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8 September 2001 Two facts, very much related:
The first thought I had upon receiving the raise was that (given a few months' time) I could finally get a Titanium PowerBook G4 and a Digi 001, maybe even a Neumann U87 and a pair of AKG C414 B-ULS mics. Soltruna Records will then have two computers (there, I've betrayed just how tiny a company we are), so Eric can mix while I work on the website and so on. I'll have the necessary equipment to start learning how to record and mix digital audio, and to record live shows easily; with the addition of the mics to our collection of gear, we'll actually have what we need to start recording the next album. The paradox, of course, is that it's my working nights and weekends that makes these purchases possible -- and spending time on music impossible. Well, I'll amend that: I'm here only because my project's deadline is fast approaching, so this is a temporary deal. I turned down jobs at startups when I graduated from college specifically because I wanted to make sure my life wouldn't be swallowed up by work...and until about a month ago, I did indeed have ample time away from my cubicle. If this kind of crazy schedule keeps up, though, I will have to leave -- will have to. I need to remember that. It's remarkably easy for my priorities to become blurry in the face of praise and reward, even though I think my idealism is still mostly intact. Capitalism isn't evil, but it is a sneaky little devil. *grin* It'll be interesting to see how I cope with the change when I finally make the jump into doing music for a living. For a while at least, I'm bound to earn at most half of what I make now in corporate-land, and even that will be uncertain money, dependent on album sales and packing the house and a few carefully orchestrated right-time-right-place appearances. It will require a very different kind of hard work, I suspect. I hope I'm suited for the job. - VT
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