May 2, 2008

  • What a Night!

    EDIT ADD:

    I received an email back from the composer. He said his sides hurt from laughing so hard and he was saving
    this email for when I got famous…

    So
    glad he has a sense of humor! Phew!

    Below is a rather humbling email I had to write this morning:

    As context, you should know that on Tuesday night I arrived at his studio at around 11pm, and worked until 3:30AM, after which I drove home, slept for 2.5 hours and then woke up and went to work. Then Wednesday night I worked in his studio from midnight until 5AM, after which arriving home it was already "time to get up and get ready for work"...which I did (not sleeping at all). I took a nap yesterday (against my better judgment) for about 90 minutes, and then proceeded to go back down to the studio at about 11PM last night to work some more...this is what happened...
    (for those of you that are wondering, this is his studio, where he has been working for about 14 hours a day to complete the writing of this film score. I have to work in his space, but only when he is not working, hence the weird hours.
    Thank you Lord that I am quitting my APU job...I could not do this on a regular basis...

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    Hey

    So I'm sure you're already astounded by the lack of work I  

    accomplished last night...especially the fact that I was unable to  

    write the brass parts you asked me to. Soooooo basically if your computer was a car, I  

    "fell asleep at the wheel"  not too long after I got there.

    I was bouncing some tracks for 1M39, and I must have leaned back in  

    the chair during one of the bounces and just conked out. I seriously  

    woke up some time later with most of my limbs numb and a huge spot on  

    my forehead where I guess I had put my head down on the desk at some  

    point.

    I'm horribly embarrassed by the whole thing...but I guess it's also a  

    little bit funny. I guess that's what happens when one only sleeps for  

    an hour or two each night for two days in a row...

    Just FYI, this shouldn't be a problem in the future as I have recently  

    quit my day job. Last day for that job is this Saturday. In the future  

    I should be able to pull the graveyard shift with ease since I would  

    potentially sleep during the day, but this week I've been "running on  

    empty" a little bit doing both things.

    Anyhow--all that to say I'm SORRY!!

    I'm bummed I didn't get to write the brass parts, and I only did about  

    1.5 Pro Tools sessions done before my "crash".

    Ha.

    I'll be available to work next Sunday night, Monday anytime, and  

    Tuesday anytime (including the graveyard).

    We'll talk soon.

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    Ouch...
    Oh well. The Lord has His ways to keep us humble.

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