100 Degrees plus

I'm in Los Angeles. It's got to be over 100 degrees here right now. I'm here for a work trip which translates to hanging with Tim and drinking a lot of Corona's.

It's always great to get back to this town, where I became myself. I know that sounds a bit weird, but my life in L.A. shaped who I am today. Sure I left the place in a hurry, but I was young and had one thing on my mind at that time - doing what was right for my family.

Tim's doing great. I regret to say I won't be seeing his band EJECT tomorrow night as I leave in the a.m. but that's okay, I'll see them again. Gary's also playing with them. He hasn't changed a bit. It's amazing how some people don't age.

Some other films we're working on that I scored for the company.

CHICAGO 10 - A film by Acadamy Award Winner Bret Morgan.

This film is a perfect example of my job. I first started talking to them in July 2006. All I knew then was that it was going to be 'big'. Kept in touch with the post team, Edgeworx in N.Y. and come December, I learn the film has been selected to open the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. As we were going to be doing the transfer and the film lab work, you'd think I'd get a ticket to 'a' screening right? Wrong, there weren't even enough tickets for the crew to see it at Sundance. After the festival, the buzz around the film is out of control, "Great!" I thought, we'll be working on this in no time and I'll be getting a nice fuzzy commission check within the month. How wrong I was. The more I bank on something, the further away it always becomes. They need to make changes, re-edit, add credits, do more tests, and then the post supervisor started a new film and the filmmaker, Brett Morgan, wasn't sure about using my company as the post super' wasn't there to push him our way. So we did more tests, which he told me he was blown away by when I met him at the True False Film Festival in February (just after I nearly got killed by the airport roof bit, nearly falling on my bald head). And then it went dead. Never heard from Brett again. So I met with Edgeworx in New York, in May. Got the project back on track for us, booked them in to start in June and then they changed dates. So I insisted they sign a contract and give us a deposit, just to lock them in, so they don't lose the spot during our busy time (which is now). This is the hardest part of my job. Trying to get them to commit to working with a company on the other side of this huge continent. It's delicate work, what with 3 or 4 labs already in New York. Low and behold, we finally started working on the film today, One year and one month after my first meeting. At least it's a good film.