Here’s one benefit of the new stem splitter in Logic Pro the audio editing software I use Used to be that when I Wanted to audition if I was auditioning via video which you have to do sometimes if I was gonna audition for a show I had a either record a piano track myself or convince Liam to do it and he often does not want to do it Or find a karaoke track, but now I can take the original Broadway soundtrack Use the stem splitter and Take out the vocals and then record my own vocals.

It’s great And so when I do an audition on video, I had a record one today.

I can just play back a track in my headphones and record myself at the same time and then put it all together on the video and send it in a Friend of mine with whom I’ve appeared in shows and who has directed my daughter in a show Is directing your production if you’re a good man, Charlie Brown, that’s not a show that I’m like fired up about but Being directed by a friend is fun.

And I have other friends going out for it So I won’t be heartbroken if I don’t get it and it’d be fun to know if I do get it I Might be too old to play the characters in peanuts.

However, it’s gonna be an all-adult cast Really?

I want to play one of the adults of the show, but they’re out of the show.

I just want to go Your daily Lex Oh, what if I just do that for the entire rest of this episode, how long would you listen if it was just Like how long would you wait before you skipped ahead To see if that was all the episode was Like if I can scatter them enough, then maybe somebody will skip ahead already and they’ll just keep Encountering those and thinking That’s all I do Anyway, that’s enough of that gag great gag So anyway, I had to submit a video auditions that was fun and Here’s the thing that I like in my life right now my son who is 13 and a half Really likes to do stuff with me, which I think is awesome The things we do the most are we typically have one show that we’re watching at a times currently ed we make music together and We play stuff together.

Currently.

He has obsessed with rock band as I have discussed in various podcasts and We’ve got the pro guitar and a couple pretend guitars and the keyboard and the drums And he loves going through rock band and Liam gets very Goal minded like let’s unlock all the songs in this game We can unlock them all with just a code But let’s unlock them by earning them by doing all these different tours and getting five stars on these songs, whatever else He also separately on his own will work to get five stars on every instrument on every song Which can sometimes mean that he plays the same song 30 times in a row or more And he has he does not get discouraged.

He gets frustrated sometimes like he’s annoyed if he messes up a note like at the last second Oh, it’s not just five times, right?

He wants to get them perfect and so he’ll get frustrated if he misses the note at the last second But he’ll just do it again instantly.

He does not mean it’s never a walk away thing for him He’s just like, all right, let me try that again, which I think is unbelievable What’s funny to me is I play with him a ton If I have a break in my workday for an hour where I have no meeting, I’ll go play with him then great If I finish early, I’ll play with him in between finishing work at a normal time and going to rehearsal.

I’ll play with him But when I can’t play with him, he is so disappointed, which I take as a compliment like today He was hopeful that when I finish work, he’s gonna go take a shower that we could play But today is a very busy afternoon in the Friedman house.

I had to pick up one kid at school him And later, I’ve got to take the other kids Sierra back to school where she has a performance tonight That’s far enough away and late enough times to take her that I’m not gonna come home again And then Liam’s going to do a tour of a different high school and then he and Lord are meeting me at Sierra’s show So it’s like I’m like, hey, we probably won’t have time to play and he’s like really he’s so just he’s so put out Disappointed bummed frustrated angry and I think that’s both hilarious and sweet and in some way negative, right?

I mean, he probably shouldn’t be that disappointed given that we play all the time But again, like I said, I think it’s mostly complimentary.

So I’ll take it also today for the first time in a while a Very long while I published a YouTube video about How I use my Kindle because there was a little bit of discussion I’m asked it on amongst people I like about how people prefer Book readers e-readers with Page turn buttons, whereas I don’t care when our page turn buttons I play with them and turn the pages unintentionally when you have to tap the screen to turn pages I’m a little bit more behaved, but some people really don’t like using those Touch screen controls.

They’re like, well, how do you do it one-handed?

I’m like, I only do it one-handed And so I made a video That was mostly a parody of YouTube videos where I showed how I do it Anyway, the video makes me laugh.

So if you find me on YouTube, you’ll find that video anyway, I hope you were having just the world’s greatest Thursday and Don’t mind me.

I’ll be on a show watching lots and lots of high schoolers sing emotional ballads this evening.

So yeah We’re all winners today Lex You