You know, I love to just drive around, get out there and drum up biz,
because, potential clients are everywhere.
Hello, strange man! Do you need some advice?
Hey, you look like you need some advice.
Get in the back!
Sorry, the back door is on the business side.
Alright, weirdo.
You snooze, you lose.
My name is Janessa Slater and I'm a media coach
who's helped hundreds of bands.
This is Sound Advice.
So, Modest Mouse, I think that name has to go,
because modesty is for losers and mice are taking over my apartment, you know?
I just wanted to do the legwork to change it, you know?
Yeah.
It's on the records.
But I mean, if they sold that much... it's like...
So I actually really liked the name of your recent albums
Strangers to Ourselves, because I always feel like I'm a stranger to myself.
You know, I'll catch myself, you know, crying, and, you know, threatening to
you know, commit a crime outside of my ex-husband Darren's house
and you know, making a scene, and I'll go who am I? You know what I mean?
And so, I always find myself in situations where I am a stranger to myself
and I go, wow, this is kinda cool! But also kinda weird, so,
I'm just wondering, where did you guys come up with a name Strangers to Ourselves?
I think I forgot. That story was really something.
Oh, thank you!
Have you guys ever thought of doing a festival circuit
cause it feels like you guys would do really well.
You know, there's a ton, of, like, mediocre white people
with a ton of disposable income who like to blow it,
listening to, you know, middle-aged, lumber sexuals sing them lullabies in a wet field.
You know?
Right.
You can even start your own festival, you know? What would you call that?
I'm gonna have to go to a mountain top for this one.
Yeah, Going to the Mountain Top.
I think that's great.
What about, Good Night, Sweet Losers?
Yeah, I'm gonna have to think about this. I don't have a title at the moment.
You know, I once scored a 78% unflown on Guitar Hero?
OK.
So, can I be in the band, or...?
Let me think about that.
I could come in, change up all you tunage.
OK.
Break-down version of float-on, "whoa, float-on today!"
You know, or something like that.
Or, very like, hipstery, like, "we float on!"
You know, or like, jazz, "we'll float on tonight!"
OK, follow me here. What if we do Modest Mouse as a Pixar film?
It's like a little mouse, and he has to, like, learn to brag more about himself.
At the beginning of the movie he's like, really modest and they're like,
oh, like, you're like, really good at, like, eating cheese and like, being annoying,
and he's like "no, I'm not! I'm just a modest mouse and it's like emotional
and it like, makes more money than any other movie even though it's a cartoon.
And I think it would be a good thing for you guys.
And maybe you could voice one of the mice, you know,
and you could be like, "I hate to brag!", or whatever...
I got nothing.
In conclusion, I think we've had a really solid session here today,
do you feel good about it?
Yeah... Do I get billed for it?
Oh, yeah, yeah.
But, listen. I'm excited to see your band really florish.
Thanks for your time.
Thank you.
That was so pleasant.
He listened to me!
You're a good listener.
You take me seriously.
You listen and... I just said that.
It's been really great talking to you.
It's like, you have respect for me, and I just don't get that a lot, so...
Off the record, thank you so much.
I'm just tired.
We all are.
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