I had a conversation the other day about the circles in life and that certain people will circulate around you, you get to hear a persons name, you might not meet in person but you hear of that person and you wonder.......when is the time?? like some are destined to hook up sooner or later....this is what happened in London
Lately I have been a bit up and down, and while boarding I suddenly felt a strange nervousness. Could it be the long lost friend Mr Panic Attack entering the arena again? It is such a tricky thing. Me, who has been flying all over the place for the majority of my life just got the chills and entering the plane I felt like I was entering a coal mine where there was very very limited air supply. Almost , but not entirely having an attack, a woman in the front seat turns around and looks at me, and asks " do you want me to hold your hand?" I was so touched. A stranger reaching out to help me. That in itself was a miracle. I felt OK enough and said no, but instead we started talking. Leaving the plane we continued, and collecting our bags we still continued talking. Then we said good bye, and I though. why didn´t I give them my email? I really thought they were totally wonderful people. A while passed by, and in another line in the airport, there they were again.... We laughed, spoke a bit and all the time I thought I´d give her my business card, but it just did not happen. we said bye bye again for the 3rd time....and she said " haha maybe we´ll meet again..." and there our paths were separated and we both disappeared into a city of 12 million people. I got to the hotel, had a bunch of meetings, saw my LA friends who´m I´d missed so much from not being in LA for a while, and then, getting ready for the BMI dinner.
We were a group of friends gathering around table 19 that evening, amongst others the absolutely wonderful Danielle Brisebois, who turn out to be the winner of the evening in all categories, Mr Gregg Alexander with his lovely mum, Mac and Diane and me.....whom they´ve always called Snowball...and as I turned to say hi to my table mates to the left, I almost cracked up. There they were...the couple from the airplane.....Totally Insane. It felt like more than a coincidence. When you bump in to people like this there has to be some kind of meaning., at least that´s what I believe... As we continued laughing, telling our "do you wanna hold my hand " story to the rest of the table I heard the couple introducing themselves, so then he used his professional work name...Cutfather....I just could not believe it......The story goes like this. I went to Mustique, in the Caribbean back in 1991. I met a man called Michael who was (and still is) a big music mogul in Denmark. He gave me the number to a guy whom he said was "the shit" a very talented writer /producer and he thought we should work together. I called this guy, we tried to hook up, nothing happened, and I started working with Anders Bagge, Legacy of Sound was formed and the rest is history. Anyway...thiS guy, whom I have been trying to hook up with...His name was ...and still is..Cuthfather. So finally after almost 20 years we get to meet...on an airplane, but incognito, and then we´re being placed by faith at the same table at the BMI awards. I love this story. It is the evidence that people actually move in circles around us, and when the timing is right....we meet. Funny eh?
and by the way, Yes, we have started working together.....finally.......
