9:30 we had class. We talked about our purpose (goals, wants, needs). I enjoyed my high school breakfast- Starbucks chilled Mocha. :)
10:30 we had our track classes. Today was Demo Derby. This is where artists have thirty minutes to record five songs in one of the 002 rooms- this is difficult to do in half an hour. So the techs listened to Marcus explain the software ProTools since that is what we use for recording. It was so fun! *sarcasm* I was soooo lost. I was not following a lot of things that the guys seemed to know and ask about. Boo. We also during this time moved equipment into the studio rooms.
Lunch was dominated by situating the rooms and ran into our next class at 1:00.
1:00 we had class about how to make a living as an artist. We talked about royalties and getting paid for what you record.
2:00 DEMO DERBY. I have been told not to gossip or complain. So I won’t. But I will say one thing: People irritate me more than they should. My fellow tech, Joe, had to tell me several times, “It’s alright, Candice, everything will work out.” You know I’m a worrier! I was supposed to be in the room with my fellow tech Evan but because of space, I stayed in the hallway while the artists and techs were in the studios recording. I listened to Maxine, Stephanie, Mike, and AnnaMarie do their demos. Let me say AGAIN, these artists are amazing.
After the demo derby, Evan talked to me about not being too hard on myself for not knowing a lot yet. Then I watched fellow tech, Josh, “bounce the tracks to disk.” I watched both he and Evan because tomorrow will be my turn to record the artists and I don’t want to look like an idiot.
I don’t want to look like an idiot so much that I actually took The Reference Guide of ProTools down to one of the 002 rooms and read it. This book is the size of the fifth or sixth Harry Potter. Let’s just say I didn’t read the WHOLE thing.
So after my almost aneurysm, I decided to see if our director, Warren, needed help. He did. And was happy to have it. Josh and I helped him clean and organize the Main Stage and monitor area next to the stage. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL WITH THE MAN IN CHARGE! Josh and I learned a lot! Haha. We learned what snippers and cable ties are. It was awesome. I loved being able to help Warren- I didn’t feel useless.
Sooo 1.) he knew I was dedicated and 2.) he learned my name really quick because he kept asking me to do stuff :D YAY!
After that, Josh and I put equipment and cables away to make the stage look decent. Let us see how long that lasts ;)
Today was so awesome but long (I just ate dinner at 8) and tomorrow will be an adventure.
Now leave me to my research on ProTools and technical music terms…
“WHY AM I SUCH A LOSER?!” (asked this to myself MANY times today)
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