INTERFERENCE

Yesterday, this girl came over to do some recording with me. She speaks pretty fluent Japanese and can even sing. She brought an iPod with her demo songs on it for me to listen to. Unfortunately, she also brought along her troublemaking little sister Edz, who is called Ging Ging, and she did nothing but get in the way. You may remember I wrote about these two in my post MORE ORDEALS.

Anyway, Marilyn lived and worked in Japan for almost ten years and has gained a pretty good grasp of the language. She also happens to be quite a competent singer. I wanted to capitalize on both abilities for my current work, which I intend to push in Japan. I didn't write about it, but my first time in Manila proper I met another girl who had also spent time in Japan and learned the language. I will be trying to get her in here today. That is another story.

In a post called NOTHING REALLY HAPPENING, on April 24th, I wrote, "I feel like I am really zeroing in on what I really want to do. Actually that hasn't really ever changed, it's more about how I want to do it and believing I can do it. Listening to too many other people and their opinions about my work basically turned something I used to love into something I hated and I gave up on it completely. Having all this time to think, I was able to get clear on what I really want to do, meaning with my talents as an artist, and how I want to do it. Who cares what other people say I should do with my skills?" Well now I've more than zeroed in on it, and I'm actually doing it! The best thing about being here in Asia is that it becomes so easy to find the talent I need to help me with it. There are many girls who can sing or speak Japanese, Korean Chinese... It's like a perfect hub of Asia here.


Of course it helps if the talent doesn't being along their troublesome siblings. Even though we were supposed to be recording, the first thing Edz wanted to do was plug up the videoke machine and sing! I guess it didn't occur to her that might be picked up by the microphone. Next she decided to play games on her sister's iPod as though that was somehow silent. At one point we sent her to get snacks and drinks, hoping that would get rid of her for a while, but she must have found a store right around the corner because she was back in less than five minutes. She was generally bored and fidgety the whole time, and clearly did not want to be here. That basically cut things short with her sister and we did not get done all I wanted to get done. If Marilyn should decide to come back, she will have to do so alone.

In the meantime, I am hoping this other girl will work out much better. The problem is she is so far away, like most things. At least Marilyn and Edz live right down the street, in walking distance even. This next girl is hours away by any mode of transportation in this traffic ridden city. Being far from everything can really suck sometimes. I would trade the relative peace and quiet for the big city hustle and convenience in a heartbeat. If that big city was Cebu, even better!