Myachi...oh, she says he's just a friend...

Didn’t even know that I feel asleep when I did, but woke up and got ready to leave with Kathy at 9:30 for the office.  There’s some construction on the road, but it’s a pretty straightforward way to get to work.  It’s not too bad, though.  Anyways, we found the place as David told me, and it wasn’t as I expected.  Mr. Burke said that CAK was a good company and he made it seem that they had this luxurious place.  However, it’s a warehouse and the site of another company that David is involved in – Myachi Industries.  Myachi is a product that was developed by Steve Ochs, and is similar to a hacky-sac, but it’s flat.  You can play it with your hands and feet, but the only rule is that you can’t use the palms of your hands.  It’s pretty interesting to see it in action, and it’s a big craze among young boys ages 7-11.  Apparently it’s been around for about 10 years, and I think David said its through the product that I’ll learn about licensing, merchandising, etc.  Today David had me work on a song split sheet compliation.  CAK bought two record studios: Cold Chillin’ Studio and Songs of Marl (Marley Marl) Studio.  There are a list of songs that are on each excel sheet, and I went through to determine which percentage of the profits went to each company, and combined it onto one master sheet.  This way, we know which songs CAK owns, partially owns, etc. For the weekend, David asked me to google the songs that were without artists listed and record them for the next step.  This is an interesting project for me because many of the artists listed are old school hip hop/rap artists that I'm not familiar with.  I youtubed some of the songs, including Roxanne Shante's Bite This.  There are a couple artists that are on these lists that are more big name: Biz Markie and LL Cool J.  Biz Markie is famous for his song Just a Friend and well, LL Cool J is still around doing his thing in film.  

I also got my car today, this lovely, ginormous SUV, which, I found out, is owned by David's father-in-law, Charles A. Koppelman, the very prominent public figure.  I better be gentle with this sucker! 
This weekend is definitely needed for me to adjust to everything up here.  I think being away from everyone is taking a toll on me more than I expected, but I'm going to have to suck it up and deal with it.  I'm eager to see where these projects are leading, so keep reading!