#34, Moooo, Where Is The Music?

Mooo, North of San Jose, California, April ‘08, artistic view.

Yes it is true, I have no music yet for my next video. Only loose ideas flying over my head and some tiny snippets that I may turn into something musical in the next two to three days. As far as video shooting goes, I probably have enough from similar scenes as in the last video. This one is more or less a test of a new camera, and therefore did not want to go very far just in case I forgot to press one of the switches, or something like that. The weather was not as nice as last time, quite cold, and the sun had lots of blue in it, and much less pleasant yellow and orange. Also there were almost no people around and only cars passing by from time to time. Of course, there were cows as always grazing grass; one of the bulls, #167, came close to me. You see it in the picture above, and after I made a Moooo sound, it came to within several feet of me, apparently to check if I am shooting in 24p or 30p mode! It was 30p; all bulls like quality, then it rejoined the herd. The moving objects are smoother in 30p then they were in 24p, and the movement of leaves in the wind, for example, is now looking very pleasant. Did not have a chance to shoot something moving fast in front of me yet, do not know how it would look like. Whether any of this still remains in the final YouTube version, nobody really knows. Let us post this one and really start to work on music.

Canon web site: http://www.canon.com

#33, Early Evening - Mini Music Video Released

Hills From Early Evening, San Jose, California, April ‘08, artistic view.

Just checked YouTube* Top 100 ranks to figure out who is going up and who is going down. There are changes happening, and some stars of yesterday are slowly disappearing. New people are showing up, some at almost alarming pace. Who is …, you may ask? The staying power of early vloggers is beginning to be tested, and some quite common names up till now are shifting toward an exit. Has YouTube incubated a real star so far? I mean, somebody who really can be called a star? Or, do we have to wait for that moment a bit longer? Is this new medium at all able to pick a star? This, in my humble opinion, has not been answered so far positively.

I tried to avoid using names of YouTube people directly in my blogs, with the exception of my dear subscribers. But starting from now, I am going to spice my blogs a bit and start mentioning them directly. Remember, if I offend somebody, I planned to do just that!
Val from Valsartdiary, the guy from Fox News said you are 30, I always though you were about 17! Isn’t it amazing how you could fool people for such a long time! Your paintings are getting better, truly.
I did release my first mini music video with my own music called Early Evening. For a while I was thinking about it, and even received few suggestions from other YouTube people that it could be a good idea to try just that. So I am trying. It takes a bit to write even a minute of music, so getting a decent length music video is not that straightforward. I may look into using some props for future videos; so far I have not done that. Enjoy writing music a lot, who knows where this can go. It is getting late, and it’s time for a good night of sleep.
Things to read, came in mail yesterday Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 2007 Annual Report. I tend to spend some time on this particular report. Too bad there is no envelope with a big check attached, maybe next year!

Top 100 stars web site: http://www.bkserv.net/YTS/YTTop100.aspx
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.: http://www.berkshirehathaway.com