You just got done playing the festival and you decide to hang at the merch booth for a while.
Fans come up and buy CDs (this still happens at live shows) and want everyone in the band to sign the CD jacket.
There’s an envelope full of sharpies in the merch bin, so everyone grabs one and starts signing.
In the midst of autograph after autograph you start noticing…you’re signing your name with a classy, sheik, ultra fine tip sharpie, the kind that gets used to sign important contracts, cause that’s the kind of bass player you are…but the lead singer is using an giant over sized chisel tip sharpie. He’s sure putting a lot more black ink on that CD jacket than you.
When your elegantly written name is next to the thick letters of the lead singer, yours is barely noticeable.
The lead singer has it figured out…Big sharpies are just more fun…and easier to see.
And that’s the whole point :)
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