David Bowie (quick demo rp)
Mar 21, 2022 16:07:37 GMT -5
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Post by Tony Savage on Mar 21, 2022 16:07:37 GMT -5
Kensington, London U.K.
Don't let me hear you say life's taking you nowhere
Angel
Come get up, my baby
Look at that sky, life's begun
Nights are warm and the days are young
Come get up, my baby
There's my baby, lost that's all
Once I'm begging you save her little soul
One of the perks of being consistently awesome at your career path is you can afford yourself luxuries others can't. Who doesn't like having a bigger, better toy chest than the other kids on the block? In Chelsea, that's the status quo; outdo the neighbours. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, has a home studio on Cromwell Road like Tony Savage has. Every Sunday, after the family dinner (English Roast day), Tony comes down, fires up the equipment, and lets the music wash away the stress of the week. today, he's doing a little tribute to a musical and cultural muse of his since childhood.
Granted, he doesn't sound like Bowie in the booth. Nobody has, does, or ever will. But, he is surprisingly good. That smoky deep Georgia drawl of is does add a bit of country funk to a Brit pop masterpiece. He's oblivious to the camera jockey knocking on the glass until...
*Still bobbing his head*
"That's my baby, lost is..."Oh, shit!"
He takes the headphones off and holds a finger up.
"Alexa, stop recording and download the rough-cut files to the mixing program. I love Alexa; saves me time and a small fortune on an engineer when I don't need one.
He sists himself behind the sound board and opens the drawer. His eye is patched from a fight a week ago, and he's taking eyedrops to treat the gash. A few droplets drip from the bottle, and he slightly winces.
Ahhh...okay, ready now...
People love to come in and drop that "I'ma change the game 'round here" bullshit. You know, standard operational procedure; pop up, drop a resume, screaming how you're gonna be the most muscly of muscle bois and girls. You'll rack up those straps and bag like NOONE before.
*Chuckling* All well and good. Not a whole lotta folks can make it in this biz with a "golly gee whiz, I'm just glad to be here" mentality. I tried that myself. It felt like being chained to a radiator for the week I did that. The ultimate goal is to get them belts and all the fixings that come with it. Otherwise, what's the damn point? Problem is, 90% of people that get in front of that camera and proclaim they're bringing a new Age to their new employer, and gloss over whether or not that Renaissance spirit's going to apply to themselves.
A pause to clear his throat and adjust his bandage.
I'm a major Bowie mark. I mean, you play even one of his B-Tracks around me, I stop everything and jam out to it. Guy was an inspiration. I always liked what he did, because he was one of the smartest guys in entertainment. Every decade, just when it seemed you saw every trick in the book with him, he evolved. New material, new styles of sound and fashion, new ventures like acting. Admittedly, some of his shit was a dud. Tends to happen when you take risks all the time.
In the end, though, it worked. He kept conquering the universe by conquering himself. Smart enough to evolve, good enough to still be fundamentally himself. Legends are born from embracing that philosophy.
I could have just stayed exclusively with my other organization. Been happy with my Chaos belt and being on all those lists people love to crow about when they get on them. Smug knowing I'm hotter working one gig than most wrestling 8 days a week.
That does me and this sport a disservice. You start getting that "seen and done it all" mentality that wrecks careers. Thinking along those lines inspires complacency, laziness.
I didn't sign with Action Wrestling just for another gold rush like most do. Plenty of other organizations to score those with less effort. I needed a new spark. Something to keep me on my toes and motivated. Let's be real; for a sport where we move from place to place constantly, we wrestlers DO have a bad habit of staying in place for too long.
That's why I was always a Bowie guy; can't change the world if your own stupid ass is stuck in neutral. So you have to shake the rotation up.
He swivels his seat around to face the glass.
Warning others what happens to them when they get in the way of your dreams is fine. It's kind of what we do. Just...*points at his reflection*..make sure that person gets the message, too.