More Coffee Please...

In my entire day today, I have gotten through around 5 cups of coffee. I woke up far too early this morning (the wee hours of 10 o clock) all because my family were panic-ing that it was too icy to go into town, so I downed a brief cup of coffee to wake me up, followed by another one, and decided to go into the office.

But, during my travels, I was rained on, which is basically God’s way of saying go to Subway and stay in there with your cup of cheap coffee. So I did just that. Then made a break for the office once again.

I got here to find it was locked, but we scaled the walls and climbed in the window. We didn’t really, the lovely man already inside let us in. But still, we were in. So, we (myself and Campbell) sat down and began the days work ahead of us, which included PRS forms, publishing contracts and such. The full works. But none of this before my last two cups of coffee so far. But if anyones offering, not my last.

But now Campbell has left to get some more folders from the shop, and left me to do a blog. But I think I’ll take this time now to strum on the guitar that has been taunting me in the corner of the room for days.

Merry Crimbo for 2 days away. Peace and love, sam.

Another day at the Office

Hi, its me (sam) again, just here for a quicky.

Popped into the office today to finish off some of the ever growing pile of spreadsheeting and such. But it wasn’t to bad. Campbell was here to keep me company and guide me through it, and I was also kept nourished with a not too shabby cup of coffee and plate of scrambled egg. These two seem to be regulars in my visit to the Sotones office, but I think I like it.

We finished the butt of the paper work to find we were out of paper, so I was sent on my mission to go find some. It was all quite exciting really. I returned from my adventure in one piece, and we carried on. Interestingly, we learnt Million Dead and paperwork aren’t good companions, lets just say we got distracted.

Anyway, we finished to find we were still short on paper. So off I went again, returned, then wrote this blog. As you can see, an exciting day was had by all. Good times!

Have a good Christmas Y’all, and a happy new year. Sam!

Day one with the Sotones label...

Hi, Im Sam (as just said) and I started with Sotones today. I showed up at around 2pm, to be directed into the office, which if Im honest, was a little dirtier than I expected. But none the less, it was cosy, and it seems to do the job.

After quick introductions, and a brief discussion about Hash Brown and scrambled eggs (?) I was shown how much fun could be squeezed out of Admin work and spreadsheets. Of course, I was being sarcastic, but still, it was healthy experience for me to pursue a career in the music buisness.

This was followed by more introductions, this time with half of Thomas Tantrum who decided to come up and visit. Again, all were very friendly. I was then handed some freebies (which I look forward to listening too) and was set my first task, this blog. Thus was my day to this point.

So now you know all about my first day, how about some information on myself. I started here looking for work experience in the music industry, and found a somewhat little less orthodox practice of the record business. It does the job though, i now know how to work songwriting payments, and if Im honest, its probably a lot more fun than the corporate types at EMI etc…

I think I’ll leave it there, until next time.

Sam

Sam's Stuff - Introducing Sam

Hi Everyone,

It’s been a really busy year (thanks as ever for all your support) and so there’s more jobs than ever to do - how the hell does anyone ever find time to do all this stuff?

Enter Sam, a (currently) very nice young man who for reasons best known only to himself has decided to join us as an intern. Over the next few months he’s going to be keeping a diary of his adventures in the music industry.

Take it away, Sam…