**Update 3/18/2020**
WE ARE NOW CLOSED FOR RECORDING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. We will still be taking business for mixing projects. Please contact us for any further details
Thank you!
-Kyle
Hello all,
Panic regarding the coronavirus outbreak is unwarranted and completely unhelpful, but not being prepared is arguably worse. Soon, as has already happened in parts of some of our clients' home state of Washington (and around the country), schools have been close here in Puyallup/Tacoma as a mitigation effort, and other measures may be put in place by local governments to encourage "social distancing" to further slow the spread of the virus.
Many of us - certainly those with children with regard to school closures - will have to make adjustments and may have major disruptions to our lives.
And those of us - and I know it's not only me - with family members who are sick with compromised immune systems, must be ever more cautious and vigilant.
But life - and work - must go on, and we are ready to move forward.
As a company, Cold Clock is prepared in two important ways:
For our clients, measures for remote working are already in place. All projects have been moving forward with central coordination. At the moment, there are no facility closures, and no reported sicknesses for on-site personnel; so, with simple precautions in place, meeting for recording/mixing is still a very straight-forward, practical reality.
Our normal jovial handshakes or hugs will be replaced with nods and smiles. Please know this going in: I will, as you certainly will, make every effort not to endanger those I have at home with compromised immune systems.
Further, if and only if meeting for mixes becomes an activity that is deemed risky, then, barring any interruption of internet capabilities in the city, we will be able to produce full premixes and uploads for you to evaluate and send notes, and we can continue to work to produce a mix that will at minimum fulfill broadcast standards.
Cold Clock is promoting material guidance for fighting coronavirus in a calm, community-centered, proactive, thoughtful manner - it's called Be a Barrier, not a Carrier. The material is attached below as a JPG - meant to be shared as widely as possible on social media.
The message is simple: you may be healthy, but others in your community may not be; following simple precautions may help save a life.
As an individual that not only cares about his community, but cares about my at-risk family members at home - and yours - I humbly ask that you share this card on social media, without political or partisan viewpoint, but with the health of our neighbors and friends as your motivation.
Cold Clock believes that as a community we can help slow the spread of the virus with the goal of not overwhelming our health care system, and that consistent messaging - especially to those that are still skeptical about the virus or have not been educated on how it differs dangerously from the flu - can help make that a reality for all communities.
Slight behavioral change is an absolutely essential local need - and I believe that that change can begin with a simple message that can persuade, and that all can agree on.
Thank you so much for your time, and above all, stay healthy!
Thank you,
Kyle - Cold Clock Productions.
