CARPENTERS-COLLECTOR
Well-Known Member
Hi guys.
as I do most nights, for a couple of hours before bed, I was sat listening/watching my Carpenters stuff and some other artists I like. it got me thinking whilst I was listening, to how important it is, or not, for listeners to see a video to go along with the music.
One of the things I like to do in my spare time, is try and put a nice video to a lot of the Carpenters music I listen to. it`s just something I enjoy doing, but what`s enjoyable to me, is listening to the music, but at the same time having something that the given track can be associated with, it gives more `feeling` to the music and in all honesty, I probably enjoy the music more this way, than just sticking a cd on.
so far, I`ve done around 150 of these videos and whilst some may not have come across them, no doubt most might have seen these on YouTube, along with the one`s below.
A lot of the video`s depend on the song, so if there`s something that comes to me that I think would suit the track, I come up with something, but for some, it`s hard to come up with something suitable, so I keep it simple with at least something `visually` pleasing (hopefully).
I actually ended up putting 2hrs of my favorites together on an SD card which I can play on the t.v and pretty much most nights, sit and relax listening/watching these. I find it really relaxing watching these and still enjoy each time I do, but it`s the video`s that make it more enjoyable for me personally, so that`s my question to you guys, how much difference does it make to you, or are you happy with a cd, regardless of who it is your listening to?
obviously, I have to include a couple of examples to see what you guys think about them, so I would appreciate any comments
the first one I`m using, is `All of my life`. I came across this video and as soon as I watched it and I don`t know why, I thought of the perfect track for it. I put the video together and after a few bits of `tweaking` here and there, I played it and couldn't believe how happy I was with it, but was so convinced that I couldn't have found a better video, it seemed perfect, even the timing seemed spot on with the dance moves the dancer was doing, so this is the one I was most pleased with, so what do you guys think?
The next one I have, is `Sometimes`.
rather a sad song really that does get to you, but with the video as well, it still brings a tear to my eye most times when I watch, which was my point about not only the audio side of it, but visually as well. on this one, given Karen was a fan of Disney, I used animated video clips for this.
The third one I`ve picked, was actually the hardest to do, which is `NOW`.
For this one, the biggest issue I had was getting the sync right between the track and the video, because for all these videos, I use the high quality audio from either the SHMCD or the HD cds.
the biggest issue I had, was the fact that a few minutes into the video, which is from The Karen Carpenter Story, Cynthia Gibb who played Karen is seen singing the song in the recording booth, but the problem I had, it was a close-up shot, so the sync with the music had to be right, which took me a while to get right! Bare in mind, this is something I`ve learned to do as I`ve gone along, I have no experience at all doing this kind of thing at all
so there you have it ........... thoughts?
as I do most nights, for a couple of hours before bed, I was sat listening/watching my Carpenters stuff and some other artists I like. it got me thinking whilst I was listening, to how important it is, or not, for listeners to see a video to go along with the music.
One of the things I like to do in my spare time, is try and put a nice video to a lot of the Carpenters music I listen to. it`s just something I enjoy doing, but what`s enjoyable to me, is listening to the music, but at the same time having something that the given track can be associated with, it gives more `feeling` to the music and in all honesty, I probably enjoy the music more this way, than just sticking a cd on.
so far, I`ve done around 150 of these videos and whilst some may not have come across them, no doubt most might have seen these on YouTube, along with the one`s below.
A lot of the video`s depend on the song, so if there`s something that comes to me that I think would suit the track, I come up with something, but for some, it`s hard to come up with something suitable, so I keep it simple with at least something `visually` pleasing (hopefully).
I actually ended up putting 2hrs of my favorites together on an SD card which I can play on the t.v and pretty much most nights, sit and relax listening/watching these. I find it really relaxing watching these and still enjoy each time I do, but it`s the video`s that make it more enjoyable for me personally, so that`s my question to you guys, how much difference does it make to you, or are you happy with a cd, regardless of who it is your listening to?
obviously, I have to include a couple of examples to see what you guys think about them, so I would appreciate any comments
the first one I`m using, is `All of my life`. I came across this video and as soon as I watched it and I don`t know why, I thought of the perfect track for it. I put the video together and after a few bits of `tweaking` here and there, I played it and couldn't believe how happy I was with it, but was so convinced that I couldn't have found a better video, it seemed perfect, even the timing seemed spot on with the dance moves the dancer was doing, so this is the one I was most pleased with, so what do you guys think?
The next one I have, is `Sometimes`.
rather a sad song really that does get to you, but with the video as well, it still brings a tear to my eye most times when I watch, which was my point about not only the audio side of it, but visually as well. on this one, given Karen was a fan of Disney, I used animated video clips for this.
The third one I`ve picked, was actually the hardest to do, which is `NOW`.
For this one, the biggest issue I had was getting the sync right between the track and the video, because for all these videos, I use the high quality audio from either the SHMCD or the HD cds.
the biggest issue I had, was the fact that a few minutes into the video, which is from The Karen Carpenter Story, Cynthia Gibb who played Karen is seen singing the song in the recording booth, but the problem I had, it was a close-up shot, so the sync with the music had to be right, which took me a while to get right! Bare in mind, this is something I`ve learned to do as I`ve gone along, I have no experience at all doing this kind of thing at all
so there you have it ........... thoughts?