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Continued from page 52 dear friend of mine who is struggling with cancer. You know a little bit about my background [Gary had been a pastor for 25 years], and I have been listening to her in that context and she was very honest about some of her pain and struggles with that, in addition to having a sense of hope that she’ll continue to fight the battle as long as she can. This song is inspired by her pain and her joy and her hope, and it’s called “Fifi’s Hope.” [Music plays] I saw Gary in the hallway yesterday or Thursday night, and I asked him, “Why did you leave your calling?” And he said… To pursue another calling. I’m gonna have you read this letter, because I’ll get too emotional. [Reading his letter] “Yesterday I received my first check for music cues. Awesome. I cannot thank you enough, Michael, and your dedicated staff for helping me live out the dream of a career in music. I am doing what I love to do, and now I’m getting paid to do it. It doesn’t get much better than that. While there are many people to thank for helping me get to where I am with my music, I can honestly say that I would not be living this dream, and I’ve got to say I would’ve never dreamed this dream—not what I’m doing now. I mean, I always wanted to dream and do music, but to be connected with Dave and writing music cues for Harpo Productions is beyond anything that I could’ve ever dreamed even two years ago. So, my thanks to you for your dream here.” Thank you. We can’t do it without you making great music. Gary: Well, Michael, I gotta tell ya. There are many highlights along the way, but when you… I got an email from David back in May, and the subject line was “You Got Airplay.” And I had one of my cues played on that show that I can’t mention, 10 times in the course of a week. And, as a matter of fact, it even opened the show and closed the show on one particular day in April. So just do Google search on “backward Harpo.” It happened here, Michael. I’ve had many forwards, but here at the Road Rally is where it happened. Can I tell you a real quick story? You know how we come and we put our music in boxes, and we hope and we hope and hope that we

will get airplay. To have producers who are up here listening to music on a Sunday morning—lo and behold on a Sunday morning—when I should be in church, right? You’re absolutely right, I’m with the people. That’s where church is. I’ve been thinking about starting a cult. [laughter] So, at any rate, they had time in a Rally session for one more cue—one more disc. I was sitting right down there and I could see one of your staff members had my disc in his hand. And he put the disc in and David Trotter heard it and he took it with him. Now, mind you, remember those four words in the TAXI starter kit we were supposed to remember about patience? It took until August, and

from thereon it’s been this incredible dream. Great. Well, I’m glad you’re, and I hope your friend gets better. She won’t get better—she’s actually dying— but she heard that piece and it has given her such inspiration. And you know what she said to me? She said, “You know, even though I’m dying, I can still have impact on lives.” And I said, “You will, because I’m gonna be playing your piece for people gathered at this TAXI event.” So she knows I’m here, she knows I’m doing this and she knows you have heard her piece. Wow. Thank you, Gary. Don’t miss Part 2 in next month’s TAXI Insider!

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