Electronic Music 411 - pru¨gs on tv. well 2 secs at least -

riiight, so what happened was,,
the conductor of the choir said that tv was interested in a little something, and since it was a 1 minute spot or something i suggested that just the guitarmaeng and the choir went and did something. then suddenly they wanted two slots, and he said why dont you come as well and we do something loopbased for the second thing? and i said ok.

they totally forgot to tell the tv, tho, so there i was, got up at 5, arrived at tv studio 5.45, came into the studio and said to some tech guy that i would need something for a stereo line, like two di-boxes. and he looked at me with much disrespect and said they werent expecting anyone but guitarman and choir, and that they didnt have the time to hook me up, and, did i really need to be there? and i was like, uh, i didnt get up at 5 because i enjoy hanging out in tv-studios, yeah, i have been asked to do this and i really need to be there. they will need the lops to play. and he went off to soundengineer to see "if it was possible". enter soundengineer, same story, nobody said anything about a laptop, they had no time, they rigged up everything yesterday, do i really need to be there? uh, well... and then he said well, i take it you have brought your own cables? xlr-cables? and i said - hmm, its from a laptop, so i really dont use much xlr-cables. i have jack cables. and he said, we arent going to use some minijack cable! and i said, they are normal jack cables, the ones you use from a laptop into di-boxes, a well know way of connecting gear. off he went to find the boxes, they said you can stand there. can i have a small table, or like a bar -stool or something for my laptop? ummphhhh, arrrhggg, ok, i got it.

hmmm, i would really need a monitor for this. YOU NEED A MONITOR TOO? nobody told us that you needed a monitor. well, its just as much for the choir and the guitarplayer. i am playing WITH them, so its great if they hear what i do. AAARRGHHH. so i got the monitor, really low level. then i asked for more monitor, and they said they couldnt give it to me. and i said why? they were afraid that it would feedback into the choir mics.

and then i made a scene. i started speaking loud and clear, i said to the conductor, now you need to come and tell these people that i have to be a part of this. that clearly i am not wanted here, they dont want me on the stage, they dont want to hear me, they dont want to give me monitor, and this is not why i came down here. and it got drop-needle quiet in the studio, and i heard someone say into a walkietalkie that "we have a situation down here". and some dude with a headset came over and said whats the problem, and i told him, and he said ok, and i got the sound i wanted.

but yeah, its not like they gave me lights, and filmed me a lot. i wasnt very popular.

having said that, i understand them. its early for them, they plan in advance, and someone from the productioncompany really should have told them i was coming.

long story. sorry.

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10/01/07 + jdg

i LOL'd

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10/01/07 + energygiant

oh gosh...a cant believe you asked to hear yourself

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10/01/07 + energygiant

a=I !!

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10/01/07 + mlbot

Hahaha. Pissing off lazy union slobs in America can get you a one-way ticket to a nice long vacation with fishes.