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Indylander part 2
Oct. 8th, 2008 08:41 pmThe first panel on Friday afternoon was Marcus Testory with Matt up on stage asking questions. Marcus said that he is still working as a paramedic and his now also teaching in that field. But his music career is definitely moving along well.
His band is planning a couple of concerts with a 40-piece orchestra. He doesn't know how many songs they'll perform yet as new arrangements need to be written. He's also working on a compilation of his music from the 80s to now and will be starting his own music label on his a new website. I asked if we could download still from the existing web site and he said to wait.
Braun was up next. He's got a new political satire website up as well, his Field Guide to the Right Wing' at rantibus.com. He's also got a contract to write a book on fight choreography and that's what he's working seriously on right now. A lot of the usual HL questions were asked which he answered with his enthusiasm, which is nice. He may have heard the questions time and time again, but for the people asking it's new.
James Horan came up next and, although he did talk about his role as Grayson, he also discussed his voice work in video games and described the logistics of getting jobs in voice work. He also talked about how he got cast as Grayson about the Zorro series he had been working on immediately prior to that. Matt had gone to the airport to pick up the rest of the guests so he was up there on his own and did just fine. Just before we broke there was a HL trivia game.
That brings us to the meet and greet. As I walking to the ballroom I saw David and did something I'd been wanting to do for a long time. I asked if I could have my picture taken with him. He was happy to do it.
About that time I looked inside the ballroom and saw that Peter was already there. I quickly found a spot at the table and this was the start of a really great evening. Didn't get a chance to really talk to Peter since he was busy letting each fan get their picture taken with him. A couple of times he took over the cameras and tried to take a self portrait with them.
Because there were so few fans and so many guests, we got a lot of time with all of them. The exceptions were Stan, who didn't make to our table before he had to leave, and Lisa. Now, this wasn't because she left early (she was actually the last to leave) but because when she was at our table I was deep in discussion with Braun about history. It was also fun watching them take turns at the online chat that expanded Indylander to fans who couldn't make it.
And that brings us to the end of Friday, more to come.
His band is planning a couple of concerts with a 40-piece orchestra. He doesn't know how many songs they'll perform yet as new arrangements need to be written. He's also working on a compilation of his music from the 80s to now and will be starting his own music label on his a new website. I asked if we could download still from the existing web site and he said to wait.
Braun was up next. He's got a new political satire website up as well, his Field Guide to the Right Wing' at rantibus.com. He's also got a contract to write a book on fight choreography and that's what he's working seriously on right now. A lot of the usual HL questions were asked which he answered with his enthusiasm, which is nice. He may have heard the questions time and time again, but for the people asking it's new.
James Horan came up next and, although he did talk about his role as Grayson, he also discussed his voice work in video games and described the logistics of getting jobs in voice work. He also talked about how he got cast as Grayson about the Zorro series he had been working on immediately prior to that. Matt had gone to the airport to pick up the rest of the guests so he was up there on his own and did just fine. Just before we broke there was a HL trivia game.
That brings us to the meet and greet. As I walking to the ballroom I saw David and did something I'd been wanting to do for a long time. I asked if I could have my picture taken with him. He was happy to do it.
About that time I looked inside the ballroom and saw that Peter was already there. I quickly found a spot at the table and this was the start of a really great evening. Didn't get a chance to really talk to Peter since he was busy letting each fan get their picture taken with him. A couple of times he took over the cameras and tried to take a self portrait with them.
Because there were so few fans and so many guests, we got a lot of time with all of them. The exceptions were Stan, who didn't make to our table before he had to leave, and Lisa. Now, this wasn't because she left early (she was actually the last to leave) but because when she was at our table I was deep in discussion with Braun about history. It was also fun watching them take turns at the online chat that expanded Indylander to fans who couldn't make it.
And that brings us to the end of Friday, more to come.
