We initially started in Adam’s place – he’s turned it upside down and into an editing studio. He’s been really busy lately with Univesal Records and Banana Toonz. They like the way he puts things together when it comes to his producing and editing plus the way he relates to radio programmers and DJs when it comes to radio tracking. Adam’s been doing so well that he’s been able to steal someone as senior as Gregor Heieis (Roxy, Shark Clubs, etc.) away to work for him.
Adam promoed some of the new stuff he’s working on – he’s been working hard on this up and comer’s new album, Bianca who’s signed to Universal. I had a chance to listen to some of the tracks unedited as well as to mess around. Mike Reno from Loverboy also sang some great backgrounds on one of the tracks. In one of the samples I took, I’ve asked Adam to isolate Mike’s vocals – he’s got a fantastic voice.
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Dinner was great. Adam was in the mood for sushi but being it was Sunday night, not much in terms of good sushi was open so Adam and I went down to Hapa Izakaya at my suggestion. Overall, it was a hit.
We went down to the Cactus Club in Yaletown for a drink, thought I should slum it for a bit. I still dislike the place – it’s the eyesore of Yaletown as far as I’m concerned. I think if someone wants lowest-common-denominator, they should have to leave Yaletown. What’s next? MacDonalds on Mainland?
Anyhow, we chatted about the future, Adam’s going to be recording this Korean Band’s first English album in March so he should be off to Seoul quickly. We touched on India – he really wants to do something out there so I’m keeping my eyes open. I dropped him a copy of a demo done by my friend’s band in Bangalore, R.U.S.T. (R U Still There).
Its funny (I’m reminiscing), we did the open call audition for New School three years ago. To this day, Adam still gets e-mail from people signing up on his website (adamhentertainment.com- a site, which I whipped up in ten minutes way back when) wanting to attend and audition.
