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rockfenris2005 02:36 pm UTC 10/24/10 |
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> > It was a strange time. From our second to fourth > yearsof > > high school we had to pick our own subjects so I picked > > all the best ones in the first two years and left all the > > bad tones till last, which was a pretty stupid thing to do > > but I was an impulsive kid who didn't think. So I got to > > the point where I had to pick my subjects for my fourth > > year, and I didn't want to pick the ones I didn't want to > > do. I said, they couldn't make me, and I didn't pick them, > > period. > > Next year, the subjects are on my time table so I went > > ahead with one of them, reluctantly, but couldn't find the > > class room for the other one (my high school was enormous) > > so I just didn't go. I got comfortable with not going and > > the days turned into weeks and the weeks turned into > > months. And because I would have been sprung if they > > noticed me in the library all the time, I locked myself up > > in the toilet block and wrote. > > > > So Adam and I are in the computer rooms one day and this > > teacher, his name was McKinnon and he had a Scottish > > accent, and we all used to impersonate him. He approached > > me when there was about four weeks of the semester to go. > > And he said "come over here, I need to speak with you, > > sonny." "Yes, sir?" and he said "I know your dirty little > > secret." > > And I was, like, 0_0 > > > > And then it fully hit me, and I was like "Ah, fuck!" > > > > Don't ask me how I got out of it. There were so many > > insane rebels in my high school, and even THEY are > > astonished by this story. And I was so polite and > > generally got good grades and got along with the > > teachers. > > They knew you were a very talented student, that's why you > got away with it in my opinion (the most talented students > always do) I'm sure you'd describe the whole experience as > one big adventure, that you learnt a lot from. Another > good place to write is on a quiet hill top, looking out > over a nice scenic view. It enhances your creativity, but > all writers are different. :-) > > When I started my novel earlier this year (I’m actually half-way through at the moment and it's taken me this long, but it's been amazing) I said I was going to travel around and write a different chapter in a different destination. I didn't end up doing that. It was just, computer, computer, computer! But when I print it out and do the handwritten version, I think I'll travel round then, that way I will always have a memory of a particular place linked with each chapter. > > Next year will be my 9th year of at least reading Rockman. > > God, I feel old now. And that's strange, because I feel > > very young sometimes because almost everybody from high > > school has actually achieved something in their lives, and > > here I am trying to make my writing real. > > You have to be persistent Ryan, you'll get there in time > if you keep trying. I know you'll never quit anyway. > > I’m getting there, I hope. It was 2 years ago, Adam and I decided to just do the musical together. 10 years ago when I began it, Adam was going to write the music but we went our separate ways creatively for a while...until we reunited. And Adam's been working on the music ever since, but it's so much more! He's been like a guardian constantly watching over the process saying "that doesn't work, that needs to be better, that needs to be changed, do this, do that, and if you really don't agree with me, fine, but I still think it’s wrong," and he has been RIGHT ALMOST EVERY TIME. 2 years ago, we showed the demo to our drama teacher from our old high school & she was very impressed and she wanted to do a concert THERE. I called her in January 09 as agreed and she never answered. Turns out she'd been on a trip in Turkey the whole time and hadn't told us. And we thought she'd lost interest. She was very proud that we'd tried other options but that was such a draining experience, and it would take me ages to repeat that story. But we met with a fellow in February this year and that was like, that was like Jim & Meat meeting with Todd and he was like, "Oh I get it, I get it, let’s do this." That's what it was like. And he said to us, at first, "Just think about all the options you have," and when we got nowhere with that, he said, "I think we can get away with putting it on at the theatre next year." Now we're waiting to hear the outcome of our grant. If we get it, it'll be done next year, both the 10th anniversary of the play and the theatre, which would be AWESOME. And if not, well, who knows... > > I still remember that night at the Railway in 05. I was > > the guest act for a Meat Loaf impersonator who appeared on > > Channel Nine’s "Starstruck". > > At one point in that performance and I don't know if it > > ever got captured on the recording, I heard an AUDIBLE SOB > > from one of the audience members. It was incredible. I > > just remember feeling so powerful and IN CHARGE singing > > that song. It was the most glorious feeling. > > That's power! I would have loved to see that performance > live myself. Was it recorded on camera? and is that the > same impersonator that you cast in one of your musical? > > > > I closed it all down. That was something I wanted to do > > when I left high school, produce my shows but I just > > didn't have money and in the end people weren't taking me > > seriously, especially when I would mention all these plans > > that never ended up happening, simply because I was > > inexperienced, or they weren't good, or I couldn't get any > > help from anybody in the community. Not many people here > > ever really helped me. They didn't want to have anything > > to do with me because what I do is actually new and not > > yet another revival of "Camelot". > > I still have a website for my play and my book, but that's > > all there is. I just don't want to over-promote anything > > until it's all there & it's happening. > > You are being very wise Ryan, but I personally hope to see > "Radical Wizardry" up and running in the near future. > Money is always a massive obstacle to overcome, but if you > can mix with the right people who knows what could > happen. > I do not know if Radical Wizardry will ever be back, maybe one day ;-) but I know Adam and I have talked about EPIPHYWOTT'N PRODUCTIONS, LOL. Yeah, that's what we say every time we come up with an idea, "OOOOOH, I’ve just had an EPIPHYWOTT’N!" "Don't you mean an EPIPHANY?????" | |
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