Traci @ Key Club, LA-- Music Business: Oh 13....

The wonderful and yet terrible thing about blogs is EVERYone has access... that is all I will say on that topic, but it was something I needed to say.  Think on that.

And now for the real deal:

So, this past week at Key Club was a crazy, but fun one.  Aside from my usual work with press clippings and the Jumbotron, we had a Bar Mitzvah to plan!  It was a whirlwind of frenzied excitement as we set up the most extravagant event I have ever seen.  Aside from the 12 performance acts that were hired to entertain in 15-30 minute sets, there were a variety of activities for the kids to engage in from an Etch-a-Sketch artist, to a table where girls could get fake eyelashes and "bling" their phones, to casino tables with Roulette and Craps, to a stilt walker, living statues, a mime, aerialists, dipping dots, models to greet and interview guests on the red carpet before they entered donning their "VIP backstage passes," 3 Lakers girls, and that is not to mention the personalized jewelry and other goodies passed out inside, most of which lit up in an array of blinking, multicolored lights.  And that is just the beginning.  One of the many highlights was a magician that made Rami, the birthday boy, appear from a cloud of smoke to the delight of his friends.  It was a night I'm sure he will not soon forget, I know I won't and the party wasn't even for me!  There was definitely a lot of hard work that went into the planning and execution of that night.  Happy Birthday, Rami!

I also worked the Box Office a couple nights, which is much more complicated than one might think, but I think I almost have it down enough that I could muddle through a slower night.  Sunday, The Cool Kids played with close to sold out numbers already at the beginning of the night, so there was a lot of chaos, but overall I think the night went smoothly.  Since a lot of the tickets were will-call, I was quickly assigned the job of selling the soda tickets to under-agers in the line that for most of the evening stretched from the entrance up around the corner of the street with one of the security personnel close behind.  It was slightly stressful at times but a little exciting seeing that big of a response to a show that I was behind the scenes a little on (or maybe it was just one of my nerdy moments).

Thursday (I know, I am bouncing around), I had a break between internship and box office, so the lovely Charley Brooks (who is quickly becoming one of my favorite people in the world), took me sight-seeing again for a little bit.  This time we went down Sunset a ways to get to two of three rock & roll art galleries owned by Sam (whose last name I have forgotten as of this post and will update later along with the names of the galleries), as well as the Rock Walk in front of the Guitar Center on the next block.  The galleries were amazing!  The first was all artwork used in posters and album covers of legendary rockers, as well as paintings and prints inspired by the same.  The second gallery we went to was mostly photography, from concert shots to candid photos of the greats.  When we went to the Rock Walk, we had fun comparing our hands to those we admire (mine are a perfect match with Steven Tyler!!! I also got a close match on Eric Clapton and nowhere near close to Debbie Herring ... her hands are so small there are almost child-like).  And of course, Charley pointed out some of the hip restaurants for me to try to check out, I already can't wait to hit up Toi ("Rock & Roll Thai") and Cheebo. And then, in true Charley style, stopped at Cafe Med (yummy, yummy Italian... and I don't just mean the food ;) ) for a late lunch and some "chill-ax" time.  

Man... last week was busy... getting tired of typing... and you are probably tired of reading.  So now, just the highlights:

Friday: Bar Mitzvah (above) and then... SEX IN THE CITY!!!!  SO good!  (It was really hard to get tickets though, we had to wait until the 12:50 am showing... which is probably why it grossed over $55 million dollars just in the U.S. making it number one at the box office this weekend... yeah, I read the paper)

Saturday: Bob Dylan exhibit at Skirball Museum!  Very cool.  Memorabilia + interactive music stations where you can sing, edit, remix, or play to the tunes= fun.  Joel and Nick have already posted details on this.

Sunday: Cool Kids... already told you that.  But afterward I did meet a guy from a label and we have started communication.  I am hesitant to share more for fear of Jinxing myself. 

And then Monday started a new week that you will have to wait to hear about later! HA!  

... and.... I'm out.

~Traci