Goodbye 2007

So here we are, the final entry of 2007. I know I haven't updated in ages. Guess I only made two entries this year, this one just barely beating the clock. Truth is I've been super busy lately. This year I was so busy I didn't even take my usual two week long vacation back home in Lincoln. I pretty much just popped out there for Xmas and popped back to Dallas. I'll probably wait and take a longer vacation later in the year. I'm thinking of doing Vegas for a week maybe.

Speaking of Vegas, I wound up there a few more times in the latter half of the year. I did a few demos there in August and caught Celine Dion's show there. Say what you will about her music, that was one bad ass show visually. Here's a pic.

On the way driving back I took some pics of Hoover Dam. Didn't stop to look check it out too much, but I got some good pictures at least.

In September it was back to Vegas again for the MTV VMA's to do lasers for Linkin Park. I was expecting the worst but surprisingly everyone there I worked with was friendly and helpful. As far as shows go it was probably one of the less stressful ones overall, aside from the thought that if I messed something up 7 million people would see it. Thankfully everything went off smoothly, and I met some pretty cool people there. Here's a pic.

While there I also managed to sneak away to catch Joss Stone in concert for the second time this year. This show wasn't nearly as good as the first one, but it was outdoors and she was on a stage across an artifical lake at Mandalay Bay. Not exactly a prime concert venue. Over Thanksgiving weekend I also managed to catch Kelly Clarkson and Tori Amos in concert. So there was a lot of concert going for me in 2007. I finally decided to start taking advantage of living in a major market that gets a lot of shows. Only took me seven years. :)

The rest of the year was just mostly work here in the studio, which I like better than going out on site anyway. I did a bunch of programming for the Spice Girl's tour, though I never saw the results so I don't know how much was kept for the final show. Hopefully the lavandar waves for Two Become One made it in the final show - it was a cool effect. As big as they are, I actually don't like doing concert programming very much because the main focus is the performers and not the other visuals, thus things tend to get dummed down a lot. But it's a living.

So that's the end of 2007. A lot of work, concerts and not much else this year. I've added galleries to the pictures page for the MTV VMA's, Hoover Dam and Celine Dion. Happy new year everyone!