Victory Day #2

Yesterday was my second day at Victory Records. Luckily, I was able to really start doing my job. The girl who was initially supposed to train me was out sick with strep, but Jamie, another marketing intern, was there on Friday and able to help me out! What we did all day was look over the current marketing and sales plans for all of the bands on the label, making sure they were up-to-date. These marketing and sales plans include such things as total sales (shipped -returned albums) of all their albums, top 10 selling cities, album details, band bios, where/how they advertise (online and/or print) and what type of ad it is, etc. To get this info, we had to go to several different sites or pdf files, so it took quite a bit of time to get every little bit of info updated.

It was awesome. :)

Well...awesome, despite the fact that my computer screen was all wavy and off color and the mouse did not work at all.

On the other hand, it was neat because we got to work in the room with the guy who works with about 15-20 different radio stations in Chicago and across the U.S., trying to get all the bands' stuff played on the air. Unfortunately though, he was all "pot" this and "bang (younger) chicks" that. No wonder his late 30-year-old self was so happy to have Jamie and me working in his office (we are both cute and under 25 so we apparently "fit" his list).

Oh...and I guess there is one other little bit of info...

I mean...it's no big deal...but I just kinda got to hang out with some members of one of the bands for a while (Chase Long Beach...they had a show last night!).

Yeah that's it.

Except...wait...one more even COOLER thing!

One of the bands on the label - Destrophy - is from Des Moines, IA and Ari, the vocalist/guitarist, was actually my substitute art teacher back at Marion H.S.

So I was casually talking to Mr. Radio man about my connection to Destrophy and he slides his chair over to mine, phone in hand, and starts dialing a number. He's kind of an odd fellow so I didn't think much of it at the time, but then when the person on the other end answered and Mr. Radio smiled at me (as if he knew I would be excited very soon), I knew something was up. "Hello, Ari?" Radio man said. "Yeah, I'm working here at Victory and actually have one of your former art students here, you wanna talk to her?"

AND THEN HE HANDED THE PHONE TO ME!

I blushed, grabbed the phone, and ended up talking to Ari for a good 20 minutes or so, just catching up on things back home and what I am up to in Chicago. It was so easy to just chat with him. I loved it! He even told me to stay in contact with him and to hit him up if I ever needed any help with anything.

Yeah. Ain't no thang. I'm just talking to celebrities and it's only my 2nd day on the job.

God Bless Chicago. :P xx

P.S. I love you, Jess. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers right now. Good luck and God Bless. <3