I’m sitting here with seven other guys, knee-deep in pen-and-paper roleplaying. I say pen-and-paper, but it’s more like laptop roleplaying as there’s five laptops in use. They’re in the middle of a combat, so dice are getting rolled and terms are flying like crazy. This particular group has been meeting roughly every other Friday night [...]
I had a good conversation with my mother this morning, in essence laying out some of my mental problems and outlining what I’m thinking of doing about them. It was nicely refreshing to unload some of the baggage I’ve been hanging onto for far, far too long. Hanging onto things is something I do a [...]
It’s time for me to make some wholesale changes, in my digital life and in my physical life. Effective immediately: This is now a personal blog. All business-related (i.e. audio post-production) information will be available at http://www.odiopost.com I have a problem with Pride. As in, I have way too much. I consider myself fairly independent, [...]
15 is a difficult movie to watch. There’s no blood per se, but the violence in it is unflinching and raw. But, as Jason, the writer-director-star said, it’s got that certain something (je ne sais qua!) that makes for a very memorable film. I told him when I got the film that I would be [...]
Wow, it’s been too long since I’ve written here. A lot of things have changed in the interim, but the work goes on. To wit: 1) I’ve found a new film audio project (http://www.15thefilm.com) thanks to the wonders of a Craigslist posting. It’s a simple bit of audio cleanup and getting some source audio levels [...]
I start post audio on A Tale of Persephone, a modern-day retelling of Persephone, in the next day or so. The hard drive with the project data should be arriving today, after which comes the fun part of getting everything into Pro Tools. There’s a reason that Pro Tools is one of the industry leaders [...]
In three days the year will be over. Three days. This was both a good year and a not-so-good year: Good: I invested in my toolset, greatly extending my technological capabilities far beyond my creative capabilities Not so good: That was only possible because of a death in the family Good: I attended a music [...]
One thing I need to keep in mind is that these people, some of whom have been extremely successful, started from nowhere. This was brought to mind by the first panel this morning, featuring nine TAXI members who’ve had business success. Each one was different, yet each one had a common thread: dedication, work, discipline, [...]
After yet another great breakfast, the Rally proper started with the presentation of the annual Lifetime Achievement Award to Michael Lloyd, a cat with six decades’ experience in the music industry. A fascinating cat who was terribly inspiring, really. This was followed by a moderated talk with Jay Frank, author of the book Futurehit.DNA, essentially [...]
After starting the morning with an excellent breakfast, I had some decisions to make. Load in wasn’t going to start until around 10:30, which I’d planned on lending a hand with, followed thereafter only by registration proper starting at 5:30. Anathem by Neal Stephenson had different ideas. It’s a brilliant book that I’ll probably finish [...]
