Two Blocks Down

<p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)>Y2K. A time when the music world was filled with new directions and </span><strong style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)>a <em>lot </em></strong><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)>of new groups. A time far past the music I grew up with. A time when my teenage children were discovering their own musical likes and dislikes.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)> </span></p><p><em style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)>Teen Pop... Dance Pop... Bubblegum Pop... Brit Pop... Euro Pop... </em><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)>to name just a few of the genres.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)>Enter four bubbly high-energy teenagers from Sweden with voices that worked perfectly together. Discovered by another Swedish vocalist who traded in singing for songwriting and managing these kid's amazing journey began in the blink of an eye.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)>They opened for a number of established acts released their first CD in multiple countries performed on a number of major TV shows had songs on at least three movie soundtracks released a DVD of their lives on the road sold a million records and finished recording their second album as well.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)>The thing is they managed all this in three short years.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)>Then one day as quickly as it started it was over.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)>They went their own ways... back to their own lives.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)>Fifteen years later Alexander Brooks drops into their lives - and pretty much upends all of them. Alex has just one motto - </span><em style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)>'All Things Are Possible'</em><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)> and he fully intends to prove it. It takes him eight months to not only convince them that he isn't crazy but that his 'idea' is one of the better ones he has come up with. Best of all is the reason he gives them to drop everything and play along.</span></p><p><em style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)> </em></p><p><em style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)>'Because you can!'</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)>Is your curiosity getting the better of you yet?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)>Good. Mine was too.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)>I found out about all this through a friend that Mr. Brooks and I share. When she told me that he was 'up to his old tricks' I asked for an explanation. Once I got it I was more than a bit skeptical.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)> </span></p><p><em style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)>Then </em><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)>I met the four women and I immediately knew it's another story that needs telling.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)>At this point I suggest you start at the beginning... simply</span><em style=color: rgba(43 43 43 1)> 'because you can'</em></p><p><br></p>