Dave Kaplan, President of Surfdog Records, was the answer. I shared a mutual friend with Dave, and I mentioned several times that I'd like to be introduced to him. My friend kept saying, 'Yeah, that's a good idea,' but it never happened. I got transferred to Dave, and when he picked up the phone, I didn't ask a question at all, I just went into a spiel about who I was, what I could do, and how badly I wanted to work for him. He was impressed by my tenacity, agreed to an interview, and ended up hiring me.
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