Yesterday was interesting.
I went down to the SoHo Pub to work on a couple of assignments in the book "The Artists Way". I arrived at the pub after two. I decided to have a burger, salad and a Strongbow cider.
As I immersed imy slef in one of the assignments I noticed two older gentlemen (they were in there 50's) sat down at the table in front of me. I could see that they were looking at me and trying to figure out what I was writing.
One of the Gentlemen said (speaking with an English accent), "I know you from somewhere. You use to work at the Dover." I said, "That was a few years ago". He said, "You served me a couple of times. Why, don't you come and join me and my friend". So I decided to finish off my assignment and join these two-trouble maker's.
As it turns out the English guy is a Cinematographer (DP) in film and the other one is an Independent Film Producer. So the three of us sat around talking about music, the Film biz and life.
As the day progressed we had more pints and started to talk about projects. I told them that I have been trying to unlock my creativity and get back in to songwriting (actually on Saturday afternoon I was at a studio laying down some guitar tracks for two songs). The indie Producer was working on producing a new Drama for T.V. and the Cinematographer told me that he has been working on a screenplay for 3 or 4 years and it is ready to be produced. He told me about the screenplay and asked me if I wanted a copy to read and said, "Yes".
So, as it turns out the cinematographer lived around the corner from the pub so he went to go and grab the screenplay. He came back about 10 minutes later and gave me the script. He told me he would like me to read it and give him my opinion. He also said that he would like me to audition for one of the female characters. He said, "It's not a big part but, a good part that would suit me." I was taken back. I haven't been offered an audition just out of the blue for ages.
When the evening came we got our bill (the cinematographer took care of it). We then exchanged business cards and parted ways. As I was walking home I started to reflect on this experience and I had a smile on my face.
You never know who you can meet on a Sunday afternoon.
I went down to the SoHo Pub to work on a couple of assignments in the book "The Artists Way". I arrived at the pub after two. I decided to have a burger, salad and a Strongbow cider.
As I immersed imy slef in one of the assignments I noticed two older gentlemen (they were in there 50's) sat down at the table in front of me. I could see that they were looking at me and trying to figure out what I was writing.
One of the Gentlemen said (speaking with an English accent), "I know you from somewhere. You use to work at the Dover." I said, "That was a few years ago". He said, "You served me a couple of times. Why, don't you come and join me and my friend". So I decided to finish off my assignment and join these two-trouble maker's.
As it turns out the English guy is a Cinematographer (DP) in film and the other one is an Independent Film Producer. So the three of us sat around talking about music, the Film biz and life.
As the day progressed we had more pints and started to talk about projects. I told them that I have been trying to unlock my creativity and get back in to songwriting (actually on Saturday afternoon I was at a studio laying down some guitar tracks for two songs). The indie Producer was working on producing a new Drama for T.V. and the Cinematographer told me that he has been working on a screenplay for 3 or 4 years and it is ready to be produced. He told me about the screenplay and asked me if I wanted a copy to read and said, "Yes".
So, as it turns out the cinematographer lived around the corner from the pub so he went to go and grab the screenplay. He came back about 10 minutes later and gave me the script. He told me he would like me to read it and give him my opinion. He also said that he would like me to audition for one of the female characters. He said, "It's not a big part but, a good part that would suit me." I was taken back. I haven't been offered an audition just out of the blue for ages.
When the evening came we got our bill (the cinematographer took care of it). We then exchanged business cards and parted ways. As I was walking home I started to reflect on this experience and I had a smile on my face.
You never know who you can meet on a Sunday afternoon.
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I hope it works out - that'd just be cool