They'd even sent him a roster of names. The polite thing to do was look through it, right?
Ryan looked through it out of politeness, but didn't find anyone to his taste. He preferred long-legged girls.
As for Mary, he didn't think there was any need to delete her contact. Who knew when it might come in handy?
Next, Ryan logged into the back end of the paid music platforms and looked around. These days, every version of his two tracks—one EDM song and one dance track—had new cover art, and the descriptions now mentioned SCHOOLBOY Records. They hadn't made the charts the way they had on Beatport, but the sales figures were at least much better than before he signed. For comparison, the SCHOOLBOY Records releases had already easily outsold the Mau5trap versions previously released by Deadmau5.
The DJ who had once taken Ryan to the URTLA Music Festival was still touring nightclubs in cities across the United States. Ryan's own market value had risen sharply of late. According to Marvin, his performance fee had already surpassed Deadmau5's, and more nightclubs wanted him to headline than Deadmau5. But Ryan's radio tour had only just begun, so he needed to devote more time to promotion.
Before shutting down his computer, Ryan remembered to check in with Leggy Girl. There was a fourteen-hour time difference between them, and it was afternoon where she was, so she had time to chat.
[I heard your music at a nightclub last night! The crowd loved it. We really should've recorded the whole thing.]
[You go to nightclubs?] Ryan had spotted the key point. His music was often played in clubs, but he'd always kept his distance from them and never went unless he was performing.
[I went with a friend. Is that a problem?]