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A Conversation with Annie Gallup (continued)
PM: Part of the tapestry of life--and I'm kind of interested in it with my songwriter friends and interview subjects these days--would you mention what else it is you might do to pay the bills, and between gigs? I think it's good for songwriters to hear that.
AG: Yeah. Well, I have a lot of visual art background. And I've always done some illustration. But at the moment I have a wonderful freelance illustration job. I am illustrating medical products, orthopedic implants. I'm doing hip stems, shoulders, knees, trauma products.
PM: Trauma products, a lovely phrase.
AG: Yeah. Like the plates that repair broken legs, and the screws that hold them in place.
[laughter]
AG: I've just started this in the last couple years.
PM: And it's a good gig, right?
AG: It's a wonderful gig. I like the visual world, and I'm learning a lot of skills on the computer that are useful to me for promotional things and graphics.
PM: Right. So some of those programs that you've come upon for this other work are--is it like Corel or--
AG: Photoshop is the main one. Yeah, the man that I work for sent me to the Community College in Ann Arbor to learn Photoshop, which was a brilliant move for both of us.
PM: Well, that's always been part of your story, to learn how to do things. You've entered quite a few different areas, in your time. And you're good at learning something new. continueprint (pdf) listen to clips puremusic home
