So today is day three at my internship. I love it. I love the work I am doing and I love the people I am working with. I am working at Peculiar Management, a tiny little music management and PR firm that has about 6 or 7 main clients that they manage. Its great because I'm actually getting to do work with the two women I'm working with. I'm not doing the whole intern goes and fetches the coffee thing, but rather I'm learning the ins and outs of what they DO here. The first day I got here Julia, my boss, set me up with an email address through them and everything, sent me all the files from their database that I would be working on updating and evolving while i'm here, and then let me have at it. One of the bands they manage is doing a small acapella tour in September and then a much larger full ensemble tour in December. So Julia wanted me to start researching advertising and press opportunities for the September tour, because these are all places the baebes (The mediaeval baebes is the name of the band--they are great) haven't been yet. I started that, but it was really only two main areas I need to research and as I started looking around I found some places where I could post the event online myself through radio station websites without having to go through much hassle. So Julia told me to go ahead and do it. Why not? She had me write up a couple blurbs about the various shows, she looked over them, and then had me post them. After that I started researching some areas that the baebes aren't actually touring in in september, but areas that they are lacking contacts on their database. After that I took my lunch break. Julia told me about all the different things that are in the area and I settled on Chinese food. I miss chinese. Everything here is sandwiches and Indian food for quick lunches. So it was a nice change of pace. Oh PS it was HOT. It IS hot. Seriously hot. And they don't really believe in air conditioning here. I mean its bearable, but only because I refuse to wear pants or jeans. And its sunny, so its also quite nice. Getting a nice little tan :).
Anyways. I get back from picking up lunch and I come into the office to eat it and Julia and I chat a little bit while I eat. Then I kind of go outside on our balcony (our office is this cute little rooftop office...I'll have to take a picture of it sometime when I have a camera again...womp womp). After taking a nice little break I come back in and Julia sits me down to teach me how to do the merchandise and inventory stuff for them. So I file all of the orders that Claire (who is not in because her computer has been fried so she is taking it to the mac doctor) had printed but not yet filed yet. Then I print out all the new orders and invoices and file them accordingly and then I make note of all the pre-orders for the baebe's upcoming album because the people who have bought these packages will have their names published at some point on something. Then I do the accounting for all the new orders and the tickets using the paypal system set up. Here is the kicker, for all of those who are familiar with me, I GET TO USE EXCEL TO DO THIS. Not only do I get to use Excel, I got to update the formulas for the spreadsheet AND as I create new ticketed events for the December tour, I GET TO RECONFIGURE IT AGAIN. fjaw;ieofh;aoie;fef. I am so excited. Anyways, after I did this I was pretty much done for the day. I headed home, went to the gym, went grocery shopping with Jen, and then made dinner and went to bed.
The second day of work was yet another learning experience. Claire's computer was being nursed back to health so I would see her Wednesday, so it was just Julia and me again. I came in and started off on the database that I had started updating the day before. I checked the ticket and merch orders. I had packed two merch oders yesterday to ship out but there were no new ones. There were a bunch of ticket sales, but Julia said I could wait until tomorrow and just do the accounting for all of those at the same time. So I kept doing the research. I took a break for lunch, and then Nick Marsh, one of the artists the company manages dropped by. He is launching a new album in September so he came by with the demo for it. Julia had me print up a press release for the album while Claire emailed her the list of press contacts this demo was to go out to. I finished with the release and then packed envelopes with the album and the release and then Julia showed me how to print address labels from an excel spreadsheet (amazing) and then she took me down to the post office. We mailed off the merch orders from yesterday as well as the 50 copies of the album--called A Universe In Between in case anyone is interested. Julia showed me which credit cards to use for which artists and whatnot so I would know how to mail the stuff out myself in the future. When we got back we did a little bit more work. But around 4:20 she decided we had done enough for the day and we should end early. But There was no going home. Oh no. She decided it was time to end early and go out for drinks. :) This is my kind of boss. She took me to this pub right near the tube station where I catch the tube back home and bought me a couple coronas. HAHAHA CORONA. I haven't had a corona since I left the states. It was actually really nice. This pub looks like a house from the outside, a pub on the inside, and then has this BEAUTIFUL multi-floor wooden back porch with a ton of seating. So we went out on the back porch to the top and sat out there and just talked for a while. We talked about how she got into the music management business, some of the tours she has gone on, her visits to the states, my time in London, what I've done here, what my future might hold, our hobbies, etc. It was really nice. When I left I went to PIcadilly Circus and joined Erin, Shahar, Erin's co-intern Mike, and his friend for a quiz night at another pub (we decided we were going to emulate the British working crowd). Well, it was British trivia, so we failed miserably, but the guy gave us a free round of drinks for being good sports. We also got to watch the Spain Portugal game, so I was happy. Then I headed home for the day.
The other slightly interesting/weird thing that happened yesterday:
So earlier I wrote about this polish guy I had gone on a date with and then decided I no longer wanted to see ever again. So I just never called him back. And when he picked me up I just never picked up the phone. Well the thing is he never quite stopped calling. He will still give me a ring at least once or twice a day... or he did until yesterday. I stress now that I never picked up the phone or responded to a text in any way shape or form. Now, 4 weeks later, I would think that he would have gotten the hint. So anyways, yesterday he called while I was at work and, of course, I didn't pick up. So then a little while later I get a text from him. So I decide to skim it. I didn't actually read the whole of it, but let's just say it was a very strongly worded text in which I THINK he tried to say I was a gold digger....though I'm not exactly sure how he came to that conclusion from our one date on which I tried my hardest to pay for my half of the meal... but yah. I'm pretty sure he told me I was a horrible person and then ended the text with "bitch." So dear Arti (I refuse to text back because I really just don't wanna go there): I'm not sure why you think I'm a gold digger or a horrible person, because its not like I told you I was going to meet up with you and then didn't. I never promised you anything. And PS--YOU are the 30 year old man pursuing a 20 year old who is only here for 6 more weeks...hmm...I wonder what your intentions are. Kthanksbyeeee.
Radhi
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