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A touring drummer loses the top half of her hearing two weeks before the album is due.
Synopsis
Nia Cole comes off stage and cannot hear the cymbal she just hit. The label wants the album. Her partner wants the tour. She wants to know whether the music she still feels in the floor is the record, or only the memory of it.
Comparable titles
Pitch shorthand: Sound of Metal meets Whiplash
- Median budget
- $3.3M
- Median worldwide gross
- $25M
- Median multiple
- 15x
- 1 of 3 comps report both
- Newest comp
- 2022
| Title | Rating | Budget | Gross | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sound of Metal 2020 Matched on deaf, drums, hearing impaired Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew. | 7.7 3k votes | Not reported | $517k | Not reported |
 Whiplash 2014 Matched on drums, drummer, musician Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity. | 8.4 17k votes | $3.3M | $50M | 15x |
 I Used to Be Famous 2022 Matched on drums, drum kit A former boy band star unexpectedly gets a second shot at success when he forms a bond with a gifted young drummer. | 6.9 236 votes | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
Comps average 7.7 across about 7k TMDB votes. Budgets and grosses are TMDB figures and leave out marketing.
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The story takes place in a rehearsal room and a clinic, in the two weeks before an album is due. The protagonist is Nia Cole, a drummer losing the frequencies she plays in. The audiologist draws the loss as a cliff. Nia asks whether she can still tune a floor tom if she can feel it and not hear it.
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Writer
Mara Ellison
Writes crime, horror, and performance stories. Staff writer on Harbor Desk for three seasons. A TMDB person id on a profile is a claim Tycoon stores. It is not an identity check.
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