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lack of attention

No news yet. I’m working on so much right now that I’ve not paid attention to the website. I’ve been trying to update a new version of my website but I’m not 100% satisfied with it yet. Hopefully I’ll have it uploaded before the end of the month.

I’m still jobless, still looking, still trying to get on with something new. No one calls, I send out countless resumes, rinse, repeat.

I got the first two seasons of Family Guy on DVD finally so that’s definitely gonna take all of my time up.

I also have a lot of CDs that I mixed last year that I need to sell so please if you’re interested or know someone who would be, please buy a few! None of the profits go to me, it all goes to the college ministry The Annex up in Boulder, Colorado. It’s worth the support because the CD is awesome. Hopefully I’ll have one last formal plug in the future so that people will buy one!!

When I finally update my site, I’m going to upload a whole mess of new pics as well, some from my last road trip to Boston/NYC and some from recent trips.

Here’s a better link for those who want to see Alec’s first few days on earth outside of a womb. It’s very detailed and contains many pictures!

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The Annex Live

I will be designing a page on here where *hopefully* you can purchase the new CD from me that I mixed. I will also put up some clips for you to hear the music and all that jazz. I received my complementary copy in the mail today and hopefully will be receiving 50 of the 500 CDs that were made! I am really proud of this project and the performers and I hope everyone will be willing to support me and the ministry by buying one!

It’s not as hot today because of thunderstorms but I there’s more heat to come. D’oh!

updates

I changed a little of my layout so that it hopefully looks a little more contemporary and not so boring plain and simple. I won a new web cam at TechTV’s The Screen Savers so I had a little fun messing with it to see what I could do. Now, I’m always gonna be watching you…

*huh*

I have taken this day to relax from my trip and need to get down to business starting tomorrow with finances and job hunting and other stuff. I hope I have discipline enough to make things happen.

In other wonderful news, my CD that I mixed, mastered and produced is coming out next week to The Annex up in Boulder. I will hopefully get my 50 copies at the same time or soon thereafter. I really hope that anyone who wants to hear awesome music as well as a lot of hard work will support the ministry and buy a CD. At least buy one because you want to support me. Maybe someday soon I’ll become good enough with music to put a CD of myself out?! … that’s a long time coming but we’ll see where I go in the next few years.

I haven’t worked on putting more pictures up yet but will get to that hopefully this weekend.

last stop, CD mixing. Next stop, road trip!

The CD mixing and mastering is done!!!

I have finally finished mixing and mastering. Such a huge blessing off my shoulders! I can’t wait to see the final product. And neither can you, remember? You’re supporting me by buying one!

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in the end, it’s finished

As I near completion of my CD project, I sorta hunger for more projects like this. This has been a huge learning process and I’m thankful that I was given this opportunity. My next course of action would be for me to watch some professionals mix, see and practice using their techniques and try to get a better understanding of what I am doing right and wrong.

Sounds like I need to go back to school… Heck no!

Although, if I found that right program out there for me and it didn’t cost much or anything, I’d probably go ahead and try it out. That’s not usual for me to say something like this being that I just graduated but I guess I’m more open to other ideas than I originally thought, such as a higher education.

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como esta?

I just realized after seeing the front of my webpage that I haven’t updated it very well in the past few months. My posts have been far and in between. I’ve had so much going on that it’s difficult to make time to write on here. Hopefully I can make many new comments this week before my 3 week vacation. I’ll talk about that another time.

I got back from UM ARMY this week up in Ft. Worth. As always, it was fun and nice to help people to help people. I was on the programs staff to entertain all of the kids at the camp. Comparing this camp to last year, it went much more smoothly. I think I’m finally starting to get the hang of it after all these years!

This is crunch week for me as I try to finish my CD and send the copy up to Boulder for it to get replicated. That’ll be a huge task off my shoulders once it is all done! I really wish I could make some money this week for my trip but the CD is my priority. For my first huge project ever, this CD really is starting to come along. Once everything is completed, I might be able to post one of the songs online for everyone to download, but I’ll have to clear it with a few people first.

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learning curves suck!!!

Mixing this CD has been a huge stress for me. I’ve had almost no time to mix compared to what I would have liked. What is really making this project difficult for me is that I’m still new to the mixing scene. I just finished a preliminary copy of all the songs. So I went to my oven warm car for about 15-20 minutes listening to the songs. Through all that toil and sweat, I found only about 4 of the songs were good enough to leave alone. They aren’t the best, but they aren’t horrible either. The rest have way too much compression, meaning it sounds like someone is putting a filter in front of everyone’s mouth at times. Same with the instruments.

I have tonight to get the rest of this done before I leave for UM ARMY in Ft. Worth tomorrow. Although I’m looking forward to the camp, I wish I knew that everything would be turning out this way and I would have used time management better. Even still, my knowledge of the how to is against me.

So, on the good side of this whole thing, I’m almost done! It’s going to sound wonderful and everyone who reads this sentence is by default required to dig down in their wallets and bank accounts to support the ministry and buy a CD. How many chances will you have to own a real CD that I produced?! That’s what I thought!

I am gonna get back to the project. I hope I get some sleep tonight because that drive to Ft. Worth is going to take a while!!

I’ll be out of contact for the next week and few days so if you miss me, I miss you too.

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no sense of normalcy

I am living in another house. 3rd house in 4 weeks. It’s my second of 3 moves I will be making this summer. I have about 2 weeks to finish my CD mix and it’s been so slow because of all my stress-filled moving. And I work tomorrow. Give me more time!!

What am I doing next year? ::Insert Here::

I think I’ll make a change to my webpage before I leave for the roadtrip. Change is good.

stress and candy

I’ve had mexican food and ice cream 4 out of the last 5 days. What’s a better way to start out the summer? Gringo’s – Awesome food and free ice cream!

I’m getting really stressed out because I have so much to do with this CD but I have to spend the majority of my time moving and packing my stuff. I’d really like for the CD to sound professionally done but I have SO much to do between now and the time I need it finished. My main desire is to have at least 5 professionals sit down and listen to the tracks for their comments and help. This way I’ll know if I’m on the right track.

I added more links to my mp3 research section. Check them out when you have time. It’s interesting where the whole digital copyright movement is now. I’m still in support of mp3s and hope that the RIAA catches on and gives up their fight. They like to alienate more people than help.

Approximately one month until I leave for our roadtrip. We shall be travelling for about 3 weeks all across the western United States and up to Vancouver. It’ll be nice to be out on the road, nothing to worry about and just taking it easy. I think everyone who can afford it needs to take a break from life like this, just go out away from everyone with a good friend or two and spend time learning about life in general. It can be going away to college, taking a vacation, or taking a little trip for a few hours away from home.

Oh, and before I forget, GO see Bruce Almighty!!! Every now and then, everyone needs to laugh so hard that they start crying. This movie did it for me. I came into this movie with two expectations. I knew Jim Carrey would overact his sillyness, and he did just that. But I expected it to be funny, and it was really funny. The part you should keep in mind is a part where the guy is behind a desk making funny faces. What a wonderful, humorous movie with a good message!

As much as I’m not looking forward to this, I need to get back to packing.

digital miracle

When mixing the song “Come Fall On Us”, I combined two different performances and made them one. Trying to determine where the pasted line is, after hours of editing, is virtually impossible. It sounds like the same song beginning to end. The reason I did this is because I think the first performance was a little better than the second. The second recording started out a little messy compared to the first one. So the first 30 seconds of the mix I’m making is one recording and the rest is the other recording.

I love Pro Tools! I still don’t like Macs as much but if I want to have a good copy of Pro Tools, I’m gonna have to buy me a copy. D’oh!

A week from Wednesday, I have to completely be moved out of the house I’m in. What a drag and stress-filled time as I’m trying to figure out how to get everything done, mix my CD, make some money and have a social life at the same time.

OH, big news. I checked my grades and they’re out! After much slaving and nervousness, I found out that I . . . . . . . . passed! I made a 3.6 for the semester and a 3.5 overall! This 3.5 doesn’t really take in the previous school’s grades in account from what I know. I could be completely wrong though. Anyway, that’s pretty refreshing. I’m glad that everything worked out.

Should I send out graduation announcements? Send me a note and let me know if I should. And I have to be honest. As exciting as it is to be an alumni of a school now, I’d mainly be sending out announcements as a way to get gifts!

I need to get back to life. Until next time…

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