Steps of Fame

By ALEXANDRE DONIZETE PENHA

The famous band without Control began to have problems, especially with the members who drank a lot of alcohol, in addition to the continuous use of cocaine.

Silvana, the singer's girlfriend, was very worried about that situation and decided to seek help. She called Roberto, a professional who worked in the United States with the image of famous actresses and singers.

After several meetings with Silvana, he decided to accept this new and great challenge. As soon as he arrived in Brazil and got to know the band members up close, he saw that he would have a lot of work ahead of him.

After a while working with the band his problems increased, due to the famous American singer Emily L.S, who fell into depression and urgently needed his help.

Roberto began to do his best to help these professionals, but his job became more and more difficult, as they could not deal with drugs and this "Fame" thing. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: ALEXANDRE DONIZETE PENHA
• Release date: Mar 20, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224686452

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STEPS OF FAME

Table of Contents

Title Page

ALEXANDRE DONIZETE PENHA

STEPS OF FAME | ISSUE 1 – MARCH 2021

SYNOPSIS

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1 | SOMETHING WRONG

Chapter 2 | THE INVITATION

Chapter 3 | EMILY AND CINDY

Chapter 4 | MAXIMUM STRENGTH

Chapter 5 | EMILY AGAIN

Chapter 6 | THE BEGINNING OF THE END

Chapter 7 | ROCK BOTTOM

FIM. | PREVIOUS WORK | COLLABORATORS

ALEXANDRE DONIZETE PENHA

STEPS OF FAME

ISSUE 1 – MARCH 2021

SYNOPSIS

The famous band without Control began to have problems, especially with the members who drank a lot of alcohol, in addition to the continuous use of cocaine.

Silvana, the singer's girlfriend, was very worried about that situation and decided to seek help. She called Roberto, a professional who worked in the United States with the image of famous actresses and singers.

After several meetings with Silvana, he decided to accept this new and great challenge. As soon as he arrived in Brazil and got to know the band members up close, he saw that he would have a lot of work ahead of him.

After a while working with the band his problems increased, due to the famous American singer Emily L.S, who fell into depression and urgently needed his help.

Roberto began to do his best to help these professionals, but his job became more and more difficult, as they could not deal with drugs and this Fame thing. 

SUMMARY

Chapter 1 — Something Wrong.................................  09

Chapter 2 — The Invitation ......................................  29

Chapter 3 — Emily and Cindy .................................  53

Chapter 4 — With Maximum Strength ....................  95

Chapter 5 — Emily Again .................................. 129

Chapter 6 — The Beginning of the End .................. 162

Chapter 7 — Rock Bottom ...................................... 213

INTRODUCTION

The characters and incidents described in this book are fictional. Any resemblance to specific individuals and events was not intended by the author. It's the same with places.

The words in Italic They mean slang, profanity, or the way characters express themselves.

Chapter 1

SOMETHING WRONG

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Almost midnight, the audience rehearsed a few boos and nothing from the band Without Control entered the stage. Silvana, the singer's girlfriend, went to the dressing room to rush the musicians.

"It's not possible that I need to get their attention at every show. I'm getting tired of it.

She came to the dressing room and said:

You're too late, don't you hear the boos?

Binho, vocalist and owner of the band, responded with great tranquility.

- Calm down my love, it's normal for rock bands to be late.

I think you'd better stop drinking; you've got a show ahead of you.

"All right. Let me kill that whiskey. Now I'm in the grade to sing, lol.

They left the dressing room and headed towards the stage. Carlos, the drummer, calmed Silvana down with a wink, he was the oldest in the band.

Finally, they entered the stage and soon began to play. Silvana calmed down and vented to Alex, the band's handyman.

"I'm sick of their irresponsibility. They're all over thirty and I must babysit.

- My dear friend, I don't like to criticize them, but they are going down a bad path.

"Yes, you can criticize. Even tomorrow, when they are without alcohol in their heads, we will have a meeting and you will help me.

What should I do?

"You're very observant, I want you to point out all the mistakes they make.

I'll be fired, you know I'm just a jack-of-all-trades in this band.

"Nothing will happen to you, believe me.

I'm so grateful that you got me this job. To this day I can't believe they asked me to come to the band's dressing room and then asked if I wanted to work like them.

"I saw in his eyes the admiration he had for them.

- I didn't, I still do.

"That's why I asked you to work with us and what you do for the band is impressive.

By the way, can I watch the show?

"Watch and analyze the band too, lol.

"Come on, as you said, I'm a good observer.

Silvana went to the dressing room, opened a beer, and lay down on the comfortable couch.

What am I doing with my life? I'm an excellent lawyer, I could be working in one of my dad's law firms, but I'm here. I like that adrenaline rush of the shows and I love my boyfriend, but I need to find someone else to take care of the band's image.

Where will I find a person capable of enduring these four pieces of junk?

She looked at the table and saw a gossip magazine. On the cover was American singer Emily L.S.

"It's the pop singer who's always messing around, but she seems to be getting better. Let me read this article.

Silvana read the whole story about the singer and was impressed by the change.

"This singer is very crazy, she does drugs, she drinks too much, and she gets in trouble with everyone, now the magazine is saying that she has improved significantly. And best of all, it was a Brazilian who made her better. Who will that man be? I need to know who he is.

Later she met with Alex and told him the story she had read in the magazine.

Can you help me find this man?

- Of course, my friend. Who knows, maybe he can be our salvation?

At the end of the show, Silvana met with the manager of the place who invited the band.

"You need to be more punctual. Luckily, you guys closed out tonight's show. What if there were other bands to play with?

"You're right. I apologize for what happened, this will no longer happen.

"I have experience in this business, it can damage the image of the band.

"I'm looking for a professional to solve all this. Who knows, maybe I'll hire the same one who takes care of the career of the famous American singer Emily?

"If you can hire this professional, it will be an excellent deal.

Do you know him?

"No, I just see what you're doing to restore this singer's reputation.

I'll look for his contacts, maybe I'll get lucky?

The musicians entered the dressing room and began drinking whiskey.

Binho sat down on the couch and said:

"We deserve to empty these bottles, tonight the show was great.

Samuel, the band's bassist said:

I'm going to have whiskey, but I have to celebrate double. Anyone want to join me?

He took a package of cocaine out of his pocket, put it on the table and left it for anyone who wanted to use it.

Binho couldn't resist the temptation.

"You're right, we deserve a double celebration.

He sniffed the powder at the same time Alex opened the dressing room door and saw everything. Unnoticed, he closed the door and walked back to the stage.

"I didn't know they were at that stage. Drinking and now doing drugs, it's not going to end well. What should I do? Do I tell Silvana or not? I need to think about the good of the band, so I'll tell you what I saw.

At that time Silvana appeared behind him and said:

I wonder what you want to tell? Laughter.

Alex was startled and turned pale at his friend's presence.

"I need to tell you something very serious, but I'm afraid of what might happen.

By the looks of it, it's something with the musicians, did they mistreat anyone?

"Please don't say I was the one who told you.

"You can trust me.

"When I opened the door to enter the dressing room, I saw Binho using cocaine. I was very disappointed and worried about that.

"It was everything I didn't want to hear, but it's something that was being announced.

What are you going to do?

I'll pretend I don't know anything, but tomorrow we'll have a very serious talk. What did you think of the show?

"Binho made two mistakes. He changed a few words and forgot the lyrics to the song once.

"I didn't realize that, maybe I was doing something else. What I noticed was the nonsensical speeches he made.

"There was a time when Franz made a mistake on the guitar and everyone made a mistake together, but almost no one noticed.

"Thank you very much for these remarks, I want you to talk about all this at tomorrow's meeting. Rest assured; nothing will happen to you.

"All I'm doing is thinking about the good of the band.

"I know how much you like them. Now we go to the dressing room as if nothing happened.

They went to the dressing room when Silvana came in Binho said:

- Where were you, my love?

"I was talking to the local manager.

"We rocked it at this show. Take a sip of this whiskey.

Silvana looked at him and said:

"I don't want to. I'm going to stick to beer.

Franz looked at Alex and joked.

Come here, Alex, and try this whiskey.

I'm going to have beer, too.

Silvana was serious with them.

"Tomorrow we'll have a meeting to talk about this show.

Carlos, the drummer, mocked her.

- If you have a complaint, it's better to talk about it now, laughs.

- You're in a hurry, tomorrow when you wake up, we'll talk.

She asked Binho to leave, but he said he wanted to stay a little longer.

"I'm going to the hotel; I just hope they don't do any shit out there."

As soon as Silvana and Alex left, the musicians continued to drink and use cocaine.

Samuel said to Binho.

Aren't you jealous of Alex?

- I'm calm, he likes another fruit, laughs.

Are you a young lady? Pass that bottle of whiskey to me.

Silvana and Alex arrived at the parking lot, and she said to the driver:

You can take us to the hotel, but then you'll have to go back to pick up the musicians.

"No problem, the hotel is close to here.

They continued drinking whiskey and using drugs until the early hours of the morning. The next day they met, and Silvana said:

Now we can talk, since yesterday they had their heads full of alcohol.

Franz laughed and said:

"Or rather, whiskey, laughs.

Samuel followed the joke and said:

"I can't laugh because of so much headache.

Let's be serious? Yesterday you said you put on a beautiful show. Those of us who were on the outside saw some mistakes. Alex can name a few.

"I'm only going to say this because I want to help the band, but I noticed that Binho changed several words and forgot the lyrics of the songs a few times. I noticed that Franz made a mistake on the guitar in song five.

Carlos didn't like to hear that.

"Now you've become a music critic. You don't understand this technical part, so it's best to keep quiet.

Franz agreed with Alex.

"Alex is right. I got the note wrong, and everyone followed me in the mistake.

"You were more than forty minutes late, some people booed and rightly complained, it's disrespectful to the audience.

Samuel answered.

If even the Beatles weren't perfect, why do we have to be?

"All this we have said is to be able to improve and avoid criticism from the public and the media. Alex said.

Silvana added.

- As Carlos himself said, if Alex, who doesn't understand the technical part, was able to detect all these mistakes, imagine the public and the critics?

Binho agreed.

"They're right, those on the outside see much better.

Samuel continued to joke.

"We're a rock band, we don't sing in a church choir, laughs.

- I'm sorry, but you're over thirty years old, you're no longer a kid for this irresponsibility.

Carlos didn't like it and said:

"I think this meeting has already taken place. Wednesday we'll have another show, behave yourselves boys.

He left the meeting and then Binho said to his girlfriend.

"You went hard in this meeting.

Let's talk alone.

They went back to the room and Silvana, extremely nervous, began to vent.

Where do you think you're going to go like this?

What way?

"Drinking like crazy and now doing cocaine.

You're the one who's going crazy.

"Don't lie to me. I saw you snorting cocaine before the show. Tell me if I'm lying!

"That's right. I've only used it once to try it out.

"I don't like the way things are going.

"You're too radical, we know what we're doing.

"If you know what you're doing, congratulations. From now on I won't take care of the band's image.

"Stop it. We need you and Alex.

I'll accompany them until I get someone to do this job. And if you keep using drugs, you forget that you have a girlfriend too.

She left the room and went to the front desk of the hotel.

Binho was shaken by the conversation.

" Whore who gave birth. What am I going to do now?

He called Alex asking him to call the musicians to his room. Soon after, they appeared.

Franz asked.

"What's catching?"

- Silvana will no longer work as our advisor. She's going to hire someone else to do it. From now on I'm going to take a break from cocaine.

Samuel tried to soften it.

We just have to use less. It doesn't have to be so radical.

Carlos mentored the vocalist.

"Convince your girlfriend to come back, I'll take a dim bite out of that dust too, lol."

"Let's take a break from the next show, then I'll try to convince her."

"That's it. We're not going to do cocaine and we're not going to drink before the show, then we'll make up for it, lol.

Later, Binho called Silvana to talk.

"I had a meeting with the musicians and we're going to control ourselves so nothing can go wrong in the next shows. They promised they would stop using cocaine, just like me.

"I hope you do what you're saying, but not just on this show.

Wednesday afternoon the musicians met to finalize the details of that night's show.

Samuel these:

"As promised, I didn't bring cocaine, but I'm very thirsty.

Franz must laugh.

- Let's hold the wave, after the show we'll have our party, laughs.

I'm going to call Alex and ask him to book a nice place for us to enjoy. Binho said.

Samuel was excited.

- Here in Ribeirão Preto there must be good bars.

"Our show should end before midnight, then we'll go to the party, laughs.

Binho called Alex to the meeting.

We want you to book a good place for us to celebrate after the show.

"I was guessing. But the bars here close early. Can it be a dance club?

As long as you have a lot of booze and a place of prominence. I don't like to be around the people, lol.

He left the meeting and met Silvana at the entrance of the hotel.

Silvana asked:

What did you ask for?

"They want me to make a reservation at a dance club, to celebrate after the show.

"So far so good. Even I want to go and distract myself.

Alex was able to book a box at a nightclub in the city center, close to the hotel.

In the evening the band went to the concert venue, which was fifteen minutes from the hotel. A large audience was waiting for the various bands that would be playing that night.

Binho said to his girlfriend.

- Do you see how we are behaved?

"It has to be like this, you're working.

— relax my love.

The band entered the stage exactly on time, at ten hours and thirty minutes. This time no musicians had been drinking. Alex continued to observe the band’s performance, while Silvana talked to the event's manager.

"We're talking daily so that the band can get better and better.

"It's hard to hold back the momentum of this group. There are a lot of bands that don't know how to deal with fame.

"I'm going to hire someone else to help me with this role,