THE MIKE CHEDA F/U

O.k., so I hadn't heard back from Mr. Cheda on my script idea so I emailed him to follow-up.

Good thing I did.

He said he thought he had emailed and also explained the importance of figuring out his email program.

Anyhoos...

He said that my idea for Club Love wouldn't really be something that the studios would consider. Mostly because the idea centers around a Hollywood Nightclub and most movies that deal with anything "Hollywood" wouldn't work unless it's an established writer creating it.

His suggestion... well, it's just one man's opinion.

"Club Love" is at page 46 and not stopping anytime soon!

Viva la "Club Love"

TONY J. TO ASSIST SOUND ON SHORT FILM

Tad Chamberlain has brought on Tony J. to work as an assistant to sound on a short film project. The film is being shot over a three-day period during the month of July.

"ALPHABET ANIMALS" VIDEO EDITING

Tony J. will be editing 4 episodes of "Alphabet Animals", a kids show that is broadcast in various parts of world. He is working with John Mason (Workaround Productions) to complete episodes during the month of August. Clips of the shows will be available here on the Touch Sound website when they are completed.

"GLOW" 2008 - SANTA MONICA, CA

Had the pleasure of attending the first "GLOW", which was a huge FREE party that was held at the Santa Monica Pier and surrounding beach area. It was a cool night out there with the fam bam. Thousands of people. Cool vibe. For the first one, it was good. I'm sure they will get the kinks worked out for next year!

Enjoy the photos:

VIDEO FROM CARIBBEAN PRINCESS

Peep this! I had 'em rockin' to some electronic music. This video actually has me doing a mix as well.

"GUARDIAN LOVE" SOUND DESIGN BY TOUCH SOUND

Touch Sound has signed a deal with Writer/Director/Editor, H.M. Ostrove, to complete Sound Design, Sound Editing, and Re-Recording Mixing on "Guardian Love". This short film is the story of a seasoned guardian angel's struggle to be with the one he loves. H.M. Ostrove had previously contracted Touch Sound to do Production Sound Recording and Post Production Sound on "Lucky Charm," which is currently being submitted to festivals.

Sound Design, Sound Edit, and Re-Recording Mixing will be done by Tony J. during the month of July and the film will be submitted to festivals soon after. There will also be scenes from the film available for viewing at the Touch Sound website on the PROJECTS page.

OUT OF THE SLUMP!

I had talked about being stuck a few posts back.

Well, I just wrote 6 more pages today and I'm at the top of page 43.

My scenes are good to go on the index cards up to the midpoint, so I'm good to go.

Feels very good.

I have to remember that this is the "vomit draft"

Word.

'PUBERT' TO GET MIXED BY TOUCH SOUND

Producer/Director/Actor - Jenn Page, of LuminaveFilms, has signed on Touch Sound to do Sound Design and Re-Recording Mixing for her latest short film entitled, "Pubert" The story centers on a young boys mission to return a treasured baseball that his father doesn't realize he took... and there's a lot more! Portions of the film will be available here on the PROJECTS page when completed.

UPDATE ON MIKE CHEDA

Still waiting on a response after sending him MY response to HIS response to my original inquiry.

I know the guy is busy and this is a FREE service, so I'm not sweating the wait time at all.

Still nervous... still excited.

I'll let you know...

AVALANCHE!!!

On Triggerstreet.com, from July 15 - 22, I will be participating in what is called an "AVALANCHE"!

The goal is to write as many pages as possible during this time. You can right 100 pages per day, or you can take one of the days and write 100 pages. Or 400 for that matter. Or even 10! The higher the number the better as there are 'gate-keepers' who will be keeping count.

It's actually very exciting because I really need to pump out some pages this week on Club Love and this is going to kick me in the ass to do it!

Wish me luck!

And "God's Speed" to all the AVALANCHE participants!

DJ TONY J. @ PUMA (TOPANGA)

Had the opportunity to spin again at the PUMA store at the Topanga Mall. Good times were had. Got to see some family and friends that came by and also met a lot of really cool peops that visited the store.

UPDATED TOUCHSOUND DOT COM HOME PAGE

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TOUCH SOUND UPGRADES STUDIO

With recent news of Leopard support from Digidesign, Touch Sound has upgraded both the OS and the Pro Tools software in the studio. The new Pro Tools version is 7.4.2, with many new features that will allow the system to run efficiently on Mac OSX 10.5.4. The system upgrade has shut down studio operations for only a short time and everything will be up and running no later than Monday, July 14, 2008. We appreciate all of our clients' patience during this system upgrade.

Mike Cheda

I had read about Mike in STC. Mr. Snyder spoke highly of him so I visited his website. He is awesome! For FREE, I have emailed him my concept. He is going to do a quick analysis and tell me if it's marketable or not.

After sending him my title, logline, and tagline, he has emailed me back a question. Which is funny, because this is the 3rd or 4th person that has asked this question.

Basically, my logline is: "A heartbroken nerd takes a job at a nightclub in hopes of finding true love."

His question was, "What kind of nightclub? Just a bar or a strip club with lots of naked women doing lap dances?"

My thing is this... I would have said "strip club" if that's what I meant. But I think that there are a lot of people who think "nightclub" = "strip club".

I explained to him that it's a Hollywood dance nightclub and that I want to show the "hollywood" scene and then break it apart to show the not-so glamourous side of things.

So, now I'm waiting to hear what he has to say about my concept!!!

I'm both excited and nervous.

BACK IN L.A.

Well, I made it back, nice and safe! 18 straight days DJing on the Caribbean Princess!

What an adventure. I'm glad that you were all able to follow along with me to some extent through this BLOG. I have a few videos that I still need to post and put up, so look out for those!!!!

It was a great trip coming back into L.A. Got a little bit of sleep, but for the most part just listened to music and watched some of the programming they had on the TV. Cool CBS shows actually, so it was o.k.

My last pic of the ship:


My bags... did I come back with what I left with?


The view from my window seat wasn't too shabby, just over the wing, that's all:

Tired:


As we flew over LA, the lady next to me asked if there were fires going on... I sadly had to tell her, "It usually looks like this during summer"



MY FAMILY WAS IN FULL EFFECT TO PICK ME UP!!!


GOT HOME AND WAS SO SURPRISED!!!


THEN WE HAD SOME GOOD ASS EATS FROM THE BEST FAST-FOOD ON THE PLANET!!!



Thanks to everyone that I met out there on the ship, passengers and crew. It was a great time and I look forward to spinning again for Princess Cruise Lines!

Big Ups to DJ Zap (Alex), Brian, Darwin, Alex (Bar Crew)!!!!

LOOK FOR MORE VIDEO TO BE POSTED SOON HERE...

AND PICTURES, CLICK HERE FOR THE PHOTO GALLERY