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It's an oversimplified scenario often depicted on television or in films: A record executive goes to a gig, hears a kid who shows promise and offers that kid a contract on the spot.

But such things don't happen in real life, right?

For Benjamin Booker, it did: Booker and his friend, drummer Max Norton, were playing a show in Florida. On a tip generated by blogs and satellite-radio airplay, ATO Records General Manager Jon Salter flew down to Florida. At the end of the 30-minute set, Booker was signed to a record deal.

Hear Booker's entire session at TheCurrent.org: http://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2014/06/30/benjamin-booker-is-living-the-dream-in-a-couple-of-ways