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usernamenumberSo, wow. Second Shift is over.
Some of you know more than others exactly how much that means to me. There have been times when working on this show has eaten my life, stressed me out, and made me not much fun to be around; times when it's been a 30+ hr/week job on top of my day job and everything else in my life. But I went and fell in love with this story and this team, and I had to make it happen.
And, holy crap, five years and about 24 hours worth of story later, it's DONE. I... have no words. Or too many. I don't know. A labor of love completed feels really, really good.
So, Julia, Andrea and I got together at BCOS and streamed the whole finale while chatting with listeners, and several other cast and crew of the show. We joked, we smiled, lots of people said very nice things, and we cried.
I think one of the most touching things said was something a fan posted shortly before the finale event began, here. It's nothing remarkable on it's face; basically just "Listening to Second Shift and relating to the stories and characters got me through some tough times", but to have meant something like that to one person, and knowing that there are others out there who feel the same way... it makes it all worth it. I am so honored, and so humbled to have been a part of such a great project.
And now, there it is. The whole thing, up on our site for as long as someone cares to pay the bills (though of course, the site's database is malfunctioning right now...). Hopefully people will keep finding it and keep digging it. I know I look forward to re-listening once I've gotten some distance from it. I know it's not perfect. Heck, having worked with the audio as intimately as I have (I did most of the post-production for the show), I think I know more than most just about every flaw in each episode, but damn it, it's got *heart*, and great writing, and some fine acting if I do say so myself.
For now, I'll be happy to just not edit audio for a while. ;)
Some of you know more than others exactly how much that means to me. There have been times when working on this show has eaten my life, stressed me out, and made me not much fun to be around; times when it's been a 30+ hr/week job on top of my day job and everything else in my life. But I went and fell in love with this story and this team, and I had to make it happen.
And, holy crap, five years and about 24 hours worth of story later, it's DONE. I... have no words. Or too many. I don't know. A labor of love completed feels really, really good.
So, Julia, Andrea and I got together at BCOS and streamed the whole finale while chatting with listeners, and several other cast and crew of the show. We joked, we smiled, lots of people said very nice things, and we cried.
I think one of the most touching things said was something a fan posted shortly before the finale event began, here. It's nothing remarkable on it's face; basically just "Listening to Second Shift and relating to the stories and characters got me through some tough times", but to have meant something like that to one person, and knowing that there are others out there who feel the same way... it makes it all worth it. I am so honored, and so humbled to have been a part of such a great project.
And now, there it is. The whole thing, up on our site for as long as someone cares to pay the bills (though of course, the site's database is malfunctioning right now...). Hopefully people will keep finding it and keep digging it. I know I look forward to re-listening once I've gotten some distance from it. I know it's not perfect. Heck, having worked with the audio as intimately as I have (I did most of the post-production for the show), I think I know more than most just about every flaw in each episode, but damn it, it's got *heart*, and great writing, and some fine acting if I do say so myself.
For now, I'll be happy to just not edit audio for a while. ;)
