Well, it happened again. The orchestra went back into the studio to record a new track and things went awry. It started off well, and everyone was getting along. But at some point Drumputer started yelling into one of the overhead mics something about “do you even know what a downbeat IS? I’m just looking for one @%!#* downbeat in this whole #%*!&#^ tune!” At first, we weren’t even sure who he was yelling at, but then we all saw him focusing his robotic laser arm beam at LowFreq Lucas in the bass booth.
Apparently, LowFreq was pushing the quarter note a little too much in the double-time section, and Drumputer was feeling it more laid back. To make matters worse, Drumputer’s CPU fan started to squeal and freeze up, which caused a small amount of smoke to escape from his heat sink, so we had to shut him down and drive him to Best Buy. And if you’ve ever had to load a 700 lb. drumbot into the back of a minivan, you know how that goes. So we had to scrap the whole session. Once they finally got him powered up, he got all worked up about needing to “turn off notifications” and was subsequently arrested for using an M2 MacBook as a floor tom.
Of course the string section wasn’t complaining. Last I heard, they all went to Digicello’s pad for a two-day smoke break.
