I don’t do parties but decided to do this one. Heston was having a listening party on the roof of the 17 floor William Oliver House downtown for his upcoming CD (Marty engineered and mixed 11 of 14 songs), part of the purpose of which was to do a survey and pick the first single.
The rooftop was full of people, a great turn-out. A lovely environment and nice atmosphere. Cool breeze blowing as we looked over post sunset Atlanta, the pastels fading and the sky canopy turning your Atlanta amber-red purple. A great view of the Capitol and MARTA trains running hither and thither and I spent a while just leaning against the balcony enjoying the view to east and south.
I helped the caterers save some meatballs on the way up in the elevator. Heard an oops and reflexively my arms went out to help grab at whatever was falling. Sauce was on my hands and when I disembarked the elevator at rooftop before I could say a thing there was this woman and then that woman guiding me to where I could clean up. So I felt like I’d done my part toward a successful evening.
Several people had brought their little girls along but no little boys, which H.o.p. doesn’t care about. He was looking all around wondering where Heston’s little girl was and then he found her with several of her friends and he bee-lined over. I passed by every so often to hear the conversation (ages about 7 to 10) and they were each convinced the planes passing high overhead in the night sky were UFOs, so they were all deep into UFO talk. Someone proposed a game of hide and seek, kids began to scatter, were reminded not to run, and off they went to play their game. All extremely well-behaved and polite.
I know a number of media people were present but I haven’t a clue who they were. Met a few other musicians who lent their talent to the CD. Was happy to find Heaven Davis who’d snagged a seat at one of the few tables, and that’s where I ended up settling, smalltalking with the people there and enjoying the view.
We talked about UFOs a little as well, inspired by the kids. Amusing to me as the current few paragraphs I’ve been laboring over the past couple of nights (something else I’m trying to work on) are to do with UFOs, for which reason I spent a good bit of last night looking at the National UFO Reporting Database. But I swear I didn’t steer the talk in that direction. It was the hive of kids of standing along a railing, gazing up at the sky, aching to expand their world with alternate-dimension lights and aliens.
We were given some time to nibble on the food and then at around 9 o’clock the DJ switched over to Heston’s tunes and we listened to five and noted down which would be our top pick, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th for the single.
I’m looking forward to hearing what the top choice was for the single.
This was the first time I’ve met Heston, but it didn’t feel like the first. I’ve been listening to the songs for months now and he’s an individual where listening to his music turns out to be a personal introduction to him. Great vibe. Wonderful energy. I’m impressed with him.
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