Last week I finally admitted to
all of you that in July we were probably coming home.
A week later, I'm so busy I don't have TIME to come
home. Of everything I've been involved in during my 5
years of CAREERHOOD...I've never been more in line to
BLOW-UP. At this moment I'm taking a break from
working on 2 pilots for hollywoodscreentest.com. To
give you a perspective, think of
hollywoodscreentest.com as Warner Brothers, and I'm
making tv shows. That's legitimately what it is. We're
just working on such a big scale. If you haven't seen
DSL in action, or cable modems, you may not understand
the force that the internet is becoming. Speeds so
fast that they download faster than they can play. So
you can watch full shows, at
FULL COMPUTER SCREEN, on command. It's
scary, and it's boomin'...
It's funny that already some of
you have brought up..."well, but can you still do
4tvs?" The answer is YES. Of course. But you all must
realize that 4tvs was a stepping stone. Always. To get
me to the next level I had this idea that would
OPEN DOORS. It has done that. And now that it's
gonna be in a tv show on hundreds of internet
sites...the exposure is absolutely incredible. It's so
exciting I can barely sleep at night. I lay in
bed thinking about EVERYTHING. It's a great feeling.
Christmas Eve every night. So is it official? We're
staying in LA? Uhm..yeah. Again, let me reiterate,
though I have talent, I do work very hard, and I
am very determined...I got VERY lucky.
I want to say this sooo much, because I know
there's some people in Columbus right now that tried
and never got the break and feel a sense of failure.
Don't. Talent NEVER equals success. Neither does hard
work or determination.
THOSE ARE SIMPLE REQUIRED TO EVEN TRY.
Luck and money play a much bigger part than
I ever thought possible. Honestly. Also realize,
if you don't work your ass off, you don't even have a
PRAYER of making it.
So how have the gigs been going?
LOL. Well aaah! CAPELLA is a joke. Here's the last two
shows:
Friday,
April 28th, 2000
AAAH!
CAPELLA'S 8
THE SETUP
Everything
stayed there all week.
THE PERFORMANCE
& REACTION
PARODY
2 - LIFE - SLIDE*
RHYTHM
- ABBEY ROAD
*sweet
dreams and bread in the
freezer
Well,
I was there by myself and sure no one was
coming. Aaah! Capella is on its way down,
and I don't see much helping. As I
was about to leave, 2 people walked in!
Just out of the blue. So I gave a
performance. And man, they loved it.
Laughed quite a bit...had a good time.
Hell it was a free show for 'em, ya can't
beat that. Not exactly SURE why
Debbie didn't charge for it, but I guess
he figured if they didn't want to pay then
I didn't get to play at all. Anyway,
I figured they would at least throw
me a 5 for everything. Well, BR got a
dollar. Now, I don't want to be
ungrateful, but I KNOW if I were in this
guy's shoes, knowing I wasn't
charged...I would've thrown a
FIVE my way. I think because they
were the only ones there, they felt it was
more of just a screw-off. And, he said
he's here with his BAND! He's originally
from CLEVELAND OHIO...so he has to
know what it's like to play for only 2
people...and I saw him take a WAD of
money out of his pocket... Oh well. What
are ya gonna do. Way to go
BOTTOM RIGHT!
Saturday,
April 29th, 2000
AAAH!
CAPELLA'S 9
No show
#9 in LA...
It's very sad. I wish I could
help out more, but I feel helpless. I have a
feeling, I'm just gonna be playing a few coffee shops
every couple weeks for awhile. Just to keep my name
out there and purely for the enjoyment of the act. I
still love it. My singing voice has improved greatly
in the past year. Speaking of which...next week is my
ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW! It was a
year ago on May 7th that those 4tvs were turned on in
CD101's Big Room. How amazing is that?
What I'm working on right now is a
show called "Who's In The Lead". It will be a daily
syndicated show that will show who's leading the
categories at hollywoodscreentest.com. I'm working on
all the graphics that will go in between everything. I
know I promised you I'd show you all 5 of my auditions
right away, but I gotta show you the title sequence I
created for the show. I thought audio production was
challenging....I haven't even GOTTEN to the
audio section yet, and the feeling of accomplishment
is amazing.
I love projects so
much. I would give anything to have my
life be a series of projects. To be able
to sink your teeth into something and
create is a feeling akin to performing.
Anyway, here's the sequence without the
music and effects... VIDEO.
I really wish you could see how great it
looks on TV. Once it hits the internet
though, there will be a high-bandwidth
selection that will be pretty
stunning.
YouTube
link added
02.13.09
Anyway, I must get back to
work...tomorrow were writing the script for the pilot
of "Movie Minded"...our working title... And finally,
these entries are gonna be exciting again. I sure am
glad I got to write my feelings two entries ago before
all this happened. That'll be a fun one to read in a
few years...