London Requiem

Day 13, the long long long flight home. In fact, I am somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean right now with my laptop. Did I mention Virgin Airlines really kicks ass? They really take good care of you. So, all in all, I would say my London trip has been a resounding success. I flew out to mix a record that only had two songs ready to mix (I didn’t know that when I got on the plane), and left the project 13 days later as the executive producer, with a very happy artist, a very happy label, and a very much back on track album. Its interesting being the executive producer of a hip hop album, because you have so many things to organize. First you’ve got to find and/or create all the tracks for the artist to write to. That means a half dozen producers to liaison with. I’m also responsible for basically making sure every note performed by anyone on the album is label release quality. In addition, I’m of course mixing the whole album and doing a lot of the recording. I’ve got to say it’s a true challenge, but then I’ve never shied away from a challenge in my life, this one is no different. Plus I perpetually have so many irons in so many different fires anyway, you could call me the multi task king. Cute huh? Ok, maybe that was a bit of a bad joke. Uh oh. They just called over the loudspeaker again to put away all electronic devices. Perish the thought of this blog bringing down a jetliner, so i'll pack it up for now.

I'm back, bet you thought that was quick. Well, not quite. The day after. 10am East coast time. I think i slept 12 hours almost straight. About an hour after getting home, with burning red eyes, the reality set into my brain that i could actually rest for a bit and my body took over from there. I "took a nap" before going out to dinner. long story short, i woke up after my twelve hour nap monday morning. Of course in typical Ken Lewis fashion, I'm right here back to work. I'm got some great stuff to work on that I've come home to. Its gonna be a great week for me. I hope for you too.
- Ken