Hey hey hey! Oh, Lordy – r3 is really moving around these days! People
are all over the place. We were up in the North-West suburbs (in
Arlington Heights) visiting Trick Drums. They are doing some really
innovative stuff over there.
It seems in the past five decades there haven’t really been many
changes or progressions in the design and manufacturing of drum-kits.
Most producers seem content to simply reproduce and sell, essentially,
the same drum-type over and over and over again. But not at Trick.
At Trick, the president of the company (Mike Dorfman) is really making
some serious changes. Using Mike’s background in sports-racing
technologies, Trick is creating new features and new methods of
production to maximize the acoustics of their drums, increase the
efficiency of their pedals and generally make their equipment rock-out
harder than Neil Peart in one of his wet dreams.
The HAQUE session is tonight; as of now, we have 17 confirmed guests,
apparently, showing up tonight, at Invisible Records (3319 S.
Lituanica) to learn soldering and x-box modification. As always, this
is hands-on education. Should be good! Check back later to hear how it
went!
Travis
-7/17/09
Everyone else is heading to Baltimore! The revolution is on the road
heading to Maryland for Martin’s second “Religion of Marketing” show. His
work will be on display at The Metro Gallery, 1700 North Charles Street,
from 7-10 PM.
As opposed to last time, his show will not require me to perform any
death-defying ladder balancing acts… unfortunately.
We’re well into a couple projects now and everything is really starting to
kick. We had some great staff lectures (copyright and packaging), and
then, fellow r3 student/comedian extraordinaire, Max Goldberg gave a
detailed presentation on New Media – Social Media marketing. After that,
we started work on next Friday’s Haque Session. We’re teaching basic
soldering skills and how to mod an xbox controller (because we like taking
things that already exists and tweaking small parts on them). You can
check out more about that on:
http://xboxhack.eventbrite.com/
Oh, not to mention… TACOS!
Yeah, that’s right; we got tacos. But not just any ordinary tacos – we got
revolutionary tacos, filled with beef, lettuce and change (far better than
the status-quo gordita that I was having last year around this time –
gristly is the nicest way I can describe it). But, tacos are the least of
our goings on.
There’s so much hard work and good learning going on. Everyone interested
in entrepreneurial studies, self-management or promotions should check out
this program. We have lots of projects still on deck for the future:
we’re gonna be doing some studio design, some recording, creating drum
libraries, working with comedians, and just generally tearing the world
apart and rebuilding it piece by piece.
More will be written later when there is new stuff that I can discuss with
everyone! But, for now, check out our new video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIgD6es80Do
by Travis Tack
7/9/09
We got all of the installation up the other day for our gallery show at the Revolution headquarters. I was on a rickety ladder, holding a power drill, holding up a twenty foot long silkscreen and giving the finger to my fear of heights as I shook uncontrollably from RedBull withdrawal. It was visceral to say the least. Martin’s gallery opens tonight (Tuesday the 7th, from 7-10). So, here’s to a successful opening before Martin heads to Baltimore!
Also, IndieArtistX is coming along well. We’ve been coming up with all the suggestions we can in order to create a career strategy that could be applied to any artists with positive results regardless of the variables.
Personally, I can’t stress enough how much I think performers should always have an “alcohol fund” collection cup. It’s not our main point, but it’s seems pretty integral from where I stand (which is often behind a bar looking at a check I can’t quite afford).
Everything’s coming together nicely. ¡Viva la Revolución!
7-7-09
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