I'm not sure if any of you know this, but I am a HUGE fan of The Killers. Seriously. You have no idea. I've been a fan since like 8th grade, and they were the first real band I liked [after the whole boy band/teen pop stage...wow that seems like a really long time ago. Anyway]. So if you know anything about The Killers, you probably know that they went on 'hiatus' not too long ago. When I heard this, I was so sad. I've never even seen them live before! I was very disappointed...But I recently [I know I may be a little late on this] found out that Brandon Flowers is actually doing his own solo project. Brandon Flowers is the singer for The Killers and did a lot of the synthesizer for them, too. He made this announcement in April on The Killers' website. Obviously, right when I heard about it I searched for any kind of sample of the music. Only one song has been released so far - Crossfire. It's pretty good and I'm excited to hear the rest of the album. As expected, it sounds very much like The Killers. Of course it would, I mean Brandon Flowers was kind of the face of the band by being the lead singer and it's usually the singer's style that is shown the most in a band. Personally, I think Flowers is a very talented musician and I haven't ever been let down by a single Killers' album and I'm sure I'll love this one as much as I've loved those done by The Killers. 'Crossfire' is currently available on iTunes and the album is set to be released on September 14th. Keep an eye out for it! I will definitely be buying it once it's released. You can listen to the single here at Brandon Flowers' website.
Also, in other news...
One band you should keep an eye on: Red Robot. You probably won't find their music if you searched for it. But they are a band from my city of Los Angeles. They're actually friends of mine. [Yes, I am shamelessly promoting a friend's band on here.] But seriously, listen to their first single. They're working on their first real EP this summer and they've just released their single 'Stars Ignite' which you can download here. It's really good and everyone I know who has listened to it, loves it. Since there isn't really a way to hear their music anywhere, you should be a fan of them on facebook. They post videos and other random things about what they're doing, musically, on there. So check them out and enjoy! Goodnight :]
Friday, June 25, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
The Hollywood Bowl
Last Sunday, June 20th, was not only Father's Day but also Yeasayer's concert at the Hollywood Bowl. They weren't the headlining band, but they were the reason I wanted to go. They played with Fool's Gold, Tinariwen, and Baaba Maal. First, Fool's Gold performed. Their music is so good and different, I love it.
Then came Tinariwen. Tinariwen is a band of Taureg musicians from the Sahara Desert in northern Mali and their story is amazing. The person who started the band, Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, built his first guitar out of a tin can, a stick and a bicycle brake wire. To my understanding, he was an orphan and lived with other Taureg exiles. In 1979, the band was officially formed but not under an official name. People started calling them Kel Tinariwen which in the Tamashek language means 'The People of the Desert.' They became the voice of the Taureg rebel community. With some years spent in the military, they finally decided to devote all their time to music in 1991. Over the years, they gained more and more international recognition and have performed all over the world for the past 30 years. If you want more details about their story, look them up. It's inspiring.
So, back to The Hollywood Bowl...
After Tinariwen, was Yeasayer's set! They put on a pretty good set and played my two favorite songs :D. I really want to see them live again, when they're the headlining performer. Because I really think they would do some crazy things, visually, if they had a longer set and were the main band. But they did a really good job and it was really cool to be able to see them do everything they do live haha
Then came Baaba Maal. His music was really fun and had a lot of people up and dancing. It was a very diverse line up of musicians from all over the world and I really enjoyed it.
Here are a few pictures from the night. I recommend that you listen to some music by all of these musicians, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
I love the colors of the bowl.
Then came Tinariwen. Tinariwen is a band of Taureg musicians from the Sahara Desert in northern Mali and their story is amazing. The person who started the band, Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, built his first guitar out of a tin can, a stick and a bicycle brake wire. To my understanding, he was an orphan and lived with other Taureg exiles. In 1979, the band was officially formed but not under an official name. People started calling them Kel Tinariwen which in the Tamashek language means 'The People of the Desert.' They became the voice of the Taureg rebel community. With some years spent in the military, they finally decided to devote all their time to music in 1991. Over the years, they gained more and more international recognition and have performed all over the world for the past 30 years. If you want more details about their story, look them up. It's inspiring.
So, back to The Hollywood Bowl...
After Tinariwen, was Yeasayer's set! They put on a pretty good set and played my two favorite songs :D. I really want to see them live again, when they're the headlining performer. Because I really think they would do some crazy things, visually, if they had a longer set and were the main band. But they did a really good job and it was really cool to be able to see them do everything they do live haha
Then came Baaba Maal. His music was really fun and had a lot of people up and dancing. It was a very diverse line up of musicians from all over the world and I really enjoyed it.
Here are a few pictures from the night. I recommend that you listen to some music by all of these musicians, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
I love the colors of the bowl.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Post-Music Festival
I know it’s been several days since I’ve written anything here about the music festival, but it was a super busy weekend and I really didn’t have time to update this.
Everyday began at 9am and didn’t end until sometime around or after midnight – the earliest I went to sleep was last night around 1130. The festival was fun, I really enjoyed it and I’m glad that I got to watch a few of the performances, too. The entire program was really amazing. Some of my favorites included:
Indian Ragas with Aashish Khan and Javad Ali Butah; they were amazing in both of the performances I saw. I had never heard Indian Ragas before and I was just blown away by them.
Frank Zappa performed by Ensemble Modern, conducted by Brad Lubman; although I didn’t get to see much of the actual concert, I was able to see a lot of the rehearsals and it was all so cool to watch and listen to. I also took some videos of the rehearsals:
George Benjamin’s opera Into the Little Hill with Anu Komsi and Hilary Summers; it was [obviously] very contemporary and different from anything else I have ever heard and I know a few people weren’t huge fans of it, but I really did enjoy it. I think Hilary Summers has an amazing contralto voice and she did extremely well. And Anu Komsi, she hit that high D so easily and naturally each time. Also, it had a good message so who can’t appreciate that? Here’s some video from those rehearsals:
Needless to say, it was a busy and exhausting weekend. Sunday was probably when I was the most tired; I ended up taking a short nap in box office haha. But, I did enjoy it. Amongst all the chaos, running around, malfunctioning phones, and a sold out show, I got to listen to some great music, meet some amazing people and have fun every so often. Speaking of meeting people, this weekend I did get to meet Serni from Puget Sound and I believe he’s going to be doing a story about the Ojai Music Festival in Arches, a newspaper in Tacoma. He was taking pictures of different things and people at the festival. I also found out that he has read my blog – another unexpected reader haha. I am definitely planning on setting up a time to meet with him in August. Also, I met a woman who works at KUSC and we started talking about radio and the ups and downs and stresses that working at a station can bring about, but also how much fun and rewarding it is at the same time.
I experienced a lot this past weekend and I’m glad that I was able to be a part of this team to put on this festival. Working with Christiana, Katie, and Kayla was great; I think we all worked together really well. I hope I can come back next year to experience it all again! I only have a few more days left here in Ojai, and it’s weird. I can’t believe it’s over. Of course, we do have a few more things to wrap up and finish. But, for the most part, it’s done.
By the way, Jeff, I didn’t come up with some secret code or way of writing your name so that my blog wouldn’t pop up on your Google Alerts, I just haven’t been writing anything. I’m sure this did show up, though!
Anyway, I hope you’ve all enjoyed these posts about the festival at least a little bit. I don’t know when I’ll be writing on here again. Until then, bye and have a good rest of the summer!
Oh, p.s., I found out that I got into the Business Leadership Program at the puge! That was exciting and I’m looking forward to starting it all in the fall!! :]
Also, it is ridiculously hot in SoCal. I’m ready for some nice cool fall weather in Tacoma.
Everyday began at 9am and didn’t end until sometime around or after midnight – the earliest I went to sleep was last night around 1130. The festival was fun, I really enjoyed it and I’m glad that I got to watch a few of the performances, too. The entire program was really amazing. Some of my favorites included:
Indian Ragas with Aashish Khan and Javad Ali Butah; they were amazing in both of the performances I saw. I had never heard Indian Ragas before and I was just blown away by them.
Frank Zappa performed by Ensemble Modern, conducted by Brad Lubman; although I didn’t get to see much of the actual concert, I was able to see a lot of the rehearsals and it was all so cool to watch and listen to. I also took some videos of the rehearsals:
George Benjamin’s opera Into the Little Hill with Anu Komsi and Hilary Summers; it was [obviously] very contemporary and different from anything else I have ever heard and I know a few people weren’t huge fans of it, but I really did enjoy it. I think Hilary Summers has an amazing contralto voice and she did extremely well. And Anu Komsi, she hit that high D so easily and naturally each time. Also, it had a good message so who can’t appreciate that? Here’s some video from those rehearsals:
Needless to say, it was a busy and exhausting weekend. Sunday was probably when I was the most tired; I ended up taking a short nap in box office haha. But, I did enjoy it. Amongst all the chaos, running around, malfunctioning phones, and a sold out show, I got to listen to some great music, meet some amazing people and have fun every so often. Speaking of meeting people, this weekend I did get to meet Serni from Puget Sound and I believe he’s going to be doing a story about the Ojai Music Festival in Arches, a newspaper in Tacoma. He was taking pictures of different things and people at the festival. I also found out that he has read my blog – another unexpected reader haha. I am definitely planning on setting up a time to meet with him in August. Also, I met a woman who works at KUSC and we started talking about radio and the ups and downs and stresses that working at a station can bring about, but also how much fun and rewarding it is at the same time.
I experienced a lot this past weekend and I’m glad that I was able to be a part of this team to put on this festival. Working with Christiana, Katie, and Kayla was great; I think we all worked together really well. I hope I can come back next year to experience it all again! I only have a few more days left here in Ojai, and it’s weird. I can’t believe it’s over. Of course, we do have a few more things to wrap up and finish. But, for the most part, it’s done.
By the way, Jeff, I didn’t come up with some secret code or way of writing your name so that my blog wouldn’t pop up on your Google Alerts, I just haven’t been writing anything. I’m sure this did show up, though!
Anyway, I hope you’ve all enjoyed these posts about the festival at least a little bit. I don’t know when I’ll be writing on here again. Until then, bye and have a good rest of the summer!
Oh, p.s., I found out that I got into the Business Leadership Program at the puge! That was exciting and I’m looking forward to starting it all in the fall!! :]
Also, it is ridiculously hot in SoCal. I’m ready for some nice cool fall weather in Tacoma.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Rehearsal Video!
Here's the final product of the recordings I did of rehearsal a few days ago. I just finished and uploaded it to youtube today! The youtube account is OjaiFestivals, check out some of the other videos on there, they're pretty cool.
Enjoy :]
Enjoy :]
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Festival Week
[I wrote this last night but wasn't able to post it until today]
It's the week of the festival, the few days before it begins, the days in which everything needs to be finished. Yesterday, I got trained for the box office and we set up everything there. Today was my first full day in the box office. It wasn't crazy at all, it was the perfect time to learn everything there is to know in running box office. Of course, I probably haven't learned everything, but I've learned the basics, at least. Not much has been happening besides all the setting up and printing of tickets and organizing of things. But it's pretty cool to see the transformation of the park take place. All the tents were going up today, in the park, and lighting and sound was being figured out in the bowl. Rehearsals were also going on and it was nice to be able to listen to it all from box office. I actually got to sit in on some of the rehearsal today and filmed some of Ensemble Modern and George Benjamin for Christiana. I think she's going to be posting those videos on the festival's facebook page and/or the actual website. I also filmed some of the rehearsal on my own camera, I'll add the video at the end of this post for you to watch and listen to!
It's really cool being a part of the festival. I get access to basically everything. It's actually kind of weird because I can go back stage and to the dressing rooms and watch everything and it's not even a problem. I've never been involved in a music festival in this way, so it's definitely exciting and fun. I'm looking forward to the rest of this week and the weekend and hopefully being able to watch a few of the performances myself. Anyway, it's late and I'm tired so, goodnight!
Here's the video I took today from stage left. Enjoy!
It's the week of the festival, the few days before it begins, the days in which everything needs to be finished. Yesterday, I got trained for the box office and we set up everything there. Today was my first full day in the box office. It wasn't crazy at all, it was the perfect time to learn everything there is to know in running box office. Of course, I probably haven't learned everything, but I've learned the basics, at least. Not much has been happening besides all the setting up and printing of tickets and organizing of things. But it's pretty cool to see the transformation of the park take place. All the tents were going up today, in the park, and lighting and sound was being figured out in the bowl. Rehearsals were also going on and it was nice to be able to listen to it all from box office. I actually got to sit in on some of the rehearsal today and filmed some of Ensemble Modern and George Benjamin for Christiana. I think she's going to be posting those videos on the festival's facebook page and/or the actual website. I also filmed some of the rehearsal on my own camera, I'll add the video at the end of this post for you to watch and listen to!
It's really cool being a part of the festival. I get access to basically everything. It's actually kind of weird because I can go back stage and to the dressing rooms and watch everything and it's not even a problem. I've never been involved in a music festival in this way, so it's definitely exciting and fun. I'm looking forward to the rest of this week and the weekend and hopefully being able to watch a few of the performances myself. Anyway, it's late and I'm tired so, goodnight!
Here's the video I took today from stage left. Enjoy!
Sunday, June 6, 2010
The Weekend
I've definitely caught up on my sleep this weekend. It's been nice. Tomorrow will be the beginning of another week at the Ojai Music Festival! I spent some time at the office this weekend. Kinda just hung out, but I did get some things done. I did more picture stuff for the slideshow - there are so many to go through! But I didn't get to finish that because today the server was being super slow for some reason and wasn't loading the pictures. So I couldn't see any of them, therefore I couldn't choose good pictures. Lame. Tomorrow I'm gonna have to finish that. But I did add more to all the Artist Packages today. We have 50th anniversary books for the festival and I had to add those to all the bags, so I got that done today. Tomorrow morning, Margaret and I will finish them off with the final copies of the artist schedules.
Not much else happened this weekend. I went to the farmer's market today. Everything there looked sooo good, especially the fruit! The colors were so pretty. Oh, and I bought a pretty cool mug on Friday and I got a free cup of coffee to go with it :D I'll probably donate it to Diversions when I go back, so DON'T STEAL IT. I hate when people steal our mugs, and I would REALLY hate it if someone stole mine :[ I just want to contribute some cool mugs...
Anyway, what else...? I'm pretty sure the people across the street had a party last night hahaha it was a little loud and at one point someone kept yelling 'whooo' over and over again. It was entertaining.
Oh! Also, I have discovered that my blog has become a bit popular within the OMF office. It was posted on the festival's facebook fan page earlier today and I've noticed that several other people have been reading it. It's funny haha but it's cool. I'm glad someone's reading it! And hopefully it's somewhat entertaining. Here's another link to the OMF facebook page! Become a fan, like it, whatever it's called now, do it!
Have a good night! I'll talk to you tomorrow :]
Friday, June 4, 2010
Jour Quatre
Today marked the end of my first week as an intern at the Ojai Music Festival. Surprisingly, today was not as hectic as yesterday. There were still a few things to get done, but nothing too horribly time-consuming. I had to 'design' 200 signs for reserved seating and get those all ready. Today we completed Tom Morris' and George Benjamin's Artist Packages, yay!!! Those went out to them today, I do believe...All I know is that I didn't have to deal with them anymore. Oh, and today we also found a whole other box FULL of the green bags that we thought we had run out of and were scrimping for..wow. Oh well, I guess it's a good thing we now know that we have a TON extra. Other than those two packages though, the rest are still yet to be completed :[. I also started my next project today: to go through all the pictures from Ojai Music Festivals past and compile a file of hundreds of pictures to play as a slide show in the VIP Lounge - fancy! Not really haha, it's the same room all us interns are using during our internships. Let's see, what else did I do today? I ate Thai food and had Thai iced tea, yum! Hm, I guess not much else happened today.
Oh! But I did talk to Jeffrey a little bit today and he told me that Serni - someone from Puget Sound - is coming to the festival and he's going to introduce us! Apparently, Serni is a really big music business/industry guy at Puget Sound [which I had no idea] and Jeff had told me about him in the past when we were exchanging emails about this internship ordeal. So I'm looking forward to meeting him because hopefully he can hook me up with some cool projects at school! Exciting :D
Also, I found out that two people in the offices read my blog! Hahaha I guess since I posted a link to it on my facebook, Gina - the woman in charge of the festival's facebook fan page - saw it on the news feed and read it. And then Jeff has a Google updates thing [?] that notifies him whenever his name is used somewhere online and it popped up from my past post since I used his full name. So that was kind of funny when they both told me that they read my blog post, it was definitely unexpected haha. I wonder if either of you two are reading this post...??
Because of the lack of craziness in the office today, we got to leave a bit early today. However, since we're such dedicated interns, a few of us stuck around for about another hour [or maybe longer] and were just hanging out and talking and trying to figure out things to do because we all basically have the weekend off unless we have other little things to do. So five of us ended up going to Ventura! Margaret had to get a score by George Benjamin copied and bound so we went to a FedEx Business Center [NO MORE KINKOS! They're all called FedEx Centers now or something along those lines] in Ventura. Unfortunately, because of copyright stuff, they couldn't process the order right away. Maraget has to give them a signed letter of permission from George and then she'll be able to pick it up later. Apparently all us music kids forget about copyright; I don't know if that's a good thing...Anyway, so after that Margaret took us to a really cool record store called Salzer's Records. It reminded me of a mini Amoeba Music. So of course we were all super stoked to go to a record store [especially since there aren't any around anymore!] and I DID feed my music/CD-buying addiction by purchasing 4 CDs; I had about 6 at one point, but decided to try to control myself and cut a few out, I was upset though :/. It's an awesome record store and I'd really like to go back sometime because I barely explored it at all. The CDs I bought were:
Yeasayer: Odd Blood
Jaga Jazzist: One-Armed Bandit
Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now Youngster
The Little Ones: Morning Tide
The last two aren't the newest albums from the bands, but they're CDs I don't have and the music is good. So why not?
Then, we went to eat dinner at Rubio's. So classy, I know. Haha no, the food is actually pretty good. And of course, I'm the youngest one there and everyone buys a beer with their dinner except for me and my lowly water...I think we actually might go back to Ventura tomorrow, because Margaret definitely needs to go back for the FedEx thing and then Josh was talking about how he really wants to go to the beach and I wouldn't mind going back and I don't think Elizabeth or Phil would either. So hopefully we do, it would be nice!
Overall, today was a good day. I'm listening to some amazing tune-age right now from Yeasayer; it was definitely worth the 15 dollars, oh my god. So good. Listen to them!!! And check out their music videos! I've only seen a few clips of one of them but I was talking to Elizabeth about them and she was saying that all of their videos are insane. Have a good weekend everyone, don't go too crazy and rest up for a busy week! I know I'll be resting a lot, for sure. Next week is going to be ridiculously busy and crazy, I can feel it. Okay, another long day behind me. Goodnight!
Here's something to listen to and watch while getting ready for bed:
Oh! But I did talk to Jeffrey a little bit today and he told me that Serni - someone from Puget Sound - is coming to the festival and he's going to introduce us! Apparently, Serni is a really big music business/industry guy at Puget Sound [which I had no idea] and Jeff had told me about him in the past when we were exchanging emails about this internship ordeal. So I'm looking forward to meeting him because hopefully he can hook me up with some cool projects at school! Exciting :D
Also, I found out that two people in the offices read my blog! Hahaha I guess since I posted a link to it on my facebook, Gina - the woman in charge of the festival's facebook fan page - saw it on the news feed and read it. And then Jeff has a Google updates thing [?] that notifies him whenever his name is used somewhere online and it popped up from my past post since I used his full name. So that was kind of funny when they both told me that they read my blog post, it was definitely unexpected haha. I wonder if either of you two are reading this post...??
Because of the lack of craziness in the office today, we got to leave a bit early today. However, since we're such dedicated interns, a few of us stuck around for about another hour [or maybe longer] and were just hanging out and talking and trying to figure out things to do because we all basically have the weekend off unless we have other little things to do. So five of us ended up going to Ventura! Margaret had to get a score by George Benjamin copied and bound so we went to a FedEx Business Center [NO MORE KINKOS! They're all called FedEx Centers now or something along those lines] in Ventura. Unfortunately, because of copyright stuff, they couldn't process the order right away. Maraget has to give them a signed letter of permission from George and then she'll be able to pick it up later. Apparently all us music kids forget about copyright; I don't know if that's a good thing...Anyway, so after that Margaret took us to a really cool record store called Salzer's Records. It reminded me of a mini Amoeba Music. So of course we were all super stoked to go to a record store [especially since there aren't any around anymore!] and I DID feed my music/CD-buying addiction by purchasing 4 CDs; I had about 6 at one point, but decided to try to control myself and cut a few out, I was upset though :/. It's an awesome record store and I'd really like to go back sometime because I barely explored it at all. The CDs I bought were:
Yeasayer: Odd Blood
Jaga Jazzist: One-Armed Bandit
Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now Youngster
The Little Ones: Morning Tide
The last two aren't the newest albums from the bands, but they're CDs I don't have and the music is good. So why not?
Then, we went to eat dinner at Rubio's. So classy, I know. Haha no, the food is actually pretty good. And of course, I'm the youngest one there and everyone buys a beer with their dinner except for me and my lowly water...I think we actually might go back to Ventura tomorrow, because Margaret definitely needs to go back for the FedEx thing and then Josh was talking about how he really wants to go to the beach and I wouldn't mind going back and I don't think Elizabeth or Phil would either. So hopefully we do, it would be nice!
Overall, today was a good day. I'm listening to some amazing tune-age right now from Yeasayer; it was definitely worth the 15 dollars, oh my god. So good. Listen to them!!! And check out their music videos! I've only seen a few clips of one of them but I was talking to Elizabeth about them and she was saying that all of their videos are insane. Have a good weekend everyone, don't go too crazy and rest up for a busy week! I know I'll be resting a lot, for sure. Next week is going to be ridiculously busy and crazy, I can feel it. Okay, another long day behind me. Goodnight!
Here's something to listen to and watch while getting ready for bed:
Thursday, June 3, 2010
The life of an intern
I'm gonna do some updates on my internship at the Ojai Music Festival on here for the next couple of weeks, just fyi.
Today was ridiculous, not a bad ridiculous, but crazy. It wasn't that crazy of a morning, but it definitely picked up pretty quickly. Most of my projects today were fairly simple, but the big project [that I started on Tuesday, and still isn't done] was the source of my stress today: the Artist Packages. Oh.My.God. These things are taking forever to finally get together perfectly. Some are missing, some people don't have one, we ran out of bags, we're missing lanyard name tags, we need to make more, those are in the wrong pile. So many different issues. But, finally, they're almost done. The only thing that they all need now is the schedules, and to be delivered. Then, I will be done with them and be happy to give them out! I was so busy today, I forgot to eat lunch until 3.30-ish and even then, I didn't have much of a lunch break; I was just eating while I went through the bags and sorting them all out. This was also a long day: 9am to 5.30pm. Which I guess really isn't that long of a day, but considering the fact that the two days before today I had gotten out around 4.30, it seemed extra long with 2 cups of coffee instead of 1. Yes, my coffee addiction is continuing to be fed...and I LOVE it. I love coffee, don't hate don't judge.
Today my father also came by to say hi...random, but it was cool. It wasn't completely random though. He's going on an early-morning hike tomorrow with some friends in the Castaic Lake area, and Ojai isn't that far from there so he decided to come by here and then head over there for the night. Anyway, we went out to a nice dinner and he treated, yay! I'm so full right now.
So today was a long busy day, I'm exhausted and I have to get up early again to be ready for another full day tomorrow! Tomorrow George Benjamin and Tom Morris are coming to Ojai! I wonder if I'll meet them? That would be cool, but who knows. All I know is that their Artist Packages are FIRST on the list to complete tomorrow morning.
Okay, I'm gonna fall asleep soon. Goodnight! And I'll keep posting more things up here about the internship. Time to get some Bedhead :]
Today was ridiculous, not a bad ridiculous, but crazy. It wasn't that crazy of a morning, but it definitely picked up pretty quickly. Most of my projects today were fairly simple, but the big project [that I started on Tuesday, and still isn't done] was the source of my stress today: the Artist Packages. Oh.My.God. These things are taking forever to finally get together perfectly. Some are missing, some people don't have one, we ran out of bags, we're missing lanyard name tags, we need to make more, those are in the wrong pile. So many different issues. But, finally, they're almost done. The only thing that they all need now is the schedules, and to be delivered. Then, I will be done with them and be happy to give them out! I was so busy today, I forgot to eat lunch until 3.30-ish and even then, I didn't have much of a lunch break; I was just eating while I went through the bags and sorting them all out. This was also a long day: 9am to 5.30pm. Which I guess really isn't that long of a day, but considering the fact that the two days before today I had gotten out around 4.30, it seemed extra long with 2 cups of coffee instead of 1. Yes, my coffee addiction is continuing to be fed...and I LOVE it. I love coffee, don't hate don't judge.
Today my father also came by to say hi...random, but it was cool. It wasn't completely random though. He's going on an early-morning hike tomorrow with some friends in the Castaic Lake area, and Ojai isn't that far from there so he decided to come by here and then head over there for the night. Anyway, we went out to a nice dinner and he treated, yay! I'm so full right now.
So today was a long busy day, I'm exhausted and I have to get up early again to be ready for another full day tomorrow! Tomorrow George Benjamin and Tom Morris are coming to Ojai! I wonder if I'll meet them? That would be cool, but who knows. All I know is that their Artist Packages are FIRST on the list to complete tomorrow morning.
Okay, I'm gonna fall asleep soon. Goodnight! And I'll keep posting more things up here about the internship. Time to get some Bedhead :]
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Ojai Music Festival
Today is my second day of interning at the Ojai Music Festival. It's been pretty good so far, not too crazy or intense, but definitely busy. The days are 9 to 5, so it's kind of a long day but I enjoy it. The other interns are pretty cool, too. They're all ridiculously smart and knowledgeable in music and composition and everything else that has to do with music - I feel a little weird not knowing everything that they do. I'm also the youngest intern here. The next youngest is going to be a Junior in college, and the oldest just graduated from grad school. So I guess it's normal for me to not be as knowledgeable as they are, considering I haven't had as many years of studying music as everyone else. Oh well. Anyway, I'm pretty excited for next week. It's supposed to get pretty crazy and busy and all the artists are going to start coming in and arriving and having rehearsals and such; it'll be cool to see all that happen. Also, just a little random side note, Jeffrey Haydon, the executive director of the festival, is a graduate of the University of Puget Sound! He's basically the reason why I got this internship. A family friend met him at a function and told him about me and he gave all his information to her to pass along to me. So once she gave it all to me, I emailed him asking about any available internships or other positions that I could apply for and he pointed me in this direction and I applied and I'm pretty sure you can guess the rest of that story. He's super friendly and really cool, I'm looking forward to getting to know him a little better in the next couple of weeks. Also, you should become a fan of the Ojai Music Festival on facebook, right HERE :D
It's an amazing event every year and you should definitely look into it and maybe think of attending one or some of the performances next year!
Okay, gotta go do more intern duties. Bye!
P.s. I hope everyone's having a good summer :]
It's an amazing event every year and you should definitely look into it and maybe think of attending one or some of the performances next year!
Okay, gotta go do more intern duties. Bye!
P.s. I hope everyone's having a good summer :]
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