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Already the Weekend

Whew! Man, I swear time flies when you're busy as heck all week!!! Hello everyone! I hope you're having a good one. As for me, it's going to be a long (well maybe not long enough) weekend. I have a lot of catching up to do in the studio. It's gon' be crazy. I have tracks to get done, tracks to send off and mix-downs and edits to complete.

Y'all remember when I used to blog here about my travels and when y'all would travel around the country with me? Remember that?! Well since I'm off the road, I think I'm going to take y'all with me through my creative world which is my music and my writing. I'm gon' also still give y'all the same ole same ole everyday life combusations.

I started a blog over here exclusively for my music, but chile, I don't have time to write in two blogs; at least not now!

So music lovers, I hope you're feeling me, and for the others; hopefully I can bring a little something to the table to grab your attention.

Well that's it folks. Y'all know where I'll be all weekend.

Luvs…

It’s been a Minute

What's up all? The last few days have been quite interesting and fulfilling. I started some training classes with my job 2 weeks ago and it has been a pleasure meeting 11 new partners-in-crime (my classmates/co-workers). We've already become family. They are from other parts of the state and surrounding areas. There are 3 of us which are from the BR area.

It's been a while since I've been in a classroom structure. There's still some real work involved as well, but to have a set schedule is perfect right about now. My new friends really make coming to class/work more pleasurable. I'm glad the company is taking on a different structure in continued training with its management. The focus is refining people skills and dealing with diversity. (I call it psychology!) This is kind of a big deal and hopefully our employees, customers, and clients will benefit from this in a global fashion.

I personally know some knuckle-heads who realllllllllly need to go through this class. There are some of us who have no people skills at all! Feel me???? I'm glad to be a part of only the 2^nd group in my area to go through this training. I guess we're still the guinea pigs. The teachers are great! Yeah!!!!! They are knowledgeable and have a sense of humor. Double Yeah!!

Well that's it. I'm in B&N chilling like a villain. It's absolutely a beautiful night. I know the hurricane is just days away, (if it comes this way), however, it has definitely cooled off the night skies. I almost took a stroll down the street to New Orleans.

Until next time…

Studio Bit’ness

My mixer got sick on me again…(aint feeling that at all!) I'm having the same problem I had before with the main channels dropping in and out. Anywayz…

My niece (ahem… my Assistant) was with me while I un-hooked all the wires from it to prepare it to go back to the technicians at the service center. As I threw the wires on the floor, she was gathering them up and doing what she does with them.

At one time she got so tangled that I had to free her little arms and legs.

 

So now she misses the lights beaming from the meters, and more importantly, her tee is missing them buttons and lights and faders…oh my!

 

Below is my baby all prepared to go to the doctor… (Meter bridge resting toward the back, all knobs at unity and faders on low) That power supply underneath the board is one piece of HEAVY equipment. Man, when I try to lift that thing to put it in the rack, it definitely takes two. Don't know what that little box is made of.

Hopefully the technicians won't have it long.

Damn it’s Hot!!!!

Short, Sweet and Simple! Y'all it's HOT! Damn! If only Mother Nature could just fan a little air this way. And it's gon' be like this all week. WHEW!!!!! Humidity is a mugg too! I miss my Minneapolis and Chicago and Boston this time of year.

B.ack th.at th.ang U.p

First of all, IT IS HOT!!!! out here in the southern side of the boot state! WHEW! I swear I can't believe I was born, raised and fed in this humidity and heat index. (Man, I have been away too long! I hardly recognize it being THIS HOT!) Somebody please let some air up in here so I can breathe. These are times which make me REALLY miss the traveling. By now I'd surely be in some Northern-Eastern state enjoying their version of heat, which is the same as our version of cold to them… PERFECT!

Now back to the topic! I highly recommend Acronis True Image for computer backup and recovery based on lots of research and hands-on experience. As I've had my share of computer crashes, and have lost a few files, this is definitely one piece of software you can count on. I bought the additional hard drive mainly for the studio, but it also holds the image content of my computer. If the worst happens, I can chill knowing I can simply revert back to my last backup with no fuss and hassle with lengthy step by step procedures.

In my opinion, Norton Ghost aint got nothing on Acronis True Image.

As for other news on this Friday evening -- I may drive downtown for some night life. I can surely use a well-tailored Dirty Martini with extra Olives. Yum!

3 Freaking Strikes

Well… 4!

There's a small restaurant not far from here which has seen ME for the last freaking time. What happened to sticking with what sells and quality assurance?

Strike 1, I noticed blue/green mold on sweet potato pie slices they had for sale at the register. I hadn't planned to buy any, but made them aware of it to prevent selling it to other customers.

Strike 2, I got a plate of old cold and unseasoned chicken which is normally well-seasoned and hot. It tasted like I was eating wood. (Ya-ha y'all get it huh?…"chicken taste like wood...")

But nahhhhh, I go back today and well uhm…..

Strike 3, Some ole' little lady on the serving line coughed her smoked out lungs over the food; well not really but she turned her head and sprayed it all over the atmosphere.….I made SURE she did not prepare my food and I DID NOT order anything within her germ spraying. I ordered from much further down the line. (I know the trick nasty lady pro'lly had coughed over everything before I got there) Actually, I almost didn't order anything at all after that. If you've got coughing ailments, you do NOT need to be on anybody's serving line, PERIOD!

… Got my food home….

Strike 4, My mashed potatoes WERE SOUR!

Like Madea would say, "I'm thuew!"