02 Apr 2015, 04:43 PM
In addition to being my house concert guru, Shannon really inspires me with her social media activities.
Just this year, in the last three months, she has posted about these things:
A new years video - Auld Lang Syne
Additions to her "Songs From Home" series
The very successful "Show Me Yours" campaign - the response was amazing
Reminders of her "personal songs" project for Valentines Day
The recent video project - using video sent in by her community
Video streaming with Meerkat
Song preview from the upcoming album
House concert book video
House concert tour scheduling posts
Plus, all of the random personal posts - about songwriting, late night recording, family, Jamie's doings, etc.
Most of this stuff required the creation of media of various sorts - videos, pictures, audio, etc.
How many of you are going down this road? And, what are your favorite tools for creating media?
I have been using:
wordle.net - This is a website that creates word clouds. The music videos for my recent album are all based on word clouds of the lyrics. I create a word cloud, and then pan around the image (Ken Burns effect). It's a simple way to create a compelling video, and it's fun picking out the words of the song as they go by...
Pixlr.com/express - This is my go-to website for photo processing. I use it to add text to photos, and to add overlays and borders. It's very easy to use, and creates good images.
imovie and garageband - These come standard on my Apple computer, and I have been using them for...well, for a very long time. I know that there are more 'professional' tools available. But, I have never needed anything more sophisticated.
One thing is sure - if something is difficult to use, I won't do it.
My biggest hurdle is REMEMBERING to take pictures. A facebook post without a photo is worse than useless...
Just this year, in the last three months, she has posted about these things:
A new years video - Auld Lang Syne
Additions to her "Songs From Home" series
The very successful "Show Me Yours" campaign - the response was amazing
Reminders of her "personal songs" project for Valentines Day
The recent video project - using video sent in by her community
Video streaming with Meerkat
Song preview from the upcoming album
House concert book video
House concert tour scheduling posts
Plus, all of the random personal posts - about songwriting, late night recording, family, Jamie's doings, etc.
Most of this stuff required the creation of media of various sorts - videos, pictures, audio, etc.
How many of you are going down this road? And, what are your favorite tools for creating media?
I have been using:
wordle.net - This is a website that creates word clouds. The music videos for my recent album are all based on word clouds of the lyrics. I create a word cloud, and then pan around the image (Ken Burns effect). It's a simple way to create a compelling video, and it's fun picking out the words of the song as they go by...
Pixlr.com/express - This is my go-to website for photo processing. I use it to add text to photos, and to add overlays and borders. It's very easy to use, and creates good images.
imovie and garageband - These come standard on my Apple computer, and I have been using them for...well, for a very long time. I know that there are more 'professional' tools available. But, I have never needed anything more sophisticated.
One thing is sure - if something is difficult to use, I won't do it.
My biggest hurdle is REMEMBERING to take pictures. A facebook post without a photo is worse than useless...