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Winnie the pooh – psychoanalized
by Joe! Posted in Pics | 1 Comment »
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Archive for July, 2010
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Jul
How To Write A Song!
by Jayme Posted in JaymeGutierrez, Music | 4 Comments »Hello to all of you who are interested in writing music!
I have decided that I am going to do a blog about the writing and recording of my next song, starting now!
Firstly I need some inspiration..
Anyway, seeing as my job/life, at the moment, is pretty uninteresting, it’s hard to feel inspired to write about anything because nothing stands out. That always seems to be the hard part; finding something to inspire me.
I like to have an idea of what the song is going to be about, so that I can then write the piece to better fit the idea. There are lots of different ways to do this…
Sometimes I’ll find the inspiration by simply playing the piano and singing made up words that don’t make sense, simply daydreaming and thinking about all sorts of things. Then I’ll stumble upon a word, melody or chord progression that makes me feel a certain way about something, giving me an idea on what to write about. This process is very unpredictable and unreliable if I have deadlines to meet, because it can take ages.
However, by doing this every day and not having any deadlines, I often come up with lots of musical ideas that may come in handy for future songs.
Another way, that is also unreliable for deadlines but very easy, is when something happens in my life that just simply inspires me.
And then there’s forcing it out…
This way sucks and is hard to do! I find that I’m able to find ideas of what to write about, but when I try to force a song I usually lose interest from lack of motivation and enthusiasm. A really good way to get motivation is to find someone that maybe underestimates me, or is simply unaware of my capabilities, that way I feel more motivated because I’m then trying to prove myself by impressing them.
Now, I know that sounds pretty bad but it’s just as motivating as competing against someone. So I’m only using it for motivation purposes, to get a job done. The reason for writing the song can be completely different!
Thanks to playing the piano a lot and coming up with little snippets I have a small library of ideas to choose from, without having to come up with something new every time. For this blog I’m going to use one of those bits..
As for words; luckily I have an idea of what I want to write this particular song about.
I’m going to write about silly arguments, you know, the ones that don’t mean anything but can do damage if you don’t realize how stupid they are.
So.. I now have a musical idea and an idea for the words! The next step is to come up with the structure of the song, before I start recording.. So, I’m off to the studio to do that and I’ll let you all know how I get on!
..stay tuned!
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Jul
Youtube Corrupts Video!?
by Jayme Posted in Videos | No Comments »O.k so this is pretty weird and annoying…
Just recently my “Loop Soup Explanation Video” has started making a clicking noise! The video plays fine on a resolution of 480p and 240p but not 360p. So the 360p resolution seems to be corrupt! The only thing is that I don’t think there is a way to contact Youtube to let them know that the file is corrupt. So I don’t think that I will be able to fix it! How crap is that!? It used to play fine!
The only other explanation that I can think of is that I don’t have the latest updates, but I have had no problem watching other videos.
..annoying.
29
Jul
Jul
the Jayme-G Show Pilot
by Joe! Posted in Videos | 4 Comments »
Here is the long awaited Pilot Episode! (part 1) We’ll be uploading the next part every 2 weeks – as the man is about to tell you… It’s so great that we can finally show everyone! Enjoy…
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
29
Jul
Jul
Jayme-G Comic strip number #2!
by the Really Short One Posted in Rie-G Comics | No Comments »
Hello! This is my first ever post and hopefully not my last. I bring you all a new Jayme comic strip! Well, it´s more of a comic skit than a strip. Still, enjoy!
The Really Short One
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How to recover the main menu bar in Maya
by Joe! Posted in Video Editing | No Comments »
Joe! here… I’ve been working a lot with Maya in our videos recently, and came across a few hiccups; due to the fact it has more buttons than the baddie on Coraline it is very easy to hit one by mistake.
How to recover the Timeline in Maya – This was one of my first questions, the answer I found was going to Display/UI Elements and then ticking the Timeline View tab.
How to recover the Main Menu bar in Maya! – was my next big question; a sort of catch 22 question seeing as in order to recover the bar, you need to have the bar…
However there is a simple keyboard shortcut; ctrl+M. Done! That easy!
Hope this helps all you aspiring Maya users like myself!
Joe!
