Short Film (In A Day)

Haven’t posted anything in a week or so, felt bad as I have been up to a lot. Things that I don’t want to talk about again (i.e. exams & final uni work). I was also back in the studio (SSR Manchester) on wednesday night tracking drums for a cover of a track called “Smash The Pinata” by a band called Mammal. Check this beastly track out here.

Today was an early start with a friend (Dale) of mine as we were asked to help shoot and edit a short film idea for another friends (Mark) uni assignment. He does a Performance & Media course and had came up with an idea for his assignment and came to us to help make it a short film. This was all shot and edited in one day using limited equipment including 1 HD Panasonic Camera and iMovie to edit it on. Dale and myself would not normally use iMovie, we would usually use Adobe Premier Pro.

Oh and a couple of my own tracks where used as the soundtrack!

Anyway enough of this rambling here is the outcome of one days work shared between a few friends and a laptop & camera. Hope you enjoy!!

Good Wholesome Northern Irish Metal

Thought I would share with you a friends band who are really taking the emerald isle by full force! These guys need to be checked out A.S.A.P.

They have just got into the finals of the Red Bull Bedroom Sessions competition, so if you get a chance add them up on facebook or twitter and say hello. They don’t bite! If you like what you hear then show your support and VOTE!

Click the link below to check out their E.P.

dead-til-friday-water-ep

Or follow this link to vote

http://www.redbullbedroomjam.ie/band/dead-til-friday/

My Galaxy Orb (made in After Effects)

This is one of my final idents. The audio was done very quickly and thrown in on imovie. However I am quite happy with how it turned out. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Oh and I’m working on a couple of new tracks so hopefully do a blog on how they have been going. Anyway, I’m gonna go and make some food and then get deeply involved with Logic Pro.

STUDIO TIME! and more uni work…

It is definitely time for another update on what has been going down over the last few weeks.

So I have been trying to learn After Effects for an assignment in which we have to create 6 idents in a group of two. Which means I only need to worry about doing 3 of them. This is a completely new software to me and I am no where near confident enough to work on it by myself so when I heard about the website Video CoPilot I had to get on it straight away. Its a site where they have a very large amount of video tutorials with very talented Adobe After Effects guys who take you step by step through different things you can make using the software.

So at the minute I have almost finished 2 very simple 10 second clips as well as making a start on the last one which will be the hardest to do as it involves 3D space. Below is a screenshot of this ones progress so far, mainly because I’m rather proud of how my energy orb looks

On to other news, on wednesday my friend Alex and myself went for our 4th session in SSR Manchester. This time we where in Ghost Studio 1 where we tracked some live drums for a dubstep cover he is doing. In this session I got  to use an Audix D6 as well as my AKG D112 at the same time, with this combination of mics the kick sound really punches through, which is what we want for a dubstep cover. Below will show a few snap shots I got while we where there. This session was slightly different as I got to sit behind the kit and make some noise. This was a real work out as well. Haven’t played an acoustic kit since christmas while I was home so as you could probably tell I was knackered after 2 hours of solid drumming. Was great fun though, and I can’t wait to get back again next week.

Now for general stuff, over the last week I have come to a halt on a few pieces of music which has sort of gotten me down as they all started so well. However during this time I have started on a couple of other ideas which have potential to pass my high standards. so hopefully in the coming weeks I will have a few new songs for you guys to check out and judge. Until then I’m going to sit and watch the rest of The Italian Job and relax in our “half fort” with some flapjacks.

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1930′s (New E.P. Out Now)

Hey just letting everyone know that my friends band The 1930′s have just released their fantastic new E.P. on bandcamp. They are deffo a band that needs checking out. They are taking the Northern Irish music scene by storm with their warm and catchy songs!! Get on them quick

Priorities Need Sorting Out

I do realise that I’m off for my easter holidays and should be enjoying myself, however! I chose to stay in manchester this easter as I do have a good bit of work to get on with. These include; getting morning and evening shots of mediacity as well as inside shots of our available rooms and areas for a promo film for the course I have been doing (PSVT) for the past three years as my dissertation. I also have to create three short (5-10 second) idents using Adobe After Effects.

As I found myself sitting the majority of the day in our newly assembled blanket fort with my mac and AAE easily accessible, I ended up going onto Logic Pro to mess around with drum sounds and editing on a new track I have started, a demo of this track can be found HERE. I have had so much fun playing with Kombinat a vst that really just mangles or distorts any sound you put through it. When used on drums it can make them sound crushed with great crossover controls and kill switches for all three bands. I love this piece of software by Audio Damage. Thanks Guys!!

The moral of this story/ramble would have to be, music of any form is infectious and when its around me I can’t be controlled.

Heres a few pics of how this new track is looking and the settings I used on my drums with Kombinat, Hope you enjoy!!

 

In Need Of Experience

Hey everyone, hope you enjoyed the beautiful weather today. Unlike myself who sat inside behind a few keyboards and a lot of cables making music. Just a short post to let you know if your making a film or know of someone who is and requires music for it let me know and we can get chatting and hopefully work something out. I am off for easter and would really appreciate the experience. Check out my soundcloud to give you a better idea of what I do!