Earlier that day, I swung by the set at Redmond Town Center to get a feel for the film and to talk with Shaya about what she was looking for in a soundtrack. Then I put together some ideas on a CD that I dropped by Westwind on Wednesday, where they were already editing. I took Shaya's feedback and came up with another group of ideas that I dropped off at Bad Animals on Thursday. She liked what she heard and gave me the okay to expand them to fit the scenes. I was basically writing contrasting elevator music for three stores in the mall: smooth jazz, ambient techno, and a Mozart knock-off. I took home a video of the film to work from.

But the final piece of gear I was waiting for didn't show up until Thursday; I ended up rewiring my home studio and using my brand new Yamaha 01V for a final mix less than 24 hours after it arrived! I was working until about 5:15 on Thursday night/Friday morning and woke up again 2 hours later to deliver the final mix at Bad Animals on Friday at 8am.

It was a crazy week, but it was educational and a lot of fun, and it was great to meet and work with so many interesting folks in the process. I think the coolest thing about this whole process is that it served to get so many talented local folks together. I was glad to be involved, and I'm grateful to folks like Glenn and Alistair who worked hard to make it happen!