Monday, February 6, 2006

The MTV folks came and went Monday. It was all quite fun. I was up and dressed by the time they arrived at 9:00 AM. “We have to film the entire day,” they said and they made me put my pajamas back on and get back into bed. Then they filmed me getting out of bed, going into the kitchen and having my first glass of water for the day. They wanted to film that twice so I had to drink two large glasses of water before it was all said and done.

They had me talk about what inspired me to start with music and what was the first song I ever wrote, and so on. They also filmed me starting the recording of a new song on the computer and playing the guitar.

I had to go down to Sam Ash Music on 48th Street to drop off a CD to my friend RSA who works there, so the MTV crew went with me. We took the subway down while they filmed me for the ride down. All the people on the subway were staring at me trying to figure out if I was somebody they should recognize. Then they had me walk into Sam Ash Music several times and say hello to RSA several times. Meanwhile, by the time we got to Sam Ash, I had to pee so badly because of the two big glasses of water I drank but I couldn’t take a bathroom break because they said they had a tight deadline and could only film for ten minutes at Sam Ash.

The MTV crew filmed for another few minutes at Sam Ash and then took off. They’re coming to a fundraising event I’m performing at on Wednesday evening to film that as well. After they left, I hung out with RSA for a bit and played some of my new music for him. He especially loved “She’s Coming On Friday” which is also my favorite. RSA gave me some tracks to write to for a couple of projects he’s working on.

The weekend passed without much to-do. I spoke with CHR in Paris. He’s having some life issues and sounded a bit sad. I have to send off a CD to him tomorrow morning.

Saturday I went with my friend VKS to MOMA to see the Pixar exhibit. She’s a sculptor and is working for a company that builds clay models for movie companies. Right now she’s working on a clay model for Horton Hears a Who. She’s very talented and I’m so proud of her.

Then I spent all Sunday night working on revamping the site a bit. I got tired of waiting for other people to make the site look better and decided to take the bull by the horns. Consequently, I was awake until 8:30 this morning, trying to figure out how to set it up so that visitors can leave their comments and send me their info. Three tech calls later, I finally got it worked out. Turns out I didn’t have a CGI folder to upload the form I’d created to. I’ll spend some time setting it up tonight. Hopefully I’ll get into bed at an earlier hour tonight.

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