Day 8: Whoops, I worked too fast.

It seems I have run out of work again. I managed to finally finish the sub-publishing song descriptions and now I am workless again. Yesterday I was able to sit and read Billboard which may be one my favorite hobbies. News from within the issue: Bonnaroo did ridiuculously well and the music biz is looking to go green one step at a time. New business idea perhaps? The greenest publishing company of them all?

Day Six: Empowerment, one excel spreadsheet at a time.

Yesterday I spent the majority of the afternoon helping the GM with a spreadsheet that did an analysis of all the writers' incomes. It was pretty cool just digging through the paperwork and getting to see all the different sources of income for a song (esp with public performance). I <3 paperwork. We managed to finish that bad boy by 4:45 and I was out the door by 5:30. This morning I cranked out another excel spreadsheet and will begin sub-pub part II. I also learned how to send items via certified mail yesterday and how to work the postage meter.

Slowly and surely I am learning all sorts of useful things. Though, I have not yet perfected the perfect cup of coffee. I've got a ways to go on that one.

I must get back to work. I have another 150 songs to describe. I'm kind of thinking this one won't get done until next week.

Day Four: Work!

Well days two and three were less than eventful. I got to split pennies yesterday and learn how to account for a demo session. That was pretty neat. But today, I finally got a really major project that has rocked my face off. We are prepping to send info off to the subpublishers so I get to listen to music all day long and write descriptions of each of the songs. Granted I feel like my eyes are about to pop out of my head from looking at a computer so long today, I love it. Country music is growing on me more and more. I think the staff writers here are absolutely amazing and are some of the best in this songwriting town. Seriously. It really does still all begin with a song in this town.

Yesterday I made my first pot of coffee as a music row intern. Damn, I know it won't be the last. I also emptied the dishwasher today. So just in case you were thinking I was rising above the intern thing...no...I haven't.

When I arrived at work yesterday morning, I had received an email from my boss asking me to address an email that he had received. When I read the forwarded email, I discovered it was from one of my classmates who I did a group project with during fall semester. She is doing well and interning at another publishing company. Man, this is a very small business. Very very small.

I sent a friend of mine an email yesterday with the subject line "more love from the intern world." After I titled it that, I thought about how the spam filters might pick it up due to...well..one person really...Monica Lewinsky. But apparently it got through and Juli had a nice laugh.

I've actually been mostly productive today. I've answered the phone, taken messages, emailed lyrics and just all and all started to get into the groove of being an intern. I wish that I would get more and more big projects that I can work on and then take care of the phone and other miscellaneous items as it comes up.

Apparently the Fan Fair fans have absolutely invaded. I can't complain though because without them, I wouldn't be doing this whole intern thang in the first place. I <3 country fans and I have to admit, I might be schmoozing the honky tonks and lower broadway before too long.

Shh! Don't tell my rock and roll friends.