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Greg takes a moment with the audience...

Now, following our successful showcase in Sweden, we were off to Copenhagen, joined by Mike Downey, and conducted another evening VIP seminar for our top Flash/Web/Design Agency clientel. This particular event was held near the old docks, in a rather out-of-the way place...but it's evidently a new hot-spot in Copenhagen, and indeed, the venue was Swanky! Ultra-cool, with awesome mood lighting, and a really great vibe for giving presentations. The evening was also a great opportunity to meet face-to-face with the 'creme of the crop', and really chat about their needs and current workflows for content delivery (in all forms)...

Set-up with mood lighting (and SMSing, of course)

Connecting with the crowd

Hangin' with Stefsull after the preso

On the previous evening (and despite the rain), Mike, Greg, Stephanie and I went out for dinner and followed that with a trip to one of Greg's old haunts (Mr. Rewis lived in Denmark for a number of years). It was here that Mike and he began doing some experimenting with the G9, and got some very cool shots. Granted, the Guinness and Carlsberg (did I mention it was a pub? lol) may have 'slightly' affected some of the photos...but a good time was indeed had by all!

Evangelists Unite!

A toast to Kobenhavn!

Day two in Copenhagen saw us, once again, presenting at the Cinemaxx theatre to a fully-packed crowd (over 350 people!). To put it simply...Greg and I were ON FIRE! Oh yeah. We actually re-tooled a bit of the preso, and it just blew them AWAY! I also gave a few sneaks of the materials I've been working on with Johnny Encore & the Acrobats, and this too got a raucous applause (and many questions as to, "Just who is Johnny Encore?" Stay Tuned!).

But who could forget the night before? Post-VIP, the evening would find us going into town to see a recording artist that I've worked with in the past (actually, I mastered their first album, last year)...Chip Hanna & the Berlin Three
Their music is a unique mixture of old-time country, blues, and punk...really, more like "Electric Bluegrass" (or 'Cowbilly', as guitarist Tex Morton told me). They were playing at a place called Stengade 30, so we took this opportunity to check them out and take in the scene; meanwhile, Mike took some amazing shots. We stayed for the whole gig, and wound up hangin' with the Band and crew until the wee hours...keeping in mind, of course, that we had to rock the house ourselves the next day...;) But as mentioned, the next day DID rock!! Ahh...the evangelist life, eh?

Chip Hanna & The Berlin Three

By the light of the stage...

Jase & Greg, diggin' the scene


Backstage with Chippy, the Berlin Three, and the gang...

If you want to check out (or purchase) any of their records, you can also visit iTunes. Their self-titled debut is the one that I mastered. It's awesome, the music simply kicks, and the individual performances of bassist Valle, guitarist Tex and drummer Andy (along with Chip himself) are simply first-rate. This is some SERIOUS pickin', and the bass and drum parts are some of the tightest and most-wicked I've ever heard!! Check them out!

This is one seriously long post...PHEW!...so following Copenhagen, we flew (on Saturday morning) to Munich, to present at a Promo weekend for our top freelancers in Germany. Coming from all different backgrounds (ie, print, web, video) and areas of expertise, Greg, Mike and I gave them several hours of presos on "how to present CS3...and beyond" and some demonstrations of Production Premium, Flex Builder, AIR and another sneak of Thermo (as previously shown in Stockholm). Held at a wonderful out-of-town hotel in Bad Aibling, it was a quick *in and out*, but everything was extremely well received and appreciated, and this gave us yet another opportunity to interface directly with ALL of our top freelancers from the region, share stories, share pain points, talk about messaging, and further continue the relationship building process. Quite simply, a great weekend, and thanks to everyone who attended (and to our own Adobe colleagues for inviting us!)

And that brings us to the end of this post. As I sit, I'm currently in the Munich airport, waiting to depart for Helsinki, as tomorrow will find us conducting another VIP seminar in the afternoon, with the full seminar the following day. Oslo awaits...

So, until next time...

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