So since the economy sucks and people are always looking for ways to save money, especially on tours, it seems like it is imperative to learn production in order to be a TM so to add to my ginormous collection of books on the music business (my favorite being "Tour Smart; and break the band" by Martin Atkins, seriously, the man's an interesting genius) I went to Borders and bought two books; "Audio Made Easy (or how to be a sound engineer without really trying)" and "the live sound manual" So the former book is smaller and definitely easier to understand with a large glossary in the back and the latter is thicker, more manual-esque and harder to read so I'll be reading the smaller one first. I figure once I understand the basics and have a basis of knowledge in which to start I can ask Ken, my boyfriend, and Jay, my roommate, to take me to gigs with them so I can learn sound and production.Also, must work on my resume to hand in to Brandon at Atlantic for the Warped gig. I forgot that my regular resume wouldn't do and that I would have to completely reconfigure
it by Wednesday. It's currently Monday night.My mom wants me to figure out my job after graduation situation by April. So would I. I also have to figure out what I'm going with all my stuff, whether I'm staying in NY, going back to Cali or moving up to Boston. I like NY but would only want to live here if I was going to work somewhere grounded like a label or a venue. If I get a job doing shows/ artist development then I would totally take it... except the chances of that happening are even too small to think about. So then I think about moving back home, except I feel like I would die doing the same things I've been doing since high school and never leaving. I was home for break, I saw what it's become. Ken and I have briefly discussed a future in San Diego. Looks promising. Apparently there's a huge production company out there that Ken would like to work for.
If I can convince Pretty Polly (Howie and Matt) to hire me then I think I would definitely move up to Boston. Not only would I be near my boyfriend ( I loathe the distance) but I
would be near a bunch of companies I could work for, would not have to move my stuff too far from NY and would at least know SOME people in the area. I hate having to make friends, too damn shy.I will most likely begin reviewing the books I read about the music business to be sure to look for those as well.
Oh, Also, went to a reggae concert this friday. Rebelution at Blender Theatre and the Gramercy. Pretty sure they played the same song over and over but the bad before them, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad- amazing. Each song was different enough to not be boring, with new instuments added in each new song, and yet they managed to keep me in the same swaying and loving mood that good reggae seems to put me in. The show was weird. SO many high school kids there- felt like I was trapped in the proverbial ranch of high school for another night. They were mostly wasted, not that I didn't dabble with mind enhancing products but still, and they were grinding up against eachother and making out in corners like it was the prom- running, screaming, bobbing and weaving through the otherwise mostly adult crowd. Since when did reggae get popular with the BoysLikeGirl
s crowd? What bothered me the most were the easily 22 year old males rubbing up against the 14 year old girls, with no sense of shame taceable on their faces. I would know, there was a guy with a girl on each leg performing what could only be described as an orgy with clothes on right in front of me for about an hour. I managed to look past them to the band and awesome light show for a while but it was like a car crash and couldn't manage not to stare- but it's okay because everyone else was staring at them too.
