SMC!

Today went really well. I had fun and learned a lot.

We first had critical listening with Tom. We listened to Jimi Hendrix and Anne and Nancy.

Then we had line check which went well, I thought. It didn't take too long and we were able to eat lunch.

Sound check started shaky, as it always does, but I was on top of my game.

Marcus sat with me and helped me understand the console. It was SO nice of him and helped me relax a lot. :)

He explained things to a tee and I asked questions and he answered. I LOVED IT!

Then we had a meeting about tour.

...I will probably be the Stage Manager! I'm excited to be in charge of things. More of an exec job, which is what I've wanted. I'm looking forward to the challenge.

Tour should be fun! We may be doing TWO Ohio dates! :) YAAAY!

Tonight we have the show. HOPEFULLY nothing will go badly.

Afterwards we have a bonfire after party.

I then have Dan's late night recording until 4.

Then up at 8 for AnnaMarie's recording.

...I will be sleeping at the CMC this evening/ tomorrow morning. :P

I'm enjoying this semester more now that I am focusing on having fun and relaxing. I'm being goofy.

I will fill you in with how show went tomorrow.

"You assumed it was the young and inexperienced one..." ;)

Going crazy!

Today was a day. I tried not to be too stressed.

Warren went over mixing basics with all of us in the morning and then our tech track continued to talk about it.

Lunch and Production meeting. The meeting went really well, which made me happy.

Then we had Hammer Time and I had my first crack of FOH console.

After Hammer Time we discussed the Tour Itinerary. We will be going to Ohio the 27th! :) Malone.

I'm excited.

After that Joe and I went over FOH console and I read up on the manual.

Then I had Dan's rehearsal.

Tomorrow will be insane and stressful but I will get through it...hopefully.

:P

Rawr.

Goodnight. I'm tired.

"HEY C-MONEY!"

My eyes won't stay open

The retreat went really well. Gatlinburg is exactly how I remember it. We hung around the cabin and hung around the strip.  It was EXCELLENT to stare into space and take naps.

It was awesome to hang with my classmates away from working with them. I got to know a lot of them better. :)

Hammer Time was cancelled for today and was moved to tomorrow.

..so when we got back I took a shower and SLEPT. It felt great. I LOVE being cold and sleeping.

Then our apartment had a community dinner together. It was nice to hang out as a group.

Then Kylie, Karissa, Whitney, Meredith, and I sat and talked for an hour or so.

Next I had rehearsal with Dan. It went pretty well under the circumstances that they had not practiced since Saturday.

I have a feeling tomorrow will be stressful but I hope to not stress out.

The retreat taught me that when I'm NOT stressed, I'm more fun to be around and more myself. I WANT THAT.

Wish me good luck!

"I forgot how much I miss Boy Meets World."

A good spring day

Today was an easy day.

I had Dan's recording session from 1-4 pm. It went well. We got his vocals done. Then I started mixing a little. The snare was being difficult to EQ but I'll fix it more next session.

Then we had his rehearsal. I got to hear his band practice his two songs and my in-ear mixing didn't take as long as it has in the past.

After rehearsal I went to Chipotle and came back to the apartment and watched a movie with Meredith and her friends who are visiting. :)

Tomorrow is the retreat so I will be absent from my blog until Tuesday.

Pray that I have fun and RELAX.

When I get back? Time to prepare for show 6! grr...

"God's gotta save his people!"

My best job

Yesterday (Thursday) was a good day. :)

We had class and watched a film called Anna's playground. You should look it up, it's a great short film.

Then we had line check which went really well. We were able to finish it in 45 minutes with time to eat lunch.

Then we had sound check. This is the first performance using the in-ear monitors so it went a little slow.

I was able to check my light cues for the songs until Warren decided he was going to fix the parkhands in the middle of sound check.

I helped him but felt a little anxious not being able to see if my cues were working because I had to turn down the lights.

After we fixed the lights and after sound check, Warren taught me how to make some cool cues and macros. Macros are a combination of certain lights on stage.

We created some crazy ones and some standard ones.

After that I had dinner break and got back to CMC at 7 for the show.

The show went wonderful. I was so excited and relaxed. AND I HAD FUN. That was the best part.

My cues went well. I only had one or two oops moments and Warren liked my cues.

Luke's song set was the last of the night and Warren decided to use some of the macros we made earlier.

It was WICKED!

After the last song was over Warren turned to me and said, "Or something like that." Haha yeaahhh, something like that.

It was incredible and I felt good. The kind of good I should be feeling this whole semester....

After the show we all watched The Social Network with an intermission of a tornado warning. I had never seen the movie before.


TODAY

Today we went over game tape. Rick, Warren, and Tom had a lot of comments about monitors and Front of House mixing. They got picked on a lot. It made me stressed. A lot. I'M doing FOH next Thursday.

After game tape the techs learned how to put the video jib arm together and how to use it. It was cool to see it working. I am so interested in film and photography.

Then I had an hour recording session with AnnaMarie. She thought she was going home today so she gave her slot away to someone else. She stayed and we were able to get in for an hour to lay down scratch vocal and acoustic.

Tonight I have Dan's rehearsal. Hopefully from practice in AnnaMarie's rehearsal, I will be able to get started sooner in his rehearsal than previous rehearsals for AnnaMarie.

Then I will sleep...or watch a movie.

I'm excited for the retreat this weekend. I want to sleep and relax. I need to relax.

Please keep me in your prayers about me relaxing.

...my stress is getting out of hand.

Talk to you soon...

"C-Money, I believe in you!"

Just Waiting for Warren to Step In

Today was a long day of more frustration.

We had our critical listening class today and listened to James Taylor, Crosby Stills and Nash, and Carole King.

Then we had our tech class where we went over some of our masters and figured out what could've been altered. We didn't get to either of mine, but whatever.

Then we had our Production meeting that actually went really well. Marcus was able to be there so everything that needed to be discussed, got discussed. Some of the execs got mad that it ran into lunch.

...to them I said, "Now you know how us techs feel." They were making me mad. I was ticked off. :(

Then we had a session drummer and bassist come in to give us variety on people's songs. It was cool to hear how great the songs could be.

After that, I worked on lights for tomorrow's show. It took forever and tomorrow I'll be waiting for Warren to step in and make them better.

Joel said he was stressed last Thursday but hopefully I'll stay relaxed.

Tonight our apartment has dinner with John and Jenny.

Then I have AnnaMarie's rehearsal.

And then Dan's late night recording session until 4.

I am not doing that again, ever. This is my second Thursday doing it. :(

Blah.

That is how I feel these days. Hopefully I will snap out of it. Maybe our retreat this weekend will help.

And our preparation for tour.

Wish me luck, as always :)

"Warren, the lights won't work, and I don't know what I did."

I wanted to scream..I've been wanting to do that a lot.

Today was a long day and it ended with me angry at a computer.

We had class with Warren. We discussed body language on stage and how people act when they are in front of a crowd.

Then we had our tech class. We discussed tour a little bit and how things would probably go.

Marcus told me he was happy to see that I did a good job on my master recording of Dan and AnnaMarie. He thought of all the engineers, mine would be the worst. But I did better than he expected. :)

After lunch, Joel showed Evan and I how to store light cues on the Lighting computer. Layers and steps were involved. I spent about five hours trying to figure it out and I couldn't. I figured out a way to cheat.

...but then it came back and bit me in the butt because SOMEHOW I erased what I had been working on.

I then had AnnaMarie's rehearsal and once again freaked out about doing in-ear monitors. :(

After rehearsal I went back to the lighting computer to work on it and the lights started not working, then freaking out, and then none of my light cues were working.

I was getting very vocal with anger. Joe, the exec, thought I was about to go crazy again. :(

ARRGGHHHH! :(

I'm sore and tired.

But I'll spend the rest of my evening going to get chocolate and body wash and researching the lighting computer program.


....Starbucks did not even get my order right. Today was a bad day.

I get frustrated more each day.

But AnnaMarie tried to make me feel better. Nice try babe. ;)

"Candice? Are you about to go crazy again?"