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How did you make your Aircheck stand out "back in the day"?

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StinkyPete

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Ahhh... the days when you rummaged thru cabinets to swipe as many 10 minute cassettes or spare reels and start sending out airchecks anywhere and everywhere. What did you do to make yours stand out? I've seen tapes sent with oven mitts ("hot to handle"), Pepsi cans ("the right one, baby"), and other creative ways. I used to buy big "to-do" pads and cut out the center, place my tape in the hole, and write just above the hole "#1, hire this guy!" Hey, it worked! Just wondering what else you have seen or done?
 
#1...Buy a bottle of Korbel(or Dom, your choice as to how high falutin' you want to go), two plastic champagne glasses, two party hats and two noise makers, place them in a box, pack with enough newspaper or filler to stabilize the items, then sprinkle a pack or two of foil or metallic confetti into the box, attach aircheck CD, resume, references, pic, etc. to a plank of cardboard that fits the width and breadth of the box and place that on top of the champagne and accessories. be sure to include a cover letter than offers the champagne to consume as something to do to pass the time as the potential employee listens to the aircheck and peruses the accompanying materials...then mail it or overnight it special delivery.

#2...or, if the potential employer is WAY cool, you can just put the latest Playboy and a box of Kleenex in a box and send that.

I've done both in the past and gotten hired. Of course, on a few occasions, I didn't get hired...but I was remembered.
 
One time I sent a pair of briefs along with my aircheck with the explaination: "You will need a new pair after you listen to my aircheck" or some such nonsense. Didn't get the job.
 
Once I bought a bunch of manequin legs..and cut the feet off with a Sawzall [size=6pt]tm[/size]

Send the foot along with the tape to the PD with the "Now that I have my foot in your door..."..Didn't work

Also..(and this cost a little) I had my aircheck pressed onto one of those EvaTone sound sheets..(little phonograph record) It ensured that the PD would listen to it on a turntable and probably get a better sound than a cassette..BUT WAIT!..In the intro to the aircheck I said that I guarenteed that during the next three minutes they would physically look at the turntable and GASP!

About 2:10 into my scoped airched I edited in the horrible SFX of the stylus skating accross the record...then silence...

"See I told you..you'd look at the turntable..now how about looking at me for a position on your production or airstaff?"

That one did work..several times!
 
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