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Freqently Asked Questions
1. What happened to those songs that used to be
on brianlowdermilk.com?
2. I’m friends with a bootlegger. She gave me a recording
of one of Brian's older songs. I’d like to sing it. Can you send me sheet
music?
3. But I really like Josh Young’s recording of “How
to Not Be with You”…
4. Can my high school or college do a production of The Unauthorized
Autobiography Of Samantha Brown?
5. I’m performing “My Party Dress” in a vocal
competition. Can you fax me a permissions letter by tomorrow morning?
6. I’m performing “Run Away with Me” in a vocal
competition. Can you fax me a permissions letter for that by tomorrow morning?
7. Are you guys married?
8. Have you ever been married? I mean, come on, I saw those old
photos.
9. Okay, but you’re going to get married, right? I mean,
Larry and Nell are married. It looks like fun.
10. Why won’t you sell CDs to foreign countries?
11. I’m going to be in New York tomorrow and I’d really
like to get together and ask you some questions about your process. How’s
7AM?
12. What if I want to contact your agent or join your mailing
list?
In a less dramatic way, this is how Brian feels about
the songs he wrote when he was younger. There are many songs that Kait and Brian
wrote together that they don’t have on the website either. Kait and Brian
don’t want you to hear a song on the website and be like “Eh. It’s
fine but I don’t need to hear another.” So they err on the side
of too little.
2. I’m friends with a bootlegger. She gave me a recording of one of Brian's
older songs. I’d like to sing it. Can you send me sheet music?
Did you not read the fictitious but mildly poignant story that Kait and Brian
wrote about you in high school to illustrate precisely why this is impossible?
Please see above.
3. But I really like Josh Young’s recording of “How to Not Be with
You”…
Well, tough. We like it, too. Cheers, Josh.
4 . Can my high school or college do a production of The Unauthorized Autobiography
Of Samantha Brown?
SAMANTHA BROWN has been optioned by a production company and we’re
moving forward with them. While the company has the option (and while we’re
in the process of trying to make the book and score good enough for your various
high schools, colleges, and competitions, including for a production in New
York), you can’t do the show. Sorry. We’re looking out for you as
much as ourselves.
5. I’m performing “My Party Dress” in a vocal competition.
Can you fax me a permissions letter by tomorrow morning?
No. Kait and Brian need at least two week’s notice, preferably
four. You know you’re doing that vocal competition. Plan ahead.
6. I’m performing “Run Away with Me” in a vocal competition.
Can you fax me a permissions letter for that by tomorrow morning?
Well, aren’t you sly? No. It’s a timing thing.
7. Are you guys married?
No.
8. Have you ever been married? I mean, come on, I saw those old photos.
No.
9. Okay, but you’re going to get married, right? I mean, Larry and Nell
are married. It looks like fun.
Brian and Kait have been writing together since 2002. They met when
they were teenagers. They are best friends. They are business partners. They
pick on each other a lot. They’re not dissimilar to siblings. Once, Brian
spent a few months sleeping on Kait’s couch and they vowed never to live
together again. So it looks like they’re probably not getting married.
10. Why won’t you sell CDs to foreign countries?
Brian has devised a system of sending CDs that requires him to never
go to the post office. If they sold CDs to foreign countries, that would no
longer be the case. Brian hates going to the post office. They’re very
crowded in New York. Kait hates them too.
11. I’m going to be in New York tomorrow and I’d really like to
get together and ask you some questions about your process. How’s 7AM?
7AM is especially bad, but let’s dally here a little longer.
Let’s go back to the tenet of the transposition question. There are a
lot of transpositions that people would like Brian to do. So many, in fact,
that Brian would lose many hours when he would otherwise be writing. Similarly,
New York is a very popular city. People come to visit a lot. As much as we would
like to meet each and every person who listens to the songs we write –
I mean, we can hardly believe that people listen to them so we’re very
curious about these people – we can’t meet with every person who
comes to New York City for a weekend.
An exception is if you’re performing our songs
in Manhattan. In that case, please send an email with the information because
we’d love to know and we’ll try to come if we can.
12. What if I want to contact your agent or join your mailing list?
What a reasonable question. Click here.