Well, since my last blog there has been a lot of stuff going on. We all took a trip to Trick Drums to check out their facilities, meet the faculty, and see how things work over there. They had a lot to say about creating your niche, techniques in marketing and creating an image for their brand. We got some great insights into how a business moves forward, gets started, and stays competitive.
Then Martin rocked out on drums. Damn.
This week we had some time in the studio getting some introductions of equipment including mics, sound boards, and analog as well as digital recording. Though we only got the basics, I’m sure there’s a lot that will be learned when we record the drum library for Trick Drums. Hands on experience on a real commercial project!
Yesterday, Martin, AJ, Bill, and Erin left for Dfest in Tulsa OK. Today they are setting up a trade show booth, promoting the school, going to panels, seeing bands, and networking. Martin speaks at 5:00pm on the panel “The Music Biz is Not for You” and again on Saturday for the business keynote speech at 1:30pm.
It’s all an opportunity. It’s all potential success or potential failure. You choose. You choose by the way you act, how you speak, what you do, with whom you interact, and how you view the world.
It is hard starting new ventures. There are major speed bumps, broken bones, sleepless nights… There are adrenalized conversations, excited emails, brilliant ideas…
So, where are we? We are three and a half weeks into a new school… What does that mean in real world terms? 1,437 times “fuck” has been used as a complete sentence, 2 toys circuit bent, 1 Xbox hacking business started, 1 broken toll booth gate, 1 broken ankle, 1 flooded basement, 5 days with spotty internet, 472 new opportunities, 100s of new emails a day, 3 new facebook accounts, 3 out of town trips, 0 available business cards, 25 dozen cookies, 40 Little Ceaser’s pizzas, 2 field trips, 30 cases of RedBull, and 14 students ready to do more.
So, what’s next? Now we work to fill the next session. We work to fill the weekend and special sessions. We try to do what we love, and show other people how to do that too.
