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I am meeting my idol in October.

Last time I met him, I managed to completely freak out. I was shaking and was just in utter shock. I am a musician, in case you don’t know, and he is an incredible musician and quite famous. When I was taking a picture of him with my friend, I was shaking so much he actually said ‘aww, she’s shaking. Don’t worry about it!’ The thing is, to me he is literally god and the greatest musician alive.

Anyway, I feel I have gotten over the shock factor of seeing him beside me and talking to him, and I am hoping to meet him again this time. My friend who was with me last time keeps telling me I should give him a c.d. of my songs. I know for a fact it would go in the bin two seconds later though. In fairness, what would he be doing actually listening to a c.d. a fan gave him? But it got me thinking whether there actually was something I could do to make an impression. Don’t get me wrong, I am not a crazed fan who thinks he’s ‘incredibly hot’. I just worship his musical talent, and I know I have incredible talent as well (and no, I am not big headed, it is about the only thing I am good at in my life so I can proudly admit that!!!).

If anyone has any suggestions, or even just joke suggestions, I would appreciate it! :o) My goal in life is to one day play with him on stage, or even just play with him off stage for a few seconds.

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Malori In Love ♥ offline Verified User (4 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 116 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (8 minutes after post)

i say you give him the CD

if you know you are good why not take the chance
even if it goes in the trash?

WHAT IF he does listen to it?
and he loves it?

and you get the break you have been waiting for?

then on the flipside:

WHAT IF he hates it? thinks it is utter crap?
and tosses it in the garbage? it was so worth the 3 bucks to buy a CD and give it to him…

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miss_enigma offline Verified User (2 years) Long Term User Shouts: 247 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (9 minutes after post)

I agree, I would say give him the CD. You only live once and life is for taking chances…you just never know…

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Narrator offline Verified User (5 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 31 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (10 minutes after post)

Just like Malori said, really there isnt a lose in that situation. But if you didnt do it, then there will always be the what if situation.

Also, you can always threaten to stalk him or something if he does not listen to it and does not like it.. :)

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Malori In Love ♥ offline Verified User (4 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 116 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (11 minutes after post)

i looove when people agree with me!!

makes me all tingley!

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miss_enigma offline Verified User (2 years) Long Term User Shouts: 247 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (16 minutes after post)

Gawd Malori, the more I read from you, you remind me so much of myself when I was your age…it’s spooky!

So Cecilia, you gonna do it? huh huh?

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Malori In Love ♥ offline Verified User (4 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 116 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (17 minutes after post)

:D i will take that as a compliment, thank you!!

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miss_enigma offline Verified User (2 years) Long Term User Shouts: 247 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (36 minutes after post)

So will I my dear and thank you :)

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Malori In Love ♥ offline Verified User (4 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 116 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (38 minutes after post)

wanna be friends??

:)

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (41 minutes after post)

Will you send me cookies? Just teasin, ofcourse I would, thanks darlin :)

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Cecilia offline Verified User (12 months) Long Term User Shouts: 30 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (44 minutes after post)

I don’t know if I will…..it’s a really big thing to do….I don’t know if I would have the confidence. Like, this guy is really famous, and I am a nobody to him. All I am is just another pathetic teenage girl fan. Though technically I am in my twenties, he probably would still view me as one. Though, he’s not famous in the sense of popular musicians. He’s famous for a particular type of music, and gradually came onto the popular scene, and then became even more famous for dating a model. Though I was the first person realistically in my country to start listening to him. I was the one who started telling people about him. I just happened across his first released cd one day in the classical music section of my local cd shop. He isn’t even classical, but he was so unknown that they wouldnt put him elsewhere if you get me.

I’d love to have the guts to do that and to put my email and stuff in, but I don’t know if I would! Plus, there’s literally a 100% chance he’ll think I am an idiot and throw it away

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miss_enigma offline Verified User (2 years) Long Term User Shouts: 247 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (49 minutes after post)

I’m dying to know who he is!

Have the guts! Have the guts! The worst thing he can do is throw it away, is he that much of a jerk? If he is then you don’t want to share with him anyway…remember, he was likely in your shoes once and could well relate to your nervousness/excitement and dedication to music.

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Narrator offline Verified User (5 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 31 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (1 hour, 7 minutes after post)

Mmm cant stand the curiosity.

I still think its worth doing, the question though is would you be happy with not doing it?

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Malori In Love ♥ offline Verified User (4 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 116 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (1 hour, 8 minutes after post)

i concur with the above statements.

;)

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angel♥ offline Verified User (5 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 783 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (1 hour, 27 minutes after post)

i think you should give him the cd!!

also do you mind me asking who this guy is?? i have a high curiosity level :P hehe

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spiratec9 offline Verified User (9 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Burnaby, BC, CA | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (3 hours, 5 minutes after post)

so what is this musician’s name?Do we know him?

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spiratec9 offline Verified User (9 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Burnaby, BC, CA | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (3 hours, 9 minutes after post)

walk up to him and tell him you would be blessed if he would allow you to play with
him on stage.

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Ballinteer, 07, IE | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (6 hours, 25 minutes after post)

Yes give him a cd, definitely give him the cd, so what if he throws it out, it’s worth taking the risk incase he does listen to it.

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Ballinteer, 07, IE | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (6 hours, 27 minutes after post)

Cecilia, seriously, do it!

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Malori In Love ♥ offline Verified User (4 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 116 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (6 hours, 31 minutes after post)

DO IT!!!

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (15 hours, 27 minutes after post)

hah hah. Ok, you guys have got me thinking!!!! Heh heh. His name is Jamie Cullum. Either you will think ‘oh my god, him? He’s way too famous and incredibly amazing to take notice of someone like me’ or else you’ll think ‘who the hell is he?’

But he is the god of jazz/popular music for me. I have seen his every tv appearance, travelled to different countries to see him play (I am traveling to France to see him play in October) and bought his every cd and single, and I can play every single one of his songs. He has just influenced me beyond belief. And I’d just die with happiness if I even got to play with him for ten seconds!!!! My friend got to play with him once and I was so jealous as he didn’t really even know who he was, and just mentioned it in passing to me before I almost died of a heart attack!!!

On one level, I know I am just another fan who is crazy about him. But on another level, I know I am a **** incredible musician and God has given me amazing talents, and I never admit that in real life, but I figure on help.com I can be honest about my talents and equally my downsides. I kinda feel I have followed him from before he was famous and have always appreciated his musicality, and I just want to play with him in the sense that any good musician would love to play with another musician who has helped influence them, you know? It’s nothing to do with him being famous. But he is, so that makes it more akward.

Or else I really am just a crazed fan!!!! heh heh

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Ballinteer, 07, IE | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (15 hours, 33 minutes after post)

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Ballinteer, 07, IE | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (15 hours, 34 minutes after post)

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An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (19 hours, 43 minutes after post)

oh yeah i know jamie cullum! he has such a nice voice! not my kind of music but i can definetely appreciate it. i love his voice!!!!
you should definetely give him the cd!!!!

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An Unknown Location | 2 months, 1 week ago (2 weeks, 3 days after post)

thank you for you advic and sorry for my english it is my second language:

if you are that good you wont need him he will need you because he is old now and you are the new blood you should give him the cd but be awer from him find a way to privent him from stilling your songs or your ideas (jast in case)

if you are that good and you need his atentions you have to see him whan you start to have a name (in the beagining of your starhoud )

but be raedy for the jorny maybe waht you think is graet it will turn up to be bad and some people will promes you some things and then they will brok there promisses

some people will want from you some thing and will promes you some thing and they will brok there word. so have to know how to bargen

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2 months, 1 week ago (2 weeks, 3 days after post)

I am totally with you here :)
I just have to tell you my story (I’ll try to keep it short though)

He’s a musician, he’s famous, I adore him, I’m a singer, it took me 24 years…
but I met him. And he loved me :) Seriously! My greatest dream ever was to sing with him. Now it’s likely I will. I feel so blessed, like I have been strucked by a true miracle. It can happen!

A tip: if you don’t want him to see you as just another fan, then try to see him also as a person, not just the musician. Worked for me:) And the heartbeat and shaking can be hard to control, wish you the best of luck with that!

Don’t even hesitate! You have been blessed with the opportunity to actually meet him. You will never forgive yourself if you don’t make a try. Go for it girl! :)

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