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Sole Signal

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  1. Got a few IMs, but still need more! (esp international) :)

    So far, for sure:

    Valparaiso, IN (duh)

    Chicago, IL

    Colorado Springs, CO

    Amherst, MA

    Pittsburgh, PA

    Pensacola Beach, FL

    Hopefully:

    Perth, Australia

    Baghdad, Iraq (buddy stationed down there)

    I only need about 15-20 sec of "good" footage to edit down for each location. It doesn't have to be superb quality video, just unique enough to make it interesting to watch.

    Also, first and last bump.

  2. Sup guys,

    I graduated on Sunday :D and now want to finish a video that I've had an idea about for some time. I'll be using my Christmas Epic track for the background music, and the basic premise is going to be showing how Christmas is celebrated all over the world (hopefully I can get some international participants).

    I went downtown Chicago the other weekend and got a bunch of great footage, and I'm hoping to get a wide variety of locales from any of you who might be interested. I'll be heavily promoing the video (on my somewhat popular youtube account) and am hoping to make this a bit of a viral hit.

    I would like to release this as close to Christmas as possible, so there is urgency involved. Basically, I'm looking for video footage of decorations, Christmas lights, downtown areas, really anything similar in as many different towns or cities that I can."Unique" things especially, and international participation would be awesome!

    Contact me through PM or AIM at mchawk19 if you want to help! I'll certainly credit you in the video by name or however you would like. Thanks!

  3. There are quite a few "professional" folks around here, probably all with slightly different advice. As for me personally, it was just getting the first big break:

    Because of that video and the corresponding testimonial on my website, I've received probably five or six requests from high school, college, or semi-professional teams. People just want that affirmation that you've done good work for others, that you can produce a track in time, and that you're easy to work with.

    I envy your ability to play guitar. I can't tell you how many times some good guitar work would complement a track that I've been working on, and being able to just play it myself would be so much easier. Much ad music today involves guitar work of some sort, so you've already got that going for you. You'll want to develop your production and sequencer skills, which will be a great complement to your guitar and bass ability.

    Going the musical route in college studies would certainly help with making network connections, learning new techniques, and benefiting from being immersed in it, but in the end people just want to know if you can make good music and can meet their needs.

  4. On that note, (general question here) what do you really do to get a song noticed before quarters? Especially in some of the more popular genres? KF

    Very little. I'd never ask anyone to go through that many battles just to come across myself once or twice. You just submit and hope for the the best songs to rise to the top. I think it's a tribute to the quality of musicians here at OCR that we consistently have many tracks make quarters.

  5. I'm still new to Our Stage. =P I played around with the site for an hour at work (yes, I was playing and not working hehe) and figured you can't vote yet. And thanks for your support! I heard a lot of stuff on that site and there's a lot of crap. haha

    Well, you "can" vote; it's just that with 428 current entries in Club/Dance, coming across Blind's track once after even 100 battles would be quite a feat.

    The trick is entering a track in new genres; last month the German category had 21 songs in it. That means every track in that genre made it to the quarters except one. :D

  6. Hey guys, I was recently contacted to produce the University of Virginia's men's and women's starting lineups tracks. I would like to create a video similar to my Valparaiso University one:

    Is anyone in the area or (ideally) a student there? I'm looking for someone who could videorecord the intro of both the men's and women's basketball games at the University of Virginia (in Charlottesville, VA). Contact my AIM at mchawk19 or PM me here if someone could help me out with this. :)

    Men's Schedule

    Women's Schedule

    Of course, I would be happy to reimburse for the ticket prices but I really can't go beyond that (I assume a student there would get in free). I'll try to post previews here pretty soon of the two tracks. :)

    EDIT: Also, I just put up my Facebook musician page: add me if you get the chance. I'll be adding the Virginia intros there pretty soon. :D

    Thanks!

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