May 2007

Larry and I went to the "Studio Estates" last night for some last minute rehearsals between me and the leading lady and for a cast/crew meeting for the horror/psychological thriller that we are starring in. We pretty much spent the whole night in a euphoric state of disbelief at how much fun this seems like it's going to be. There are 5 "main" characters and Larry and I are two of the leads who have most of our interaction with each other and the leading lady. There's a lot of really intense stuff between the three of us and each individual coupling (me/Larry, Larry/Zoe, Me/Zoe).

It was the first time I'd met Zoe and we immediately went into rehearsing some intense scenes. I was immediately impressed with Zoe. In addition to being a great actress she was so incredibly warm and open and I felt immediately comfortable with her. There was no awkwardness about just meeting and jumping into these scenes. We just got straight down to acting the best we could and working the scenes. I thoroughly enjoyed rehearsal. Between me, Larry and Zoe it's going to be a great experience.

Everyone else in the crew seemed equally cool and we were looking forward to working with them all and getting to know them better. We were treated like stars. They'll soon see through that charade! There's actually a "star house" where the 5 main stars can stay (the studio is about 30 minutes away from me). I get the master bedroom. :) One of the producers asked me if I would mind if Larry threw a mattress down in the master bedroom since there were only 4 bedrooms. It was a king size bed so Larry and I said we had no problem sleeping in the same bed since we're practically brothers. And if a couple of hetero guys want to spoon, so what. There are also multiple jacuzzis. We already have plans to bring the PS2 and our guitar hero games and my guitar for real guitar playing. I don't know how much I'll stay out there since I don't want to abandon my Grr but with the price of gas and some early call times I'm sure I'll end up staying at least part of the time. I'll have to get her to come out and stay with me some times.

All in all this looks like it's going to be a really fun experience with a ton of great people. Hopefully this is just the first step in a long and successful career! My first paid film gig, I'm co-starring with my creative partner and one of my best friends as well as an absolutely amazing leading lady and a phenomenal cast and crew, playing a lead role that's fun, sick, twisted, and intense.

Our condo is now 100% full of movie stars but that's another story for the Grr to tell...

I was off with some friends helping them film a short film as an exercise in special effects and forced perspective (at one point we all ran and jumped into a helicopter; it just so happens that the helicopter was also 1/48 scale). It was quite a lot of fun and educational as we do these films at the house of a very knowledgeable film maker with lots of equipment and educational materials, not to mention a vast brain full of knowledge.

While we were there I received a telephone call. Through complicated machinations, I am now playing the role in the horror film that I was so bummed about not getting before. I am one of the lead roles, co-starring with Larry. I'm actually getting paid. It's a meaty, twisted, fun, sick role. This looks t be a fun ride.

I just finished finally Guitar Hero II on Expert. I don't know if I'll ever be able to 5 star most of the songs on expert but at least I'm ready for the upcoming Guitar Hero: Rock the 80s, Guitar Hero III, and eventually Rock Band

I've updated my previous entry now that all three songs are final and complete (hopefully). Since he wanted a female voice on two of them, you can hear Jess singing on those two! Bonus!

I've had a sudden output of musical productivity lately which I'm quite proud of. First, my friend Hillary had this creepy tune and recurring nightmare she wanted to do something with so I had her sing the little tune in my home studio. I then took it and slathered a huge heaping of Danny Elfmanesque creepy weirdness on top of it.

Here is the result.

Then my friend Chris asked if I could replace all the copyrighted music in one of his short films with my own original compositions so that he could submit it to a film festival and not get sued. Emulating songs is something I think I do particularly well. There are 3 songs in his film and they are each different in their feel and style. I finished two of them today and was quite happy with them.

*edit:
All three are finished and complete now.
updated files-1:48 a.m. 05/25/2007*
Here is song 1, song 2 and song 3.

So this is the life I've chosen for myself. The life of rejection known as acting. I really have to find a way to deal with it better. It's been quite a roller coaster lately. On the upside, I signed with a talent agent who hopefully will get me lots of professional paid work once I get all my materials sorted out and sent to them. Then there's these two stories of woe...

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Of course, while I value all your opinions, the opinions of my talent agency take precedence. :)

Some of you might have noticed a slight interruption in my website service. This was because I had long ago stored an mp3 here for transfer. Somehow, some ass-hat found it and must have posted it on some mp3 sharing site or something because over one night it was downloaded many hundreds of times, thus using up all my allotted bandwidth for the month.