Anyway, audio proceeded at a horribly languid pace. 2006 stretched on and Brett and I would find some time to get together and do foley work or tweak certain clips of sound that didn’t come out right. Eventually, near the middle of 2006, we had finished. It wasn’t perfect, but it was good.
I forgot to mention that during this time we had met this girl who wanted to score 3 Days. We immediately brought her in, had several meetings and she produced some fine work for us based on the completed footage we had. Once we were completely done with the audio work, she would finalize the score. She was 3/4 of the way done when she dropped the bomb on Brett and I that she was dropping out of college and moving out of country. Brett and I scrambled. What we had from her was great but it was incomplete. She promised to get us something before she left but on the day she was actually flying out, she reveals some technical problem she encountered but never called to inform either of us of it! Brett gave her his home address and she promised to send the completed tracks via FedEx, but after a few emails of her promises, she eventually dropped off the radar and we never heard from her again.
At the end of the summer, Brett and I were down. Our first real short film had finished production in May of 2005 and already we were over a year in post. We put feelers out for more people who might be interested in scoring. One guy replied but after several attempts to schedule meetings with him, we eventually gave up after he flaked.
I believe in the fall of 2006, I went to a metal show and saw the progressive metal band, Prymary play. Expert musicians and professionals, Chris the drummer actually put me in contact with Vince many moons ago so we all had a relationship with each other. Watching the band’s keyboardist, Smiley Sean weave his magic on stage with these fantastic musical lines, I decided I would ask him for some help. Smiley jumped at the chance. Coincidentally enough, he was/is in school for film scoring so this was a perfect opportunity! And Smiley didn’t bullshit either. This guy got us something within a week. Brett and I were nothing but smiles when we heard it. Vastly different from the previous temporary score, Smiley gave us something that you could tell he had put thought and time into. After asking for one small addition to the score, Smiley had officially completed and scored 3 Days!!
Currently, 3 Days has been in post production for over a year and a half. Quite a long time for a 13-minute short film. Brett is now doing some last minute tweaking and once he’s done, I’ll review and put my seal of approval on it. Keep your eyes and ears out and hold on to your wigs and keys! 3 Days will be out very soon! I don’t promise anything extravagant or some auteur piece, but I’m happy with what we have and I hope when we finally get it packaged and sent out, you will enjoy it as well!
Dude, are you like working with Brett Michaels from Poison? Is that what he's been up to after all these years? I didn't realize you were such a Poison fan growing up. Here I thought you liked King Diamond, Gwar, Megadeth, Anthrax, Cradle of Filth, and whatnot. Wow have times changed. :P
ReplyDeleteOh creepy Anonymous person, how doth protest at my collaboration with Brett Michaels. He's a very talented fellow without all that lip gloss. Glam Metal ftw!!
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