Christmas Party
Well, i wouldnt call it a party per se. I took the staff here at Protoolsmixing.com, and my staff at indietunes.com out for Christmas dinner tonight. Very good italian restaurant, great food great service, atmosphere, etc... We had a great time. I remember my early days in New York the Christmas parties were so over the top. I started in New York City on staff at Soundtrack Studios. Soundtrack used to throw THE NYC Christmas party, the hottest ticket in town. Every year it was packed full with people, Tito Puente and his band performed all night, it was the blowout party of the year. By the mid 90's they had alreadys caled that back to only a staff Christmas party, which, while still nice, just wasnt the same.
Going back even further to my college days at Berklee College of Music, I was interning at Soundtrack Studios in Boston (NYC's sister studio-see how internships launch careers) Soundtrack Boston had a pretty darn good Christmas party. Me and another intern were the bartenders for the night, and it wasa whole lot of "one beer for you, one beer for me". Funniest thing was i was serving drinks to my engineering instructor, Carl Beatty, and i had his final exam the next morning. I remember him kind of laughing that night knowing i'd be in pain the next day. I was. The next morning the exam paper was spinning, and whenever i'd hold it still the room would spin, but i must have done ok, cause i got an A in the class. those were the days, actually, these are the days. I'm so happy with where my career currently is, has been, and where its heading. No complaints here, just more big goals and dreams.
SSL used to throw insane Christmas parties, i dont remember how my first one ended, but what i do remember of it was off the hook. Seems big industry Christmas parties are becoming a thing of the past. Oh well. I would throw a big Christmas party for all of my clients in a heartbeat if they weren't strewn across 6 continents. Sorry everyone, your just too spread out, but i'm thinking of you. Anyway, i had fun tonight, now i'm back to work. Is anyone out there having insane Christmas parties still? At least i have some crazy Grammy parties to look forward to in February, I can't wait!!! Back to work.
-Ken Lewis
Going back even further to my college days at Berklee College of Music, I was interning at Soundtrack Studios in Boston (NYC's sister studio-see how internships launch careers) Soundtrack Boston had a pretty darn good Christmas party. Me and another intern were the bartenders for the night, and it wasa whole lot of "one beer for you, one beer for me". Funniest thing was i was serving drinks to my engineering instructor, Carl Beatty, and i had his final exam the next morning. I remember him kind of laughing that night knowing i'd be in pain the next day. I was. The next morning the exam paper was spinning, and whenever i'd hold it still the room would spin, but i must have done ok, cause i got an A in the class. those were the days, actually, these are the days. I'm so happy with where my career currently is, has been, and where its heading. No complaints here, just more big goals and dreams.
SSL used to throw insane Christmas parties, i dont remember how my first one ended, but what i do remember of it was off the hook. Seems big industry Christmas parties are becoming a thing of the past. Oh well. I would throw a big Christmas party for all of my clients in a heartbeat if they weren't strewn across 6 continents. Sorry everyone, your just too spread out, but i'm thinking of you. Anyway, i had fun tonight, now i'm back to work. Is anyone out there having insane Christmas parties still? At least i have some crazy Grammy parties to look forward to in February, I can't wait!!! Back to work.
-Ken Lewis
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