Alice Severin thought she was on to something when her professor, a noted poet and translator, told her that her writing was "considerably above the average." Sadly, there was no time to pursue it as she became possibly the only person ever asked to leave that school. So she headed to London, where she quickly found like-minded people backstage and behind the scenes in the music business. Ms. Severin has been a delivery driver, a baker, a teacher, a copywriter, and a performance artist, among other things.