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02.10.09
9:34 PM, Tuesday,
July 29th, 2003:
...in
Columbus, Ohio.
Huh? What about
the DVD?
The DVD will be
released the same night (case/cover), with the actual
disc being hand delivered and/or mailed out 48 hours
later. All the extras, menus/layouts - everything will
be completed before the show, and I'll simply spend
the next 48 hours in Columbus (with my own computer -
don't freak out Dad) putting it all
together.
(whew) I have
struggled with doing it this way for almost a year
now. The bottom line was very clear: Columbus is the
audience that should see the show first, and as well
that night is most definitely how I want to
remember T2 when I pop in my DVD years down the road.
That means more to me than making a DVD of some
meaningless show, just to have it done in time to sell
in Columbus.
This decision was
made even tougher as I started to realize that
I could probably draw pretty well out here with
some of the patients I've made friends with. They all
seem to be genuinely interested - and I could
have a great opening night, but this is just the right
way to do it. It's a total follow your heart type of
thing, and I just believe in it.
This does however
mean I will most likely take a bath on sales that
night. Then again, it may not. If you think about it,
the pros far outweigh the cons here if you're the
consumer here. I mean you're just pre-paying 48 hours
in advance. On top of that - the DVD will be of
the show you're at. When the hell does that
happen? What a cool souvenir! But it's not like I can
sit there and explain this to people - and the chances
of them throwing down $20 for a case and cover that
night is certainly less than if the product was ready
to go. I honestly can't worry about that though.
I care more about the finished product than
actual sales that night - and I really do think the
majority of you will understand that and know it's an
insanely fast turnaround.
In
fact, I'd really like to premiere all the
shows this way. Columbus and those
following the Journey deserve to see it
all first. Last time was just so
perfect.
It's just a cool pattern. The Annual
Trinitrons Invasion. Ooh - war terms
probably aren't really good for a show on
9/11. (sigh) and then there's that whole
thing. Still going back and forth on how
to treat it. If the show was during the
day I'm almost positive it would be right
to have a moment of silence or something -
but because it's at night, my instinct is
to never bring it up. We'll have been
reliving it all day and I think this
will be a good break. Still not sure. Of
course the thought of something actually
happening again on the date is always
looming. (sigh). Fuck the world
man.
Anyway - I gotta
thank my dad up front for doin all the legwork for me
as to getting everything squared away for the night.
As well, he's actually helping me right now with the
construction (and I do mean construction) of some
background tracks for a part in the show. My piano has
all but died (now in a constant state of dampen), and
I was able to email mp3s of the music, and he's
doing it for me. Ain't technology great? Of course
he's going all out and working on intricate drum
tracks and a myriad of instruments (you had to know
I got the work ethic from somewhere). I'm totally
pumped that in this bizarre transplanted way, we can
work together. He's already said it's one of the most
difficult audio projects he's ever tried to do.
Constructing background tracks that have to match up
perfectly to the counterpart can be an absolute
nightmare. Take it from someone who had to do it with
NO instruments for every parody song.
Meticulously taking measures from one part and
overlaying them to create a seamless background. It's
completely satisfying in the end though. My dad
certainly has the ear for it. Too bad we live 2200
miles away.
But other than the
music he's working on, the show from minute 2-30 is
completed. The audio was, and still is, a friggin'
nightmare. I have to put some money into my
set-up for next time. This is nuts. Take looping for
example (where you re-do audio that didn't come out
perfect live). With
the right program, it's simple - you watch the video,
and talk into the mic, and it gets recorded right into
the program. Voila. For me? I can't watch the
video as my computer can't run it fast enough within
my editing program, so I have to watch and listen to a
wav form. I then speak the part over and over
until I think I'm close. Unfortunately I'm
recording it onto a DAT. Can't record it into my
computer, because I can't listen and record at
the same time. After I'm finished with the loops,
I then bring up "Sound Recorder" and record from
the DAT tape to the computer. Then I save that
file and bring it INTO the timeline to then sync
up with the video.
That's
about as back-asswards as it gets. And just imagine
how hard it is to keep the levels from being distorted
when you bring in all your audio this way, and you're
10 tracks deep. I'd give anything for my WTVN or CD101
setup. Either way, I gotta put real money into
fixing this for next time. This took 5 times as long
as it needed to. But it's pretty much over now. Just
the little 2 minute opening that I just shot the last
piece for as Live Adam. Damn
I'm gonn have this whole thing complete and ready to
go for 5 weeks without performing it? (sigh) - that
sucks. I'll obviously run through it on my own to test
everything out, but wow - that's a long time to sit on
it. Then again - that's exactly what I did last time.
Same time period too. I was done with the first
one on August 3rd I believe, and didn't show it
until September 30th. God what a horrible wait that
was. All because of Bob friggin' Saget. Anyway, now my
focus turns to the DVD and making all the menus and
putting together all the little pieces for the disc.
There's gonna be lotsa great extras this time. In
fact, I think I'll make a quick little trailer for the
DVD to show at the premiere on 9/11. That way people
can see what they're hopefully buying. Whew...I'm
actually gonna do it like this aren't I. What a crazy
couple of stress filled days THAT is gonna be. Heh.
It'll be worth it when it's all said and
done.
And nothing will
beat the stress of that night. One shot. The whole
thing leading up to the final moment and going through
it one time for the audience and straight to DVD. That
energy will be fantastic. Still unsure if I'll play
part 1 before part 2. If we're in the same venue
I probably won't because it's not really
comfortable, but if we get a more theater type setting
- I'm all over that. It'll really build the excitement
if I play part one first. Time will
tell.
So there's the big
news - GIVE ME YOUR FEEDBACK! Tell me
if you like the idea, or hell even what time you'd
like the show to start. You're already online, what's
it take to click
here?
