What I’ve Been Up To
Howdy y’all (That’s Kentucky for “hello”). It’s Derby Week here in the Bluegrass, and to be honest, I don’t care that much. I always hate to say “I’m busy” because everyone is busy this day and time, but that would be more true right now than any other. Seems like spring time is always my busiest time of the year.
I’m working on several recordings right now. I recorded a southern gospel concert a couple of weeks ago, so I’m moving on to the mixing stage of that project. I recorded last week’s Georgetown College Symphonic Band concert. That recording should be wrapped up this weekend, since it was just a few mics. Mixing will go quickly on that. But, I turn around on Sunday to record the Central Kentucky Concert Band’s spring concert. On top of all this, I’m beginning the process of picking songs for The Point’s first worship album. It’s really more of a glorified “bootleg” concept. I plan on recording all the services from now on, and every few months, making a low-budget CD of 10-12 songs. I’ll manufacture all of them myself in small runs of about 100. It’ll mostly be a good outreach tool, I think. We’ll see.
I’ve been digging in to some new graphic design techniques as of late. I’m a self-trained artist, so I still have a lot to learn. Mostly, I’ve been digging into Photoshop a bit more to create stuff for web and print. The majority of my time is usually spent in Illustrator designing shirts. But, I’m doing more graphic work for The Point these days, and I’m looking to expand BADmedia some more. So, I think learning more in Photoshop will help. Mostly, I’ve been playing around with new brushes and the like to create the ever-so-popular grunge and distressed looks that are “all the rage” right now. I feel like I’m jumping on the bandwagon, but I’m learning new stuff, so that’s always good.
I’m not doing a whole lot of web stuff for the time being, but I think that will change as I move into the summer months. I have a few sites in desperate need of redesigns, and as mentioned, I’m working on getting some more clients. I’ve struck up a small partnership with another local business that might lead to some new web clients. More on that to come.
Tonight was PCG night, and our group went through the study fairly quickly. It was a good study and I think we were all surprised that we hammered through it in under an hour. So, I find myself with some free time that I don’t normally have. Hence, this novel of a blog post. I’m off to enjoy the rest of the evening…