This isn't really a rant or rave about something, I just wanted to let you know what interesting project(s) I'm getting involved in.
Firstly, as you know because I'm always talking about it is my band. This is on a sort of 'hiatus' thing right now because we're all concentrating on college and obviously this time of year is vital in all college courses so we're taking a short break from writing (which you may not believe because you haven't heard anything right now) which actually is coming on really well, some really good lyrics coming through and really nice guitar riffs.
This brings me on to our other reason, we think it's pointless sort of bragging and raving about our band when we haven't got any where to practice right now so we're all working individually which is good but it becomes a bit boring after a while because you can't really put anything to action, you just share ideas. This made me decide to transform my garage into a rehearsal space for the band. This in itself a 'project' because it's massive, the mess is unbelievable in there, more like a bomb site but we're all getting stuck in to completely transform it because the pay off is huge, a regular place to practice and perhaps even record. This will be taking place during February, due to money constraints before the 4th of February (AvA gig in London).
Next - a passion that's come through in the last two years is directing and acting but I haven't really got a huge amount of equipment to use but I have some basic gear to be familiar with so I've decided to put wheels into motion on creating music videos that don't involve the band but they tell a story in line with the lyrics and instrumentals. I don't know if you have seen, but I made that 27 second clip of blink-182's 'I Miss You' which was a really short video that took me an hour to shoot and put together. Nothing too technical but it was pretty cool and I was kinda proud of it because it was nicely edited together and with the music etc.
These won't 27 second clips though, they will be stories that at times are emotionally deep but also not boring and depressing. This will be taking off straight away and I will be putting them on my YouTube channel 'ZandieTV' and I will be setting up an individual facebook page up so you can keep up to date with some of the stuff I'm shooting. Due to the lack of really good equipment I have, this isn't going to blow you away BUT because I love doing it so much, I'm going to make it the best I possibly can with what I've got so I would always say that do expect something pretty good because I'm not going to be uploading any shit, I'll hopefully perfect each video before uploading. Any support on that would be quality; acting roles, song recommendations, ideas, camera angles, get fully involved because this isn't just a project that I will be doing alone. I've already got a song in the pipeline that I've started drawing ideas up for which I hopefully, if things go to plan, shoot on Tuesday evening. I will probably be acting in it and will be getting a female actor and helping direct and shoot the video will be my best friend, Matt Urquhart.
I'll keep you updated with that if you're interested.
Cheers x
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