Well about to going to bed so time to recap the day.
I've got to finish a demo for a side project i'm making, and i totally exceeded my expectations, i'm really really happy with how it turned out. Hopefully the final release will be even better, but that won't happen for a while, its just a demo, an earlier stage. When things get settled down i might give a bit more insight in that side project.
Regarding another side project, i'm currently waiting because i did the first step of what i'm supposed to do, so once the rest do their part, we can start polishing out the final product. That one will take a while as well. But i think i've recorded the final product as far as my part goes, so i'm happy with that.
Back to VGR, number 6 is almost finished, and without a doubt it will be up this wednesday, which is awesome because at first i thought i didn't gonna make it in time, but turns out i did.
Yesterday i said i was officially working on VGR#7, and today i finished the structure, the basic arrangement, plus recorded some rhythm tracks. I've gotta record some more rhythm tracks, all the leads, and put a thing here and there to polish it a bit. Its gonna be HUGE. It will be my longest video so far, well over 5 minutes the cover alone (my vids normally take a bit more because of the intros and outros).
I'm really excited about this one, hope i can make it as good as it sounds in my mind. Will work the rest of the week to make it the best i can. I seriously, seriously need to get the thing going by Friday, so i can edit the video on the weekend, just before getting back to work, if not i'm in serious trouble to release it next week. But since its a greater project than previous ones, i might take a bit more time to release it. After all, i do wanna keep up the pacing but not sacrificing the songs/videos quality, i'll do my best to release it on time but will do so only if its finished. If its not, well, i'm not gonna release a half-assed attempt.
Good night!
-Ferdk
Random thoughts of music, art, things, and life itself.
lunes, 28 de febrero de 2011
New Versailles Single - Philia
Wow new single from these guys yay!!! Its called Philia. Its the main theme for an upcoming short TV series (4 minutes episodes or something) starring the guys from the band.
I'll give ya a video about the series
From video description:
Teaser video for the new TV program "Make my dreams come true ! Versailles"
A beautiful girl with honest poverty meets visual-kei (Japanese rock indies style) Prince!
A new 4 minutes short TV comedy series which Versailles, one of the TOP Japanese visual-kei band, makes every efforts to make Rina Koike's innocent dreams.
Dressed in gothic fashion, the way they find solutions to the very difficult problems brings us tears and laughter.
Staring/ Versailles（KAMIJO、HIZAKI、TERU、MASASHI 、YUKI） and Rina Koike Main theme for this TV program "Philia" to be available 16th March 2010 in Japan.
The song is amazing!!! Okay now i gotta go to eat, hope you enjoy the good music!
domingo, 27 de febrero de 2011
Nightly update 4
Yay! so today was an awesome day for me, i've got to record for yet another project, did some editing for VGR#6 which is on the way, and finally started the VGR#7 concept, this week is gonna be tough, just because of VGR#7, if everything goes as planned its gonna be really cool.
This is my last vacation week so i'm planning on going out for once (lol) before getting back to work. I'm also a bit concerned in whether i'll be able to keep the pace of these videos once i get to work again, probably not but I'll give my best. Luckily i've never officially stated i was gonna release a video per week, even though that's what i've been doing with these VGR videos.
I discovered doing these blogs makes me want to do stuff just for the sake of writing about it here and not having to put "i did nothing today" or skipping the blog altogether. Yeah, it was definitely a great idea to create this blog, makes me aware of what to do and stuff. Its also a good place to talk about random stuff, which is something i'm gonna do every now and then.
We tried to watch a movie last night but we quit the idea 30 minutes in. It was a drag. Can't remember the title but it was a man lying for the first time in the movie's universe. He created the "lie", or something. Just for starters it takes a lot of time until he eventually discovers he can lie, which is the point of the movie and shouldn't be such a drag. Furthermore, the thing he lies about is uninteresting at best, and the whole concept is handled poorly. Don't know who recommended that movie to my mother but definitely it was horrible.
I'm wanting to watch Inception lately, i remember when i saw the trailer it was pretty interesting, but couldn't get around watching it just yet.
Okay enough rambling, i'm gonna sleep now, i'll try to write something more interesting next time. Until then, take care!
-Ferdk
This is my last vacation week so i'm planning on going out for once (lol) before getting back to work. I'm also a bit concerned in whether i'll be able to keep the pace of these videos once i get to work again, probably not but I'll give my best. Luckily i've never officially stated i was gonna release a video per week, even though that's what i've been doing with these VGR videos.
I discovered doing these blogs makes me want to do stuff just for the sake of writing about it here and not having to put "i did nothing today" or skipping the blog altogether. Yeah, it was definitely a great idea to create this blog, makes me aware of what to do and stuff. Its also a good place to talk about random stuff, which is something i'm gonna do every now and then.
We tried to watch a movie last night but we quit the idea 30 minutes in. It was a drag. Can't remember the title but it was a man lying for the first time in the movie's universe. He created the "lie", or something. Just for starters it takes a lot of time until he eventually discovers he can lie, which is the point of the movie and shouldn't be such a drag. Furthermore, the thing he lies about is uninteresting at best, and the whole concept is handled poorly. Don't know who recommended that movie to my mother but definitely it was horrible.
I'm wanting to watch Inception lately, i remember when i saw the trailer it was pretty interesting, but couldn't get around watching it just yet.
Okay enough rambling, i'm gonna sleep now, i'll try to write something more interesting next time. Until then, take care!
-Ferdk
sábado, 26 de febrero de 2011
Nightly update 3
Today i woke up, and recorded that one solo i needed last night, plus the bass lines i also needed last night. It was great to get that out of the way early... but i slacked off the rest of the day... go figure.
To be fair with me i felt kinda sick and my hands hurt from playing, it even hurts to type a bit, so a good rest was probably needed. We'll see tomorrow if i can start polishing VGR#6 to have it ready to go, while seriously starting the VGR#7 arrangement. I don't want to say too much because i want to do something special and i'm not sure if i'll be able to... so i'll keep my mouth shut about that.
I'm noticing most of these updates tend to be "i'm doing this but i can't talk about it", which is extremely rude of me, i guess. So i'll try to give some insights in the upcoming video for anyone outthere reading this.
VGR#6 will probably be released by wednesday (if everything goes as planned), as i said previously, its a game from the old Sega Genesis console, its the third entry in its own series, and the song is the theme for an icy stage. If you are reading this, deducted the game, and deducted the song title (which is the same as the stage) then good for you!! okay okay if anyone figured it out just post here and i'll send you the mp3 before the video release, how cool is that? you'll have the song before anybody else!!
But chances are few people are reading this at the moment, and even less people know what the hell i'm talking about. Nevertheless, the video will hopefully be up by wednesday, along with the mp3, and i'll update my bandcamp site to include the song.
If you haven't checked that out yet, please do. Its a pretty convenient site were you have my covers listed and can listen to them right away by clicking the "play" button, no need to navigate through additional pages or stuff like that. Straight forward and simple. You can also download any track for free:
ferdk.bandcamp.com
Good night to all of you my readers, take care!
-Ferdk
To be fair with me i felt kinda sick and my hands hurt from playing, it even hurts to type a bit, so a good rest was probably needed. We'll see tomorrow if i can start polishing VGR#6 to have it ready to go, while seriously starting the VGR#7 arrangement. I don't want to say too much because i want to do something special and i'm not sure if i'll be able to... so i'll keep my mouth shut about that.
I'm noticing most of these updates tend to be "i'm doing this but i can't talk about it", which is extremely rude of me, i guess. So i'll try to give some insights in the upcoming video for anyone outthere reading this.
VGR#6 will probably be released by wednesday (if everything goes as planned), as i said previously, its a game from the old Sega Genesis console, its the third entry in its own series, and the song is the theme for an icy stage. If you are reading this, deducted the game, and deducted the song title (which is the same as the stage) then good for you!! okay okay if anyone figured it out just post here and i'll send you the mp3 before the video release, how cool is that? you'll have the song before anybody else!!
But chances are few people are reading this at the moment, and even less people know what the hell i'm talking about. Nevertheless, the video will hopefully be up by wednesday, along with the mp3, and i'll update my bandcamp site to include the song.
If you haven't checked that out yet, please do. Its a pretty convenient site were you have my covers listed and can listen to them right away by clicking the "play" button, no need to navigate through additional pages or stuff like that. Straight forward and simple. You can also download any track for free:
ferdk.bandcamp.com
Good night to all of you my readers, take care!
-Ferdk
Imaginarium
When i heard about it i just couldn't understand how amazing this is. I always thought Tuomas Holopainen (the band's main composer, creator of the band and keyboard player) is one of the best composers of our time, his works never cease to amaze me. Their last album Dark Passion Play was the ultimate music album i've ever heard, and its been my favorite since it was released. I didn't know how he could even think about topping that one album. But he went even further and now he will not only blow our ears but our eyes too.
I'm really excited for this, i hope they get to make a theatrical release and that i can get to see it around here. If not then i'll just get the DVD and die happy.
Sorry for the unrelated post but i wanted to share to anyone reading this about this awesome project. If you want to read more about it go to the official site:
http://www.nightwish.com
viernes, 25 de febrero de 2011
Nightly update 2
So its that time again. Time to recap what i did today, and boy i slacked off badly.
Needed to record a solo part for one project, and i didn't. I just got distracted by other stuff, like editing the video for VGR#6 or redesigning my YouTube channel's background image (which looks rad mind you, go check it out)
I also discovered this site to share my music, so i'm adding that to the "Find Me Online" thingy at the right.
Tomorrow i'll need to record that one solo, plus some bass lines. I suck at bass i gotta admit. I noticed that i never capitalize "i" if not at the beginning of a sentence, hope you don't mind that, its just i think of grammar in spanish most of the time (my native language) and it doesn't make sense to capitalize such word in our language. English is weird.
So i need to do a 1k subs special video and don't have a clue what to do. I tried talking to the camera and it just doesn't work, i don't work. Maybe i'll think of something else or i'll practice the vloggy thing until i can come up with a half-decent attempt at this.
Sorry for the random update which has absolutely nothing interesting at all but since its a recap of my day, it fits.
Needed to record a solo part for one project, and i didn't. I just got distracted by other stuff, like editing the video for VGR#6 or redesigning my YouTube channel's background image (which looks rad mind you, go check it out)
I also discovered this site to share my music, so i'm adding that to the "Find Me Online" thingy at the right.
Tomorrow i'll need to record that one solo, plus some bass lines. I suck at bass i gotta admit. I noticed that i never capitalize "i" if not at the beginning of a sentence, hope you don't mind that, its just i think of grammar in spanish most of the time (my native language) and it doesn't make sense to capitalize such word in our language. English is weird.
So i need to do a 1k subs special video and don't have a clue what to do. I tried talking to the camera and it just doesn't work, i don't work. Maybe i'll think of something else or i'll practice the vloggy thing until i can come up with a half-decent attempt at this.
Sorry for the random update which has absolutely nothing interesting at all but since its a recap of my day, it fits.
jueves, 24 de febrero de 2011
Nightly update
So i'm probably be posting these nightly updates just before going to bed, but i'm not sure it'll be everyday, maybe, maybe not... we'll see.
Finally i got to play guitar this afternoon/night and i'm proud to say i did all the tracking for the next cover, which also nets all the raw video footage needed. So all in all i've got all the raw video and audio i need, these days i'll focus on the editing, mixing/mastering the audio and editing the video. Of course i won't just do that, i'll practice some guitar, maybe some more tracking for one of the secret projects and eventually start arranging VGR#7, since i start working next month again (currently on vacations) and i'm planing something special, i've got to make most of the project, if not all, before getting back to work, or else i'll be in a terrible situation...
I guess i've got inspired at night as I predicted, and watching FamilyJules7X 3k subs special video (congrats man) put me in the right mood for it. So i'm going to bed to catch some sleep with yet another productive day in my pocket. Hope this continues for a while, maybe this will be the year i'll pass the winter test (more on that later)
Finally i got to play guitar this afternoon/night and i'm proud to say i did all the tracking for the next cover, which also nets all the raw video footage needed. So all in all i've got all the raw video and audio i need, these days i'll focus on the editing, mixing/mastering the audio and editing the video. Of course i won't just do that, i'll practice some guitar, maybe some more tracking for one of the secret projects and eventually start arranging VGR#7, since i start working next month again (currently on vacations) and i'm planing something special, i've got to make most of the project, if not all, before getting back to work, or else i'll be in a terrible situation...
I guess i've got inspired at night as I predicted, and watching FamilyJules7X 3k subs special video (congrats man) put me in the right mood for it. So i'm going to bed to catch some sleep with yet another productive day in my pocket. Hope this continues for a while, maybe this will be the year i'll pass the winter test (more on that later)
About VGR and other music projects...
So I've been planning on doing something on YouTube for a while and a few weeks ago started making these "VideoGames Rock!" videos.
What the hell is that?
Well its just rock/metal (and maybe other stuff) covers of videogame songs, so its nothing you've never seen before, yet I wanted to give it a name, just to remind myself i'm in this project. Yesterday I began the process of arranging the next song for VGR#6, which isn't gonna be Final Fantasy. Don't wanna spoil it but its gonna be from the old Sega Genesis console =)
I have some other projects music related, but I cannot talk too much about them right now since they're at a pretty early stage and who knows if they ever become "something". Just to be safe I'll save the details for when the time comes...
So as I was saying, I started arranging the next VGR song, and started tracking from some other project, a pretty productive day I must say, considering I also uploaded the VGR#5 Chocobo Medley by noon of the same day.
As for today I haven't really got into anything as of yet... had to deal with some familiar stuff and started creating this blog, but my inspiration always comes by afternoon/night so its not a lost day... yet.
I want to thank to all of the people supporting me, i've 900+ subscribers as of now and about 94 Facebook fans, so thank you all! I wanted to make a special video for when i hit 1000 subs, but the time is getting close and I'm out of ideas, if you want to give me a special video suggestion, I'll appreciate it =)
What the hell is that?
Well its just rock/metal (and maybe other stuff) covers of videogame songs, so its nothing you've never seen before, yet I wanted to give it a name, just to remind myself i'm in this project. Yesterday I began the process of arranging the next song for VGR#6, which isn't gonna be Final Fantasy. Don't wanna spoil it but its gonna be from the old Sega Genesis console =)
I have some other projects music related, but I cannot talk too much about them right now since they're at a pretty early stage and who knows if they ever become "something". Just to be safe I'll save the details for when the time comes...
So as I was saying, I started arranging the next VGR song, and started tracking from some other project, a pretty productive day I must say, considering I also uploaded the VGR#5 Chocobo Medley by noon of the same day.
As for today I haven't really got into anything as of yet... had to deal with some familiar stuff and started creating this blog, but my inspiration always comes by afternoon/night so its not a lost day... yet.
I want to thank to all of the people supporting me, i've 900+ subscribers as of now and about 94 Facebook fans, so thank you all! I wanted to make a special video for when i hit 1000 subs, but the time is getting close and I'm out of ideas, if you want to give me a special video suggestion, I'll appreciate it =)
Patience...
...is something i don't have. Don't you hate it when you desperately need to finish something quickly and stuff starts happening delaying it? and keeps happening to the point you want to punch right through your computer monitor. Well that happens to me a lot, but to be fair is not precisely because i have too many deadlines, its just i was born without any kind or form of patience. Or maybe i lost it along the way...
I hate the process of doing stuff for which i'm only interested in the results. What do i mean by that? i mean i don't enjoy the process of doing said thing, i just need the result, and thus, when i can't get it right away, i start to feel frustration. This doesn't happen if i enjoy the process, but that's rarely the case. At this point one has to ask himself, is it really worth it? isn't the "journey" supposed to be what matters instead of the destination? Well, sure i agree with this, yet sometimes there's stuff you can't just say no. Or maybe i'm just stubborn and can't deal with quitting something halfway through...
PS: Making this blog was one of those things... but i settled with this generic template because i'm just not in the mood. I might update it... someday...
I hate the process of doing stuff for which i'm only interested in the results. What do i mean by that? i mean i don't enjoy the process of doing said thing, i just need the result, and thus, when i can't get it right away, i start to feel frustration. This doesn't happen if i enjoy the process, but that's rarely the case. At this point one has to ask himself, is it really worth it? isn't the "journey" supposed to be what matters instead of the destination? Well, sure i agree with this, yet sometimes there's stuff you can't just say no. Or maybe i'm just stubborn and can't deal with quitting something halfway through...
PS: Making this blog was one of those things... but i settled with this generic template because i'm just not in the mood. I might update it... someday...
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