A good start

After a slow December, I had four commercial auditions this week, which is a nice way to start the new year. And they all went pretty well. No farmers, lumberjacks, firefighters or longshoremen. Just a daytrader, an insurance agent, a wedding guest and a spokesman.

This morning's was particularly interesting. The clients were attending and one of them came out and said hi and called me by name. He said I was in their campaign last year, which I have no recollection of doing! I went back and looked through my records and can't figure out when I did it, though there are a couple of possibilities. Sometimes it's not at all clear who you're doing a job for. And companies and their products can go by various names -- not to mention all the other parties involved (ad agencies, production companies, studios, etc).

So then I thought, duh, google it. And there I am right on the home page of their website! And yes, my glasses are pulled down on my nose kinda funnily -- I think they wanted them to look like "readers." That does ring a slight bell with me. But that is a good sign, I suppose -- if I was so busy last year that I can't keep all this straight.

Crazy. So I'm guessing even though the guy was really glad to see me and liked my look, they probably wouldn't want to use me again so soon. On the other hand, they're doing both print and video, so who knows?