Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label News. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Less...? (Updated)


    If you have yet to see my current project, Justin's Aerophone Adventure, you can check it out at youtube.com/absurdlyepic. I have been playing with the formula and have changed a bit... it is now slightly faster... not by much... I think it ultimately gives a stronger idea of what I was going for while not focusing on how slow my thought process is. I like that things are kept more or less the same also... audio-wise I mean. It doesn't come off as cartoonish but I think more respectful of the time of each episode. I also added a basic music track... which I have since deleted. It was something I was trying and so it didn't get in the way of my instrument, I had to make it so quiet that you wouldn't really hear it without headphones. I'd still like something to fill the silence but due to the nature of the videos, I may just have to skip it. I have considered something more atmospheric or percussive.... but I'm not sure that'll work either... I may have to give it a try when I'm editing sometime. What I have done is add a second camera angle which looks at the device and my fingers while playing but it's not something anyone's gonna see for another week or so... I do think it'll work but we'll have to wait and find out. I'm also considering doing fewer episodes per week... right now I'm aiming for five from M-F, although editing issues only had me doing four, which was upsetting... I'm considering pulling back to three and doing one every Monday-Wednesday-Friday... I think a smaller schedule would actually help by giving me time to breathe and work on each episode more... maybe then I won't burn myself out before having a chance to grow. I know the odds are stacked against me here... and doing less feels wrong in certain ways but there is wisdom in spacing it out too. I also want to learn the instrument and new material for it... I don't know... I'm thinking it over... it'd probably be better to start now... but right now I have new episodes M-F through Aug 21st and I plan to continue that for the next week after that... we'll see what happens next. Thanks for joining me while I talk it out! Remember to check out the videos at youtube.com/absurdlyepic. Take care and I'll be seeing you! ~ Justin

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 UPDATE

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        I am strongly considering changing the series from 5 days a week to 3 days a week. I haven't finalized the plans but I see more pros than cons for it right now! So unless a compelling argument is made, in a few weeks I am currently planning to make the switch. Of course a slight format change will be in order and I am currently thinking that through now.

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Roland Aerophone Mini

Roland Aerophone Mini


     This is the Roland Aerophone Mini... it's a digital wind instrument. Basically, it reads your blowing into it and you press the various buttons like a clarinet or saxophone except it's capable of playing different sounds based on the software it uses. I decided that I wanted to learn this instead of trying to learn the saxophone because saxophones aren't that much cheaper and there is no way to control volume on a sax. Every time I play any instrument at night it sounds 12 times louder than I want it to so I thought it's be nice to have something I could adjust!

     The downside... or maybe just one of the downsides... is that while it can do many sounds... they mostly sound like synthesized versions of the instruments they're mimicking. It doesn't bother me much... I guess it'd be good to have better sound but I just want to have fun with it. I'm actually getting it for a video series where I aim to learn it... so that's cool! Though, I just got a message from Amazon that my delivery has been delayed to next week which is a bit of a bummer. But one I get it, I'll be sure to let people know!

I can't wait!

Take care!