Thursday, December 27, 2007
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Well...My Halloween was busy.
At 12:00am, I was still working on my Destroy The Brain Halloween Special. Once I was mixing the audio levels at 3am, I was kind of tired. After my computer started going haywire and it wouldn't let me play the whole thing to mix on the virtual mix board, I gave up and published the mp3 at 4am. Since I was going into work early and had to be there at 7am, I would have had to wake up at 5am to get there on time. I decided to stay up since I wouldn’t get much sleep. I usually go to bed a 11 or midnight and wake up at 7am Monday through Friday. I hopped on XBOX Live to play the Halloween Playlist that Bungie set up for Halo 3-which was a variation of their Infection Game. While I was waiting to find other players to play, I passed out for 20 minutes and woke up in the middle of the map. I ate breakfast and went to work. I usually have a full day off work for Halloween, but my manager wouldn’t let me take off due to work volume. I did get off for a half day, hence me coming in early. I was off of work at 11am and did some shopping for the fog machine cooler I was going to build. Around 4, I went to my mom’s house and ate some Papa John’s. I helped my mom set up our inflatable grim reaper and then I set up the fog machine. The new fog machine I got at Target didn’t work, which I just bought a timer for it. So, I used my old one that didn’t have a timer control.
After the kiddies stopped coming to the houses at 8pm, I packed everything up and went over to Nicci’s and watched about 20 minutes of the Live Special of Ghost Hunters and fell asleep. I woke up naturally at 7am.
After the kiddies stopped coming to the houses at 8pm, I packed everything up and went over to Nicci’s and watched about 20 minutes of the Live Special of Ghost Hunters and fell asleep. I woke up naturally at 7am.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Audio Assault
Jimminy Christmas, has it been a busy summer.
I'm still working on the Creepshow Collage. Hopefully, it should be done by the end of September. The outline is all done. Next up is coloring.
My podcast, Destroy The Brain!, is up and running. It launched June 29th (technically June 30th) and it is going great.
I am also contributing to a huge online radio show/podcast, NIGHTMAREVUE. Nightmarevue consists of mutual friends throughout North America commenting on the horror genre and related music. With one episode in, it is going great.
Granted, I have alot of stuff going on. Once the Creepshow project is done, I would like to work on a project of Horror Theme Music. More on that later.
Sadly, I will not be attending Festival of Fear in Toronto, Canada. I'm upset about it, but shit needs to be taken care of. Hopefully, I will be attending Horrorhound Weekend in November.
I'm still working on the Creepshow Collage. Hopefully, it should be done by the end of September. The outline is all done. Next up is coloring.
My podcast, Destroy The Brain!, is up and running. It launched June 29th (technically June 30th) and it is going great.
I am also contributing to a huge online radio show/podcast, NIGHTMAREVUE. Nightmarevue consists of mutual friends throughout North America commenting on the horror genre and related music. With one episode in, it is going great.
Granted, I have alot of stuff going on. Once the Creepshow project is done, I would like to work on a project of Horror Theme Music. More on that later.
Sadly, I will not be attending Festival of Fear in Toronto, Canada. I'm upset about it, but shit needs to be taken care of. Hopefully, I will be attending Horrorhound Weekend in November.
Friday, April 27, 2007
My 25th Anniversary CREEPSHOW Collage is almost done.
It all stemmed from my favorite magazine, Rue Morgue, holding a contest for a mock cover. I used this as a catalyst to create a huge project, a collage of images from the film CREEPSHOW. I am travelling to Texas for a convention there where they will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the film. I figured that I would work on this collage art and submit it to the contest with the Rue Morgue content added on and then get the piece printed and give to some of the members of the crew when I meet them in Texas. Also, I decided that, if the print turned out great, I would decide to sell it.
I haven't really benefitted financially from any of my artistic endeavours. My band, Small Town Tragedy, ended back in Spring 2005 and I was left with about 800+ CDs of a 1000 CD order of our EP. Basically, I was out about $1200. I have created a low-cost solo project that doesn't hinder, really, any cost to me and I get to release my material for free. I was, still am, excited to get this CREEPSHOW collage done as it is very personal to me.
However, I am not in the best of moods now after talking to my girlfriend. She works hard and lately she has been working 21 hour shifts to spend time with me on Friday nights. Even though she falls asleep, usually on my lap while sitting on the couch, around 10pm, it is great to be around her. Today she is doing the 21 hour shift and I had to tell her that I wouldn't be at the apartment, where I pay half of the rent and spend Wednesday, Friday(if she isn't at work)-Sunday nights at. Reasonably, she was upset. I don't have a laptop and I am working out of Photoshop for this project, which is not installed at the apartment computer. I offered some compromising solutions to her. I don't have a car, so it wasn't the best solutions, but I ran the option of me coming over in the morning or maybe coming over tonight and finishing up the project tomorrow during the day and coming to the apartment in the evening. If I had a car, this would be alot simpler. She balked at all of the ideas and said "If you want to work on your thing and that is what you want to do, do it." She said it so coldly, it has pretty much taken all of my passion for the project away. I optioned to install Photoshop on the computer at the apartment as well, but she denied that as well.
One of my problems with artistic projects is I procrastinate them. I always wait until crunch time to get it done. So, when Nicci, my girlfriend, asked how long did I have to do this, I knew the answer and what she was getting at. However, on my defense..Friday nights are really the only time I get to work on anything computer wise. The last 2 weeks, I went to her place. I only had time to work on this project, in particular, Monday, Tuesday & Thursday the past 2 weeks. Even then, I get home around 8 o'clock and I have to wake up around 7 am the next morning, so I can't stay up too late. Plus, I talk to her on the phone on her way to work from 8-8:30 till 9:00. This leaves me about 2-3 hours (3 is pushing it) to work. 6 hours a week isn't much. Last night, I tried to get the Creepshow project done and I stayed up until 2 o'clock in the morning. I am about 1/3 of the way done and I at least worked 3 hours on it.
I'm frustrated and I really don't know what to do. I know it's either give up on the contest, which granted I'm not guaranteed a win nor will it get published, or sacrifice this one night to finish what I started. Basically, if I were to win first place, I would get a free subscription and some DVD's, so it's a hard coin to toss. If I give in, I get to spend the night with the woman I love, but my other love - my art - is hindered and further delayed. Also, I know that I only started working hard on it due to the deadline and with that out of the way, will I work as hard on it? Would it be the best it could be? Or, should I stand my ground and stay home and work only to be rewarded in what I achieved but go spend the rest of my weekend to a relationship that might have some damage or scratches on the surface?
Either way, I won't feel that great about either decision in some way or the other.
I haven't really benefitted financially from any of my artistic endeavours. My band, Small Town Tragedy, ended back in Spring 2005 and I was left with about 800+ CDs of a 1000 CD order of our EP. Basically, I was out about $1200. I have created a low-cost solo project that doesn't hinder, really, any cost to me and I get to release my material for free. I was, still am, excited to get this CREEPSHOW collage done as it is very personal to me.
However, I am not in the best of moods now after talking to my girlfriend. She works hard and lately she has been working 21 hour shifts to spend time with me on Friday nights. Even though she falls asleep, usually on my lap while sitting on the couch, around 10pm, it is great to be around her. Today she is doing the 21 hour shift and I had to tell her that I wouldn't be at the apartment, where I pay half of the rent and spend Wednesday, Friday(if she isn't at work)-Sunday nights at. Reasonably, she was upset. I don't have a laptop and I am working out of Photoshop for this project, which is not installed at the apartment computer. I offered some compromising solutions to her. I don't have a car, so it wasn't the best solutions, but I ran the option of me coming over in the morning or maybe coming over tonight and finishing up the project tomorrow during the day and coming to the apartment in the evening. If I had a car, this would be alot simpler. She balked at all of the ideas and said "If you want to work on your thing and that is what you want to do, do it." She said it so coldly, it has pretty much taken all of my passion for the project away. I optioned to install Photoshop on the computer at the apartment as well, but she denied that as well.
One of my problems with artistic projects is I procrastinate them. I always wait until crunch time to get it done. So, when Nicci, my girlfriend, asked how long did I have to do this, I knew the answer and what she was getting at. However, on my defense..Friday nights are really the only time I get to work on anything computer wise. The last 2 weeks, I went to her place. I only had time to work on this project, in particular, Monday, Tuesday & Thursday the past 2 weeks. Even then, I get home around 8 o'clock and I have to wake up around 7 am the next morning, so I can't stay up too late. Plus, I talk to her on the phone on her way to work from 8-8:30 till 9:00. This leaves me about 2-3 hours (3 is pushing it) to work. 6 hours a week isn't much. Last night, I tried to get the Creepshow project done and I stayed up until 2 o'clock in the morning. I am about 1/3 of the way done and I at least worked 3 hours on it.
I'm frustrated and I really don't know what to do. I know it's either give up on the contest, which granted I'm not guaranteed a win nor will it get published, or sacrifice this one night to finish what I started. Basically, if I were to win first place, I would get a free subscription and some DVD's, so it's a hard coin to toss. If I give in, I get to spend the night with the woman I love, but my other love - my art - is hindered and further delayed. Also, I know that I only started working hard on it due to the deadline and with that out of the way, will I work as hard on it? Would it be the best it could be? Or, should I stand my ground and stay home and work only to be rewarded in what I achieved but go spend the rest of my weekend to a relationship that might have some damage or scratches on the surface?
Either way, I won't feel that great about either decision in some way or the other.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Artistic Overload
So today, I read about a contest to design a cover for my favorite magazine, Rue Morgue. I'm already working on it and some of you know that I do alot of digital art. Well, I am going to do some real physical drawing and color it in Photoshop. It has been something I have wanted to do, and now I get to do it. I have always love comic books and have dreamed about creating one. However, I know that they are tedious and take alot of time. This contest is the closest I will come. I cannot disclose what I am doing the concept cover on, but once it is entered into the contest...I will release tons of images of me creating the cover.
What also sucks is that I'm in the middle of working on the new Epitaph song and now another idea popped in my head for another song under the Epitaph project. You might just be hearing 2 new songs coming. What sucks is that I also need to get my podcast up and running which has been delayed for 3 months now! I also need to update the Rue Morgue Disciples Archive. The Podcast and Archive have mainly fallen behind due to my lack of knowledge on CSS.
Enough of the stress, tonight is Karaoke night at Duffy's! I cannot wait since I missed last week. For some reason, I didn't eat lunch today and I'm still not hungry. I don't know if this is my subconcious trying to kick in because one of my goals is to lose 50 pounds. After Nicci and I move out of the apartment, I think we will work out together. She is getting a membership at Club Fitness and once I get some money, I probably will to. Right now I have $5 to my name. Funny how I went to Vegas and only spent $160, won $90 and I'm still short on funds. To add to the shitcan, this next check is all gone due to bills. I'm not being satricial about it, I will have $60 after I pay the bills. P.S. I get paid $800+ every paycheck.
Very sucky.
Oh yeah, and it's my birthday Sunday and I still owe a present to my mom who's birthday was 3/30.
I need a day off.
What also sucks is that I'm in the middle of working on the new Epitaph song and now another idea popped in my head for another song under the Epitaph project. You might just be hearing 2 new songs coming. What sucks is that I also need to get my podcast up and running which has been delayed for 3 months now! I also need to update the Rue Morgue Disciples Archive. The Podcast and Archive have mainly fallen behind due to my lack of knowledge on CSS.
Enough of the stress, tonight is Karaoke night at Duffy's! I cannot wait since I missed last week. For some reason, I didn't eat lunch today and I'm still not hungry. I don't know if this is my subconcious trying to kick in because one of my goals is to lose 50 pounds. After Nicci and I move out of the apartment, I think we will work out together. She is getting a membership at Club Fitness and once I get some money, I probably will to. Right now I have $5 to my name. Funny how I went to Vegas and only spent $160, won $90 and I'm still short on funds. To add to the shitcan, this next check is all gone due to bills. I'm not being satricial about it, I will have $60 after I pay the bills. P.S. I get paid $800+ every paycheck.
Very sucky.
Oh yeah, and it's my birthday Sunday and I still owe a present to my mom who's birthday was 3/30.
I need a day off.
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