Must admit, T2's
disc was quite a shitload easier than T1. Although
there's actually more extras, there's 8 menus as
opposed to NINETY before. I didn't bother with all the
close up pictures of the band. Good idea on paper -
but no one wants to click through pictures. That's
what the net is for. I thought it was much more
entertaining to have each member have their own
section. Oh and speaking of which, now Adam has his
own...
Yes I added
more after I burned the first disc. In classic
"Adam is obsessive as hell" form, I burned 3 copies of
the DVD just to get it perfect changing a good 50% of
it each time. Laboring over every piece of menu music
- every button, everything. The first disc I did just
didn't feel right. Didn't know what it was - but just
seemed sloppy somehow. So I took a bunch of notes
on every single thing I didn't like - fixed
those...then re-did basically the whole disc. LOL.
Changed voice overs - changed music, added menus,
added pieces. Re-compressed everything - re-authored
the disc and....eh. Just not perfect. So I went
back, punched up a few more things, labored through
another day - and finally, the night before I'm about
to leave...it's done. I'm still debating on whether
I'll have a set-up at the show next week where people
can browse through it so they can see what they're
getting. Might be cool to have "viewing stations" in
the break between the first and second show. We'll
see. More than anything I just want people to see
what they're getting before they pop down $20 ($15
that night) for a friggin' empty box.
Well
here, this
should sell it alone. This is something I
now refuse to watch. It is so
frighteningly uncomfortable - I truly have
no idea where this comes from. I was
completely alone in this room - and I'm
just an entirely different person. By the
way Spencer's full real name is Spencer
Highbanks, and his section is Spencer's
Highlights and I did a "blooper" of
him messin' it up. What happens next is
again, the most uncomfortable thing I've
ever witnessed myself do. I mean, it's
just so EASY. Heh. Enjoy. I will not be
clicking the link thank you very
much.
So all that's
really left is the actual show. I practiced pretty
much all day on Wednesday, even re-edited a part of T1
to add a disclaimer for the Olsen Twins joke. What was
once taboo (thinking they're hot) is now painfully
obvious, so the joke makes ZERO sense now. My
live part of the new show is pretty much down. There's
only a couple parts that will require impeccable
timing on my part. It's funny, I actually change
clothes 3 times within the one hour show, so that
timing was a bit hairy. I took out a 2 minute
open in part 2 that I had for the change so it's
cutting it a little close - but totally doable. Once
again, Adam gets the spotlight stolen from him early
and often, hell many sections could work without Adam
even being there - but it's building to a climax in
Part 3 so bear with me. I'm actually almost done with
Part 3's outline. Y'all are really gonna flip man.
Finding new ways to one up the last show is getting
very fun.
OK, so now once
again, as I felt in October of 2001...if
I die on the plane - it's alright. My last
product is good. Few of you must be saying
"DONT SAY THAT". Why the hell not? I happily
accept my lack of control. I just prepare as much
as I can ahead of time so if it is my time - at least
I went out leaving a whole buncha cool shit for people
to watch. And hey, they'll get some lackey to play
Live Adam and do the FIRST/FINAL T2 performance. How
freaky would that be. Heh.
Anyway, what I'm
trying to say is - I'm happy with everything. The show
is gonna kick ass, and I'm just really proud of it.
The DVD once again is filled to the limit with goodies
and I can't wait to hear what everyone thinks.
It's now nearing 2 AM - and I have yet to pack before
we leave in the morning so I gotta
giddy-up.
Expect at least
one entry from Columbus after the show. Not
DIRECTLY after however as I'll be editing like a
madman - but it'll be there before the end of that
weekend. Probably Sunday night the 14th.
