My Music Video

[ZeBeeDee]

First off, check the help sections and tutorials here

Or you could just as easily call Sky and ask them to supply you with another USB wireless dongle

[A4000_Mad]

Thanks ZeBeeDee

I was on the phone to sky for 2 hours but they couldn't sort anything out. A USB dongle which works fine with XP Pro on my tower, won't work with the old XP Home Edition version on my laptop. I think I'll have to upgrade the laptop to XP Pro.

[bloodline]

motorollin wrote:

bloodline wrote:
My new MBP arrives next week :-)

I've been thinking about setting all the free Amiga gear I got recently, selling my MacBook, and seeing if that's enough to get a new MB with my student discount :idea:

First post with my new MBP :-)

Trackpad takes a little getting used to... but a brilliant machine :-)

[motorollin]

So what's it like? I also found the new trackpad a bit strange, but I could see its benefits.

[bloodline]

Overall, the machine is a work of art... It's not going to appeal to everyone. It is stupidly powerful, and you can forget it's a laptop... All 3D games I could throw at it, ran perfectly.... As a Logic machine (my main use) it is faultless... I can't thnk of a better music machine...

Any other questions?

[A4000_Mad]

bloodline wrote:
Any other questions?

I would be interested to know what spec it is?

i.e. Ghz, RAM, HHD, USB, Firewire, DVDwriter etc etc

Also interested to know how your music is going? (and if you have any more pix of the girls?  :-D)

[bloodline]

2.8 Ghz Dual Core CPU.

4Gig DDR3 RAM.

320Gig HDD @7200rpm

FireWire 800.

Nvidia 9400 and 9600 GPUs

15.4" display.

Standard dual layer DVD burner.

[smerf]

Hi,

I hope you don't get to angry at me for this critique but the whole video lacked color, there was no story line to this video, I just didn't get it, the person singing it had an eerie voice and the one poor guy looked like he had not seen a barber in at least 10 years. The back ground music sounded good though, and the drummer was excellent. On a scale of 1 to 10 I would rate this video at a 4 that is just one point above Madonna, I think you should take a good look at Mariah C. videos, now there is a video that I could watch all day, I love her commercials and would rate her a definate 10. Sorry I just thought you should know that this video needs some color, and by all means get a new lead singer, he would do great singing for a mag called the haunted house or eerie, but as a professional singer he just doesn't have it

smerf



all in all bearable, I suffered through it twice.

[bloodline]

@Smurf

I welcome your comments. The look was intentionally black and white and flickery, as we were trying to copy the style of old science fiction movies...

The story line was something that is hard to convey in 5 minutes... I felt the director did a good job... But then I know the plot, so I'm at an advantage here.

When it comes to singers, I guess you either love them or hate them... I can't stand Amy Winehouse, for example... but there are some people in this world who believe she can sing... and then go and buy her records... it is a crazy world!

I'm glad you were able to enjoy at least some part of the song/video... after all, that's why I made it :-)

[Lorraine]

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[motorollin]

Lorraine wrote:
Well I've just watched this a few times now and I was thinking about posting quite a few things about the video. But then I looked at some of the other posts and the familiarity of the posters and thought since I've not been here very long it probably wouldn't mean as much coming from me.

I don't know how bloodline feels about that, but I disagree. I will hopefully be releasing my album in the not too distant future, and I don't really care about the opinions of people who know me very well. Their opinions will be based on a reaction along the lines of "wow, this person we have known for a long time has created this thing which we didn't know about!" rather than judging it purely on the basis of the music. Therefore people who don't know you as well (or at all) are more useful as judges of the quality of your work IMO.

[bloodline]

Moto is right, I'm terms of critique it is better (though often more unpleasant) to get the POV of outsiders/strangers.

But for me, I just want people to enjoy it... I am afterall just an entertainer, my job is to entertain. If people don't like what I do then I have to adapt to their needs, the audience shouldn't have to come to me... In an ideal world we would meet half way, but in reality no one needs what I create, so I have to create something that they want, even if they don't need it and I don't like it.

[Speelgoedmannetje]

motorollin wrote:
I don't know how bloodline feels about that, but I disagree. I will hopefully be releasing my album in the not too distant future, and I don't really care about the opinions of people who know me very well. Their opinions will be based on a reaction along the lines of "wow, this person we have known for a long time has created this thing which we didn't know about!" rather than judging it purely on the basis of the music. Therefore people who don't know you as well (or at all) are more useful as judges of the quality of your work IMO.

This is really stated from a British POV. Dutch ppl are way much more direct (sometimes too direct IMHO)
So, you can rely on my and Odin's opinions stated here. :-)

[the_leander]

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Dutch ppl are way much more direct (sometimes too direct IMHO)
So, you can rely on my and Odin's opinions stated here. :-)

Ain't that the truth!  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[motorollin]

bloodline wrote:
Moto is right, I'm terms of critique it is better (though often more unpleasant) to get the POV of outsiders/strangers.

But for me, I just want people to enjoy it... I am afterall just an entertainer, my job is to entertain. If people don't like what I do then I have to adapt to their needs, the audience shouldn't have to come to me... In an ideal world we would meet half way, but in reality no one needs what I create, so I have to create something that they want, even if they don't need it and I don't like it.

I can totally see where you're coming from. But my album is selfish. It's for me. If other people like it then great. If it means something to somebody somewhere, or in any way makes somebody think about what I've written, then wonderful. But I'm not prepared to adapt it to the audience. I don't care if it's not successful ;-)

[motorollin]

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
This is really stated from a British POV. Dutch ppl are way much more direct (sometimes too direct IMHO)
So, you can rely on my and Odin's opinions stated here. :-)

Yes, British people tend to be over-polite. I really don't understand it. I suppose it comes down to not wanting to hurt people's feelings. But if somebody is seeking a genuine, honest opinion then I think it's more disrespectful to lie for the sake of their feelings than it is to give your honest opinion.

So I look forward to your opinions of my album - if I ever finish it!