WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN YOU AMPP RATS? (i hope not eatting the food they leave out)

dusty....looking snapper....in front of a wisp..above a spire

O.K. here we are. Joshua, Scott, and Jessica...Front and center. We have been up to a great deal of working. Since this was our first trip out we learned a lot of new lessons. The biggest lesson was the idea that we could cover the country in any detail or resolution in 8 weeks.

This simply is not the truth. I guess you could do it if you didn't stop and expereience anything on the way. How it played out was we would find a new area....you name it medford, santa cruiz, S.F., and we would start setting up recon in that area. This process took anywhere from 3 days to 3 weeks depending on how lucky we got. Once we would find a stream of talent it would bloom from there but we never calculated in the cost of gas in getting to all of these open mics (etc.), eatting while we were scouting, and the time before we hit the band/slash person that would 'open' the town up.

Believe it or not there is always a person who holds the key to all of the talent of that city. Strangely that person doesn't even play music sometimes. They are the person who more or less has fantastic taste combined with a great personal skills. Once we have a hold of the stream is talent it is a game of finding a place to record the bands/artists that is A.) safe B.) free C.) Conducive of a great performance. When our movie comes out you will get to see what we are talking about.

Long story short we are having to break up the country into smaller 8-10 week pieces. This is better for both our health and our equipment. Our gear in its current configuration wouldn't have made it through last summers deep south weather without lighting on fire. We think of it as an undercover blessing. Our computer's green boards, even though they are military grade high/low temp can't handle the 130 that Mississippi was getting last year. Simple physics keeps getting in our way. This is why we are going to try and hit the Deep south in the winter this time. Lower reading on the mercury. Granted water is always a problem, but the heat last year......in California even (which isn't exactly fearsome) was causing problems.

We currently are working on ducting and air conditioning that will fix all of this. GO SCOTT'S DAD GO! we are taking the microbooms back up to AUDIX. (WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK AUDIX AGAIN FOR BEING THE GREATEST COMPANY EVERY. THEY WEREN'T MEAN, STRESSFUL, OF ANYTHING BUT COOL TO WORK WITH.....THAT AND THEIR STUFF SOUNDS RADICAL. IT'S THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS).

Joshua 

p.s. who is that fourth person standing there?...and when is phase two starting? and where is phase two going to take place? and what if " I was in the area that phase one took place in, but i wasn't recorded and I am damn sure that i am good enough......you guys just didn't get a chance to hear me?"

The Trailer Part One.

Day One

Tomorrow is a Huge day for The AMP project.

http://americanmusicpreservation.org/

Thanks to B@S construction for their donation of the trailer.
This is a huge move for us. Tomorrow we begin the process
Of converting the tailed into our audio control room. It needs some love but it will turn out rad! 

Thank you to Key Stone Comcrete Designs for donating interior paint and hard wood flooring. 
This is a big deal in helping it look less like camper and more like a control room. We wouldn't want people to be scared when they enter.

Thank you Rogue Garden Supply for donating the heavy equipment necessary to transport the trailer from it's little shaddy hole, to the car wash and into the sun. Once it gets a little drier we can put a new roof on.

Aaron Todd Esquire will be there filming the process so you can see our truly humble beginnings.
We hope to have it up in a day or two for you to watch.

We would also like to thank Jesse "the magnificent" Smith for helping us with the cleaning 
and transportation of the beast.
Without the shear power and work ethic of Jesse AMPP would be lost.

As with all things dear, we think it needs a name. Does anyone have an idea  for a name for her/him (the trailer?)

I love you all but AMPP loves you more.
I'll let you know how it goes.

Today is already the best day I have ever had.

Stay Free everyone

Joshua, Scott, and Bree

1 541 601 1066
Ilostthegame@hotmail.com