit us and that'd be it.

Everybody dies.

I guess I just have a little more insight

about when I'm gonna die.

Is there anything that I can do to help?

I mean, maybe I could start a prayer circle at the church

or something.

No, no, really. Just keep it to yourself.

I mean, I've made my peace with it

and I've made my peace with god, believe it or not.

I'm not sure if this helps or says anything, but I'm good.

If god wants me, he can have me. I'm okay with that.

Okay, just gonna let me get a hold of myself.

I'm a little shocked.

Let me ask you this then. What's your wish?

What do you mean?

You know, like, make a wish. What would your wish be?

You know,

I don't think I could have even answer that a week ago,

but being able to share my music with you,

it kind of opened my eyes a little bit.

And I guess my wish would be

to be able to share my music with the world.

I mean, music's been good for me.

It's been keeping my mind off the tumor.

And being able to share it with you,

I guess I'd like to share it with others.

I think you're incredibly talented

and I think you should do it.

I mean, why don't you do it? Your songs are great.

Well, it's really not that simple.

I mean, the stuff I sent you is such low quality

and it's drum machines and it's,

you know, it's embarrassing.

I can never send that to a label.

I mean, I'd need to get these things professionally recorded

with real musicians and, you know,

to have any chance of a label listening to it.

No, no, I'm sorry. I was just thinking.

I tell you what, I have choir practice tonight,

but I'll be done about 7:30.

You wanna meet me at the church?

Well, yeah, but is it even okay now?

Trust me, just meet me then.

What do you think you are doing?

What are you talking about?

The man with the long hair.

What do you think your husband or the church

would think about you hanging out with him?

That is none of your business.

And it's certainly not the church's business.

I was left in charge when pastor left,

so it is my business.

First of all, I haven't done anything wrong.

And second of all,

I advise you to keep your nose out of my business.

Because if you don't keep your nose out of it,

I will let everybody know

what you keep in the top drawer of your desk.

There is nothing in there.

I just happen to have a video on my phone

of what's in your desk.

As a matter of fact, I have several videos like that

and if you don't knock it off,

I just might happen to upload 'em to the church's server.

Hey guys, how's it going?

Oh, hey, I'm glad you made it.

I wanted to introduce you to our guitar player.

He plays guitar for me here at the church.

Oh, nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you. I hear you're a songwriter.

And I heard that disc you put together. Great stuff.

Really? Well thanks.

- Very talented isn't he? - Yes, he is.

And you are too.

- I am? - I'll say.

You both are.

Okay. Well, hey.

Actually what he didn't tell you

is that he used to be a rock legend back in the day.

Didn't ya?

I recognize you now.

You used to play the lead for crash alley, right?

That was me. I can't believe you remember that.

I mean, you must be really old.

No, you guys were great, and I am.

But yeah, you guys were fantastic. God, you were-

thank you.

Changed rock around here.

You're too kind.

You know, so what's your plans with these?

You know, the songs I heard on this disc are great.

You know, what are you gonna do with it?

Well, ideally, I think he'd like to record 'em

and send 'em off to a label.

Well, yeah, I mean that would be the ultimate goal,

I mean, to record 'em.

But I mean, as you could hear on the recording,

I mean, it's just a drum machine and pretty low-great stuff.

So yeah, I mean, to record it would be great.

But I have no idea how, you know,

how to even accomplish something like that.

You know, who would I get to play along with it,

you know, type of thing?

Forgive me if I'm overstepping,

but if you're looking for a guitar player,

I'd be honored to play on these songs.

And I know a drummer be perfect for this stuff

and if he hears this stuff, I know he'd say yes.

Well, you know, that'd be totally awesome.

I mean, you know, that's just what I'm looking for, but-

yeah. Cool.

How would we actually do the recording?

Do you have any ideas there? Or?

There's, you know, a lot of gear here

and they've recorded some church projects and stuff.

Well, that's really cool.

But do you think it'd sound good in here?

I mean, what are the acoustics like?

Oh, this would be great for drums.

It's very churchy.

Yeah, it's funny you say that

'cause there's been a lot of rock recordings

that have been done in churches.

Oh really?

- Yeah. Seriously. - Hmm.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

So, all right... I think it'll work.

Well, maybe. Kind of embarrassed.

Maybe I don't need to ask this, but I mean,

I can't transcribe the music, I just do it by ear, so?

We'll just listen to the songs,

learn 'em by ear like we have for years,

sit down and work out some arrangements

that you approve of and go for it.

Yeah, I mean, do whatever you want to on these things

and you know, tell the drummer the same thing.

Do what he needs to do because-

- yeah. - You know,

everybody should, you know, contribute creatively, I think.

And yeah, I mean I can... sounds fun.

You know, you got the songs, I guess,

well, how many should we, maybe five or six?

Five or six songs?

5.2.

5.2, okay. He's a funny guy.

Okay, yeah, we'll say six then,

'cause I don't like your answer.

I'm just kidding. Six songs.

6.13.

I'll get you those here.

Why don't you put your number in here and I'll have it

and I can text you and, you know,

with the songs that we thinking about doing.

And we'll go from there. Now what about your end?

I mean, getting the church, I mean, when could we do this?

Well, the pastor comes back tomorrow.

I'm not sure how he's gonna feel about it.

But I don't know if I should even ask.

We could probably just do it at night. Nobody need to know.

Just come in here when the place is closed up?

- Great. - That's right.

Nobody would ever know.

That's rock and roll.

All right, well, you know, if you think it'll work,

I'm willing, so.

I'm willing to take the risk.

Well, as you both know, musicians don't make much money,

so I gotta go deliver some pizzas.

All right. We'll... we'll see you.

- See ya. - Bye.

Wow.

Yeah.

I can't believe this is gonna happen.

Right?

Wow. This is really exciting.

- It really is. - Thank you.

You're welcome. Glad to do it.

I got one more favor to ask. Actually, it's not a favor.

It's something I insist on.

Oh no. What?

You gotta sing on this recording.

- No. - No, I'm serious.

On the recording with you?

Yeah, sing backup like you were singing with me,

sing some harmonies, but you gotta be on it.

Can I think about it?

No.

- Okay. Fine. - Yeah?

I'll do it.

All right, good. Good deal.

Now the fun part.

I gotta pick out like six songs for us to do.

You wanna help me?

Yeah.

All right, let's go to the car,

I've got everything out there.

Cool.

Did you get my stuff packed? What are you wearing anyway?

Hope you dress a little more decent

before you go to the church today.

By the way, those blinds are filthy.

You know I'm allergic to dust.

And I'm allergic to creeps.

Hey guys.

Hey, how's it going?

Good.

This is the drummer I was telling you about.

Hey, nice to meet you.

Hey, nice to meet you too. The songs sound great.

Looking forward to recording 'em.

The doors are locked and she's not here yet.

Have you heard anything?

No. I thought she'd be here already.

Well, I hope she hurries up. We got a lot to do.

I haven't even set up yet.

Hey guys, come on in.

Xylophone.

Had a lesson.

Wow, you look great.

Well, thank you.

A total rocker here. Wow.

Well, what about you?

Why? 'Cause I have buttons on my shirt?

Yeah.

This is like my formal wear.

Right.

But no, seriously.

I gotta ask, does your husband know you're here or?

No. He doesn't.

You're still okay with doing this?

I am.

Okay. And you think it'll work?

It'll be fine.

- It'll be fine? - Yeah.

Those are the words I was waiting to hear, it'll be fine.

So I guess we're all ready to go. You ready?

I am ready.

Cool.

What is going on?

You guys better go.

You want me to talk to him

and try to explain what's going on?

No, seriously. You guys, go right now.

You, I need to talk to you.

So what do we do now, guys?

Just wait or what?

You got me. I don't know.

I feel like I should go in there and try to explain

'cause I don't want her getting in trouble over us, I mean.

Maybe we should wait till tomorrow morning.

The senior citizens come in at eight and drink coffee.

We can sneak in, grab our stuff, then get out.

Well maybe, I mean,

it doesn't look like we're gonna do any recording,

but as long as we get our stuff out,

it's expensive equipment in there.

Well, if I hear anything different I'll let you know.

But yeah, let's just plan on showing up here

at eight in the morning and grabbing our stuff and-

- yeah. - Okay.

Guess we have no choice.

Sounds like a plan.

All right.

And you allow a rock band in the house of the lord.

What were you thinking?

How did you get a member of the church

to go along with this?

I can't even imagine.

And how long have you known that computer repair guy?

Are you guys having an affair or something?

And how long has this been going on? How embarrassing.

How can you do this to me?

And bringing a rock band into the church?

Can you imagine the scandal that would cause?

Don't you have anything to say?

Can you imagine the scandal it would cause

if I decided one day that I was sick and tired

of your beatdowns.

What are you talking about? I'm a great husband.

Okay.

And what does that mean?

I wasn't hurting anyone.

Hurting anyone?

Do you realize what kind of stress this is causing me?

That long-haired guy, he really needs my help,

and that's all I was doing, I swear.

And what do you mean needed?

Just trust me on this one. He needs help, okay?

And what kinda help

does that long-haired heathen need from you?

He looks like he belongs in the dive bar downtown.

Just stop. He's dying, okay?

He's dying? What do you mean he's dying?

It's true. He wouldn't lie about this, trust me.

He just wanted.

In fact, if you won't let me see this through,

I'm leaving you.

And that'll give you a real scandal to deal with.

So what's wrong with him?

He has a brain tumor and there's nothing more they can do.

So why do you think

letting him play his rock and roll music

in the house of the lord will help him?

That's all he has. And it's all that he wants.

And it's his dying wish.

And as far as rock and roll,

I don't want you to pretend that you're holier than thou.

It might be rock, but listen to it once.

It's really meaningful and it's from his heart.

Fine. Then let me hear this wonderful music.

Just once I ask you to let me do something for me

so that I feel like an individual

and not just the pastor's wife.

And I can't believe that I even have to say this to you,

but it's the Christian thing to do.

All right then. What do you want?

So we are practicing in the church tonight

so that tomorrow we can record 'em and send 'em off

to record labels.

You know, I do know someone.

Do you remember Mike the sound engineer?

I can see if he'll come by. Maybe he's willing to help.

Okay, that sounds good.

Thank you. It really means a lot to me.

So I guess I'm gonna text the guys and let them know.

They'll be really excited.

Oh no, I got this and I'm taking your phone.

You know, I didn't hear a thing from her.

Have you checked? Is it open?

It is open. There's a meeting down in the basement, so-

- yeah, you said that. - Yeah.

Well-

and if we can't record,

I really just wanna get my drums back.

Oh yeah.

I haven't even changed clothes from yesterday, so-

yeah, I haven't showered.

I hear ya. Well, let's just-

it's early, so-

let's just go get our stuff.

Let's just get it.

- Yeah. - All right.

Hey guys, we're over here. Come on over.

Hey guys, how's it going?

Well, pretty good.

Great. How are you doing?

- Doing okay. - Good.

Say, I've heard you guys practice

and I figured you guys could probably use a sound guy.

This is Mike.

- Hey, guys. - Mike, nice to meet you.

- Hey. - Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you. I've heard your work, it sounds great.

Thanks. I appreciate that.

I've got kind of a portable setup here

and the room sounds really good.

I think we can make a really good recording out of it.

Now, I see mics on the drum I haven't seen before.

Those yours?

- Most of 'em, yeah. - Okay.

Borrowed a few from the church, but most of 'em are mine.

But yeah, I think it's gonna be great.

As long as we get the good basics in the church,

you know, the big thing is the drums.

Anything after that we can usually overdub.

Okay.

If anybody's got recording capabilities at their house,

we can just take it there

and bring all the files back to my computer

and it will sound great.

Good.

So, what's up?

And you're here too?

Yeah.

All right. Well, I guess we can get started.

Okay, everyone ready?

We're rolling. Here comes the click.

Yeah, I thought that sounded pretty good, you guys.

How'd it sound over there?

Things sound good.

We got a little bit of an issue with the hi-hat mic,

I think the xlr cable's bad,

so gimme about five minutes, I'll switch it out

and we should be back up and running.

Okay, cool. Well, I guess we'll take five then.

- Oh, hey. - Hey.

You gotta tell me what's going on with your husband?

I mean, I didn't expect this big attitude change.

Well, okay, so we had it out, and I think he's okay

with my outside interest with the band.

You mean it's okay as long as he supervises?

- Pretty much. Yeah. - Yup.

Well, don't get me wrong, I'm not worried about the band,

and playing and stuff, I'm worried about you.

I mean, is everything okay, you know, with you guys or?

I suppose we should get back in there.

This really isn't the time or place.

I know, but you told him didn't you? Told him about me?

Yes. I'm sorry, I had to.

I didn't know how else to make this happen.

It's okay. You know, it's the end result that counts.

So yeah, let's get back in there and rock and roll.

Okay.

Okay guys, what do you wanna do next?

I think we got a keeper on that one.

Should we do "time for love?"

Cool, well, I'll get all the tracks put together

and get the final mixes down.

And soon as I have 'em ready to go,

I'll send 'em to you by email.

Take your time packing up. We're gonna head out.

I'll see you in the morning.

Okay, sounds good. We'll see you tomorrow, pastor.

Oh, hey. How's it going?

Hey.

- Small world. - How you doing?

- Good. - Good to see you.

I see you're hooked on their coffee too.

Oh, it's the best coffee in town.

Yeah, I'm here every day, every morning.

But anyway, I was gonna text you later about the songs,

which Mike killed it.

Oh man, I'm-

can't believe that's us.

- Yeah. - It sounds so good.

But anyway, you doing anything tonight?

No, I'm free.

Okay. I work till five.

Why don't you stop over anytime after that?

I got something really cool to show you.

Cool. Yeah, I'm excited, I can't wait to hear it.

Yeah, I won't give away the surprise yet, but-

okay.

But it's cool.

All right.

Okay, well, I'll see you after work then.

Okay.

Hey, how's it going?

Good. Is there somewhere I can talk to you alone?

Just take her in the rear.

Oh, I think, we have a break room in back.

We can go back there.

I hope it's okay that I stopped by.

No, it's cool. Seriously, it's fine.

Okay, good.

I didn't want you to get in trouble with the boss.

I promise. It's all good.

Okay. Good.

So what's up?

I don't really know.

I woke up this morning

and I just had a really strong tuition

that I needed to see you, so here I am.

You can see I'm perfectly fine.

But I'm glad you're here because I was wondering,

I have the day off, day after tomorrow,

and would you be interested in getting together

and try writing a song together?

You mean like a new song?

Yeah, we'll just start with a guitar and a notebook

and we'll just see what we come up with.

Well, I've got an appointment in the morning,

but I should be free in the afternoon.

So yeah, I think I could make that work. Sounds fun.

And while you're here,

I wanted to ask you something else too.

Um. Okay.

Well, if something happens to me.

Don't say that. We're not gonna think about that.

Well, actually, this is something

that would gimme a little peace of mind, so.

Okay, go ahead.

Well, you know, my cat Moosey,

and you know she absolutely means the world to me.

She's been by my side for many, many years.

So what I'm wondering is if something does happen to me,

if you'd take her and let her live with you

and you could take care of her for me.

You know, the pastor's actually allergic to cats,

but I really love cats, so I'll do it.

What are you gonna do with the turtles?

My boss has a grandson who just loves the turtles.

In fact, he's going to take 'em this winter

and keep him there during the cold months.

Oh, good. What's wrong?

I don't know, I've never really gotten emotional

about this whole situation before,

and to me it was just going on another great adventure.

But now I don't wanna die. I've got too much to live for.

Thanks to you.

Thank you. I'd better let you get back to work.

Hey.

Hey, nice to see you. How's it going?

Come on in.

Good to see you.

Yeah, good to see you. Want something to drink?

Ice tea, if you have it. Please.

- Sure. Have a seat. - Thank you.

Thanks.

So here's what I did. I made up a bunch of these CDs.

I actually had the CDs printed on.

We had a printer at work

that somebody brought in to have fixed,

and they never picked it up, and I checked it out.

It actually prints on CDs and DVDs. So, heck, I used that.

And then I did a little photoshopping

and made, you know, those pictures that we took,

and then I put some information about the band

and sent 'em out, sent 'em to I think 32 labels.

Cool. Can I check one out?

I'd like to see... well, actually,

these are for you.

- Okay, thanks. - Take these.

And I assume you're gonna see the other guys

before I will.

So if you wanna, you know, give them a copy-

- yeah, for sure. - Or whatever.

But I'm just thrilled to how everything sounded.

This is really cool. This is perfect.

This is something I've kinda wanted to do for a long time,

and I found my partner, it seems like,

and we're working well together, and heck,

we should go on indefinitely, just keep doing it.

I mean, maybe play a show or something here or there,

but just keep writing and recording.

Maybe we can get some interest, get some deals, or if not,

hand 'em out to our friends.

But let's keep doing, this is a blast.

Let's do this for years to come. What do you think?

She didn't tell you, man?

No, she didn't. What was she supposed to tell me?

No, no, just that she said

the pastor's cool with her doing it too.

So she'll keep going with us.

Oh, okay. Great.

- So, yeah. - Awesome.

Well, I'll say here's to doing it for years, huh?

- Yeah, absolutely. - All right.

Thanks for asking.

No, but seriously, that was a brilliant idea

to record their guitars dry and wet,

because that when you re-amp the guitars,

oh my gosh, you made those guitars sound huge.

Well, I can't take all the credit.

I mean, that's a industry standard.

Maybe not at our level, but it just makes sense to me

that I don't have to go back and redo it later.

- No. - You know,

recreate the performance, it's already there, so.

You okay? You don't look so good.

Are you feeling all right?

No, man. I feel like crap.

You want me to take you to the hospital or something?

No, it's not my head. It's my stomach.

I had a breakfast sandwich this morning.

I swear the ham was green. It is kicking my ass right now.

Gosh.

Are you sure?

Yeah, I'm sure.

If you don't mind though,

maybe I could just go home for a couple hours

and get this outta my system.

Not a problem.

Okay, let me do that and I'll give you a call

or I'll be back in a couple hours.

All right. Just don't rush, just do what you need to do.

- Okay. - Okay?

Thanks. Thanks again.