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Last week I spent a couple days in New Orleans covering an event called “BIG TUNE.” Music Producers compete in a head to head battle based off crowd participation. These guys were very talented. Several times through the event I found myself bouncing along, bobbing my head, and throwing my hand in the air. It was a very cool event.
The above photo is the winner of the event ”Ill Gamez is Hannibal the Beat Animal.” His stuff was so epic. The runner up was a producer by the name of “SkyScrapa.” I really couldn’t decide who I liked more, however they both move on to the finals and the definitely deserve to. The first night I was there I spent around 4 hours shooting the promos for each producer. They would pick 4 shots of each producer and display them on flat screens while each one battled each other.
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145 votesvote as favoriteRed Bull has some insane deadlines, which are fine however they require me to stay awake all night to be able and finish on time. Casey (Red Bull Rep) would go over all the raw photos and pick the top 15 out. Then after raw processing I would edit the jpeg and upload them to Red Bull. I would stay up editing while she would write overviews for the event. Red Bull put us up in the W hotel on the 17th floor. Great view, cool people, limitless Red Bull, incredible food, and LOTR while I edit….one of the funnest jobs I have ever done. I got to hang out with my good friend Pascal, who brought along his friend Lindsey. Some of you may or may not know him. He played bass for As Cities Burn and was undoubtably one of my favorite musicians to watch perform. Not only that but he’s remained a good friend over the past 7 years. It was great running into him again. After the 2nd night I finished editing as the sun was coming up. I met Casey in the lobby and we were off for the airport.
This is where my day went downhill. I am dead tired, but I know I can rest on my flight. I always sleep through my flights. Going through Security this is the 1st time on ANY flight I have had my face wash and toothpaste thrown away. On over 60 flights! I shake it off and go to the plane. I fall asleep immediately and wake up to everyone standing in the isle. I figured we had landed at our destination. About this time the Pilot comes on the com….”Ladies and gentlemen this is your captain speaking, it appears we have something hanging from the wing. It appears to be tape, we are gonna check it out and we’ll be on our way soon.” The entire plane started muttering and cracking jokes “Oh thank God the wing is being held on by tape.” I mean really pilot? You told everyone you thought it was tape? He comes back on the com about 30 min later and says that it was some “hydraulic” part or something, however it needed to be fixed before the plane could fly. Everyone became uneasy as reality set in…mulling over what could’ve happened if that ground crewmen hadn’t spotted this part dwindling from the wing. The pilots apparently missed it on their walk around of the plane or it fell off as we were taxi’ing. Either way, we were all just relieved to be getting off the plane.
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As we walked back in through the gate, we asked the attendant “What’s going on, what do we do?” The only reply we got was a hastily “Just follow the person in front of you….” Are you serious? That is all the direction/explanation we get? Some of the passengers got in one line, half got in another line, then some others made their way back out through security. Finally someone came on the intercom and told everyone on that flight to go get back in line at the Delta counter. Why couldn’t they just tell as this as we were de-boarding? So there I am, back in line behind a couple hundred people. After hours of waiting I never saw a SINGLE agent or representative come out and explain, apologize, or offer assistance. The only thing they did was walk through the line once and ask if there was anyone NOT on that plane, then they got to go to the front of another line. So glad Delta were convenient to them and not us. So finally I got a new plane ticket which left at 5pm….keep in mind I was originally supposed to land in LA at 3pm. The lady gave me $14 to use at the airport for food as I was waiting. $14 only usable at the airport really put me to comfort after we almost took off in a broken plane. By the time we took off I was so tired. I still hadn’t slept. I finally got to LAX and wouldn’t you know…my bag doesn’t show up. I go check with Delta who says “Oh yeah no worries, your bag is on another flight. It will be here in 1 1/2 hours.” Yes no worries at all Delta…thank you. They said, “We can deliver your bag at no charge. Just pick your bag off the chart.” Skimming through the chart they have ever picture of a bag possible, except for a Pelican case…..At this point I started laughing. Do you ever get so mad that you laugh? One crazy coincidence after the other? I just said, “forget it, I am going to wait on my bag so you don’t bring me the wrong case.” So i sat at the airport until it finally arrived and took a bus back to my car. It was the worst flying experience I have ever had. Delta’s customer service is terrible. Thanks for making my day so memorable.
All in all, I would rather go through those inconvenience’s 1000 xs or deal with those rude people, if that meant living and getting one place to the other safely. For that I smile and am extremely grateful for.
Thank you Red Bull, all the Producers, and Casey. Thanks for all your help and advice!
Hope everyone is doing well.
Don’t fly Delta.
Cale Glendening
