Hi!
Ask anyone and they'll tell ya.. I love to work! If it ain't stand-up it's acting or it's writing or it's music... I love this business I am in. Sometimes it gets a little overwheliming... like today when it felt like someone put my life in a blender and hit Frappe... but overall I love it...
Here's a short list of the "whatsa goin' on.." in my life right now
Duets - today was my second rehearsal day.. I got to actually sing with my first artist... can't say who it is but it's a legend... the kind you don't keep waiting... which wouldn't have been an issue if I had been told that was supposed to be today. I found out about this rehearsal while I was at an event with the lovely and amazing James... I get a call...
"Hey Hal? What's your twenty?
"Uh... I am at an... I'm in Hollywood near... uh why?"
"Oh. You are scheduled to rehearse with [artist name] today at 3:30"
"I was? Wait what? what time is it?"
"um..3:22"
"*expletive* oh no! when did I? who? I never heard about this! I was told I was working Saturday!"
"No. you're working today."
"Um..er..uh... Well. I'll be right there."
This conversation was followed by shuffling my beautiful and wonderfully patient girlfriend into my car and breaking several traffic laws to get my to Burbank ( Burbank = far) in less than 14 minutes.
where... I preceded to wait for over an hour for the rehearsal space to become available.
Man! what a party. I have to say that once ot all got rolling [artist's name] could not have been cooler. Really personable and focused. SO much fun. And for all the confusion the Duets production folks are a lot of fun too.
Stand-up - I had to drop 2 big weekends out of town doing stand-up to do duets and now we are in the peocess of rescheduling them and filling the month of Oct. with dates. My stand-up schedule for Oct. looks like I'm trying to set a Guiness book world record to start with so... should be a party...
Tak - I'm voicing a cartoon for Nickelodeon right now called TAK and the power of Juju!
That's me... TAK..
It's a blast. I am working with people from tons of my favorite cartoons... Last week I worked with Pinky..AND the Brain! and there are three or four voice actors on the show who worked on Harvey Birdman which is criminally funny... love it.
The tough part of doing Tak is that playing a 10 year old really does a number on my throat...which I kinda need right now for that whole "Duets" thingy....
Music - we are doing the final mix on my album and everything is sounding so F-in' good. every night I get to watch a song go from Good to great and it's such a gratifying process. It requires a lot of long hours and concentration... both of which I'm a little short of these days...
The best part of all this is how supportive my girl is....
I'm not easy to undertand sometimes but she gives it the old college try. I love you baby.
As for stuff like sleep and movies and dinner with friends... that shit is on hold right now...
But it's all gonna pay off
It's nice when even exhaustion and frustration still qualify as fun
Be Well
Hal
p.s. here's a couple of good Hal quotes of the week....
"Fun? I own Fun! Fun is my bitch!"
"No one loses their Virginity. They gain sex!"
"If one more person tells me that Bush is actually smart I'm gonna set a fire no one can put out"
"Sick!
"Wow! Really? Him? Shit!"
Ask anyone and they'll tell ya.. I love to work! If it ain't stand-up it's acting or it's writing or it's music... I love this business I am in. Sometimes it gets a little overwheliming... like today when it felt like someone put my life in a blender and hit Frappe... but overall I love it...
Here's a short list of the "whatsa goin' on.." in my life right now
Duets - today was my second rehearsal day.. I got to actually sing with my first artist... can't say who it is but it's a legend... the kind you don't keep waiting... which wouldn't have been an issue if I had been told that was supposed to be today. I found out about this rehearsal while I was at an event with the lovely and amazing James... I get a call...
"Hey Hal? What's your twenty?
"Uh... I am at an... I'm in Hollywood near... uh why?"
"Oh. You are scheduled to rehearse with [artist name] today at 3:30"
"I was? Wait what? what time is it?"
"um..3:22"
"*expletive* oh no! when did I? who? I never heard about this! I was told I was working Saturday!"
"No. you're working today."
"Um..er..uh... Well. I'll be right there."
This conversation was followed by shuffling my beautiful and wonderfully patient girlfriend into my car and breaking several traffic laws to get my to Burbank ( Burbank = far) in less than 14 minutes.
where... I preceded to wait for over an hour for the rehearsal space to become available.
Man! what a party. I have to say that once ot all got rolling [artist's name] could not have been cooler. Really personable and focused. SO much fun. And for all the confusion the Duets production folks are a lot of fun too.
Stand-up - I had to drop 2 big weekends out of town doing stand-up to do duets and now we are in the peocess of rescheduling them and filling the month of Oct. with dates. My stand-up schedule for Oct. looks like I'm trying to set a Guiness book world record to start with so... should be a party...
Tak - I'm voicing a cartoon for Nickelodeon right now called TAK and the power of Juju!
That's me... TAK..
It's a blast. I am working with people from tons of my favorite cartoons... Last week I worked with Pinky..AND the Brain! and there are three or four voice actors on the show who worked on Harvey Birdman which is criminally funny... love it.
The tough part of doing Tak is that playing a 10 year old really does a number on my throat...which I kinda need right now for that whole "Duets" thingy....
Music - we are doing the final mix on my album and everything is sounding so F-in' good. every night I get to watch a song go from Good to great and it's such a gratifying process. It requires a lot of long hours and concentration... both of which I'm a little short of these days...
The best part of all this is how supportive my girl is....
I'm not easy to undertand sometimes but she gives it the old college try. I love you baby.
As for stuff like sleep and movies and dinner with friends... that shit is on hold right now...
But it's all gonna pay off
It's nice when even exhaustion and frustration still qualify as fun
Be Well
Hal
p.s. here's a couple of good Hal quotes of the week....
"Fun? I own Fun! Fun is my bitch!"
"No one loses their Virginity. They gain sex!"
"If one more person tells me that Bush is actually smart I'm gonna set a fire no one can put out"
"Sick!
"Wow! Really? Him? Shit!"
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addie:
ok serioulsy you and james the fucking cutest couple ever..and i just watched duets..the lady told you you were too white to sing that song..huh what..tv i swear i get sucked in
tease:
Hal, darling....I saw you on Celeb Duets and I just have to say how jealous I am that you got to sing with Smokey Robinson. Well done! I was impressed! Multi-talented and good looking...be still my heart.