Wednesday, February 24, 2010
This might be the coffee talking but....
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Friday, February 19, 2010
Our New PR Guy Michael
Is worth his weight in Gold.
He mentioned to the producer of several Spoon albums that we are looking to record later this year and the guy requested a copy of our EP to listen to.
I dont know how paying someone like that works but I hope hes not expecting us to sell a shit ton of records.
Lets just say I am not holding my breath. The producer of Spoon? Are you kidding?
In other news... I am hearing from third party sources some fantastic things being said about us from industry folk. An honest to goodness buzz.
The show last night was decent. I expected the sound to suffer and it did. But next week is Lamberts. Looking forward to it.
He mentioned to the producer of several Spoon albums that we are looking to record later this year and the guy requested a copy of our EP to listen to.
I dont know how paying someone like that works but I hope hes not expecting us to sell a shit ton of records.
Lets just say I am not holding my breath. The producer of Spoon? Are you kidding?
In other news... I am hearing from third party sources some fantastic things being said about us from industry folk. An honest to goodness buzz.
The show last night was decent. I expected the sound to suffer and it did. But next week is Lamberts. Looking forward to it.
Guilt
I don't know why when things are going good for me I have a consistent slight tinge of guilt/apprehension
Im not catholic. =P
But there's a superstitious part of me that feels like having it good is leading to some sort of inevitable fall or punishment. I am rational and understand this is purely my own issue but its still hard to shake. I hate it.
I am searching myself for answers. My Christian private school days? Something else?
I dig my life right now. I really do. But I feel guilty for it. Fearful.
I am scared my core is a true cynic no matter how much outward positivity I can muster. I am never fully in the moment of my good times. I hope Im not alone on this.
Im not catholic. =P
But there's a superstitious part of me that feels like having it good is leading to some sort of inevitable fall or punishment. I am rational and understand this is purely my own issue but its still hard to shake. I hate it.
I am searching myself for answers. My Christian private school days? Something else?
I dig my life right now. I really do. But I feel guilty for it. Fearful.
I am scared my core is a true cynic no matter how much outward positivity I can muster. I am never fully in the moment of my good times. I hope Im not alone on this.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
averting unemployment
I just had perhaps the closest call in my working life.
A webinar replay was scheduled to go down today.Somehow I failed to inform the necessary parties that said webinar was to be aired.
I was casually checking my email when I saw the reminder email for the webinar. For some reason I asked myself if I remembered to email the folks who would be replaying it.
Nope.
I realized this at 11:30. The webinar was scheduled to go down at noon. I bolted out the door, prayed the building wouldnt be locked and raced to the office to air it myself.
The door was unlocked. I barely made it.
This is the simplified version but I want to remember this day. It was the most focused determined 30 minutes i can recall. There is no reason why I should have remembered my slip up. I was planning on enjoying this beautiful day. I would have received a call when my boss realized he didnt notice the thousands of dollars that should be in his account. Thats when I would have remembered.
But as usual, unseen forces have my back. I am certain of this. It was the most random realization and not a second too soon.
GIANT BREATH OF RELIEF.
A webinar replay was scheduled to go down today.Somehow I failed to inform the necessary parties that said webinar was to be aired.
I was casually checking my email when I saw the reminder email for the webinar. For some reason I asked myself if I remembered to email the folks who would be replaying it.
Nope.
I realized this at 11:30. The webinar was scheduled to go down at noon. I bolted out the door, prayed the building wouldnt be locked and raced to the office to air it myself.
The door was unlocked. I barely made it.
This is the simplified version but I want to remember this day. It was the most focused determined 30 minutes i can recall. There is no reason why I should have remembered my slip up. I was planning on enjoying this beautiful day. I would have received a call when my boss realized he didnt notice the thousands of dollars that should be in his account. Thats when I would have remembered.
But as usual, unseen forces have my back. I am certain of this. It was the most random realization and not a second too soon.
GIANT BREATH OF RELIEF.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
This part-time job rocks
This part time thing is going to be cool. The guys at the company are super nice and excited to have me on board. The pay thing is hourly which is kind of weird and hard to quantify. Do I charge for just looking through their campaigns? I am meeting with their tech guy tonight to see how they structure their analytics. Do I charge for that? I will assume yes because my time is worth something to me. I was on the phone last night for an hour setting up my account with them. Do I charge for that?
My brain and my time is valuable so I say yes. I will make these guys money and I am not going to sell myself short here.
The coolest thing is the product is so closely tied to me as a person. Guitar how to info products? Insane how I was contacted by these people. They had no clue I was even into music. Things work out in weird cool ways sometimes.
My brain and my time is valuable so I say yes. I will make these guys money and I am not going to sell myself short here.
The coolest thing is the product is so closely tied to me as a person. Guitar how to info products? Insane how I was contacted by these people. They had no clue I was even into music. Things work out in weird cool ways sometimes.
Monday, February 1, 2010
new song
We finished a new song yesterday. One of our best yet as a group. Seriously it capitalizes on all of our strengths and is a blast to play. Some minor work left but the overall structure is done. Solid harmonies, very dynamic and lots of energy.
It came together pretty easily compared to other songs we try to write so thats always a sign of something special.
We talked through it, hammered out differences in opinions (I was wrong about a couple things that became apparent eventually) and it just came together nicely. The scary thing about this is that I always fear it will be our last.
But this one going on the album for sure. I'm very excited about it. More than ever I want the whole process of recording from tracking to mastering to be top notch and give the songs the fidelity and production value they deserve.
It came together pretty easily compared to other songs we try to write so thats always a sign of something special.
We talked through it, hammered out differences in opinions (I was wrong about a couple things that became apparent eventually) and it just came together nicely. The scary thing about this is that I always fear it will be our last.
But this one going on the album for sure. I'm very excited about it. More than ever I want the whole process of recording from tracking to mastering to be top notch and give the songs the fidelity and production value they deserve.
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