"Tech"nical Difficulties...
Hey there, bloggers! It's Saturday, 3:33 PM, and all is well, or at least as well as one can expect them to be while stuck in a foreign country. Don't be alarmed by the title of this installment of blog theatre. I am only referring to our impending "Tech", or technical rehearsals this coming week. Tech is usually crazy, stressful, and time consuming-but at a glacier's pace. Imagine, if you will, the space shuttle inching along its' route from hangar to launch pad. It can only sloth a mile or two an hour for fear of tipping or upsetting valuable cargo en route to the tower. Tech is similar, as the final elements of the show are added. The show is then firmly in the hands of the lighting staff, electrics, sound, and, in the case of this show, magic. The acting/dancing/singing takes a backseat to the techies, but it's only fair as we have been toiling away for a month now, getting our respective acts in order(no pun intended).
The 100,000 peso question is whether or not the performance venue has a wireless Internet signal. This might have some bearing on my ability to communicate this next week. The issue is not down time, as my track is rather light and stage time limited, but rather said access to the Internet. Excluding tomorrow, there are zero days off scheduled for the next 9-10 days, so "me" time is not an option. The nice thing is that tech only happens once. Let's hope...
One nice thing about tech is the fact we usually don't spend too much money during this period. I am trying to save as much loot as possible so as to pay off my bills, and I am doing a fairly decent job of it, but I see visions of an ipod in my future. I am looking at it as an investment towards future projects, as I will be able to record songs/works in progress cleanly, clearly and directly to digital format. I am thinking specifically of my current musical project which I cannot expound upon due to unsecured rights (and those damned musical theatre pirates). I'll go into detail when I know more about the next step, which is currently up in the air.
OK, blog dogs, I'll leave you for now with the hope this blog is entertaining enough and, frankly, short enough to keep your attention. Here's to a painless tech and a casualty free day off. Thanks for reading!
Gags
The 100,000 peso question is whether or not the performance venue has a wireless Internet signal. This might have some bearing on my ability to communicate this next week. The issue is not down time, as my track is rather light and stage time limited, but rather said access to the Internet. Excluding tomorrow, there are zero days off scheduled for the next 9-10 days, so "me" time is not an option. The nice thing is that tech only happens once. Let's hope...
One nice thing about tech is the fact we usually don't spend too much money during this period. I am trying to save as much loot as possible so as to pay off my bills, and I am doing a fairly decent job of it, but I see visions of an ipod in my future. I am looking at it as an investment towards future projects, as I will be able to record songs/works in progress cleanly, clearly and directly to digital format. I am thinking specifically of my current musical project which I cannot expound upon due to unsecured rights (and those damned musical theatre pirates). I'll go into detail when I know more about the next step, which is currently up in the air.
OK, blog dogs, I'll leave you for now with the hope this blog is entertaining enough and, frankly, short enough to keep your attention. Here's to a painless tech and a casualty free day off. Thanks for reading!
Gags
posted by Gags at 3:31 PM
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I bent my wookie.
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