Yet another day in the life
4:30 AM – up and at ‘em! I wake up before the alarm clock...
5:30 AM – walk to Midway. It’s amazing how few people are out in the city this early...
5:50 AM – make list of everything I have to do before 9 AM. Feel like the Army (sorry Kevin).
5:55 AM – go to Midway rec room to find a spoon to eat yogurt with. Out of spoons. Out of sporks. Opt for a plastic knife.
6:00 AM – roll up sleeves and start in...
8:37 AM – realize I’m behind schedule... begin mentally reorganizing, while physically working as fast as I can.
9:26 AM – OK, done a little late, but no one is too hacked off about it...
9:54 AM – build has been approved, so I walk to Burger King for a second breakfast...
10:15 AM – reorganize for following week... man, there’s a lot to do to be ready for E3!
10:31 AM – receive email from Newman about his new piece, asking a question about specifying a certain guitar tone... have to answer him later...
10:34 AM – schedule meeting in MS Outlook for this afternoon to discuss a voiceover production schedule
10:40 AM – coordinate with Eddie (asst. producer) to make mini-movies of all the special moves that the characters have in the fighting game (every special move usually has 3-5 sound effects)
10:48 AM – have an idea for my new concert band piece, and I can’t resist shooting a quick email to the BCM brethren to check their opinions on an obscure orchestration idea...
10:49 AM – meet with sound designer #1 to go over goals for next week.
11:15 AM – meet with sound designer #2 to go over goals for next week.
11:49 AM – LUNCHTIME!!! Paradise Sushi – the only sushi joint I know of where you can get your maki roll on, as well as a sauna and massage. Today I’m only there for the maki.
12:51 PM – buy lotto ticket. (Yeah, I know it’s stupid, but it’s fun once in a while...)
1:02 PM – back in the studio. See email from Eric regarding my orchestration question.
1:05 PM – meet with voiceover producer to set up outline for the meeting this afternoon.
1:38 PM – get an email from Newman regarding my orchestration question. His answer completely contradicts Eric’s answer... I get a good laugh out of this.
1:40 PM – get an email from Ed Boon – he can’t make the meeting at 3:30. We toss around some other times, then I ROYALLY SCREW UP OUTLOOK so everyone gets a half-dozen wrong times to cancel and schedule a meeting that doesn’t exist... oy...
1:53 PM – straighten out the Outlook debacle...
1:57 PM – eyelids getting droopy, brain bonking... Dr. Pepper prescribes 591 ml. of caffeine and high fructose corn syrup...
2:00 PM – meeting on super-top-secret part of next Mortal Kombat game...
3:00 PM – end of super-top-secret MK meeting... bwah-hah-hah-haaaaaa....
3:22 PM – (realize I still haven’t written a note of MK music today, and probably won’t get to either...)
3:40 PM – type up outline for meeting at 4:30.
4:17 PM – email from Jay – he can’t make it at 4:30. Avoid Outlook altogether and run from room to room, asking everyone involved if they can do it at 5:30...
4:28 PM – plop back down in studio chair – 5:30 it is...
4:37 PM – finally email Newman back...
4:38 PM – receive mini-movies from Eddie. Review movies, take notes, and make plans to distribute this work amongst the other sound designers.
5:30 PM - meeting starts up, and I'm running it fast and furious, because by-
6:10 PM - I'm out the door, walking down to Belmont to catch a cab to-
6:46 PM - the 30 East Hubbard Street, for a Pro-Tools 5.1 mix demo. This goes on until...
8:38 PM - Catch the "El" train back up to my neighborhood so that by-
9:03 PM - I'm scrounging the fridge for leftovers. My wife enjoys some "alone time" with me by watching me stuff my face (have I mentioned what a patient woman she is?). And then, after having been running full-blast for 16.5 hours, I finally get to-
9:33 PM - Sit down to start writing!
5:30 AM – walk to Midway. It’s amazing how few people are out in the city this early...
5:50 AM – make list of everything I have to do before 9 AM. Feel like the Army (sorry Kevin).
5:55 AM – go to Midway rec room to find a spoon to eat yogurt with. Out of spoons. Out of sporks. Opt for a plastic knife.
6:00 AM – roll up sleeves and start in...
8:37 AM – realize I’m behind schedule... begin mentally reorganizing, while physically working as fast as I can.
9:26 AM – OK, done a little late, but no one is too hacked off about it...
9:54 AM – build has been approved, so I walk to Burger King for a second breakfast...
10:15 AM – reorganize for following week... man, there’s a lot to do to be ready for E3!
10:31 AM – receive email from Newman about his new piece, asking a question about specifying a certain guitar tone... have to answer him later...
10:34 AM – schedule meeting in MS Outlook for this afternoon to discuss a voiceover production schedule
10:40 AM – coordinate with Eddie (asst. producer) to make mini-movies of all the special moves that the characters have in the fighting game (every special move usually has 3-5 sound effects)
10:48 AM – have an idea for my new concert band piece, and I can’t resist shooting a quick email to the BCM brethren to check their opinions on an obscure orchestration idea...
10:49 AM – meet with sound designer #1 to go over goals for next week.
11:15 AM – meet with sound designer #2 to go over goals for next week.
11:49 AM – LUNCHTIME!!! Paradise Sushi – the only sushi joint I know of where you can get your maki roll on, as well as a sauna and massage. Today I’m only there for the maki.
12:51 PM – buy lotto ticket. (Yeah, I know it’s stupid, but it’s fun once in a while...)
1:02 PM – back in the studio. See email from Eric regarding my orchestration question.
1:05 PM – meet with voiceover producer to set up outline for the meeting this afternoon.
1:38 PM – get an email from Newman regarding my orchestration question. His answer completely contradicts Eric’s answer... I get a good laugh out of this.
1:40 PM – get an email from Ed Boon – he can’t make the meeting at 3:30. We toss around some other times, then I ROYALLY SCREW UP OUTLOOK so everyone gets a half-dozen wrong times to cancel and schedule a meeting that doesn’t exist... oy...
1:53 PM – straighten out the Outlook debacle...
1:57 PM – eyelids getting droopy, brain bonking... Dr. Pepper prescribes 591 ml. of caffeine and high fructose corn syrup...
2:00 PM – meeting on super-top-secret part of next Mortal Kombat game...
3:00 PM – end of super-top-secret MK meeting... bwah-hah-hah-haaaaaa....
3:22 PM – (realize I still haven’t written a note of MK music today, and probably won’t get to either...)
3:40 PM – type up outline for meeting at 4:30.
4:17 PM – email from Jay – he can’t make it at 4:30. Avoid Outlook altogether and run from room to room, asking everyone involved if they can do it at 5:30...
4:28 PM – plop back down in studio chair – 5:30 it is...
4:37 PM – finally email Newman back...
4:38 PM – receive mini-movies from Eddie. Review movies, take notes, and make plans to distribute this work amongst the other sound designers.
5:30 PM - meeting starts up, and I'm running it fast and furious, because by-
6:10 PM - I'm out the door, walking down to Belmont to catch a cab to-
6:46 PM - the 30 East Hubbard Street, for a Pro-Tools 5.1 mix demo. This goes on until...
8:38 PM - Catch the "El" train back up to my neighborhood so that by-
9:03 PM - I'm scrounging the fridge for leftovers. My wife enjoys some "alone time" with me by watching me stuff my face (have I mentioned what a patient woman she is?). And then, after having been running full-blast for 16.5 hours, I finally get to-
9:33 PM - Sit down to start writing!
3 Comments:
This is about the pace of the entire next month for me... except I don't get paid, I just get "not failed". But right now, that's good enough for me.
And it's good to see that you're a sushi man. Strong.
Jim, I dont know if you have ever heard of Virt. He uses old video game consoles to produce an interesting version of some music. His page is hear. http://virt.vgmix.com/index.php?page=full
I really like his Nelly remix
http://virt.vgmix.com/music/arrange/v-allyourclothes.mp3
What I find most entertaining about these posts when you make them, is how you remember the exact minute to everything you're doing (that or your made-up minutes)...not to mention they catch the franticness of the day.
Whenever you are able, you should post the contradicting responses from Eric and Newman on the BCM forum, so we can all get a good kick out of it!
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