October 2nd

Dave from the agency calls. The conversation goes like this:

Dave: Hi Jakko. I’ve got some good news and some bad news
Me: Don’t tell me. The bad news is that Morrisons have decided to go with the music from the previous commercial.
D: Err…yes
J: and the good news is that there going to pay me for working on 3 alternatives.
D: In a nutshell

Spend the rest of the morning with Danny Thompson . Danny has been asked by our mutual fiend Jim, to supply music for his next series of ‘Monkey Business’. Jim owns and runs a large and very remarkable Monkey sanctuary in Dorset. The series, which follows the lives of the primates and Jim and his wife’s exploits rescuing apes from around the world, has been a huge success. Jim has now taken over the production and wants brand new music. We discuss approaches and recording options and check our diaries.

When I get home I hear that Play Station need music for their new Eye Toy. They can’t seem to make up their minds and the ad is being broadcast at the weekend. I’m sent a brief and sent some guides. I spend the next day coming up with a couple of new pieces. I then trawl my files for unused pieces supplied to the agency in the past year that might be appropriate.