Would you like to?... YES

So my mentor meeting with Mr. Holl got bumped up from last Tuesday to last Monday because I hadn't been in school for a week, but it went really well! First we talked about me definitely DJing the event on the 19th of April. As it turns out, the mother of the girl who is throwing the dance, called Mr. Holl to ask him to help chaperone, this made me quite happy to know that there would be someone responsible there. Not so much to help out with DJing, as I can handle that on my own, but keeping the kids off the stage and away from the equipment. 


Then there is Junior prom, which I am most likely only going to be assisting Mr. Holl in. But here's where it gets cool, he said we'll most likely hook up BOTH of our laptops to the speakers instead of just one, and we'll mix and make our own LIVE mash-ups!


And THEN there's a wedding! This, will be my first paid gig! As Mr. Holl is going to be attending the wedding as a guest, he's going to be leaving me alone most of the time and paying to do the work! I'm pretty excited, but this will be my first event not in front of my peers who I know will be supportive so I am somewhat nervous.


And finally, some exciting news, as my biggest mountain to climb is getting my own equipment, Mr. Holl is going to be replacing some of his old equipment and said he'd let me take the first stab at it! Things are looking really good for my project!

Ouch

so even though my mento meetings with Mr. Holl are usually on Tuesdays, we bumped it up this week to today, Monday because I wasn't in school all last week because I got my wisdom teeth out (OUCH). We talked about me DJing in April and also a little bit about junior prom, but then it came to the question, "so what are your goals for the rest of the project?" I had to stop and think, I had already put on an event on my own, something I had originally thought would be my final project, not my FIRST. And when it came to radio, I could mostly run that if I had to, so what did I want to do with my time?


Got it.
Two things.


First, I ned to be able to ACTUALLY run an event on my own without Mr. Holl helping me, meaning, set up and clean up. I could run music and lights for three hours, but getting there and leaving- I'm almost lost. So Mr. Holl had an idea, before my next event, we're going to arrive rather early and he's going to help me set up, but then we're going to take it all down. Then when it comes time to actually set up, I'll do it all on my own with him lurking in the shadows in case I need him, but he won't be instructing me on what to do this time.


And Second, I need to find a way to get at least some of my own equipment! I wish that I had more details on how this is going to work itself out, but I'm not entirely sure- TIME TO BRAINSTORM, I'll keep y'all updated :)

Planning

Mentor Meeting 3/8/11

So I met with Mr. Holl for our weekly meeting again today. I'm going to look at the CSMA for my personal event. We are also still trying to set up a meeting with Mr. Mills to figure out the specifics as what I have to do to put on my event because it can in no way be affiliated with the school, been a few weeks and he hasn't gotten back to us...

Oh and then there's the possibility of me DJing Junior Prom! :)