Today made me mad.
We got to CMC for our track classes and Tom told us that instead, we would have a class together about getting gigs. It was very interesting stuff and I think I can use it if I even want to get a gig for a band or musician.
Lunch
I helped Evan get the stage ready for Hammer Time.
Hammer Time was not the usual set up. A vocal coach woman was flown in by Warren to work with especially the girls. She gave her "input" during Hammer Time.
During her critique I learned that I should've done the executive track. My brain is wired that way better than technical. I can't explain it, but it made sense to me. So...yeah...
Then as I was doing my job, it was commented that I did it wrong and BLAH.
I am always the leader. I have leadership roles. This job, listening to Warren, doing what he says, learning something new, is totally new for me. I hate following; I'm a leader.
So I have had to shut up a hundred times this semester because no one cares what I think. My mind is executive. But no one cares to hear what I have to say because I'm a tech.
Wish I would've realized that when applying.
After Hammer Time, I just hung around CMC until dinner. I SHOULD HAVE gone back to the apartment and practiced my guitar but I didn't.
Then we were supposed to have Community Dinner but it was ruined so John told us to go get something to eat before we started watching Spinal Tap. I didn't eat dinner. My bad. Oh well.
Community Time was as usual. I'm just waiting for people to break. Oh and people are being too sarcastic, to the point that people's feelings are getting hurt. Okay.
I don't know if I'm pessimistic, down in the dumps, or what but I'm frustrated. :(
I'm not myself here. This semester is a struggle. And I don't know what it is.
Hmm...
By the way, Brandon visiting was the greatest, but now I miss everyone I know...
"But it goes to 11"
2.07.2011
2.06.2011
Cable Tie Candice
Today was not the way I planned but it turned out well.
Brandon came over to the apartment for lunch to make me macaroni and cheese since I can't cook. It was sweet of him.
After lunch I felt sick so we stayed around the apartment until one-ish.
Then we headed to CMC and watched TV until 2, when the techs and Warren started wiring the rest of the studio.
It took forever, I made mistakes, and Brandon helped out a lot. He seemed to enjoy watching me in my environment. :) I was the designated cable tie person today hence the title of this post ;)
After "work", Brandon and I went to the Blue Bird Cafe and listened to some music. Our seats were uncomfortable but I wanted to go because I knew Brandon would like it. He liked it. It was good music and I was happy to be there with Brandon. :) I had a moment haha.
Then we had dinner and came back to the apartment and hung with some of the girls and Tavis. It was fun. We played Last Word and just talked about our lives. These people ARE great even if I might get a little sick from all the togetherness.
I'm glad Brandon was able to come see CMC. He said he's jealous that I get to be here, around music and musicians all day. I'm pretty happy of how awesome this experience is...even if I stress and worry and complain and cry.
Tomorrow? Guitar practice with Brandon and Super Bowl Party.
"What is with you and the cable cutters?!"
Brandon came over to the apartment for lunch to make me macaroni and cheese since I can't cook. It was sweet of him.
After lunch I felt sick so we stayed around the apartment until one-ish.
Then we headed to CMC and watched TV until 2, when the techs and Warren started wiring the rest of the studio.
It took forever, I made mistakes, and Brandon helped out a lot. He seemed to enjoy watching me in my environment. :) I was the designated cable tie person today hence the title of this post ;)
After "work", Brandon and I went to the Blue Bird Cafe and listened to some music. Our seats were uncomfortable but I wanted to go because I knew Brandon would like it. He liked it. It was good music and I was happy to be there with Brandon. :) I had a moment haha.
Then we had dinner and came back to the apartment and hung with some of the girls and Tavis. It was fun. We played Last Word and just talked about our lives. These people ARE great even if I might get a little sick from all the togetherness.
I'm glad Brandon was able to come see CMC. He said he's jealous that I get to be here, around music and musicians all day. I'm pretty happy of how awesome this experience is...even if I stress and worry and complain and cry.
Tomorrow? Guitar practice with Brandon and Super Bowl Party.
"What is with you and the cable cutters?!"
2.05.2011
Candice messed up again...but she accepted it.
Today we had game tape. Warren didn't say anything about me messing up, thank goodness. I was worried.
Then the techs had a break until three when we were to meet about wiring Studio A.
I took this time to watch the MACKIE tt24 videos Marcus sent us. It was real basic stuff so I didn't really learn what I need to when I am in charge of FOH or MON.
I found out that this Thursday, I will be stage manager. Whoo!
At three we met with Warren who gave us things to do BEFORE we started on the studio.
I cleaned up all the cables Rick Elias was using for the artist class.
After we finished our designated tasks, Warren realized he needed to pick up his daughters from school, so he was leaving for the day. He told us we would continue tomorrow.
Most of the techs wanted to at least wire the four wires from the tracking room across the ceiling to the computer outside the room. So we spent two and a half hours doing that.
I made some mistakes along the way but the guys didn't kill me for it.
When we were done, we vacuumed and cleaned.
Then Brandon arrived and we went to downtown Nashville to eat dinner and explore.
Then we came back to CMC and jammed/hung with Tyler and Josh (tech).
I'm glad he's here. I've really missed him. :)
"I've missed your goofy ways, Kid."
Then the techs had a break until three when we were to meet about wiring Studio A.
I took this time to watch the MACKIE tt24 videos Marcus sent us. It was real basic stuff so I didn't really learn what I need to when I am in charge of FOH or MON.
I found out that this Thursday, I will be stage manager. Whoo!
At three we met with Warren who gave us things to do BEFORE we started on the studio.
I cleaned up all the cables Rick Elias was using for the artist class.
After we finished our designated tasks, Warren realized he needed to pick up his daughters from school, so he was leaving for the day. He told us we would continue tomorrow.
Most of the techs wanted to at least wire the four wires from the tracking room across the ceiling to the computer outside the room. So we spent two and a half hours doing that.
I made some mistakes along the way but the guys didn't kill me for it.
When we were done, we vacuumed and cleaned.
Then Brandon arrived and we went to downtown Nashville to eat dinner and explore.
Then we came back to CMC and jammed/hung with Tyler and Josh (tech).
I'm glad he's here. I've really missed him. :)
"I've missed your goofy ways, Kid."
2.03.2011
Patch Adams...also known as Stage Patch Candice (SPC)
Today was full of energy and adrenaline and laughs and stress!
The day started off with Tom giving us a lecture about his rise to the music industry. It was interesting to hear all that he has been a part of and to think what he will do in the future.
Then we had our production meeting which was interesting. It wasn't detailed enough. But whatever, we worked everything out.
Then we had line check. This took FOREVER and ran into lunch. I wasn't doing a good job patching things. We didn't get through checking inputs. The next thing I knew, people were coming back for sound check.
So I sat down, ate my lunch and pudding cup REALLY REALLY fast and then got to my place. I took notes on what patches I needed to check and make sure inputs were correct. During sound check I found out I had made some mistakes but I resolved them with the help of Marcus. It was stressful to try to remember everything. BESIDES, we were doing everything backwards since it was sound check (you want to do sound check for the first band LAST and the last band FIRST). It confused me at first but then I got it.
After sound check, Marcus, Joel, Luke and I changed some inputs and checked the line to make sure they were going through FOH and Monitors.
Then we broke for dinner. During dinner I went over my stage plots and made sure I knew what I was doing and where things went.
When I got back, I got in place for show.
The show went AMAZING! The artists were amazing as usual and they all looked beautiful/handsome. I DID make a few mistakes that Warren will probably note on tomorrow. Like when the kick mic was out of the sound hole on the kick drum. And the time when I boxed myself in onstage with Audrey when I was trying to get the mic stands offstage. And when I forgot to angle the monitor towards Karissa. :(
But other than that, it was exciting and I think I did a decent job.
After the show, I saw Grant Ebright and gave him a huge hug. I haven't seen him in years and it was good to see a familiar face. :) We talked and laughed. He told me stories about HIS semester at CMC and we filled each other in on our lives. I also saw Erin Aubrey there. They both loved the show which was a relief.
The after party was fun and I kinda got my groove on haha. It was nice to be able to relax and have fun.
...We will have to see how gametape goes tomorrow...let's see if Warren says anything about me being on stage too much. ;)
"SPC GO SPC!!!!"
The day started off with Tom giving us a lecture about his rise to the music industry. It was interesting to hear all that he has been a part of and to think what he will do in the future.
Then we had our production meeting which was interesting. It wasn't detailed enough. But whatever, we worked everything out.
Then we had line check. This took FOREVER and ran into lunch. I wasn't doing a good job patching things. We didn't get through checking inputs. The next thing I knew, people were coming back for sound check.
So I sat down, ate my lunch and pudding cup REALLY REALLY fast and then got to my place. I took notes on what patches I needed to check and make sure inputs were correct. During sound check I found out I had made some mistakes but I resolved them with the help of Marcus. It was stressful to try to remember everything. BESIDES, we were doing everything backwards since it was sound check (you want to do sound check for the first band LAST and the last band FIRST). It confused me at first but then I got it.
After sound check, Marcus, Joel, Luke and I changed some inputs and checked the line to make sure they were going through FOH and Monitors.
Then we broke for dinner. During dinner I went over my stage plots and made sure I knew what I was doing and where things went.
When I got back, I got in place for show.
The show went AMAZING! The artists were amazing as usual and they all looked beautiful/handsome. I DID make a few mistakes that Warren will probably note on tomorrow. Like when the kick mic was out of the sound hole on the kick drum. And the time when I boxed myself in onstage with Audrey when I was trying to get the mic stands offstage. And when I forgot to angle the monitor towards Karissa. :(
But other than that, it was exciting and I think I did a decent job.
After the show, I saw Grant Ebright and gave him a huge hug. I haven't seen him in years and it was good to see a familiar face. :) We talked and laughed. He told me stories about HIS semester at CMC and we filled each other in on our lives. I also saw Erin Aubrey there. They both loved the show which was a relief.
The after party was fun and I kinda got my groove on haha. It was nice to be able to relax and have fun.
...We will have to see how gametape goes tomorrow...let's see if Warren says anything about me being on stage too much. ;)
"SPC GO SPC!!!!"
2.02.2011
Lesson that must be learned...
Today was bonkers.
Like my title says, a lesson that must be learned NOW before I go on this semester is to let things go...or I will make enemies.
I need to be less stressful or I will not be tolerable to others.
The day started out with getting up early to clean the building because a music engineer from Blackbird Studios was coming over to see our building.
Then we had critical listening class. We listened to the Roots of Rock like Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis, and more. I liked listening to it all- my father taught me right!
Then we had our tech class. We were down in Studio A again where we talked about recording room acoustics and how to turn on the tracking room computer for ProTools. Then the guys went off on a geeky rant about computers and the cost of them and other stuff. I lost focus :(
Lunch
Then we had a class with Warren where EVERYONE learned about compression, gate and equalizer. The way Warren explained it, which was watered down, made sense to me. (OH BOY!) This means that Candice is an idiot.
Next we had people take their acoustic guitars up to the stage and play them to see which guitars were good or bad. Then we discussed compression, equalizer and gating on voice and drums.
Our close up photo shoot was canceled as well as our production meeting in order to do this.
FOR Candice, this means less time to go over the stage plots and less time to discuss with the producers about the show. BUT no one else was stressed about it. Great.
Then I watched Joe design the lights for two of the artists for three hours.
I wanted to yell at people, I wanted to quit.
I MUST learn to let go of stress and problems.
I must learn to listen.
I shouldn't be here. I'm not cut out for this.
Mom and Dad, don't call. If you were here, you'd agree.
This doesn't mean I won't work my butt off to understand and learn. I WILL.
It's just discouraging...but I'll get through and prove myself wrong.
RAWR!
Wish me good luck tomorrow. I'm gonna need it.
"SHUT UP! I WANT PEACE! I WANT TO HEAR MY MUSIC!"
Like my title says, a lesson that must be learned NOW before I go on this semester is to let things go...or I will make enemies.
I need to be less stressful or I will not be tolerable to others.
The day started out with getting up early to clean the building because a music engineer from Blackbird Studios was coming over to see our building.
Then we had critical listening class. We listened to the Roots of Rock like Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis, and more. I liked listening to it all- my father taught me right!
Then we had our tech class. We were down in Studio A again where we talked about recording room acoustics and how to turn on the tracking room computer for ProTools. Then the guys went off on a geeky rant about computers and the cost of them and other stuff. I lost focus :(
Lunch
Then we had a class with Warren where EVERYONE learned about compression, gate and equalizer. The way Warren explained it, which was watered down, made sense to me. (OH BOY!) This means that Candice is an idiot.
Next we had people take their acoustic guitars up to the stage and play them to see which guitars were good or bad. Then we discussed compression, equalizer and gating on voice and drums.
Our close up photo shoot was canceled as well as our production meeting in order to do this.
FOR Candice, this means less time to go over the stage plots and less time to discuss with the producers about the show. BUT no one else was stressed about it. Great.
Then I watched Joe design the lights for two of the artists for three hours.
I wanted to yell at people, I wanted to quit.
I MUST learn to let go of stress and problems.
I must learn to listen.
I shouldn't be here. I'm not cut out for this.
Mom and Dad, don't call. If you were here, you'd agree.
This doesn't mean I won't work my butt off to understand and learn. I WILL.
It's just discouraging...but I'll get through and prove myself wrong.
RAWR!
Wish me good luck tomorrow. I'm gonna need it.
"SHUT UP! I WANT PEACE! I WANT TO HEAR MY MUSIC!"
2.01.2011
It was the voice of God...
Today seemed long. But it's only 9:40.
The day started with Warren discussing the movie, Amadeus, and mediocrity. I found his lecture interesting.
Then we had our tech class. We went over mic placement on a drum set and then we went down to Studio A and talked about the work that would need to be done in there.
Lunch.
Next we had class with Tom and talked about contract mistakes. I learned how many things can go wrong when an artist does not read their contract.
Then we had press release photos taken of us. Maybe some of you will be able to see it :)
After that, Warren gave us some chores to do (us techs) and then we organized the stage and tech room in preparation for a tour tomorrow morning.
While that was going on, I helped Warren and his daughter with a class project down in the photo room.
After we were finished cleaning up, Jacob and I went to Kroger. I was out of food!
Haha. The hours are counting down to my job as patchwork-er. *sigh*
Work Work Work...which is great great great.
But I am gonna go to bed haha. I'm exhausted from being on my feet all day.
I'm getting so old ;)
"Guys, she's gonna sing for us!" "Uhh...NO"
The day started with Warren discussing the movie, Amadeus, and mediocrity. I found his lecture interesting.
Then we had our tech class. We went over mic placement on a drum set and then we went down to Studio A and talked about the work that would need to be done in there.
Lunch.
Next we had class with Tom and talked about contract mistakes. I learned how many things can go wrong when an artist does not read their contract.
Then we had press release photos taken of us. Maybe some of you will be able to see it :)
After that, Warren gave us some chores to do (us techs) and then we organized the stage and tech room in preparation for a tour tomorrow morning.
While that was going on, I helped Warren and his daughter with a class project down in the photo room.
After we were finished cleaning up, Jacob and I went to Kroger. I was out of food!
Haha. The hours are counting down to my job as patchwork-er. *sigh*
Work Work Work...which is great great great.
But I am gonna go to bed haha. I'm exhausted from being on my feet all day.
I'm getting so old ;)
"Guys, she's gonna sing for us!" "Uhh...NO"
*SMACK*
Today I felt like I was in the game.
We had our track class which we learned more about the FOH (Front of House). I took notes this time so that I wouldn't forget stuff and so that I could go over it later for review. I found out that for Thursday's show, I will be doing patchwork. I'm terrified but looking forward to helping out.
Us techs got ready for Hammer Time and broke for lunch.
Hammer Time was at 1 and I took notes on what patchwork would be needed for Thursday. I gave my input on stage plot and other things as well during this time. This show looks like it is going to be as good as last Thursday's show.
After Hammer Time, I rerecorded one of Dan's songs since the first time I did it, it was too soft. I learned more as we redid it and Dan was being patient with me...and laughing at me :) But I did it correctly this time!
After that, I watched some TV with Tavis until Community Dinner. We had Community Time after that which was...interesting.
After that we watched Amadeus for class discussion tomorrow morning. We watched the Director's Cut which was 3 hours. But I loved it and thought that more of the artist's should have liked it as well since it was a movie about MUSIC. I don't think people were happy to watch it. THEIR LOSS!!!!!
I'm in a mood to smack people or yell. I was getting pretty sarcastic this evening. :(
Gotta work on that...
By the way...I had a prayer request about Gma Swanson. I miss her a lot after talking about her health. I started crying. Of course people who don't know me are surrounded by me and don't comfort me.
...Yeah guys. We definitely are doing a good job at getting to know each other (too sarcastic?).
...If it helps my case, I wasn't the only one crying...and they weren't comforted.
Anyway, tomorrow is press conference.
"WHY'S THE SCREEN SO DARK?"
We had our track class which we learned more about the FOH (Front of House). I took notes this time so that I wouldn't forget stuff and so that I could go over it later for review. I found out that for Thursday's show, I will be doing patchwork. I'm terrified but looking forward to helping out.
Us techs got ready for Hammer Time and broke for lunch.
Hammer Time was at 1 and I took notes on what patchwork would be needed for Thursday. I gave my input on stage plot and other things as well during this time. This show looks like it is going to be as good as last Thursday's show.
After Hammer Time, I rerecorded one of Dan's songs since the first time I did it, it was too soft. I learned more as we redid it and Dan was being patient with me...and laughing at me :) But I did it correctly this time!
After that, I watched some TV with Tavis until Community Dinner. We had Community Time after that which was...interesting.
After that we watched Amadeus for class discussion tomorrow morning. We watched the Director's Cut which was 3 hours. But I loved it and thought that more of the artist's should have liked it as well since it was a movie about MUSIC. I don't think people were happy to watch it. THEIR LOSS!!!!!
I'm in a mood to smack people or yell. I was getting pretty sarcastic this evening. :(
Gotta work on that...
By the way...I had a prayer request about Gma Swanson. I miss her a lot after talking about her health. I started crying. Of course people who don't know me are surrounded by me and don't comfort me.
...Yeah guys. We definitely are doing a good job at getting to know each other (too sarcastic?).
...If it helps my case, I wasn't the only one crying...and they weren't comforted.
Anyway, tomorrow is press conference.
"WHY'S THE SCREEN SO DARK?"
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