Monday, October 29, 2012
Sunday, October 28, 2012
ONE LAST SPIN…ONE LAST SPIN…ONE LAST SPIN
VIDEO GRAFFITI my hip-hop video jockey passion for the last
seven years comes to an end. Most of you have never seen my hip-hop videos
mixes, and some never will (since I took most of them offline). I had a blast making them. All of them were
produced live in time, except for the ones that were edited. I made over 500
mixes, and put about 50 online on our youtube channel. The thing I loved most
is having a place to showcase my work that began back in the early 90’s. As a
kid I would stay up late at night and watch Night Flight on USA Network (mid 80’s).
They showcased all types of weird videos from around the world. I was hooked.
When I began djing, I always had trouble visualizing the beat, or even hearing
the break, but when I was able to put the visual music up on two platters I
instantly got it. I loved the
application virtual dj, this opened up worlds to me. Before I got down with
virtual DJ, I was mixing videos live with two vcrs, and a remote control. I
would record the video one-day, then wait for the next day, and remix and
record over the break in the songs. Ah,
those were the days.
I am not
giving up my vj passion, just switching lanes. Now I will capture my own
videos, and mix them with stock footage and beats I produce, or over my
favorite beats by other producers. I have to admit; I am still very salty about
youtube banning me way back in 06-07 era. Back then they were catching a lot of
slack from time warner over copyright infringement, so I got the boot for
remixing videos. I am the reason till this day, that you cannot register the
name ‘ksmoothe’ on youtube. But the real reason I am salty is because less than
a year later they introduced a platform to encourage people to mix videos from
different channels on youtube (mashups, anybody?) Oh, well. I am going the European
route and getting my set ready for trance clubs, and the like. Hey, I like to
travel and make money, udig. But the artist in me will always make weird
videos, and statements just like I admired while watching Night Flight all
those years ago. So check into the Video
Graffiti channel on youtube, to catch the new magic. Thanks.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Baldies Rule!
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Lights, Camera...Hey where's the slate?
Okay, here's a film maker's app that I think is very cool. Sync Slate - basically a smartphone/tablet slate for in the field movie shooting. I like the functions of this app. Not recommending this app, but I think the slate apps are very cool. The major thing I would change in the app is a louder clapper/sync sound noise. I haven't used Sync Slate in the field yet, but I plan to this weekend. I will post a video to let you see how this works. Go to Google Play, or Apple's App store to check out other movie apps.
Sync Slate
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