So today was D-day. The day where all of our hard work, sweat, tears, cursing, yelling, screaming, laughing, all manifested itself before our eyes in one 25 minute slot with the biggest group of musicians any of us have had the privilege of working with. It is perhaps the most exhilarating and simultaneously the most vomit-inducing experience one could possibly have. Let me put this into perspective. You toil over this score day and night, proofing everything over and over, taping parts, placing cues, trying your damndest to get everything where it should be, knowing all too well that you are under an impossible deadline that has bound to let a few errors slip by you. At some point you have to let go, hand all the parts in, and kiss your sorry ass goodbye. You show up at the session and this is what you see:
On stage are 45 musicians, all with the parts you spent countless hours working on. When it's your turn, all attention is on you. Each composer has 25 minutes to record their 3 minute cue - nearly no time at all. One shot. No second chances. Now or never. Even the slightest error could be the difference between getting the perfect take or utter garbage. Intense? Yes. Crazy? Yes. Surreal? Most def. One of the most incredibly exciting experiences anyone could ever have? Hells yeah.
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