Werfpop 2007 Crew Cuts Video No.2 Out: feat. ZIGGI !

Video no 2 is finished and out on You Tub, although I made a few beginners mistakes again. Nothing that can't be fixed, and I will, soon. I was in too much of a hurry and misspelled ZIGGI's name. But , that's not irreversible.
We lost less quality in the conversion this time. With Video 1 we went for BEST QUALITY avi first, and made it a small Flash file ourselves THEN, thinking that would be Ready For Tub Quality That We Could Control, but we found out You Tube makes it MONO, and therefor converts it again, another loss of pixelstuff...

This time we were advised by Marcel Boere, our local fellow YouTubber of the renowned AltImprov.com and leiden virtueel.nl, that we'd better make it a Windows (.wmv ,if I remember it correctly, ) Media File, as small as possible, and that would give 'better' YouTube results, (meaning less pixels etc LOST). Marcel even jumped behind the LVP Media PC and showed me how, and it seems the You Tubequality is indeed not as disappointing as part 1, so thanx, Marcel "Starbrook"!!! (wich is his Second Wife's Web A.K.A.,
I believe)
Marcel also told me we could always redo our first video by replacing it with a new version, so since I have to change some text and credit-details in both video's, I think we're gonna have to make TWO revised versions anyway, but for now at least we have the music out. Ziggi's band was kind enough to allow us to film up close and we promised them something that would show the happy effect their music and communication had on the crowd, and I think we didn't do too bad on this one, inspired as we were, feeling IRI and all
So sorry , Ziggi, we're gonna fix that piece of text soon, but we thought the MUSIC is great, so for the moment we left it out there on You Tube.
If people might mistake you for Ziggy (M), the QUALITY of your music and fantastic BAND might be the cause of that, more than a Y or an I that I typed...
But, no span, I & I are gonna big up this one. Respect!

For Deepa - Everything Is Connected

Recently I'm learning all this computer stuff, wich is exciting in its possibilities, but sometimes complicated, frustrating, time-consuming, or just boring.
I still try to keep my excercises inspiring, like this logo I designed some time ago
for my best friend, who's a musician, baker, carpenter, a garden 'magician', and an excellent house-painter for a living. Since his name ,in Dutch, means Peacock, I used peacock feathers as a symbol for ancient natural quality and beauty.
It represents a painter's eye, color, light and many more deeper meanings.

Then last night I was surfing the web looking for answers to some technical questions about animated pictures, when I stumbled upon the blogs of a lady from India who not only had the answers to all my questions (and many more, too,) already written out for web students like you and me, but along with these gifts came pictures and poetry. Food for thought indeed:

http://beta-templatetesting.blogspot.com

When I saw her logo thumbnail, a peacockfeather(!!!), I wanted to return her a little gift, to thank her for passing on her teaching, and to celebrate the fact that everything is connected

WERFPOP 2007 Official Crew Cuts Video Impression 1

While the other team members were getting def at Lowlands I sat in a little room with no windows to finish editing the first of a series of crew cam videos about the Werfpop Festival and its hardworking volunteers.
After a week of recuperation we can then resurrect and begin working on
volume 2
For now I think it would be better to sit in Your Tub for a moment and click the WERFPOP LINK on the right side of the page

Cosmic Scenes at the Burcht

Last night passing rainclouds and a setting sun made for a spectaculair lightshow. When the rain started to fall we found shelter and did some astral travelling at a free concert
by trumpetplayer Michel Varekamps Cosmic Scene. Rainy day, dream away in a silent way it was . I think I even saw Elvis in the building, with
Jimi, Miles and Trane.......Then all heaven broke loose

At Michel Varekamps very stylish site
www.varekampjazz.com you can get informed when their new album will be out
Then you can check for yourself if I'm right or just smoked some VERY good pot

Andre Manuel Is Top

Heard bits of another great CD from the Moonman

www.maneman.nl
Sept. 29 live in the X., Leiden

Gangsters Of Love

Johnny and the Gangsters Of Love , my favourite Summertime Drive In Rockers

They play as long as the crowd keeps paying

You can reach them at their hotline: 06-22233713 says their flyer

www.johnnygo.nl

Man And Moon

Portrait of a fellow artist