January's been a good month so far. Filled with things. Happenings. Memories made. Events attended. Adventures had. Sure, I've worked my ass off in the interest of saving for this trip of mine next month but the social gatherings and shenanigans in between have made it all worthwhile. Impromptu concerts, bar nights, a date here and there and always yoga. I tried a new gluten free beer at a meetup, made new friends there and at the yoga studio, hitting up regular classes. I seem to wind up at Rockwood or Barbes on the regular still.
At home, I got talked into taking in not one but two kittens, mischievous balls of fur which are vastly changing my routine around the apartment (always closing my bedroom door and making sure not to leave anything breakable on the table). There's of course been some excitement with the career(s), a new demo, the chance at getting in front of some agents and casting directors and with the screening for "The Life" looming, I get called to do a commercial for the same director.
In the midst of working on the music for this commercial, we get slammed by a blizzard and I have to spend a night in the city at a hotel so I can make it to work two hours earlier than normal this morning, forcing me to take a slight hiatus from working on it. But tomorrow I dive back in, hopefully having caught up on my sleep tonight.
I got a look at the first cut just now which was shot and edited this weekend. I composed the initial idea this past weekend (landed on it after just two takes) after having only read the treatment. A fun way to work, no doubt. I like doing it this way sometimes. I get to come up with some idea based on the raw emotions instead of immediately being preoccupied with making it fit some time constraint. But now, my work is to extend the musical idea and work on creating an arc that aligns with the images I'm seeing in the video.
Really looking forward to this process. The deadline is approaching. For now, though, I'm going to head home and get that much needed sleep, without which I cannot function.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Monday, January 19, 2015
2015 things...
It's 2015 and I'm doing things. I've got a really good feeling about this year. I wanted to wait until a few more things seemed certain before popping my head up and checking in here. But I feel like talking about at least this:
I finally got around to updating this with the new coach I've been working with. Two of my old spots are on there and then four more that my coach wrote for me. We managed to wipe out recording them in under an hour as well, which makes me happy because it's going to be cheaper than I had thought. And the engineer at Gramercy Post turned it around super quick too so I managed to get it posted up online the next day. All in all, I was pretty pleased with the process. Now, Marla and I are going to sit down this week and talk about getting it out to some agents she knows. So excited for that.
And on top of that, the pilot episode of "The Life" will be screened next month and meanwhile the director has hired me to write music for a light-hearted commercial he's been tasked with directing for a competition. Some piano tune that I'm currently zeroing in on. So, I've got music work and potential voice over work and something else on the horizon of which I won't speak just yet. ;)
And then, in a few weeks, I'm going back to Nicaragua, on my own, for my first solo trip ever. And by solo, I mean, I'm traveling there alone, staying there alone, exploring alone. I've been boning up on what little Spanish I know, using an app called Duolingo, talking with my co workers who have been and have even set up meeting a co worker's friends on Ometepe. I have all my hotels and cab rides booked (I will not be riding any public transportation in the country) and I've got plans to hike several volcanoes. Pictures and video will ensue. It's going to be an adventure. A great adventure and I'm going to have lots of stories. I cannot wait.
That's where I'll leave it for now. Every year, I do the whole New Year's Resolution/Where was I last year post, but I feel like waiting on that just a little. I have things I want to do this year differently than last year but whether or not I'll be able to sort of hinges on that thing that's on the horizon that I won't mention yet until it's certain. Suffice it to say that I did a lot of things career-wise last year and the year before that worked and I'm going to keep doing them. And all of that workout more, drink less stuff will be in there too.
I might even blog more but we'll see.
I finally got around to updating this with the new coach I've been working with. Two of my old spots are on there and then four more that my coach wrote for me. We managed to wipe out recording them in under an hour as well, which makes me happy because it's going to be cheaper than I had thought. And the engineer at Gramercy Post turned it around super quick too so I managed to get it posted up online the next day. All in all, I was pretty pleased with the process. Now, Marla and I are going to sit down this week and talk about getting it out to some agents she knows. So excited for that.
And on top of that, the pilot episode of "The Life" will be screened next month and meanwhile the director has hired me to write music for a light-hearted commercial he's been tasked with directing for a competition. Some piano tune that I'm currently zeroing in on. So, I've got music work and potential voice over work and something else on the horizon of which I won't speak just yet. ;)
And then, in a few weeks, I'm going back to Nicaragua, on my own, for my first solo trip ever. And by solo, I mean, I'm traveling there alone, staying there alone, exploring alone. I've been boning up on what little Spanish I know, using an app called Duolingo, talking with my co workers who have been and have even set up meeting a co worker's friends on Ometepe. I have all my hotels and cab rides booked (I will not be riding any public transportation in the country) and I've got plans to hike several volcanoes. Pictures and video will ensue. It's going to be an adventure. A great adventure and I'm going to have lots of stories. I cannot wait.
That's where I'll leave it for now. Every year, I do the whole New Year's Resolution/Where was I last year post, but I feel like waiting on that just a little. I have things I want to do this year differently than last year but whether or not I'll be able to sort of hinges on that thing that's on the horizon that I won't mention yet until it's certain. Suffice it to say that I did a lot of things career-wise last year and the year before that worked and I'm going to keep doing them. And all of that workout more, drink less stuff will be in there too.
I might even blog more but we'll see.
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