a little bit of overkill…
Yesterday when the UPS guy delivered a fairly large box to my door I wondered which of the new toys I recently ordered on Amazon it could be, a box of this size might just contain all of them! Nope, inside this 12"x12"x6" box, was a single transformer that measures 4"x.5". It's madness I tell you!
Google Maps starting to get a little creepy…
So today I was looking playing around with the "street view" feature in Google maps. I have to say, it's amazing how evolved this thing is getting. Not only can I find my apartment, but my car is parked out front. I remember the days when I flipped out over the fact I could find a picture of my house taken from some satellite a bazillion miles a way, but this, this is just insane.
I'll admit, I love the Google as much as the next guy, but I do start to wonder sometimes if there should be a point where we say that the endless availability of information should be limited. I don't guess I really have a problem with Google wanting to have somebody drive down my street taking pictures of what it looks like, but my question is, will it stop there? Exactly where should we draw a line that says what information should be available for everyone and what shouldn't?
Truss Spot Gig
So I did my first truss spot gig the other day. For those of you who have no idea what that is, I'm sure you're all familiar with seeing the giant "spotlights" at concerts you go to (they're typically located somewhere behind the audience). Well, occasionally a lighting design will call for one to be mounted above the stage where the rest of the lights are. This of course means that whomever might be unfortunate enough to operate it that day (i.e. me) has to somehow get up there in order to operate it. I'm really not much of a lighting guy, but when things are slow I'll do just about anything for money (hmmm, interesting?) so last week I agreed to do a truss spot call at Belmont for a rehearsal. Because it was a private rehearsal and they are kind of picky about security and all, I can't really talk about who the artist was or the production, but I did try to snap a few pics of what I was doing. They didn't come out very well b/c it was so dark, but it might give you an idea.
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| From Random 2008 |
This pic shows the ladder I had to climb up in order to get on top of the truss. What you can't see very well is that there is a chair attached to the top of the truss, so once I climb up I just sit in the chair, and the light is just to the left of it.
The first time up was kind of weird. I don't really have a fear of heights, but balancing on a truss at 40 something feet in the air can freak out just about anybody the first time around. It was a lot easier the second time.
Anyway, that's about it. I'm still not much of a lighting guy, and frankly I don't think I'm a very good spot op either, but it was a learning experience none the less...
Twitter…
So does anyone use Twitter? I've been hearing a lot about it lately so I decided to sign up, but now I don't seem to be able to find anyone I know on it. If you use it let me know, I'd love to "follow" you as it were...
PS, my twitter name is dtmmedia.
dtm
CA, party shuffle, and other good times…
So it's been a while since I've felt the motivation to post anything. I don't really have any new fun pictures to post, but I should have some cool stuff next week. This Friday I'll be flying out to San Diego, CA for a corporate gig and it looks like it's going to be a lot of fun.
This business is so weird sometimes, even though these corporate gigs are soooo much easier and require half the skills necessary to put on a decent concert, they pay like 2x as much and give the tech staff perks that are better than what most of the bands get in the Christian music industry. Keeping in mind that on this trip I'm just a low-level tech guy, I'll be getting computers connected to projectors, setting up screens, taping cables, etc.., they're putting me up in my own room in a hotel that goes for about $300 a night. Out of discretion I won't give any more specifics about perks or pay, but I just wanted to make the point that it's insane how different this stuff is from the entertainment industry. It also explains a lot about why most of the people I have met who specialize in corporate are so arrogant, they're used to getting treated like rock stars for doing a job that I could train most freshman at Belmont to do in a few hours. Fortunately all the people I have met so far that will be going on this trip seem pretty cool. Hopefully I get some good pics of the city while I'm there and will have lots of fun stories when I get back.
On an unrelated note, I love the Party Shuffle feature in iTunes. You can tell so much about a person's personality by just turning on Party Shuffle in their iTunes and seeing what pops up, even your own! I tend to forget about how much really old school christian rock I own that really shaped my tastes in music growing up. A few minutes ago I was writing with the background music of some Newsboys from the Going Public album, now I'm listening to P.O.D. and it looks like John Mayer is up next, it's just a great thing.
until next time...
dtm
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