Most Annoying Commercial Ever
I spend the majority of my waking life at work in my recording studio. Which is fine with me. Usually.
But sometimes I feel I was meant for much more than this. I long to serve a higher cause. To make a meaningful contribution to the global community that has already given me so much. To unite humanity by creating a work of such genius that every soldier would put down his weapons and embrace his brothers and sisters.
And then I remember. I have. But don’t take my word for it:
Time and time and time again this masterpiece has been referred to as, “…obviously inspired by…”, “wow, that was pretty…”, and “most annoying commercial ever.”
However, I cannot take full credit for the brilliance of this work. I merely wrote the song that drives it and recorded and edited James’ brilliant voiceover performance. The original idea wasn’t even mine, it was the creative guys over at Euro that dreamt up this bad boy. World peace, after all, sometimes takes a group effort.
So if you are ever feeling depressed and hopeless, just remember you have the power to remove limescale.
Audio Engineering 001
I recently wrote an article for the video editors I work with at Company X. It makes a great introduction to audio for anyone who is working with audio on their computer and would like to have more control over the finished product.
Enjoy!
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The only rule when working with audio is: there are no rules. Instead of rules trust your ears; you have good ears and they will tell you what needs to be done. That being said, basic knowledge of the tools available for audio manipulation and an awareness of common obstacles will make it much faster › more…
The 9 Best TED Talks Ever
If you’re like me and are inspired by scientific and technological advances and bleeding-edge knowledge of our universe and human-kind, you will love ted.com. Whenever I’m unimpressed with the world and its inhabitants (especially myself) I go to ted.com, and it always manages to impress me. TED reminds me that anything is possible if we can dream it and commit to making it real.
TED.com has hundreds of free videos featuring innovative speakers from each field. Almost all the talks are fascinating–even if the subject matter doesn’t interest me I usually can’t help but be drawn in by the speaker’s passion.
Here are the nine best talks:
- The Human Brain
- Jill Bolte Taylor is a brain researcher who suffered a massive stroke. She describes what it was like to be conscious during the stroke, watching parts of her brain shut down. Truly amazing.
- Jeff Hawkins (developer of the Palm and Treo) talks about brain › more…