It was a phone message he'd never forget: "Call Beverly at Geffen Records" was written on the chalk board. "This is it!," he thought. "It's really going to happen! "

So he calls the number the next morning (yes, it is Geffen Records! Not a cruel joke!) and speaks to the woman who left the message. "Hi, this is Beverly. I'm calling for Carole Childs in the A&R office (yes, THE Carole Childs)."

"We received your demo of 'Just A Substitute' and we liked it a lot. We don't normally do call backs on unsolicited demos but we liked it so much that we thought we should let you know." "Unfortunately..."

His heart sank. "...we aren't signing your style of music at the moment. But Carole wanted me to let you know how much we thought of it and to keep trying. And thank you."

It's the closest Inigo has ever come to making it. But because of that one phone call years ago, he's never stopped making music. Because it's all about songs. Not fame, not fortune. The songs. Always.