Okay, so things have gotten busy. I haven't been able to write as mu-
HOLY CRAP. IT'S BEEN ALMOST A MONTH.
Hm. Well, here's the quick 'n' dirty:
- sound op for Geffen Playhouse's Slow Girl
- Guest lecture at University of Michigan
- Freelancing for Tom & Jerry and ABCMouse
- Secured 2 weeks' work post-Slow Girl
Hoh-kay. Now, the slow and... clean?
Slow Girl at the Geffen is drawing to a close. This will be the last week of shows, with 2 shows on Saturday and the Sunday matinee being our closing performance. It's been a good, easy run, and the last couple weeks it's been neat having Annette Bening next door with her one-woman show Ruth Draper Monologues.
Last week, I took a few days off from the Geffen to make a trip back to my alma mater, the University of Michigan School of Music, Theater, and Dance. My friend Andrew Kirshner is a professor, and has been teaching Sound and Music for Film for the past few years, and invited me out for a second time to talk to the Performing Arts Technology students about what it's like to be a professional sound editor/mixer/designer/journeyman.
Surprisingly nice Spring day in Ann Arbor, outside the U of M School of Music, Theater, and Dance
As usual, the students were great. They asked good questions, and seemed genuinely interested in what I had to say. A few of them even joined me and Andrew at Arbor Brewing Company for some post-class libations and comestibles. It was also nice to have some time back "home" in Michigan, spending some time in my hometown, seeing my younger sister and niece (who drove over from Chicago for the weekend), being with my parents for my mom's birthday, and catching up with old friends and relatives. It's good for the soul.
But, these days no vacation is truly a vacation. I did have some work to do while I was away from my Los Angeles home, and that included doing some work on the current incarnation of Tom & Jerry. I've been freelancing as a sound editor for the company doing the post sound work on T&J, and believe it or not, I was working on the 2014 Christmas Special. It's a bit odd to have Christmas carols going through your head in April.
And finally, I had been looking to book some work, what with Slow Girl coming to a close and Tom & Jerry and ABCMouse not providing exactly full-time work at the moment. Luckily, a phone call from my friend and fellow assistant sound editor 'Smokey' Cloud is providing me with a couple weeks' worth of work on the upcoming Planet Of The Apes pre/sequel. It'll be nice to accrue some union hours again, and maybe my presence around the offices could lead to more work in the near future. You just never know.
So, hopefully I won't have to write too many of these epic recap posts, but frankly, things are busy, which is good.
More to come...