Week 18 - Friday: Day 88

Not counting Thursday as a full day as I didn't do much.
But today was a busy day! I arrived at the Emmex center at 7 am, but couldn't start until 8.
I borrowed steel toed shoes as you are not allowed to work without only they were quite big which wasn't convenient.
A lot of people stood outside waiting for instructions. Six trucks would come in for the concert and we had to stand in line in order to push the boxes. I was quite relieved to see so many people. For a moment I thought it wouldn't be a big group.
The trucks came in and it was time to push. We got instructions on where to push the box (sometimes there was something on top so we had to be careful we didn't push off the top box) and we got instructions on where to push the boxes to. I did learn from my supervisor stage left, stage right stage down and up and the house, but when pushing there was a guy on the front telling me to go right and another guy on the right would tell me exactly where to place the box.
It was a bit strange pushing those boxes. Some were tall, some were small so I had no idea how heavy they would be or how to push it 'the right way'

The last trucks contained heavy things like speakers so we had to work with multiple people in order to push it. I did get annoyed by one lady who was a know-it-all. One load we had to push with 4 people and it nearly went off the ramp. I luckily pushed it up in time, but I did get complaints from a guy watching. I could have killed someone. Well, I'm sorry, but I wasn't the only one pushing the thing. The others pushed the front too far too the left! And to top it off that annoying lady gave EVERYONE advice to watch the back as our cart nearly went off the ramp! ... Geez. You're not that great.

During the wait after unloading the truck we spotted Selena Gomez walking back and forth. So that was pretty cool! Also saw the musicians from Emblem 3 and spotted Christina Ricci (though I didn't know at that time it was her xD)

Sadly I had to wait 2 hours with the whole crew before we got the word to go home. In that time we only brough the drumset to the stage, but that was it. When everyone went home I still had to wait an hour for my supervisor.
I couldn't go home right away, but we had to check the magazine and pick up a jacket I got as a present from my supervisor. At 4 I was home and barely had free time. I had to shower and eat and at 5:30 I got picked up again. I luckily had a great spot to sit. All the way on top where the supervisor had to work as well. At 7 the show started and I filmed a little bit of Christina. I skipped Emblem 3 as I wasn;'t a big fan of it and then Selena Gomez showed up. Man, the fangirl screams were loud! It hurt my ears XD
The show was amazing. Even though you're not a fan, it was fun. She had a few songs I liekd though.
After the show I had to hurry back down as we had to work again. I was too late and I didn't get a t-shirt, but I was part of the blue team: The pushers. There were other teams, but I have no idea what their jobs were.
I didn't like this part as much as in the morning. Now we had to push up the boxes on the ramp on the truck and that requires some strength. I did this too, only people stood in the way so I didn't have to push it all the way up. Other than that it was picking up boxes that could go back and putting it in line for the fork or for pushers. Oh yeah, I also had to lower big screens. The first one was easy as a guy helped me, but the second one was hard as I had to be in the middle by myself. Having not a lot of space and big shoes with loose laces didn't help either. I nearly fell with the screen as it pulled me forward again.
We were done at 1 am and of course everyone was sweaty and tired. One guy told me I shouldn't look that tired. Well, excuse me, but try doing that. I think he was joking a little though as he looked like someone I talked to in the morning. Or he said it to the girl I walked next to who also didn';t have much energy left.

I didn't expect it, but I actually got paid, and quite a lot too. I actually got some more money than the other pushers. Maybe because my supervisor arranged it and wanted me to have a fun vacation in Lacombe.
Thanks a lot =D
I got home around 2 and fell asleep within 5 minutes after I went to bed. That never happens.
But man, this day was awesome. It was great to experience this!

Week 18 - Wednesday: Day 87

Another day of Magazine work! Focusing on creating new ads.
I should write down what I have done because I start to forget xD
More sponsors jumped in and we had to make sure we got them all, so we went through a list.
I got to make an ad for a sponsor that just got added. Luckily they knew what they wanted and added a picture and their business card. I had to look up their logo on the website instead of using the business card and had to make the background transparent.
That was quite a lot of work to do as the vehicle had a lot of openings to the background which I had to get rid off too. It took me a while, but I did it. Thanks to the shift tool (if you hold in shift and make a dot and make a dot somewhere else that line connects) I could cut of the background nicely at the tricky triangle shapes.
After I made the ad for the company. We wanted to post the picture of the store first, but it didn;t work.
In the end I did add it again on the background with a transparency on it.

Later on I had to type out info for the linked companies and also had to finish designing one of them.

As we thought we had it all we went through all the sponsors and I had to write them down in a document so we could add them to the Thank you list. But I also had to write down the sponsor money for a different document.
In the end I had to fix the thank you list.

This day was awesome because:
* The magazine is nearly done and I had quite a lot of tasks in this one
* I got scouted for a big skyrim mod
* My dad can get a piano for free!
* Will work at the concert from Selena Gomez on Friday!

I'm quite tired so my post might not be so exciting xD

Week 18 - Tuesday: Day 86

More magazine work. I picked up the work from yesterday and continued with creating ads.
We finished the main sponsor ad and changed the picture to the Taber one instead of the random one from internet. We both got used to the previous picture size so working with the new one was hard. I also had to add blue to the yellow background.

Some companies didn't have websites which was quite annoying, but luckily they had a facebook page with pictures or enough information. I received more business cards to add in which made room for more ad work.
The graphic design for magazines is quite a lot work. I understand why it took so long for the earlier events.
Now I do have a huge role in this one. In the previous ones I only made one simple ad and was actually unsure what to do, but now I worked on full page, half page and quarter page ads!
I finished some quarter page and half page ads and also one full page which was the trickiest one.
I didn't know what to do with it, but later it all came together. I wasn't done yet, but the supervisor was happy with it so I left it.
Some ads had to be rearranged. I didn't realize three companies were from one guy so we set those up before I left at 5.

At home I had to get the food ready for the goodbye party! Turned out more people would drop by than expected: 8 people to be precise. I started wondering if we had enough food xD
The first people came in at 6 immediately and the rest came later so they started a game: Dutch Blitz.
Oddly enough I didn't know the game which shocked my roommates. "It's Dutch!" They yelled.
Yeah sorry, I don't know it =P So they played it and I watched. In the meantime more people joined and also started playing. I still didn't play and another person also chose not to play so we started talking and went to the food. More people followed at 7 and started trying the Dutch snacks.
Most people LOVED the Stroopwafels and those were the ones to be finished completely as well as the Hamkas and Nibbit's chips. The black licorice wasn't really touched by most of them, but one person kept saying how good it was xD
Most people left and the last people left at 10:30.  It was a good party, everyone got along perfectly. Only at the end I was getting tired so I had a hard time jumping in a conversation.
But i'm grateful for the people to show up  to be there for my goodbye party (or to try the snacks =P)

Well, one roommate is addicted to the snacks and she will bring a lot for her family who they will visit on Thursday.

Week 18 - Monday: Day 85

Worked on the magazine for Mud bogs as that event is coming up soon.

I showed the articles I found earlier and had to put it in the magazine. Only pasted it, didn't do anything fancy with it yet.
The supervisor also had a list of sponsors that I had to put in the magazine. First on the side and later I had to find a place to put all the names in. These had to be a quarter page, half page or a full page.
The supervisor left and I had the opportunity to start creating the ads so the workload would be less for the supervisor.
I had to put in the business cards on the right place and other pictures if they were there.
Sadly most companies didn't have anything else posted so I had to go online to their official website to find some information.
* Pictures
* Phone numbers
* Address
* Opening hours
* Slogan's
* Information on what the company is about.
I already started building the main sponsor ad in black and white, but later got a call that that one had to be in color as well as page 3 had to be empty for the index.
I changed the main sponsor ad in color and was actually happy with how it turned out. I never really focused on Graphic design, but I started liking it.
More sponsors came in so the magazine needed more pages in order to have anything else than sponsor ads.

I managed to finish a few businesscard size sponsors (which turned into a quarter page)
I made sure I had the right information and mostly I could get a picture from the websites.
I filled up the top and bottom with either a picture or a colored block to not have it all in white.
That's what the supervisor also told me earlier: Think in Black and white. Use a black background if needed.
If I wouldn't have known this then I wouldn't maybe have experimented with different shades of grey.
When the supervisor returned I was proud to show it as I actually wasn't doubting about my work. (doesn't happen often XD) He was happy I had done more than expected. He liked most of my ads, only some might have a slight change.
Before I left we had a talk about leaving. When I get home he might still contact me for projects. I then won't be seen as an intern anymore and will get paid! Never thought that would happen.

Week 17 / 18 - Saturday and Sunday: Day 84

Worked on composing.
I finished the song Hot for Teacher and send it off to the producer from the audioplay!
I at first had something extra's added as it felt so empty, but in the end I deleted it again as it didn't fit that well.
I also noticed I forgot the synth I had at the start and by adding that in it felt more lively. It didn't need anything extra.
Because i learned working with drums, I also applied it in this song... Only.. it got worse.
Yeah the drums were balanced and all, only someone it sounded like the quality was less good and the synths weren't synchronizing with the drums for some reason. The only way I was happy with the result was having it back the same way as it was at first. All volumes of the drums and synths at maximum.
(I did tweek some things to make sure it didn;t peek)
I did have to lower the cello's as they were a bit too prominent, but it finally sounded good.

I also worked on a new song I promised working on. In my last week at work I will work on an instrumental project with my co-worker. So that meant I had to come up with a beat and melody.
I came up with a piano melody randomly and it shaped a sad violin melody automatically.
I wanted to add a lot more, but then we can't go through the creative process together. I also like to hear what she has to say. The plan is to build up the song during the chorus, but the way it's now it sounds really sad xD

So yeah I have the rhytm of the piano and the melody for the verse and chorus. 

Week 17 - Friday: Day 83

Didn't go to work today due to the supervisor getting sponsors, but I did have some tasks to do.
I had to change the magazine pages and add at least 5 more. At first I counted wrong and I didn't understand.
Instead of having the 15 on the left and 16 on the right, it was the other way around! Turned out I didn't count the calender page and had to restart and add 2 extra. Then it was fine xD

I also had to add a colored sponsor logo to the poster and had to make sure it didn't have a background.
It looks a bit pixely, but not too bad.

In the afternoon I left with my roommate to the wooden shoe.  Iwas so excited when I walked in!
So many products I missed XD And they even had the Frisian flag for sale.
There were so many types of licorice and cookies and there was even Smiths chips. We walked around for half an hour and had a hard time choosing what to get. We wanted applepie or puddings, but it was either expensive, or we rather didn't want to make it.
In the end we bought quite a lot and it cost me 50,- but worth it.

We bought:
* Mixed black licorice
* Crayons
* Monkeys (black licorice and banana, strawberry or chocolate flavor)
* Stroopwafels
* Krakelingen
* Rusks (Beschuiten)
* Mice, no not living ones (aniseed sprinkles for on the rusks)
* Chips: Nibbits and Hamkas
* Tijgernootjes
* Wilhelmina mint

It will be hard to stay away from the snacks though. So tempted to open the bag of chips or eat some licorice.

Afterwards we went to the MacDonalds and to Tim Hortons. Hmm French Vanilla.

It's strange, but there's only one more week left in Lethbridge. Can't stop thinking about it =(

In the evening I continued working on Hot for teacher and finished it! Only still wanted to experiment a bit more, but thats for tomorrow. Working on it for hours has been enough for today. 

Week 17 - Thursday: Day 82

Oh man, what a horrible night I had.
I went to bed somewhat before 1 and I couldn't sleep at all. I have seen every hour and opened up my eyes too many times. I seriously stayed awake until 9 am which was the time I had to get up =.=
Did dream a few times, but that was barely any sleep obviously.

I got picked up in the morning, but when I explained I was tired and didn't sleep at all, the supervisor turned around and told me to sleep some more. And so I did. I slept for 3 hours and luckily felt better when I got back.
I did have to be awake as I had the violin lesson today!

but first I had to work on the magazine. I had to add in the sponsor names which needed a full page ad, a half page ad, a business card ad or name gets mentioned. And I had to retype a script.
I also needed to search for a sponsor logo and had to make the background transparant, but that didn't look too good.

When that all was done I got the violin lesson.
It started with explanations on what everything was and how to hold it..
I got to hold the bow and it's awkward at first, but later on I held it automatically that way.
Your thumb supports it and your pinky and index finger makes sure you hold it steady. The other two fingers just rest.
The part that goes on the violin is actually made of horse hair, so we cannot touch it. We can make it greasy by touching and you can't get rid of it.

Holding the violin is strange. It rests on your shoulder and your chin rests on the chin support.
I had to hold the violin at first without worrying about notes and just move the bow over it.
Sometimes the sound was quite squeeky, but it didn't sound too bad =P

As that went well I learned the song: Twinkle twinkle little star.
First the first few notes and that involved into closing one note and that has to happen with your index finger.
As that went well I could play the second part which added two other fingers and I had to hold the strings.
First, second and third finger.

My co-worker was actually complimenting me for starting out so well. It wasn't bad at all for a first lesson, especially in 10 minutes. Well, I enjoyed it and will for sure continue in lessons.
She also gave me advise on composing. When composing have the real instrument slightly louder than the synth instruments so it gives a more realistic orchestra feel! =) So I can apply this when I know how to play violin.

After the lesson I had to work on the magazine again. As the magazine had too many pages I had to move all the sponsors to earlier pages and had to make sure there were 20 in total. This meant I also had to change the page numbering. I did it wrong at first as I didn't count the background, but now it's right.
Both page numbers have to equal 21.

Week 17 - Wednesday: Day 81

This won't be a long post.

I sent my preview of Hot for teacher and I don't have to change anything ^^ I can just keep going. That's a good sign.

Also finished up Nayru's song which is now on Soundcloud and Youtube.

And instrumental

I also searched for articles on Mudbog trucks and posted the links in a document as well as writing on my blog.

I'd like to continue hot for teacher now, but fatigue is kicking in. Hope I can still do something in an hour or so.

Week 17 - Tuesday: Day 80

The first thing that happened today was the supervisor checking the phone tracks I edited.
He only changed only a few pauses, so I apparentely did good xD
He did still have to work on the songs as I didn't do much with it, so he cut off pieces and pyt fade ins and outs on the songs He mixed and mastered the voice as something was still wrong and duplicated those for a fuller and better sound.

During the listen he did groan a little at some reads. As a producer directing the voice actress I had to do a slightly better job, though he thought I put in some good effort. Apparantely this voice actress was better in the hard read instead of the warm ones. As a producer I have to listen to the voice actor's strength and change the reads, but as it was her first time it's hard to direct someome also when your new yourself.

So excited. Will get violin lessons thursday! I'm so happy this is possible so I at least can see if this is something I really want to learn or not. I'm grateful for this opportunity.

After the music thing I had to open up Coreldraw and it was time to work on another magazine.
This time it's one for Mudbog Outlaw in Taber which I will sadly miss as I will be flying home that day.

I had to take the Motocross magazine and delete all pictures except for the borders as those would be important for the advertisements. I also had to make sure not to delete the page numbers (which I accidentally did anyways) But I now at least understand the paging order.

I received the poster for the event and had to take out the Car logo.
He asked if I could make the background transparent and so I did, but would have to switch to photoshop.
He was very impressed with how fast it went and also said he needed to learn this program xD
I took out some parts, but would have to go around the tires carefully as the lining didn't go till there, but the supervisor said it was fine this way.

With the logo we build a cover for the magazine! We had the logo and the picture and now we needed to add more which was my job.
He gave me a hint that the cover should contain the words: Magazine and the year.

I added the year, magazine and also included the date of the event and where.
I picked a font and that was that. When the supervisor checked it he said the words had to pop a little more.
It was already yellow on black, but he was right. It didn't even pop that much.

I had to duplicate the word, make the word thicker with the outlines and put it underneath the word that has to pop. Voila. I had to do that with all words, but that was not all.  On the bottom we added a slogan or some sort, but as that font had to match the title font some more we had three different fonts so all words had to be changed into that font.
The cover was almost done, only the graphic I had moved from the bottom underneath the logo slightly had to be changed.

At home I started working on composing! I recorded vocals for Nayru's song and also finally started the Van Halen song.  I'm planning on composing at least an hour every day otherwise I don't start. Once I start I enjoy it so much that I work hours on a song and dont stop till its finished or when it's too late.

Which happened again. I quit composing at 2:30 and made it quite far in the Van Halen song. Something I wouldn't expect. I was struggling with the drums and the guitar solo's, but briefly o.O
Because the song is already meant to be different I didn't have to match up all the sounds precisely.

The drums sound pretty cool actually. Glad I learned dealing with drums now!

Week 17 - Sunday and Monday: Day 79

Throwing these two together.
Worked on composing!Fixed some parts in the ambient song and I was suddenly all inspired to redo an 8 bit theme from a Gameboy Color game!
Yes, I felt like covering: Nayru's song which was so beautiful to me when I played the game The Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages.
Well, listen to it now and you'll get a headache xD Still the melody is beautiful .

I decided to remake it and have more and more instruments come in. Halfway I just had to add the Ocarina as it's so iconic to the games. I plan on doing vocals for it, but if I can't do it I'll cast someone on a forum. I don't want the shitty synth vocals on it xD

I'll post the song soon!

Week 16 - Friday: Day 78

I showed the video with the graphics, but I had to change it. I used music at the event and that's copyrighted so that couldn't happen. Instead I used the tune that has been used a lot for the commercials and it fit well.
The day 1 video underneath the graphics had to go and I had to slide stuff around.
The graphics had to fade out more as well as the song.
I didn't like how the song came in so I moved it further away and then it was good.
* One thing I should remember for next time is to fade in the graphics some longer. As those don't require action.

After I learned setting up and interface and mixer to a laptop! This will be important in future studio's/
I was a bit slow in understanding and quite lost at first, but the supervisor explained it very clear which I won't forget anymore.
Always look at the connections. Look and think! What connection goes into what? That already eliminates possibilities.
I also have to remember this path when working with a mixer, microphone and interface/ soundcard.

* Talking into the microphone is input. 
* The voice from microphone to mixer is output
* The Mic output goes into the mixer as input, always look at the ends if it's a male or female.
* Mixer output goes into the interface as input , this is with two quarter inch cables: Left and right, (so red and annother colored cable)
* Interface output goes into the computer as input with a usb cord.
I* nterface output goes into the speaker with a special cable for the speaker as input. Plugging it into the red color makes it the right speaker, any other color is left.

Red cable is always used for right because of the name starting with an R.

The interface has a few volume nobs:
* The main - this controls everything
* The input gain 1 - This controls the microphone input. If it peaks you gotta work together with the mixer. Turn down the input of the interface and turn up the gain on the mixer.
* Headphones - speaks for itself
* Mix - This controls the balance between the music you hear on your laptop or if you hear the mic. The 12 o clock position is equaling both sounds. If you have it on input you only hear the mic, but if you have it on Daw (which stands for the interface)  then you only have the music and barely vocals.

Because I wondered earlier about the two inputs below the XLR line- in and insert I also had to hook up the keyboard.
* The line -in is for instruments.
* The insert is for boxes that controls effects.

For an instrument the path counts.
* You play the keyboard, that's input
* The sound that's coming out has to gets transferred to the mixer which is output
* The output goes into the mixer as input with a quarter inch cable. .
* So output goes into the mixer in a new channel on the line in.

Why do we hook stuff up to the mixer and not only an interface?
The mixer is important so we can work with EQ (bass, mid and high notes) and effects.
You can shape the sound immediately before a show or session without changing it in your computer.
Make sure to brighten the instruments or vocals. This can happen with giving it more high end or increase the bass.
When getting more high end don't suck out bass, most of the time you need to add bass.
In my case I had to add high ends and a little bit of bass because my voice is not really bass =P
But when working with a bass guitar you might remove it a bit.

All this preparing is called a soundcheck and is very important when being a producer.
It's actually the same pattern as when you have to mix a track. You start by shaping the sound of drums.
* Kick, snare, toms, hi-hat, cymbals
And then ask in the bass because it carries the rhytm.

After I worked on cutting up phone tracks, deleting the pauses to make it flow better. Was done quickly actually so I tried playing the tunes I learned on our organ years ago which were Davy Jones, Green sleeves and the Turkish March. Couldn't really do it anymore =(
I mentioned earlier today wanting to have lessons in piano and the supervisor though that's a good idea. I also mentioned wanting to learn the violin and he said that I could maybe get a few lessons here. O.O For real? That's so awesome! Would be so cool to try out and if I enjoy it Iwant to continue at home.
Though is it free or do I have to pay xD That I don't know.

This weekend I will work on composing ... still didn't do much on it while it's in the planning for such a long time. >.>

Week 16 - Thursday: Day 77

When I got at work the other intern showed up as well. Haven't seen her in a while.
As she was learning stuff from the supervisor I worked on my blog again as i don't want to be behind.
I do have a better method now though, everyday I post keywords in the draft so I can just expand those short lines into a story.
I also re-rendered the video because I forgot to fade out the audio. I had no clue what task would come my way, but when I heard I had to guide the intern through voice acting I was nervous, but also excited.
She had to do the phone tracks I practiced earlier, but couldn't do due to my accent.

I had to sit at the desk witth a headset on so I could hear her read, in front of me was a mic so I could communicate with her. I had to operare the recordings, so pressing record, stopping it, deleting it etc.
My job was to listen to her read and correct her if she didn't
* Enunciate well enough
* Hesitatet
* Stumbled on words
* said a word wrong
* Too fast, too slow or no pauses.

It was quite a long process and at first I was uncomfortable correcting someone, but later on it went better and more natural. I just said what needed to happen, only sometimes I was uncertain what to do with a take so I kept it and aimed for a second take xD Most of the time the second time blew away the first take so that turned out good. A few lines took a few redo's, but in the end we got it.

She left, but I had to choose music for her recordings. Something that would flow with it, so I got faster beats for her faster paced reads and relaxing if I felt the mood suited that.
When the supervisor returned I showed hin the video and he was happy about it.
He also mentioned I should continue in video and said he was happy I took on some projects as they were only lying around. Also another intern will be coming in soon who will take over for a couple of months!
I think he saw benefits of having an intern around =P
But from what I understand I wont be done with this internship. It could be I will have to do some tasks when I get back home.

Before I left I added logo's from the event to the video as an intro and outro.
I only still needed to add credits at the end of who made it, whose footage and who it's made for as well as the logo of Studio Productions.

So I added credits at home with footage from day 1 under the graphics. It's ready to go now!

Week 16 - Wednesday: Day 76

Short day at work today. We worked on the facebook posts for Productions, but instead of mentioning past projects we decided to focus on recent projects like the Motorcross and Streetwheelers event.
Something was wrong with the website though so the supervisor had to work on fixing that so I worked on my blog.
We set up two posts and had a poster to go with it. The supervisor got me a song for the streetwheelers compilation, but instead of staying at the studio for 3 hours I decided to work at home as I'm more productive there when it comes to video editing xD

At home I found other songs as I was looking for a more rocky song. Freeplay music had a few options and I downloaded 8 songs for free! as long as you only use it on Youtube and that's what happens.
I chose the Bad Road track and opened all sony vegas projects per day.
Did have to finish selecting the videos for day 1, but that didn't take too long.

I posted in the track in a new project and dropped a lot of videos from day 1, but that wasnt a handy method as my project track got full. Instead of doing that (sony vegas crashed once)  I just watched the videos and if something was good I copied it.
I only had a vision for the first part: The lights and the burnout close up. Other than that I didn't know what to do and it just happened naturally.
Very happy with the video! I had so many shots to choose from due to close ups and multiple angles.
It's made by an amateur, but based on the amount of angles and close ups it does look more professional than what I normally would make. If I had a tripod it would be even better.
The close ups are obviously shaky as I zoomed it in so much (otherwise it would be boring, seeing a small car driving around) but I did capture the action moments a lot better and it's more interesting to watch it ^^
Also because the video is quick you don't have time to watch the shakyness =P

Week 16 - Tuesday: Day 75

I started working at 10 and the first thing I worked on was the music video I had to make earlier when the supervisor was away. I thought I would have to change anything as it was a test version, but the supervisor thought it was good. Even the transitions I didn't add yet wasn;t necessary to add because it fit the song.
The only thing I really had to do was adding the logo at the end, re-render and upload it to Youtube.

Since we posted that video we also posted the live videos from Mike on the Records page, still have to add the one from the other singer. 

The supervsior had to leave so I got a research task.
I had to make a list of Talent Agencies, Publicists and search the AMIA for possible links.
It actually took quite long, I had to search for the publishing tag and checked those pages, read it through and checked the website to see in which categorie it fit.

The supervisor got back and we checked the L.A Studio page as that one is still pretty much empty.
We checked the youtube page and decided to post something about the airshow. We set up the post, but didn't post it yet so I kept it in the document. By the time that was done I worked on my blog and Mike also showed up to redo the guitar part for his album. When he was done we listened to the mixed songs and he had some things he wanted to change. He was also looking at me to hear my opinion. Was he the only one or did I hear it too =P Some times I couldn't even hear the mistakes until he mentioned it and I paid attention to it, but with others he had a point. A guitar part got even deleted because it was out of sync, but it made the song more interesting with a build up.
At 7 I got back home and was sadly too late for a paid project which had been open the whole day! You would think Dutch people sleep at night, but apparantely she was still up to record the lines. (or she lives in America xD) I was a bit annoyed because she accepted it freaking last minute. If she would have accepted the project during the day I was at work I wouldn't mind, but by the time I left at 7 it was still open.
Bye bye chance on 24 dollars. I need the money because I want to get music lessons!

Getting ambitious here xD I want a job and with that get piano and violin lessons and buy new VSTs for composing. My mom was a bit silly / mean though, she said no to everything and when I mentioned I wanted a job she said: Oh good, then you can pay rent  o.O