Time lapse RECording before SFBakstad's beautiful RECords.

As per questions by RegularJoe and RenaeRieden: This was composed using a mix of several different things. I recorded myself playing piano; the clarinet and strings were composed using a program by Cakewalk (after actually getting the violin sounds I wanted, I fed it through backwards! Which creates a more interesting sound I think); and it was all put together in a little music editing program called Audacity.

As per RichieMillenium's request (and due to the fact that the other video got cut-off at the end), I've uploaded a version of this video without music :D

I spent the afternoon driving around Houston with my cousin and brother taking videos of my favorite spots for this collaboration.

I'm the typical Military kid who got to move all over the place following her dad to wherever he was sent. I've lived in California, Florida, Virginia, Italy, Sicily, and Texas. I've also been to Germany, France, Spain, Luxembourg, Holland, and Sardinia. So I think it's safe to say that I've been to several cities in my 22 years. Anyway, we settled down long enough in Texas to allow me to graduate from high school. After graduation, I went to the Philippines for vacation and just never left. Within a week of arriving, I had enrolled at a local college and stayed for 4 years to earn a degree in Nursing. I graduated in April 2010 and moved back to Texas in May. The track in the background is of me talking about how it was like to live in the Philippines.

I think I get repetitive, but I wanted to include as much audio as possible to give others more material with which to work. I thought it'd be interesting to show the beauty of Houston (where I've lived for over 6 years) while I talked about a different way of life in another country to show the contrast in cultures.

I'll upload the more "upbeat" version of this video with music in a little bit. I just wanted to get this out in time for SITC :)

It's kind of long, but I hope this footage is useful to someone out there :)

PS: I'd like to thank my awesome cousin, Daryl, for driving me around Houston for the day; my cousin, irenmonkey, for lending us her car; and to my brother for coming along and making sure I wasn't lost.

I came up with this one in the shower and recorded it that same night.

I wanted to do an acoustic show tune. Although it doesn't kick in untill the second half, I was trying to channel frank sinatra or dean martin, or both.....and this is what I came up with. This one is also off of my album "Gallery".

My 2nd RECord: tommacarte's poem (kind of) to music. This is getting kind of fun :D

A song that should have been written 40 or 50 years ago.


I'm from the suburbs where I did my time
Being well-off was my only crime
Now I'm here with some pretty bad news
I've come along to steal away your blues

Got a guitar that I didn't buy
an expensive coat and a trendy tie
I'm gonna make a pretty penny or two
I'm gonna steal away your blues

I've never been homeless, hungry or out of a job, it's true
but I had my heart broken by the girls at my private school
Isn't that enough?

I may be white, but I still got soul
I may not be stone, but I still know how to roll
How'd I make my money? Well, I'll give you a clue
I just gone and stole away your blues
I'm stealin' away your blues
Stealin' away your blues

my sad TINY STORY about being far away while hitRECord is going to put EVERYTHING ON FIRE in NY

I've been using Photoshop for years now and I mostly use it to make photomanipulations.
What are those you ask? "Photo manipulation is the application of image editing techniques to photographs in order to create an illusion or deception through analog or digital means."

Use however you see fit :)

Another dream soundtrack I've been working on. Recorded using a 4 track recorder, guitar, keytar, and loop station. Use however you want!

Stairs in il Museo Del Vaticano
During two or three weeks after seeing that, I used to dream a lot about those stairs...