[Jay Kahrs]

Seriously, the band I'm recording right now told me that a friend was going to stop by with a camera to shoot some video and they wanted to know if it would be ok. Of course I said yes. He showed up today at 6 with a pair of huge pro video cameras, 3/4" VCR's and big ****in' PAR cans. We had been making good progess all day, got 3 songs down (drums, bass) without a problem in a few takes on each. Cameras show up and it disrupts us for an hour and a half while he sets up the shit and gets the lights together. He also tried to run 9 extension cables under the door into the live room. Nu uh, not gonna happen cause I can't close the door.

In a nutshell, we got nothing done. The band beat the song (which should've been easy) into the ground. The rehearsal take which wasn't being taped was the best one. It wasn't being taped because video guy was trying to get audio going and I got a ground loop when I gave him the console feed. So, I called it a night at 9:20 after at least 20 takes with nothing to show for it. Moral of story, no more video crews in my studio. No exceptions.