Savan Kotecha

um during that era and it was in the gossip column in austin american statesman once that babyface was vacationing with his family in lake travis i was like oh my god this is my chance to meet babyface so i like stayed up the whole night i wrote this letter and i did copies of my demo like tape to tape so you had it was like real time you had to like wait for the whole thing to copy and i looked the whole while my tape was making copies i was

um during that era and it was in the gossip column in austin american statesman once that babyface was vacationing with his family in lake travis i was like oh my god this is my chance to meet babyface so i like stayed up the whole night i wrote this letter and i did copies of my demo like tape to tape so you had it was like real time you had to like wait for the whole thing to copy and i looked the whole while my tape was making copies i was

um during that era and it was in the gossip column in austin american statesman once that babyface was vacationing with his family in lake travis i was like oh my god this is my chance to meet babyface so i like stayed up the whole night i wrote this letter and i did copies of my demo like tape to tape so you had it was like real time you had to like wait for the whole thing to copy and i looked the whole while my tape was making copies i was

Looking up the yellow pages, again, it was pre-internet. So I like highlighted all the addresses of rental condos around Lake Travis. I convinced three friends to come with me. Six in the morning, we get in the car and we drive and we knock on every single door and all the addresses that I found. And for everyone that didn't answer the door, I left a demo tape on the doorstep.

Looking up the yellow pages, again, it was pre-internet. So I like highlighted all the addresses of rental condos around Lake Travis. I convinced three friends to come with me. Six in the morning, we get in the car and we drive and we knock on every single door and all the addresses that I found. And for everyone that didn't answer the door, I left a demo tape on the doorstep.

Looking up the yellow pages, again, it was pre-internet. So I like highlighted all the addresses of rental condos around Lake Travis. I convinced three friends to come with me. Six in the morning, we get in the car and we drive and we knock on every single door and all the addresses that I found. And for everyone that didn't answer the door, I left a demo tape on the doorstep.

You know, you just have to do all those things to to to make it. I mean, I didn't know any other way. So I just made shit up, you know, and eventually people started replying to my demos that I would send out and Barnes and Nobles like I found a book of music industry addresses and. And eventually people started replying. I would get letters of feedback from random music publishers.

You know, you just have to do all those things to to to make it. I mean, I didn't know any other way. So I just made shit up, you know, and eventually people started replying to my demos that I would send out and Barnes and Nobles like I found a book of music industry addresses and. And eventually people started replying. I would get letters of feedback from random music publishers.

You know, you just have to do all those things to to to make it. I mean, I didn't know any other way. So I just made shit up, you know, and eventually people started replying to my demos that I would send out and Barnes and Nobles like I found a book of music industry addresses and. And eventually people started replying. I would get letters of feedback from random music publishers.

Again, it would be like one in San Francisco, one in Omaha, things like that, that had nothing to do with the kind of music I was making. And, but I would, I, you know, it would be funny. Like I would like, you know, I'd get a letter reply with like positive feedback. Like, Oh, I dropped my spoon while I made my tea that morning. So I'd start dropping, I started dropping my spoon every morning.

Again, it would be like one in San Francisco, one in Omaha, things like that, that had nothing to do with the kind of music I was making. And, but I would, I, you know, it would be funny. Like I would like, you know, I'd get a letter reply with like positive feedback. Like, Oh, I dropped my spoon while I made my tea that morning. So I'd start dropping, I started dropping my spoon every morning.

Again, it would be like one in San Francisco, one in Omaha, things like that, that had nothing to do with the kind of music I was making. And, but I would, I, you know, it would be funny. Like I would like, you know, I'd get a letter reply with like positive feedback. Like, Oh, I dropped my spoon while I made my tea that morning. So I'd start dropping, I started dropping my spoon every morning.

Everything was about like wanting the universe to give me some feedback. Um, I ended up having to remember like so many things to do throughout the day. It was, it became just like OCD thing that I had. And, um, Um, eventually like people started replying and it was like, you know, Hey kid, I like what you're doing.

Everything was about like wanting the universe to give me some feedback. Um, I ended up having to remember like so many things to do throughout the day. It was, it became just like OCD thing that I had. And, um, Um, eventually like people started replying and it was like, you know, Hey kid, I like what you're doing.

Everything was about like wanting the universe to give me some feedback. Um, I ended up having to remember like so many things to do throughout the day. It was, it became just like OCD thing that I had. And, um, Um, eventually like people started replying and it was like, you know, Hey kid, I like what you're doing.

Keep sending me music or, you know, and then at one point I got this, um, letter from a guy in Nashville and he goes, Hey kid, I really like your tape. I can make you a star. If you pay me $3,000, I'll make proper studio recordings for the demo and you could perform at a showcase at the wild horse saloon in Nashville and I'll publish your songs. Wow. I was like, oh my gosh.

Keep sending me music or, you know, and then at one point I got this, um, letter from a guy in Nashville and he goes, Hey kid, I really like your tape. I can make you a star. If you pay me $3,000, I'll make proper studio recordings for the demo and you could perform at a showcase at the wild horse saloon in Nashville and I'll publish your songs. Wow. I was like, oh my gosh.

Keep sending me music or, you know, and then at one point I got this, um, letter from a guy in Nashville and he goes, Hey kid, I really like your tape. I can make you a star. If you pay me $3,000, I'll make proper studio recordings for the demo and you could perform at a showcase at the wild horse saloon in Nashville and I'll publish your songs. Wow. I was like, oh my gosh.

I had no idea what that meant, by the way, but I was like, oh my gosh, he's gonna publish my song. That just sounded cool. So I went to school the next day and guess what? Guess what? This guy's gonna publish my songs. And I started like saving up money. And I kind of told my parents about it because I needed like them to know I'm going to go to Nashville.

I had no idea what that meant, by the way, but I was like, oh my gosh, he's gonna publish my song. That just sounded cool. So I went to school the next day and guess what? Guess what? This guy's gonna publish my songs. And I started like saving up money. And I kind of told my parents about it because I needed like them to know I'm going to go to Nashville.