At last, here i am about 7 days later, and i’m happy to say that much has been accomplished. The music for my short film “Blue City” was written and recorded in about two days. My director didn’t think that I could pull it off, because we’re talking about a project that was supposed to take about a month to complete. But alas, I completed it. I was essentially writing the music up until (and during) my recording session which took place April 4, 2003; 4pm-9pm @ the berkee film scoring studio.

I am a little dissapointed in myself for having procrastinated so much on it, (especially given that this is the culmination of my film scoring studies @ berklee), but especially because I know that it could have been a lot better…if i had only alotted more time for it. Regardless, the music works and I feel that it is effective, so I suppose that is all a director could ask for. And now i know that I can pull off a short film in 2 days. ;-) Anyway, i thought i’d post one of the cues from my score, for those of you that are curious. So here is the 6th cue from “Blue City”, entitled “Hit and Run”, a short but rather haunting piano piece, which occurs before the climax of the film.


1m6 “Hit and Run” from Blue City-Music by Eric Espiritu (click)


In other news, my car finally sold on ebay! Indeed, the same car that was considered “totalled” by local garages which offered no more than $50 to take it off my hands, was sold on ebay for $710. There were actually some rather enthusiastic bidders from all over the country that found the car as a great “project” for them. The winner is from Alabama, and he’s planning a trip up to boston just to come and get it. There was another bidder from Florida who really wanted it that was going to pay an additional $700+ just to have it shipped down to him. Amazing.

So my weekend was pretty cool. Very laid back, tried to catch up on some rest. Didn’t have to work, thankfully. The dreary weather has forced Gap to cut down on some hours, so I can’t complain. The wizards are still in the playoff hunt after a dramatic overtime victory here in Boston yesterday. 

Went to see FRU @ an m.i.t auditorium last night. “Relive the Memory” was intense. Not to mention one of the most memorable climaxes and endings to their set. Allen’s going nuts on stage, running around, hitting the ground, playing the guitar with his teeth, and then…after the final chord is struck, when the band has exerted all its energy into building such a tremendous climax and ending on such a big chord, one would think that the band would let the chords and cymbals ring out into the air, as the crowd watches in awe at the mystique that “for reasons unseen” had spent the whole night building, rock song after rock song….BUT, out of nowhere, allen chooses to run center stage to the synth where he starts playing some random song. He says “wait, wait..” “this kinda sounds like that one song..” HAHA..we were dying of laughter…it was hilarious. Oh you had to be there. 

“For Reasons Unseen” is slated to play this Friday at an M.I.T. frat house, with “The Broken Word” as opening act. Rumour has it that Preppy might be playing its first show at this particular venue, sandwiched between these two bands. Stay tuned. More info as the days progress…
But for now, back to work..





:: Eric 12:05 PM [+] ::

that’s right, the quote is from the movie Jerry Maguire, as stated by Ray (Jonathan Lipniki). What a great movie. It’s definitely one of those that you can watch over and over again, and still be moved each time. I don’t care that it’s a romantic comedy..it’s frickin great! Hehe..

But anyway, so it’s Monday and I just got through a weekend of working at the Gap. Not so bad, though I am starting to get tired of the music that they play there. If i hear that Britney Spears song, “Overprotected” one more time..

Regardless of the many hours spent at the registers, in the fitting rooms, and at the damn denim wall, I did manage to have a little fun. Thursday night after school we all went out for Zania’s surprise bday party @ some authentic puerto rican restaurant in cambridge. On Friday night after work, we all went to a party at Tre’s. It took a little while for things to start kickin, but when they did, it was pretty cool. Suddenly Nate was a redneck from Ohio named “Bruce”, complete with a moustache, sunglasses, and a John Deere cap, along with his sidekick “Rick”, (aka Allen) who had the theory that yelling “YO!!” to the girls across the alley would get them to come over to our party. Me and Shwin found ourselves as Brits, complete with accents, as my alter ego: “Robbie”, managed to catch the attention of some of the ladies..






However, as you can see, the night belonged to “Bruce”, as he managed to talk with all the ladies, and even keep the frat boys in check. It was all a joke, but it was a blast nonetheless. I did find it funny when I realized that all those “macho” frat boys are actually cowards, and they’ll do anything they can to avoid any kind of confrontation. They were totally shying away from any kind of conversation with Bruce and avoided eye contact. It was hilarious. I guess they all just have major insecurities. But don’t we all…

In other news, the wizards lost last night, to the freakin Denver Nuggets!! Unacceptable. I suppose we were tired, but we face the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday, so things do not get any easier. Anyway, I need to get back to work. A lot of catching up to do..


:: Eric 2:12 PM [+] ::

So I’m back. It’s Sunday and I woke up about an hour ago. I got back yesterday at around 3pm, because I missed my flight (yes, again) in the AM. Haha..my flight was at 8:35am and I was totally prepared, I even got to the airport a good hour before departure. But the lines were soooo loong, it was unbelievable. Then, i’m standing in line for 15 minutes and learn that they are not checking in people when there’s less than 45 minutes left until departure. Something to do with this whole war thing going on…lol..

So I was pretty much idle in the airport for a good 3 hours or so. Had nothing to do but watch coverage on the War with Iraq. Fun stuff.

So yeah, I’m back and it’s good to be back. But I’ll miss being home. Time to get serious and back to school…finish off this year. Mom’s letting me borrow her new digital camera so I’ve been testing it out (as you can see). This thing rules. The resolution is unbelievable, and I can just slide it into my pocket. I’ll have to post some pics if I can find a place that will host them.

Last night, it was just me and Shwin in the house. Actually it’s still that way right now, most of the other guys probably won’t be getting back until sometime later today. Yesterday, was totally chill. Hit up borders, got my room in order, power is working again. Later, we played some nba, and then went out to chili’s out in harvard square for a late dinner. Those margaritas were very tempting. See, I have this bet with Shwin that he can’t go a month without drinking, but so far he’s gone a good 2 weeks with no drinks. Looks like I might owe him a dinner.. Oh well…there are other forms of “intoxication” you know…

Anyway, I think i’m gonna go start working on some school work. Wiz game later tonite @ Golden State. MJ is fed up. Let’s hope the guys can get it together tonite. Time’s a wastin’.. Peace. 

:: Eric 10:59 AM [+] ::

Tuesday night, just finished making some phone calls to some family and friends. Reading the news, this anthrax thing is pretty scary…and I just read how the Wizards have now lost 4 pre-season games. Bummer. Game against the nets tonite…hopefully we’ll win. 
Been feeling weird all day, actually for the past couple of weeks i’ve been feeling a little weird. Just a lingering feeling, an uneasiness that hasn’t really subsided since the live to two sessions. 
The truth came out today. It was inevitable though. Still, even though I was never really “in”, it still kinda hits you like a brick when they say that you’re “out”. I knew it was coming, it was just a matter of when. Probably making it out to be a bigger deal than it really is…but I’ll miss rockin’ out with those guys.
Boo hoo…poor me. 
oh well. It’s really for the best though, when i think about it…if they didn’t kick me out now, i probably would have left eventually for one reason or another. (an unseen reason, perhaps? j/k) One day, we’ll all be able to look back and laugh about it. Bummer i won’t be playing shows with them, though. caroline is definitely going to be in attendance. ohh.. 
Anyway, nothing left to do but move on and keep writing. guess I’ll be having more time on my hands now, so full throttle with the preppification. yippee. or something like that. or how about something new. something different. who knows.. 
Went to Symphony Hall last night and saw the “Salute to Symphony” featuring Keith Lockheart and Seiji Ozawa. It was awesome..but I was bummed that John Williams couldn’t make it. He’s busy working on a new “film project” as described in the program, which is probably “Attack of the Clones”…the Star Wars Episode II which will be coming out next year. It’s gonna be cool. Natalie’s in it. “there’s nothing…i can do..” 
Yeah, so it was good stuff. 
Sat through another loong day of conducting, orchestration, and english. Interesting how my favorite class at the moment is English. It’s the one class I kinda look forward to. And i have it twice a week! It’s refreshing to have a class that’s non-music related..and where you have in class discussions and debates about poetry, literature, etc. I was in there for 2 hours today and I didn’t wink an eye. I find myself getting more and more distant from the music courses this semester, but I’m getting my act together. I’m sure it will be alright. Well, that’s enough chit chat for now. Back to IM. 
kidding.. 

:: Eric 8:51 PM [+] ::