What Did You Work On Today? 5-18-08

rwc · Post by **rwc** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:44 am

Finished up a college research paper and take home midterm and caught up on some homework I didn't get to do last weekend because of some drum overdub and piano sessions.

Got drunk.

Went to work. Had interesting conversation with cute, kind girl.

Recorded rock band with people from 46 and over.

The drummer was the only one with his shit together. One guy kept hitting his strings on the bass pickup and everyone was too drunk to notice, until I pointed it out. He kept doing it. After 40 minutes of trying to get him to stop doing that, of giving him another bass, I gave up.

I'd pull a mixerman bass switcheroo if I were getting enough money from the project to care.. but they're just a drunk old band who play out occasionally who want a cd to give out at the end of shows, nothing for an album or legitimate release, so if they want to play like shit and not rehearse.. that's what the end product will sound like.

The song didn't come out that bad, but it took a few hours overall because of the total lack of rehearsal and constant bickering, which I usually expect from a band less than half their age. Usually when I have this bunch all in the same room, they're pretty productive before they're too drunk to be so. But the whole band arguing and not being rehearsed is the asinine stuff I expect from the exact opposite of this band.. a band that is young, that doesn't play out, etc.

met a cute girl was the highlight, with getting drunk a close second.

MoreSpaceEcho · Post by **MoreSpaceEcho** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:21 am

mixed till 2:30am. went to bed.

markmeat · Post by **markmeat** » Mon May 19, 2008 12:03 pm

Started back at Punk Rock Night after a three-week hiatus... live sound for shitty punk bands, but it pays (a little) and I drink for free, so bonus...

MEAT

trodden · Post by **trodden** » Mon May 19, 2008 2:48 pm

Saturday, woke up, weeded and watered garden..fuckin slugs munched on my green beans..

2:00-9:00 ate veggie dogs and drank fruity vodka drinks, Tecate, and IPA at a BBQ.

10:00 - ??? drank bottle of wine and some more beer...

Sunday, went sunglasses shopping, then to home depot to get some nice looking metal fencing to keep the fucking dogs out of the garden.. forgot to get organic slug bait.. doh..

Drank 5- 24oz cans of rainier and a half a bottle of wine. pulled a few orange juice cans out of the recycle bin, cut them down to an 2 inches high, inserted into garden flush with soil level and filled with beer, gonna get those fucking slugs....

This was the first nice/summer like weekend in Seattle in a way.. so being in the studio was NOT an option.

next weekend i'll be pulling out some of the patchbays and moving shit around in the rack, soldering, and other NOT FUN STUFF...

wren · Post by **wren** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:03 pm

A dance concert consumed my weekend. Thankfully I actually got paid for it (unusual for dance concerts!).

chris harris · Post by **chris harris** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:18 pm

We played a show with a couple of great bands from Athens, GA. Quiet Hooves and Dark Meat. What a great time! Quiet Hooves are a little hard to explain. Almost like TMBG + Beach Boys + Bowie, all with a little E6 seasoning. That's probably a shitty explanation. But, they were great.
Dark Meat was fucking insane. Loud and raunchy and fun as hell! Two drummers, bass, two guitars, keys, two violins, and a half dozen or more strong horn section. They put on a hell of a show. Sound great, too!

asmara · Post by **asmara** » Mon May 19, 2008 7:40 pm

caffiend2049 wrote:Tracked some guitar overdubs that might actually make it to the record.
department.

Took an extended break to grill some steaks and go see Iron Man

.

How was Iron Man. I have been dying to see that since I first saw the trailer a year ago.

locosoundman · Post by **locosoundman** » Mon May 19, 2008 8:44 pm

Church gig in the morning

Recorded Bach b-Minor mass with choir and orchestra in the evening - good performance

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Mon May 19, 2008 10:01 pm

morning: slept in

afternoon: various shopping and at the end accidentally backed into a 2007 Grand Marquis driven by a retired surgeon...OOPS! (it was just a light scratch on his bumper and he said to not worry about it, so we all shook hands and drove off. *WHEW*)

evening: unplugged a constipated toddler and then spent an hour with her in the music room with me making spaceship noises over a beatbox using guitar+pedalboard while she danced and made up lyrics...i wish i'd recorded it!

all damned day: coped with respiratory infections i and my wife and two little kids are currently fighting by being Dr. Daddy.

lyman · Post by **lyman** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:54 am

on the 18th i ordered a new speaker (weber silver bell) for my 1x12 cab. happy birthday to me.

vibesof20hz · Post by **vibesof20hz** » Tue May 20, 2008 6:10 am

I moved into anew apartment to intern at Anderson Audio in Harrisburg PA. I was the last person to show up and claim a room, so I got the one sized like a closet. I wonder where my clothes went among all the boxes and bags of stuff... I have my mic locker and basses though, so at least I have what I need...

joelpatterson · Post by **joelpatterson** » Thu May 22, 2008 4:43 pm

Well, the 18th of May is my birthday, of course, and oddly enough, TWO different people wanted me to record their concerts! So... broke someone's heart, what else is new?

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Thu May 22, 2008 7:43 pm

joelpatterson wrote:Well, the 18th of May is my birthday, of course, and oddly enough, TWO different people wanted me to record their concerts! So... broke someone's heart, what else is new?

belated happy birthday!

go put some clothes on!

joelpatterson · Post by **joelpatterson** » Fri May 23, 2008 6:16 pm

Oh, I just made that up...

(Honestly... I do have to hand it to you people... I use the word advisedly... who've managed to upload these fancy avatars... every time I try even the simplest thing it tells me the URL is not valid.)

megajoe · Post by **megajoe** » Sun May 25, 2008 2:33 am

I did this sound gig for a recital held by a dance school. An engineer who had a session at our studio pawned it off on me. I did it reluctantly as a favor. It was long and awful and paid little. That was the second time I said I'd never do a live sound gig again afterwards.

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