#28, Rainy Day Released

Louis Italian Restaurant, San Francisco Municipal Wharf, San Francisco, California, September ‘07, artistic view.

Rainy Day has been released and received some audience. Coming from a break in making videos sets you inevitably back and your initial audience after the return is smaller than it used to be. This is understandable, a bit of cooling down occurred. Some people left YouTube, as well. However, the numbers of subscribers and friends have increased steadily even though I did not submit anything for a while. Now things are going to pick up again after this fourth release in a short time. The weather is sometimes rainy, sometimes shinny, I got some drizzle during the recording of the last video in San Francisco. Was not quite sure if I end up with something that may be difficult to watch, but that did not happen. Out of a 60 min tape, I managed to get over 6 min of good quality video and most important with a quality sound. Although there were scenes taken with raindrops on the camera lens, I could easily edit those out. And if a sound did not cooperate, a heavy and noisy truck drove by, for example, I substituted this with a good music composed by myself. Actually I spent over a week composing music for this video, and was able to use about ¾ of what was written. The remaining pieces somehow either require some more work or be placed in trash – simply not good enough.
Most of the viewing occurs in the first three days after your release according to YouTube Insight. Majority of viewers come from California, surprise, surprise, some from New York, and a smaller number from other states. Very little from Europe, Australia, or Asia.
Now going back several months ago, as you may recall, I was blocked by somebody from abroad, never learned about the real reason. Now I have been apparently unblocked, so I decided to subscribe again to that YouTube member. The very first thing that is evident is that the videos are now much better there. Will post more details on that subject as soon as something new develops. Yes, a mystery cloud still envelops that story!
Right now I am sitting and composing music for the next video, probably will not make for this weekend, because there is still lots of work to do. No subject for the video has been chosen yet.
Reading more about film scoring, actually I like the subject more and more. You should hear signs of that in my upcoming videos.

Dinner: Turnip strip buns with Spanish extra virgin olive oil (San Gallio), turmeric, curry powder, and cumin. Jasmine tea. Berkeley Farms Bulgarian cultured buttermilk. Roasted peanuts (unsalted). Raw baby carrots. A glass of Carlo Rossi’ white Rhine wine.

Books: Dave Hunter, Play Acoustic, The Complete Guide To Mastering Acoustic Guitar Styles, http://www.backbeatbooks.com, with 2 CDs, ISBN 0-87930-853-2.
Fred Karlin and Rayburn Wright, On The Track, A Guide to Contemporary Film Scoring, 2nd Ed., Routlege, Taylor & Francis Group, http://www.routlege.ny.com, ISBN 0-415-94136-9.
Enya, Amarantine, Piano, Vocal, Guitar, EMI Music Publishing, http://www.halleonard.com, ISBN 1-4234-1431-4.