Audition: Ford @ Lisa Fields Casting
This audition was for a DJ. They brought four girls in at a time and asked about our DJ experience and what kind of music we liked. It was kinda funny because as the other 3 girls spoke it was kinda obvious that they were kinda "reaching" on the DJ experience thing...sayin' that they kinda sorta had some experience in a way, but not really...lol. Of course, I was tempted to do the same thing but then I thought...Nope! Honesty is the best policy. So when the guy asked me about my DJing experience I said, "Well, I used to be Queen of the Mix Tapes back in the day! I had my Slow Jamz tape and and my Dance mix tape and they definitely kept the party movin!" As soon as I mentioned "mix tapes" everyone in the room, including the camera guy burst out laughing...lol...it was really funny. I told him I was sure DJing had come a long way since then...he was like, ummm yeah...lol. Of course, I could have told him how I used to scratch on the record player using my mom's James Cleveland gospel album....but I didn't think he'd really understand...lol.
So, I FINALLY talked to BBDO and figured out why I haven't been paid for the Mountain Dew spot. Turns out that the company they use for payroll is a company that I've been paid through before. Since my info was already in the system they just mailed the check without checking my address first. Mind you, the address they had was 5 Years Old! Apparently my check has been floating around the south west side of Chicago since the end of March! That was kind of annoying...but luckily it was easy to fix. I just had to fax in a document and they said they would send a new check in the morning...hopefully it will arrive around the end of the week.
Though I cannot imagine why any company would send a check to an address that was at least 5 years old without verifying it (I mean, I wrote my current address on my contract for goodness sake!), ultimately I should have followed up on this earlier, instead of assuming that it was just late. It can be hard to stay on top of stuff, especially with a million other things going on...but it's a must, especially in this business! Ah well, I'm just glad the situation is corrected...hopefully the spot will start airing soon :)
I had my very first ever ADR session today. ADR can be a long and tedious process...but luckily for me I'm such a nerd that I found the whole process really interesting. Especially, watching other peoples sessions. Our sound editor, Emmy winning Ken Johnson, was very cool and let me stand over his shoulder and watch everything he was doing. I didn't really understand it...but I'm sure with a little time I could. Maybe I should start doing some intern work on the production side of things?? I have so many interests and I'm a total sucker for techie stuff.
Lamman and I had the last sessions of the night and it was kinda late so we getting a little giddy. During his session he broke out with, "Jamin' on the one, Jamin' on the one" LOL...anyone who grew up in the Cosby age should know where that came from. I immediately took Claire's part.."Laaaaaaaaa"...lol. We were all laughing and Ken was like, "Do you sing? Cause I'm a music producer." We proceeded to talk about music and the type of music I sing and he asked me if I had a demo. I was like I don't really sing like THAT! LOL. But it kinda got me to thinking about singing. It's a subject that's been coming up a lot with me in the last few months...maybe I should give it a little more attention. Nothin' wrong with being a true triple threat right? LOL...maybe I'm just talkin', but maybe not....
This audition was for a DJ. They brought four girls in at a time and asked about our DJ experience and what kind of music we liked. It was kinda funny because as the other 3 girls spoke it was kinda obvious that they were kinda "reaching" on the DJ experience thing...sayin' that they kinda sorta had some experience in a way, but not really...lol. Of course, I was tempted to do the same thing but then I thought...Nope! Honesty is the best policy. So when the guy asked me about my DJing experience I said, "Well, I used to be Queen of the Mix Tapes back in the day! I had my Slow Jamz tape and and my Dance mix tape and they definitely kept the party movin!" As soon as I mentioned "mix tapes" everyone in the room, including the camera guy burst out laughing...lol...it was really funny. I told him I was sure DJing had come a long way since then...he was like, ummm yeah...lol. Of course, I could have told him how I used to scratch on the record player using my mom's James Cleveland gospel album....but I didn't think he'd really understand...lol.
So, I FINALLY talked to BBDO and figured out why I haven't been paid for the Mountain Dew spot. Turns out that the company they use for payroll is a company that I've been paid through before. Since my info was already in the system they just mailed the check without checking my address first. Mind you, the address they had was 5 Years Old! Apparently my check has been floating around the south west side of Chicago since the end of March! That was kind of annoying...but luckily it was easy to fix. I just had to fax in a document and they said they would send a new check in the morning...hopefully it will arrive around the end of the week.
Though I cannot imagine why any company would send a check to an address that was at least 5 years old without verifying it (I mean, I wrote my current address on my contract for goodness sake!), ultimately I should have followed up on this earlier, instead of assuming that it was just late. It can be hard to stay on top of stuff, especially with a million other things going on...but it's a must, especially in this business! Ah well, I'm just glad the situation is corrected...hopefully the spot will start airing soon :)
I had my very first ever ADR session today. ADR can be a long and tedious process...but luckily for me I'm such a nerd that I found the whole process really interesting. Especially, watching other peoples sessions. Our sound editor, Emmy winning Ken Johnson, was very cool and let me stand over his shoulder and watch everything he was doing. I didn't really understand it...but I'm sure with a little time I could. Maybe I should start doing some intern work on the production side of things?? I have so many interests and I'm a total sucker for techie stuff.
Lamman and I had the last sessions of the night and it was kinda late so we getting a little giddy. During his session he broke out with, "Jamin' on the one, Jamin' on the one" LOL...anyone who grew up in the Cosby age should know where that came from. I immediately took Claire's part.."Laaaaaaaaa"...lol. We were all laughing and Ken was like, "Do you sing? Cause I'm a music producer." We proceeded to talk about music and the type of music I sing and he asked me if I had a demo. I was like I don't really sing like THAT! LOL. But it kinda got me to thinking about singing. It's a subject that's been coming up a lot with me in the last few months...maybe I should give it a little more attention. Nothin' wrong with being a true triple threat right? LOL...maybe I'm just talkin', but maybe not....
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