some side action

I do real estate videos as another source of income. I have to say its some of the easiest video work out there. I actually got the job cause me and the real estate guy worked on a short film together almost two yeas ago. I think the hardest part of these things are finding the music for them haha.

memorex

This is actually a pre written blog cause the blogspot was going through maintenance. I wanted to write about what happened at the open mic. pretty much it felt like it went by super fast. I played 4 songs cause at th least minute I decided the song "empty vessels" wasn't all that great. haha. I text my friend Luis and told him i was playing. in truth I was a nervous wreck. even tho there was a handful of people at the bar and in all about 20 people watching and performing. I was so nervous. I got through 4 songs with the dryest mouth.

anyways. I think im done. sorry dude

I don't know about you. but I gotta make a god damn movie. I'm starting to get antsy. I haven't had anything on deck in some time.

Open mic

So I'm going to this open mic in downtown Vallejo at this bar called the Townhouse. This girl that I went to high school with named Jessica is in charge of it and I remember seeing her at Uncle Bong's pizza place in Suisun at a Rats in the Alley show like more than a year ago. I just remembered about that recently. I guess I'm gonna see how much weight these songs have. I'm doing the open mic just because I just felt the need to do more with my life. Its just a simple little open mic, but for me its a big deal. I used to play music when i was younger. i started playing guitar like in 2001. I even had interest in going to school for music. I was even in a few bands played a few shows here and there. I was always told i was kinda good at guitar. I just wanna see what I can do. Honestly I don't know what to expect. I don't care if I play to a room full of chairs. I just wanna play. and I'm so fucking nervous.

Ruffles

I'm eating Ruffles. the cheddar and sour cream kind. hells yes. Editing is such a bore. I'm losing my voice cause I'm trying to practice for this damn open mic tomorrow night. I'm just trying not to suck. 5 songs. shouldn't be hard. I chose "This Actress I know", "We're all asleep", "empty vessels", "For Lexi", and "Victoria".... I chose them, cause they're the most fun to play. And they still have some kind of meaning to me. I haven't played in public in front of anyone in maybe over a year. This is gonna be hilarious.

Resistance is Futile (new)

Soo, i just rerecorded this song. haha I listened to the old version. Seriously, i thought it sounded the same. ehhhhh. whatever. haha.

I'm a big fan of star trek. Like I grew up with that shit. I know a ton of that geek stuff about all the different series. But I just watched the latest Star Trek movie like a month ago. I absolutely hate JJ Abrams. But I finally watched it and had to admit that it was damn good. Except for all those damn lens flares. So annoying.

finna get to work

I've been listening to some old songs that I have and I've decided to re record a few of them. Over the years I've started revising them and playing the differently and now that I'm super comfortable with the songs, theyre easier to sing. this is gonna be interesting. Theres this one I have in mind.. its called "Resistance is Futile".. yeah its about star trek.

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk

I can't sleep. like usual. I shouldn't have had that coffee earlier. but hey, why pass up something good when someone offers? Damn. I got a busy day ahead of me tomorrow. My boss won't be in class again so I have to handle the shooting of finals all by my lonesome. right after that I gotta shoot another house. This one is freaking huge. So huge that I had to do a dry run of the property just to get the idea of what I'm doing. Like this place has a horse stable also. Like I'm not complaining that I'm slowly getting busy. I just hope that its not too damn hot. I'm prone to heat exhaustion haha.

So I watched the movie Insidious. Written by Leigh Whannel and Directed by James Wan. Seriously these Australian guys are one of my favourite filmmaking combos. Leigh is an actor/writer with many credits to his name, like writing and starring in the original Saw film. As well as writing a few films like Dead Silence and Insidious. And James Wan is this little ass asian/australian guy that is a directorial BEAST. He directed Saw and this one really good movie with Kevin Bacon called Death Sentence. Seriously, Insidious is a really good movie. For a pg-13 film, this movie had enough suspense and dramatic tension to make even a salted horror aficionado cover their face with their hands like they're about to watch their favourite puppy get euthanized. (yeah, really descriptive haha)

But seriously.. watch insidious. If the visuals don't make the hairs on your neck stand on end, then the creepy ass film score will.