Friday, January 20, 2012

Episode 3 Production Day 2

The rain has come! I've always loved rain -- cold rain, warm rain, hard or soft falling rain -- but this rain means the snow is melting in huge planes, sliding off the trees and roofs. Yes, the roads are a slushy mesh, and yes, we're stuck on the property in terms of shooting, but this is an amazing step forward. We shall prevail!

For Day 2 of production on Episode 3, I'll be reviewing the two hours (wow!) of music submitted by independent musicians for the episode -- yikes! So much of it is very, very good just not quite right for "Grandmother's House" so we'll keep it on file. The reason we considered other musicians for Episode 3 (instead of having Cris, once more, compose everything) is because Cris has to shift her focus to Episode 4 to compose the lengthy and detailed original dance music needed for that pivotal episode. The nice twist of fate is that the snow will push back air dates and so Cris can still do some of the composing for Episode 3. This makes me feel a little more settled since, obviously, Cris is right here snowed in with me so I can ask for a very specific atmosphere for a piece of music and she can tweak it until it's just right.

Back to the music I go! Later today, I have some news to share about some changes at the website :) Ooo, a double blog day :)