BEST!

ok, so i went to that meeting at JMC (or the Jupiter Mining Corporation as i like to call them, 10 points if you know what thats from) today about doing 3rd year stuff and jumping straight on in to second semester.

i was pretty nervous about it all, as the woman who i was dealing with is a very serious lady.and really full on.

i sat in the hallway waiting for her, when my old 2rd year lecturer Greg Simmons saw me and so we ended up having a great chat. he teaches some 3rd year stuff, and was able to tell me all about it, understood my situation and told me not to sweat it. he said there should be no problems with doing it, told me some things to tell them which would convince them and even offered to "go in to bat" for me if they arrived before he needed to get to class. he ended up needing to leave, but it was exactly the cheering up i needed.

eventually someone came out to get me who was also going to be in the meeting, and it was my 1st year lecturer, Glen! he was pleased to see me too!

basically the meeting consisted of me, the manager woman and glen. the woman was very serious about stuff, but because glen knew me he was all like "nah man, you'll fit right in and love it, no sweat".

so basically, I'M IN! hooray!

it turns out they've updated everything since i was there last too.
they converted the massive old Euphonix analogue beast into a smaller digital Yamaha unit that contains 92 tracks and is hooked up to a ProTools HD system (kills my home system for sure).

the best thing though?
ALL THE WORK IS NOW COMPLETELY RELEVANT

they've restructured the entire course!

i get to record bands again! i get to try my hand at mixing movies in 5.1 surround sound! i get to have a go at recording sound effects!

heck yes! this is seriously the best thing EVER. you cannot understand how excited by all of this i am.

i had to do some crappy stuff before, but thanks to what what does it mean?

i'll have used (for any gearheads out there):
-ProTools HD (92 channels, yes please)
-Euphonix Analogue desk with 2 inch analogue tape
-all the best outboard effects (mostly fully analogue tube components with a bit of digital)

and everyone else will only have used one or the other! i'm extremely lucky to have this chance and boy and i happy!!

:)