September 17, 2008

Scheduled to be out to Seattle arriving September 16 at about 1pm. Got bumped, picked up a free round tripper via Alaska, then scored this pic (illegally I might add) from the plane; probably at about 28,000 feet over western MA

Best part was sitting in traffic for 1 hour at 12:30am Sept. 17 on the entrance to I-5 out of SEA. Drove 30 miles to Lynnwood where I crashed for the night.

Woke up- then headed north to the 'couv. I stopped at my favorite little town just south of the boarder crossing, Bellingham, WA. Ate a "denver omlette," In quotes, cause it wasn't from Denver.

Quick stop to see the ole Joseph family in Richmond, BC Canada, then to the aiport to pick up Eddie and Clint from Apple. Did some studio tours, ate some sushi, had some knight caps (I know it's spelled night, but knight seemed way cooler) now I'm here. Will post again later.

September 10, 2008

Sweetwater WLS event was tonight. Spent most of the day trying to get our guitarist John from New York to Ft. Wayne. This didn't happen; well, not in time at least. They canceled his flight from New York to Detroit. Instead, I got him routed to Chicago, where he then took a cab 30 miles to the nearest Avis station willing to rent a car 1-way to Ft. Wayne. While this is going on, I'm working on the contingency plan; teaching a Sweetwater employee the guitar part (awesome since I don't play guitar) and getting him into the grove of our show. Of course, setting up gear, dealing with VIP's, egos, and all the rest. John didn't make it until 9pm. (the event started at 7) Our contingency plan went off without a hitch and we had 240 people show up. Didn't leave the fort until 10:30, missed ordering dinner with the crew and ate pizza instead. I then had 3 cups of burnaise (sp?) sauce spilled all over my pants rendering them useless. It's 12:30am, I'm pissed off and all I got was one really shitty picture with my new phone which I hate.


Out of Ft. Wayne at 6:30 pm tomorrow but only after an 8 hour training day w/the staff.
Later

September 8, 2008

Totally too lazy to write or post pictures. Saw My Morning Jacket and the Pats game over the weekend; huge weekend. In Ft. Wayne and doing a WLS event tomorrow night. Have fun.
Cheers,
Sa

September 4, 2008

Strong event in Washington DC; 100 or so. This is an amazing feat for the dealer we worked with.
Spent the day traveling around from DC to Philadelphia.

Ate a crazy wrap consisting of grilled chicken and crab dip. ya, weird.

Visited 2 large studios; Sheffield recording and Omega. Sheffield does all of the remote BSO and July 4th broadcasts from their remote broadcast truck. I'll be spending sometime on the truck when in Boston for sure. Here's a shot of their modified digital SSL console; kind of like a G4000 w/digital control:


Hitting 2 accounts tomorrow, then on the 2:30 train to Boston out of Philli.

September 3, 2008

Ok- behind again. Sorry, or not. Headed down to NYC Monday w/Stacey on Amtrak and spent the day hanging out. Met up with Ryan Penny (awesome) and we walked across the brooklyn bridge, drank some beer, ate some bad fish tacos.
We then met up w/Kasey for some dinner @ Fred's on the upper west side. They make a ridiculous mac and chee w/bacon. Didn't snap a shot so take my word for it.

Did the first night of the WLS (Waves Logic Studio Tour) at the GC NYC. 180 people turned out. Pretty darn good. No pics yet, but some to come soon.

Currently sitting on the Acela en-route to Washington DC for night # 2. With Eddie Kramer and our guitarist John Caban.