Trevor Weitzel - Universal MPLS

What a busy week it was. I spent a ton of time helping make sure that everything was in order for the upcoming Hinder in-store appearances they will be doing at Best Buy during their current tour. Looks like everything is good to go though.

I actually just got done watching the Grammy's and was pleasently suprised. There were a ton of great performances. I loved that there was more of an emphasis on the actual music instead of the awards. It was cool. Plus, Lil Wayne took home best rap album so that is huge for us at Universal. It should make for a busy week and will also help hype his album that is supposed to drop in March.

Other than that, all is good and I'm still really liking it here. I'm just crossing my fingers that a spot opens up for me to come on here full time come May!!!

Trevor Weitzel - Universal MPLS

It was another great week at Universal. Thursday was an especially fun day. My mentor and I put together an event at the BANK restaurant inside the Westin Hotel for a special screening of the new Stevie Wonder Blu-Ray DVD that will be hitting stores soon. It is his first ever video recorded of one of his live performances and is going to be a pretty big deal. There was free food and free drinks, so who can complain about that. Hopefully I'll be getting to do more stuff like that this semester. I'll be keeping you posted.

Trevor Weitzel - Universal MPLS

So it's my first official week back at Universal. I unfortunately haven't gotten to spend much time here do to some family issues, but it feels good to be back none the less. It looks like it's going to be a busy semester here at Universal. There are going to be a lot of albums dropping, artist visits, concerts, and all kinds of other good stuff going on. I'm looking forward to the challenge. Now all I've got to do is pray that a job opens up here, so I can hop on board once I graduate!!!

Veronica's Last Day @ 93X

Well, today was my last day going to the station. We had 2 commercials to do but the multitrack recording system we usually used was down for maintenance so I learned a new way to record straight into the playback databases. I guess Patrick hadn't done it that way since the early 90s but it was cool because he had to read through the add straight through without stopping. Then we did a different kind of show today that consisted of nothing but new bands which was a good idea because there had been a lot of submissions piled up. Then i trimmed the show up for my last time and said my goodbyes to Patrick and Rudy. I had a ton of fun there with both of them, even though I wasn't Rudy's intern, we still got to chill whenever Patrick had other stuff to take care of that didn't involve little old me. I'm bummed that I wont be going anymore but hey, maybe I'll see them at the bar.

Veronica, 93X 2nd to last week

So Patrick had a TON to do this time. Not to mention he had to run home so I was on my own which was pretty fun. I work best when I know I have to get it right without supervision. He laid down the vocals to a commercial and then left for about a half hour to check on his puppy that was home alone. While I sat in the studio and put music to it and recorded it into the 2 different databases that are used. Then my other task was to listen to the pile of CDs that had accumulated from local bands to see what was good for our taste and what was not so much. Anyway, the show went smoothly and I was proud to hear the commercial I did on the radio. It played a lot.

Andrew Frost | Wooddale Church | 12/07 - 12/13

This week I ran a rehearsal for a regular event at the church called The Gathering. It's a service aimed towards a younger crowd from students to 20's to 30's. It was fun becuase it is a more upbeat music selection. It is pretty rockin at times. The sound system in the room it is held in is great for this too. It can handle the low end pretty well. The Gathering is on Sunday nights so I'll let you know about that in my next blog.

I also helped out for the Saturday night service. It was a typical setup at noon. The band showed up around 3:30/4:00 and then the service started at 5:15. The service went well and was a little more Christmas oriented. I'll keep you updated in my next post (it will also be my last).

Andrew Frost
Wooddale Church

Langen- ASCAP-MInneapolis- 12/7-12/14

This internship is done in a week. I don't think I'd ever want to work at ASCAP or any other PRO. 

It's boring and not exactly what I'm looking for.

The internship itself wasn't for me but I got through it, learned some things, and helped sign up a few bands. 

I guess that's what the internship was all about anyway.

~Langen