Six Months Have Come and Now are Gone

My, how time flies. As it does time passes continually but our perception of time can vary dramatically depending on our state of busy-ness or lack thereof. The past six months at PAS has been a roller coaster of projects ranging from small sporadic projects to large time consuming projects that seemed to have no end. But I am happy to report that all of the major projects have been completed and the remaining minor projects will successfully be wrapped up by the end of the week.

To give you an idea of the range of projects that have come across my desk or that I have proposed, I've compiled an overview:

482 marketing contacts called and/or emailed, 376 publisher contacts and 3253 reviews organized into a single cohesive document, 140 reviews personally processed and distributed, 183 scores and audio compiled and re-organized for the 2014 PASIC Listening Room, 47 tours ranging in age from 2 to 80+, 2 proposals written and submitted, 18 blog posts, 9 private and special events, and 9 well-known musicians met including (DJ Fontana, Gene Markowitz, Dan Hunt, Musicians and Cast Members from Memphis The Musical, Mark Schulman, Eva Gardner, Dr. Michael Bakan, Brian Dunn, and Porter Carrol), also got to pit sit in a fun show with Jeff Snider for Addams Family the Musical. I've even assisted in the photography of a few museum collection pieces that may or may not have been published in either Percussive Notes and/or Rhythm Scene, along with research for exhibit posters and articles to be written about various objects in the permanent collection.

On top of the various projects that been completed there are a handful of day-to-day tasks that the intern does to keep PAS and the Rhythm Discovery Center operating: Point of Sale cash handling, cleaning of collection and galleries, on-going inventory, receptionist, and security. These are all tasks that must be maintained on a daily basis to ensure the cleanliness and safety of our museum for our guests.

After a long, not so long, six months I am moving on to another job around the Indianapolis area where I will fulfill the remaining terms of my lease at my apartment. After that, my girlfriend and I are planning to move to Orlando where we can both pursue our musical dreams, auditioning for various performing groups and creating unique original music. Looking forward to lots of new things this year and I would personally like to thank the Percussive Arts Society in offering me this opportunity to see a little more of the inside track of the business side of music and a non-profit organization.

Here’s to the future, whatever it may bring!