November 16, 2006

• This is Why I’m Here

  EDIT ADD:
  Wow. People are crazy! I guess they really want this stupid playstation…well, it’s only $600…
  

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  I had a good class tonight–or maybe I should say–class was good to me…I’m talking about my Commercial Songwriting class…
  The assignment that was due tonight was my first completely original song written for this course (I did a couple as an undergrad that were either disastrous or a joke). One previous assignment was to write a melody to a given chord chart in any style we wanted; a second was to write the music for a set of lyrics we were given, but the assignment due tonight was original lyrics and melody. It was an interesting process for me to write the piece. I wrote the words first (another previous assignment). The chorus came pretty quickly, then the verses came secondly and with more difficulty, and lastly the bridge. Then I wrote the music for the song, mostly in that same order (interesting, huh?). The beginning of the chorus (the hook) came first…yadda, yadda, yadda…my teacher dropped the f-bomb in class after I finished it because it was so good. Wow. Totally not expecting that. I mean, when does a professor curse out loud when you finish your assignment? And how often does the f-bomb warm my heart and make me happy? Yeah, not very often–but it did tonight. I was very pleased with everyone’s reaction. The whole class was very supportive. My prof said basically any pop star right now could cover that song tomorrow…great! I’ll give you %50 publishing…let’s make a deal…

  On that note, after class I talked at length with another guy in the program at CalState LA about stuff. He’s a crooner type–he loves the old standards and Frank Sinatra and all of that stuff. He’s 33 years old, but looks like he’s my age. It was cool to connect outside of the class with someone, he’s a super nice guy. He’s going to be in an upcoming Bud Light commercial (it’ll have ducks in it…) possibly for Thanksgiving time or if not that, the Superbowl. THEN I find out that his wife is also in the business, acting. She was in FLIGHT PLAN and appeared on two episodes of FRIENDS. WHAT!?!?! Awesome!!!! Check her out–this dude is totally married to her…it was cool talking to him…and we watched her episdoe with the fish…and Eddie…

  Off to bed!
  

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