Well...here I am.
Wow it has been a long time since I've posted on here. So much has been happening and I haven't been very good at keeping people updated, sorry about that. I've learned so much in school, I'm still trying to grasp the "wierdness" of everyone's personality thats from the southwest or west coast, and I just got over my first big proficiency on the Neotek Elite Console. So let me start from the top I suppose.
School is absolutely the best thing that has ever happened to me. I have a new big vocabulary to confuse people with. We just started having our drum clinics and live sound clinics where real professional musicians come in and pretty much blow me away with their talents. In two days I have my first band recording clinic which I'm very stoked about. I've also had the priviledge of sitting in at Mayberry Studios. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's the Gin Blossoms studio. I'm pretty cool with those guys now and hope to get some extra intern hours there.
(for you audiophiles out there. Look up Neotek, Neve, and Solid State Logic audio companies and you'll have a good idea about what kind of crazy gear i've been working on. Also, in the digital realm, check out Logic 7. Really killer program if you're into this kinda stuff.)
School is going really well though. I'm getting A's and B's in pretty much everything.
Havn't found a job yet, which I'm only now begining to sweat about. There are so few females in school that whenever a group of us guys go out it's like women are this alien race that we've totally been detached from. It really sucks when you're trying to meet people, hence my desire to start working.
People out here are really...corporate I think is a good word to discribe them. Every person I've met from ASU (and just people in general) always seem like they have an agenda and if you can't help them out then you're not worth being friends with. Uber elitist in a sence, but I find comfort in the fact that they all wish they were me. I just say fuckem....they don't even know who they're dealing with, and thats ok, they'll know someday. I really wish I could find a cool group of people outside of school though. Not a single (save maybe one) woman out here has been cool at all. They all have this west coast, "I'm better then you are, did I mention I'm a BITCH?" kind of attitude that I simply will not tolerate. I've put a few women in their places at parties for being brats...it only got me more attention from them..so I know whats up...but damn they are just unhappy people in my eyes.
Hmm...other then that I'm really not sure. I know when I come home for Christmas that you won't be welcoming the same person you once knew. I know things will be different. My outlook on life has jumped a complete 180* and I'm feeling very good with my mindset and where i'm at. Still no women in my life, but I don't really care. I'm just happy to be me once again. Oh, i've also been working out like a bandit...so you might (or might not) notice some changes there as well.
It's time for me to be off though. I have a mixdown session tomorrow and its the first time i'll get to use expansion and gating units so I want to be on the ball.
Peace and love.
(i really enjoy this song so I thought i'd add it)
If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung
Would you hear my voice come through the music
Would you hold it near as it were your own?
It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken
Perhaps they're better left unsung
I don't know, don't really care
Let there be songs to fill the air
(Chorus)
Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
If your cup is full may it be again
Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men
There is a road, no simple highway
Between the dawn and the dark of night
And if you go no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone
(Chorus)
You who choose to lead must follow
But if you fall you fall alone
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home
The Grateful Dead - Ripple.
School is absolutely the best thing that has ever happened to me. I have a new big vocabulary to confuse people with. We just started having our drum clinics and live sound clinics where real professional musicians come in and pretty much blow me away with their talents. In two days I have my first band recording clinic which I'm very stoked about. I've also had the priviledge of sitting in at Mayberry Studios. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's the Gin Blossoms studio. I'm pretty cool with those guys now and hope to get some extra intern hours there.
(for you audiophiles out there. Look up Neotek, Neve, and Solid State Logic audio companies and you'll have a good idea about what kind of crazy gear i've been working on. Also, in the digital realm, check out Logic 7. Really killer program if you're into this kinda stuff.)
School is going really well though. I'm getting A's and B's in pretty much everything.
Havn't found a job yet, which I'm only now begining to sweat about. There are so few females in school that whenever a group of us guys go out it's like women are this alien race that we've totally been detached from. It really sucks when you're trying to meet people, hence my desire to start working.
People out here are really...corporate I think is a good word to discribe them. Every person I've met from ASU (and just people in general) always seem like they have an agenda and if you can't help them out then you're not worth being friends with. Uber elitist in a sence, but I find comfort in the fact that they all wish they were me. I just say fuckem....they don't even know who they're dealing with, and thats ok, they'll know someday. I really wish I could find a cool group of people outside of school though. Not a single (save maybe one) woman out here has been cool at all. They all have this west coast, "I'm better then you are, did I mention I'm a BITCH?" kind of attitude that I simply will not tolerate. I've put a few women in their places at parties for being brats...it only got me more attention from them..so I know whats up...but damn they are just unhappy people in my eyes.
Hmm...other then that I'm really not sure. I know when I come home for Christmas that you won't be welcoming the same person you once knew. I know things will be different. My outlook on life has jumped a complete 180* and I'm feeling very good with my mindset and where i'm at. Still no women in my life, but I don't really care. I'm just happy to be me once again. Oh, i've also been working out like a bandit...so you might (or might not) notice some changes there as well.
It's time for me to be off though. I have a mixdown session tomorrow and its the first time i'll get to use expansion and gating units so I want to be on the ball.
Peace and love.
(i really enjoy this song so I thought i'd add it)
If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung
Would you hear my voice come through the music
Would you hold it near as it were your own?
It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken
Perhaps they're better left unsung
I don't know, don't really care
Let there be songs to fill the air
(Chorus)
Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
If your cup is full may it be again
Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men
There is a road, no simple highway
Between the dawn and the dark of night
And if you go no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone
(Chorus)
You who choose to lead must follow
But if you fall you fall alone
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home
The Grateful Dead - Ripple.