// February 24th, 2009 // No Comments » // Video
So I was working on this video which required me to rock out awesome-style in Rockband… I put my camera on it’s little tripod thing on my piano, which i guess was shaking ’cause I was rocking out too awesomely. Then it plummeted to the floor… so you can see the aftermath.
I do want to point out 3 things though:
1) My stick twirling is awesome
2) I was obviously going to wreck that song
3) I’m an idiot.
// February 20th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Video
Gretchen holding my new camera rig. Fun fun!
// February 19th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Other
So these two pianists wrote and arranged 3 pieces based on the themes and music from Star Wars. I’m linking the first of the three. I believe they either currently attend Juliard, or recently went there. Anyway, this one is really great, based mostly on the cantina music from Episode IV. I love hearing how they weave in the different themes. Man, and they’re so good at piano too, let’s not forget that. And they play so well together! Man!
I’ve counted at least 5 different themes woven in there, and that’s just my casual-fan Star Wars ear talkin’. My favorite? Around 2:51, remember that one? Good times! How many can you catch?
// February 18th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Music, Video
Back in the summer I wrote a few instrumental pieces / snippets and this was one of them. I had originally envisioned it being a throwback RPG fight song, except with real / rock instruments. I ended up opting for that synth trumpet sound for the lead because it sounded retro like from back in the old Final Fantasy games.
Listening to it on its own was fine and dandy, but I decided I should try to sync it to some RPG fight video to see if it holds up. I think it’s a little weird without the sound effects though… if anyone has some RPG fight scenes with only sound FX and no music, I’ll try this again. It kinda works with this FF VII fight scene. I had to edit down the fight scene so it matched the length of the song, but technically the song could be looped as many times as needed… or I could write a C section to it.
Then when Jabarie heard the song he said it sounded more like the intro to an anime, so I decided to try that out too. I wanted to do my favorite anime, Mai Hime, but the intro was too cutesy and not action-y enough for the music. So I went with this Code Geass intro. It syncs up surprisingly well. I had to cut out some parts of it to make it fit the length of the song, and I letterboxed it to cut out the translation of the original theme music, ’cause it was a little distracting.
Part of me still wants to hear this song with the lead synth trumpet line as a lead guitar solo. Anyway, leave a comment, let me know what you think!
// February 17th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Uncategorized
I noticed on TV now that the movie previews have text in the letterboxing. From a marketing standpoint I guess it makes sense. Why have empty space on the screen when you can fill it up with the information you want the viewers to absorb. But I just find it distracting and kinda like… I dunno, amateurish looking? I took a screen shot with my phone, not so good, but I’m sure you know what i’m talking about.
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