I had a phone call last night from a member of the Swansea Telly collective:
http://swanseatelly.org/
They have confirmed that someone from the collective is interested in filming the Capoeira group for me so I am very excited. Need to now arrnage a meeting with the group to arrange dates and confirm the project.
Wednesday 26 October 2011
Sunday 23 October 2011
Product Idea's
Ok so as I've already said my product idea is a CD and a video/ DVD. My plan is to edit and mix the recordings I took this summer at local festival Women in Tune where I managed the sound crew and produce a compilation album for the festival. The CD could be used to promote the festival as well as generate some very needed income for it. I also hope to produce a promo video of the festival but this depends on what footage I can collate from other people who went to the festival this year. The more media I can get the more video I can produce and maybe even a DVD to accompany the CD. I now have to start contacting people I know as well as the festival organisers and start gathering photos and video footage of the festival. I intend on recording a voiceover to narrate through the visual journey of the festival and explain what its about. In the background of the video I intend on using some samples of natural sounds I record including the mixed live recordings of the festival itself.
So this is the package the sound company 'Live Matters' offers as a press kit. Live CD, video and DVD authoring.
Recently I spoke to a member of a local capoeira group called Benesek Monk. He informed me that the group are looking to produce a DVD of what they do here in Swansea with Capoeira. I was very interested when he told me that the Brazilian art does not just involve fighting but also playing authentic instruments from Brazil. I told him that I would be interested in producing a DVD for them and recording the musicians using surround sound recording techniques. This has great potential and possibly even funding. Must look into it more, what equipment is needed and whether I need people to help film the group for me.
So this is the package the sound company 'Live Matters' offers as a press kit. Live CD, video and DVD authoring.
Recently I spoke to a member of a local capoeira group called Benesek Monk. He informed me that the group are looking to produce a DVD of what they do here in Swansea with Capoeira. I was very interested when he told me that the Brazilian art does not just involve fighting but also playing authentic instruments from Brazil. I told him that I would be interested in producing a DVD for them and recording the musicians using surround sound recording techniques. This has great potential and possibly even funding. Must look into it more, what equipment is needed and whether I need people to help film the group for me.
Thursday 20 October 2011
The Epiphany!
Today I met up with lecturer Gareth Jones to discuss my major project idea. The meeting was indeed helpful in establishing a structure and plan for the project, which is what I needed. He suggested I create a list of aims for the sound company, its products, how I plan to achieve them and what resources I need. This really helped structure what I need to get done over the coming months and I think developed my epiphany, which I will come to later. Firstly, the aims of the sound company are:
- To produce a CD of a live recording of an artist or an event
-> e.g. Women in Tune (WIT) Festival 2011 live performances
- A bonus DVD that can accompany the live CD which will act as a small promotional video for said artist/event
-> also upload part of it on networking sites like YouTube
- The live recordings and video can be used to promote artist, event and festival in multiple ways
-> e.g. CD, DVD, digital downloads and streamed from their website
- Website for sound company
OK so that’s essentially what I want the sound company to do. It will offer live and studio recordings, videos and DVD authoring. I now need to create a list of how I am going to achieve these outcomes, what resources I will use and produce a story board of the video I am going to compile. Coming back to my epiphany though, when I put all these objectives together in my head I realised that the product/services the sound company is offering could be a PRESS KIT. Genius, I must admit I shouted to myself when I realised, which in hindsight is a bit over the top, but I was very happy and did the victory dance. That was the missing link to my idea and what brought all the various components together into a package. Wohoo! Now I have direction, now I know how to present the products to my target audience and now I have a goal. Press kit it is.
Wednesday 19 October 2011
Research
Researching other companies that offer live recording:
http://lx3.co.uk/services.html
http://www.ssal.co.uk/liverecording.htm
http://www.livesystems.co.uk/recording.html
http://www.liverecording.org/
* http://chicagoliverecording.com/index.html
http://lx3.co.uk/services.html
http://www.ssal.co.uk/liverecording.htm
http://www.livesystems.co.uk/recording.html
http://www.liverecording.org/
* http://chicagoliverecording.com/index.html
Tuesday 18 October 2011
New Blog
Ok, so I have set up a new blog. I am newbie at this and haven't kept a diary for many years and don't even tweet! Despite that I am going to attempt to blog my work, research and efforts in completeing my Major Project over the next academic year.
I will be discussing my major project ideas and what steps I will take in achieving my desired goal. I guess you are wondering what my major project ideas are?
I am a music tech student and have been a live sound engineer for several years. My main idea for the project is to tackle the issue of making live music important again. The proliferation of digital music has made it hard to control the product, the product being the recorded music. Now more than ever it is important for the artist to be able to perform live well and even spectacularly. My idea is a business plan for a sound company, that will produce live recordings as well as videos of its artists on theirs tours or at festivals. The idea isn't so much to produce an income from the live recordings but, to use them as promotional tools to promote the artists or events and get people coming to the gigs.
This blog will contain my efforts in creating a template business model, how it will work, the benefits and problems it may have, as well as keep a record of the kind of products the sound company will produce.
First and foremost is the name for my sound company which will be 'Live Matters'. I have already done some research on the name and it is currently not in use.
I also have another idea for my final project which is a piece of music comprised entirely from natural sounds that I would record. This would be fairly similar to the project produced by Coldcut and Hexstatic. Please check out youtube video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLu7p9bTJ84
I have had an interest in doing something like this for many years now. However, my time restraints and lack of materials needed to produce a good collection of sounds, means I am likely to go with the sound company idea. I already have the equipment needed to produce the neccessary products to demonstrate the capabilities of the sound company.
I will be discussing my major project ideas and what steps I will take in achieving my desired goal. I guess you are wondering what my major project ideas are?
I am a music tech student and have been a live sound engineer for several years. My main idea for the project is to tackle the issue of making live music important again. The proliferation of digital music has made it hard to control the product, the product being the recorded music. Now more than ever it is important for the artist to be able to perform live well and even spectacularly. My idea is a business plan for a sound company, that will produce live recordings as well as videos of its artists on theirs tours or at festivals. The idea isn't so much to produce an income from the live recordings but, to use them as promotional tools to promote the artists or events and get people coming to the gigs.
This blog will contain my efforts in creating a template business model, how it will work, the benefits and problems it may have, as well as keep a record of the kind of products the sound company will produce.
First and foremost is the name for my sound company which will be 'Live Matters'. I have already done some research on the name and it is currently not in use.
I also have another idea for my final project which is a piece of music comprised entirely from natural sounds that I would record. This would be fairly similar to the project produced by Coldcut and Hexstatic. Please check out youtube video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLu7p9bTJ84
I have had an interest in doing something like this for many years now. However, my time restraints and lack of materials needed to produce a good collection of sounds, means I am likely to go with the sound company idea. I already have the equipment needed to produce the neccessary products to demonstrate the capabilities of the sound company.
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