Auburn Lost Causes and Bad Investments

We were nearing the end of our provisional contract with Almond Records. Jessica was done trying to make me feel like a loser, Joey got a girlfriend, and I wasn't the outsider I'd been before. In so many ways, life was charged with excitement. We were ready to sweep onto the scene like a teenage ingenue at her debutante ball. Needless to say, things didn't work out that way. -Ashley Nimzovitch, lead singer of Auburn Auburn: Lost Causes and Bad Investments is the story of Ashley Nimzovitch's junior year of high school. With her band on the verge of success, she must learn how to navigate the murky waters of the music business--an industry that has left far greater bands devastated.