Mira Cook – Drum Machine

Mira Cook – Drum Machine from Sean Gillane on Vimeo.

Here’s a pretty cheesy indie video from Mira Cook about at Mattel Synsonic drum machine. The one in the image above is on eBay right now for $39: click here. I wouldn’t mind having one in my collection. Did I ever tell you I love drum machines?

“It was a cheap and cheesy toy and it sounded fairly horrible… but what else would you expect from a toy manufacturer’s attempt to cash in on the emerging drum machine market of the early ’80s?” – hollowsun.com/vintage/mattel

For more info: hollowsun.com/vintage/mattel

This entry was written by Oliver Chesler, posted on December 15, 2010 at 6:05 am, filed under drum machine and tagged , , , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.



Beat Markers in iMovie 11

Back in May I had a post titled Make music videos with iMovie in 5 minutes. It lead to a Macworld article on Beat Markers in iMovie 10. Gary at MacMost has posted the above video tutorial of the same concept albeit with iMovie 11. Can you see how very it easy it is to make a competent music video? I really love this.

“Beat Markers allow you to set points in an audio track and then drop in video with cuts that match the beats. After timing out the beats in a soundtrack, all you need to do is drag and drop video or photos into iMovie and the video will be cut to match the markers. You can even add transitions that fit along with the beats.” – macmost.com

For more info: apple.com/ilife

This entry was written by Oliver Chesler, posted on November 20, 2010 at 6:27 am, filed under apple, video and tagged , , , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.



Let Go

The Japanese Popstars Feat. Green Velvet – Let Go from David Wilson Creative on Vimeo.

Grinding your teeth on a Wednesday morning trying to keep your todo list under 1000 items? Hit play on this nifty music video by The Japanese Popstars featuring Green Velvet. By the way this crew is from Ireland not Japan.

“You try to hard to keep control. Just relax and let go.” – The Japanese Popstars

For more info: wikipedia.org/The_Japanese_Popstars

This entry was written by Oliver Chesler, posted on October 13, 2010 at 4:10 am, filed under music, video and tagged , , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.



Make music videos with iMovie in 5 minutes

There’s really no excuse for not having a bunch of music videos for your own music. Most cell phones have video cameras good enough to record content. Every Mac comes with iMovie and you may be surprised how fast you can make a killer music video with it. Macworld has laid it out in an article called, “We’ve got the beat (markers)“. I highly recommend loading up iMovie and follow this article step by step. It’s actually just three quick steps but once you do it you will smile. Collect some short video clips, stills and spread yourself on YouTube and why not play the video behind you when you perform live?

“iMovie ’09 is ideally suited for creating short movies, but Apple included a feature that appeals specifically to people who want to make music videos: beat markers” – macworld.com

Read the full article: macworld.com/article/imoviebeat.html

photo credit: svet

This entry was written by Oliver Chesler, posted on May 30, 2010 at 7:24 am, filed under apple, video and tagged , , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.



Neurosonics Audiomedical

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Here’s a great find via Bjorn Vayner. If you think this video took a bit of work to create you would be correct. If you “head” to the Neurosonics Audiomedical website you can see a long list of credits and photos detailing the behind the scenes work.

Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. from Chris Cairns on Vimeo.

“RT @kleinenberg OMFG http://www.vimeo.com/6223439 this is unreal.. LOVE THIS!” – Bjorn Vayner

Don’t let the high production value of this vid discourage you from making your own music videos on the cheap. Remember a great song and interesting story will go a long way!

For more info: www.neurosonicsaudiomedical.com

This entry was written by Oliver Chesler, posted on August 30, 2009 at 8:25 am, filed under video and tagged , , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.