ich bin ein auslander

OK… 6 songs down, 6 more to go. got my pro tools 6.1 upgrade which has awesome direct connectivity with reason and ableton live. i need to track down a copy of ableton though, don’t have it yet. lots of fun stuff going on, having a blast doing it….

went and got hammered with simon at finn’s last night, totally randomly. twas great and i ended up with a finns baseball cap somehow.

tomorrow is halloween.. simon’s dj’ing at finns so we’ll probably drop in before heading off to the burlesque thing at the derby with jason and crew. or something like that. weird halloween this year. no planning, no costume yet, no nothing.

Been doing production work this week on an album Rob’s producing… I’ve done loops and effects and whatnot for about 5 songs so far, another 6 or 7 to do over the next week or so. Went over and hung out while the boys were recording tonight, and ending up laying down my first live keyboard parts, so that was fun. Good stuff, should be a great album and interest is being expressed by appropriate people, so I might even make a little bit of cashola off of what I’ve done if things work out right. If nothing else, it’s good practice, my name all over the credits, and a door to future work doing more of the same….

Regardless, I really enjoy it and it’s what I’d prefer to be spending my time doing. So I’m damn happy I’m doing it.

Normally the best holiday of the year… this year, it’s all kaput. A combination of work craziness, pressing engagements, and Wendy’s last minute trip to Paris have all combined to mean no travel for Halloween this year, no party since we don’t have the time or energy to make it happen, and very little pre-halloween festivities…

so if anyone’s got anything going on that night, let us know…

strange light, ash falling from the skies… went out randomly with a friend who happened to be in the area yesterday, was wasted by 8pm and in bed by 9:30… woke up thinking it was 8 am, it was only 7. damn time changes.

and i’m chuffed.

anyways, ditched class the first night she was back so we could hang out - didn’t miss much, told him i’d be gone so he covered some of the stuff he knew i was already overly familiar with. we hung out, had pizza, watched the west wing and unpacked and went through all the goodies…

had to spend most of thursday day working, catching up on all the things accumulated over the last week that only she could deal with… then i went to class and wendy went to a listening party for one of our new clients…

and now it’s friday, and it’s almost like she was never gone at all. ah, lovely routines.