Joe_portrait_2010-07-16

RegularJOE

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Joe_portrait_2010-07-16
by RegularJOE
07-24-2010
We have an awesome Alice In Wonderland collaboration going here -- http://www.hitrecord.org/records/44492

No one knows exactly what will result from this collaboration, but I'd like to lend a framework to this project by focusing for a bit on the Lewis Carol text where these ideas all started. Through The Looking glass is the novel, you can find the whole thing online here -- http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12/12-h/12-h.htm -- it's from 1871, making it Public Domain. In other words, we're allowed to use it however we like.

I'd like for us to find passages from this novel, release them as text RECords and contribute them to this collaboration page. Your passage could be as short as a sentence or as long as a chapter. Probably between a couple paragraphs and a couple pages is ideal.

We'll see which passages resonate most with the community. Then hopefully we can combine that text with all the great RECords already contributed to the Alice collab, and make something whole.
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Joe_portrait_2010-07-16
by RegularJOE
07-24-2010
They Can't Turn The Lights Off Now is one of the most renowned RECords to come out of hitRECord so far. Teafaerie wrote the lyrics and directed the creation of the song and cartoon, we screened it at Sundance and SxSW, and it even won an award from the Human Rights Campaign -- http://www.hrc.org

Now, even though it was great and presentable enough to do so well, there's always opportunity for further refinement and remixing here. I think the video could use more visual ideas. The cartoon is awesome, and I don't want to take anything away from it. But I think it could be interwoven with other stuff.

VIDEO EDITORS -- Find either public domain footage ( like from http://archive.org ) or video RECords from hitRECord.org and cut it on top of the current cartoon. Find visual ideas that correspond with what the lyrics are talking about at that moment. Make your cutting points match the rhythm of the music.

EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A VIDEO EDITOR -- the most involved part of this is going to be finding the right footage to use. So find some public domain footage or video RECords from hitRECord.org and compile them into an Album. In your Album's description, write which video clip is intended to go with which lyric of the song. Ideally even include time code, for example, use XYZ Clip from 3:26 to 3:31 to go along with the lyric "information is very slippery stuff". Contribute that Album to this Collaboration, et voilà...
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Joe_portrait_2010-07-16
by RegularJOE
07-22-2010
Nothing big
Nothing grand
Nothing useful
Nothing planned
Nothing smart, or at least not very
Nothing revolutionary
Nothing urgent
Nothing hot
Maybe quiet
Maybe not
Nothing hard
Nothing wet
Nothing naked, well not yet
Nothing witty
Nothing wise
No big deal
No first prize
Nothing solemn
Nothing set
Nothing much to give or get
Nothing now but me and you
Nothing more, thanks, that'll do
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Joe_portrait_2010-07-16
by RegularJOE
06-25-2010
No details yet, but we are going to be putting out a DVD/book/artifact physical RECord to show on a shelf or give to a friend. It'll be a collection of various RECords we've completed so far. So the question, of course, is... which?

Compile an album of writing, photography, graphic art, collage, etc, that you think could/should go in the BOOK, and contribute that album to this collaboration. They could be already basically "done," or works very much in progress.
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Joe_portrait_2010-07-16
by RegularJOE
06-25-2010
No details yet, but we are going to be putting out a DVD/book/artifact physical RECord to show on a shelf or give to a friend. It'll be a collection of various RECords we've completed so far. So the question, of course, is... which?

Compile an album of videos you think could/should go on the DVD, and contribute that album to this collaboration. They could be already basically "done," or works very much in progress.
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Joe_portrait_2010-07-16
by RegularJOE
05-18-2010
Life is but a dream. Contender for ultimate singalong song. Wouldn't it sound awesome with a bunch of different voices? RECord your voice too!

For the dream doc, or maybe just its own little meme leading up to Inception.

I did it to a click and a drone note so all kinds of layers are possible. Tempo is 127 BPM and it's in A major.

Last night when I started this, I was too dreamy to set up the whole video/audio synch shitstorm. BUT, I'm gonna do another take with video so that we have visuals to go along with the audio.

And any other visuals this conjures for you that you wanna contribute, that's cool too.
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Joe_portrait_2010-07-16
by RegularJOE
05-16-2010
Wirrow started the song.

We've all begun to jump in adding layers upon layers of music, sound, visuals, light.

I foresee this becoming an ornate collage of a great many layers.

let's try for movement matching rhythm.
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Joe_portrait_2010-07-16
by RegularJOE
05-14-2010
This is for the video that visitors will see when they first arrive at our website here. I've RECorded the bare (boring) bones of what I want it to say. What it needs now is -- of course -- some good remixing. Basically three things: visual cutaways, music, and other people talking.

VISUAL CUTAWAYS. For every idea communicated, I'm hoping there's a visual to go along with it. I don't care if my face is hardly in this video at all. I just want there to constantly be more and more cool things to look at. So video editors: listen to what I'm saying, and when something strikes you, try to find a piece of video or a few images here on hitRECord that express the same thing. And cut it in there. Or, if you don't have the video editing tools to cut them in yourself, just make an album of the RECords you think oughta be remixed in, write in your album's description which RECords go with which parts of the video, and contribute that album to the collaboration. And by the way, the connection between idea and visual doesn't have to be 100% explicitly obvious, as long as it's interesting.

MUSIC. Well this one's pretty clear. There's so much good music on here by now. Which pieces should we use? I'd say, each little subsection of the video should probably have its own musical RECord to go under it. Again, you can either remix it in yourself, or make an album of your suggestions.

OTHER PEOPLE TALKING. I just RECorded the ideas and sentiments that I want visitors to encounter when they first arrive at the site. But it doesn't have to be me saying the whole thing. It doesn't have to be in my words, as long as the idea/sentiment matches. I sorta got this process started at the very top of the video with the Amellia, Sean, and HarperHippie+Mom saying "hit RECord." Seriously, the less I'm in this video, the better it'll be.

A lot of you guys have also already RECorded and reRECorded great versions of this welcome video. I've got an album going here ( http://www.hitrecord.org/records/88366 ) both of complete welcome videos that I like as well as RECords that I think would make good pieces to work in there.

I know it's been a sorta lengthy process getting this one together. But think about it, this is a really important video for us! As more and more people hear about our collaborative collective, we want more and more talented, skilled, friendly artists to come work with us on our projects. And this is gonna be the first thing they see. If we can make something truly watchable out of my three minutes of yapping, that'll directly result in us getting to work with more cool people. So let's go...
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Joe_portrait_2010-07-16
by RegularJOE
05-05-2010
INCEPTION is coming out soon, and in conjunction with its release, they're making a documentary on dreams. When I was asked to participate, I suggested that hitRECord contribute to the project.

We started this collaboration a couple weeks ago now, and it's been going fucking great. Thanks for all the good work so far!

I recently sat down with the documentarian who's directing the movie, Roko Belic, and we RECorded our conversation about where we can go from here. He also wrote the following to accompany the video...


Concepts we'd like hitRECorders to be inspired by as they create:

- dreaming and creativity (dreams are in some way the ultimate expressions of our creativity)
- the vagueness between different states of consciousness (including waking and sleeping. The spaces in between...)
- losing yourself in a story / dream / movie -- losing the boundaries of your self

Some specifics to illustrate:

-worst case scenarios, e.g. nightmares
-Freudian unresolved wishes - sex etc.
-our brains create a model that we consider to be reality. In waking it's dictated by a physical world that filters through our senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste). In sleeping the brain creates freely, untethered by an external physical world.
-the phenomenon of sleep paralysis, sleep paralysis disorder, sleep walking, sleep behavior disorder
-dreaming is a creative act, your brain is an artist and filmmaker
-every character in your dream is you. In your dream you are essentially speaking to yourself.
-having novel ideas in dreams. Some Nobel prizes and works of art are accredited to inspiration from dreams
-the archetypal dream of school exam anxiety where, in your dream, you show up to school to learn that you have to take a major test that you're completely unprepared for.
-the archetypal dream of seeing someone close to you who has died.
-the idea that dreams are not just all in your head, they may be a portal to another reality -- a parallel universe.


So, if you want to shoot a whole short film out of any of these dreams, that's great. But it's also great to contribute your brick in the larger wall. Draw a picture, take a photo, animate a moment.

Also, Roko hasn't chosen any music yet, so the more dreamy sounding stuff we can throw his way, the more likely our tunes can make up this doc's score.

Also also, even if you don't make any videos, images or music, you can still really help by browsing through the RECords we've already got on our site and finding stuff you think might work for this project. Find dreamy, surreal, beautiful visuals -- still images are good, but video is even better. Find dreamy music or soundscapes. Compile an Album of the RECords you find, and contribute that album to the Collaboration.

I'm so grateful and happy to be a part of Inception -- I think you guys are really gonna love the movie. And I can't wait to see what we all make together on this doc project.

Sleep to dream...
J
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Joe_portrait_2010-07-16
by RegularJOE
03-29-2010
Alright, we've amassed a whole bunch of RECords from SxSW 2010. Of course, there's probably more to come (I haven't yet gotten to upload any of the video I shot) but I think it's time we start cutting this stuff together into some cool little movies.

VIDEO EDITORS - this is largely a job for you. It could be documentary style, it could be something totally arty or abstract. Your call.

MUSICIANS / GRAPHICISTS / OTHER ARTISTS - throw your spin onto it. Put your music under it. Draw your interpretation of something somebody says. Or write a response. Anything.

ALBUM COMPILERS - even without any outside RECording tools, you can be super helpful to this project by simply compiling an ALBUM of your favorite SxSW 2010 RECords. We've got so many of them, simply combing through and finding the good stuff is an invaluable part of the process.
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Joe_portrait_2010-07-16
by RegularJOE
03-13-2010
We've got a huge screen to fill at our festivities at SXSW - and we'd like to make sure it always has something on it -

So, we're sending out a request for BACKDROPS. They can be as long as you want (5-10 minutes long). They'll play during times that anything is happening live on-stage: During Sean and Charlotte's performance, during various conversations and live presentations, etc.

Something picturesque with slow movement - the sky while its raining, a worm slowly moving from one side of the screen to the other - anything!
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Joe_portrait_2010-07-16
by RegularJOE
03-13-2010
hitRECord is off to SXSW! join us - whether you'll be in Austin or submitting your RECords to a collaboration - we want you there!

Let's REmix this video - it needs Music, video, photos, editing. Let's get to it and mess with Texas!

Here’s a rundown of the events we’ll be presenting at SXSW:

March 16th - 10p // G-Tech Theater @ The Austin Convention Center
“An evening with hitRECord.org”
A program of short form media created by Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s open collaborative production company. Hosted collectively by the hitRECord.org community and featuring live music by hitRECorders Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl of The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger.

March 20 - 9p // G-Tech Theater @ The Austin Convention Center
“Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the hitRECord.org Spring Spectacular”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt curates and hosts an evening of short films, live entertainment and collaborative RECording. Featuring a performance by hitRECorders Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl of The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger.

March 20 - Midnight // Alamo Drafthouse RITZ location
“Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the hitRECord.org Midnight Matinee”
Short films, beer, movie set, vaudeville, musica, RECordling, collaboration, live
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Joe_portrait_2010-07-16
by RegularJOE
03-12-2010
We'd like to play some SXSW-specific interstitial videos before our featured videos at our events on the 16th and 20th. They can be about anything, but let's keep that at around 10 seconds long.
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Joe_portrait_2010-07-16
by RegularJOE
02-10-2010
For some reason, the last Morgan episode never had a proper collaboration page. Well, that shan't happen again.

Metaphorest just graced us with another beautiful short story featuring our man Morgan and his lovebuddy, Destiny. The foodpenguin is back and sourly donning a panda head. And as any good plot thickens, an antagonist must take the stage.

I've RECorded a first try at voiceover for it. And I recently got together with Lula to shoot our "white-walls" live action rendition. We were joined by a good friend and great artist, Chan, to play Lionel. I'm in the middle of cutting that, hope to get it done early next week.

There's also loads of work to be done on this episode's setting, the Zeppelin Zoo! Lawrie Brewster -- for those who don't yet know, Lawrie's the VFX guru who came out of the woodwork, shocked us all and raised the morgansonien bar with his lush landscapes -- perhaps you and I can help bring all the great hitRECord graphic artists together to collectively create the appropriate animalium.

Then of course, there will be the score. I already talked to Nathan, so instrumentalists of the hitRECorchestra get ready!

And I'm sure there will be much more henceforth, forthwith. Onwards!
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Joe_portrait_2010-07-16
by RegularJOE
01-26-2010
We need bumpers: 5-10 second videos that say hitRECord and Sundance 2010 to play before our featured videos. Pull from the growing library of released RECords or make something from scratch. Remember to keep 'em short... 5-10 seconds. leaning toward 5.
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Joe_portrait_2010-07-16
by RegularJOE
01-21-2010
Tell us about your skills. We want to be able to find you when your skill is needed.

If you're making an audio or video contribution, please include a list of your skills in the text description so when we search for Photoshop, for example, we'll find you.
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Joe_portrait_2010-07-16
by RegularJOE
01-19-2010
Let's see 'em. Red, round, saying REC or not, or something else. Take a picture of a RECord button. Or make a video of yourself (or someone else hitting the button.)
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Joe_portrait_2010-07-16
by RegularJOE
01-15-2010
As you know, on hitRECord, we only Release RECords to which we have the rights. As I've said, in my opinion, the intellectual property laws these days are way out of date. But, the law is the law, and since we've become a legit professional production company, we follow the law.

So even though the norm online is to post stuff by other people, we don't do it here. We incorporate each other's work into our own, but that's because we've all agreed to do that together.

Now, here's the exception. There are certain RECords that we could Release here that are not ours, and those are RECords in what's known as "The Public Domain." Content in the Public Domain is not owned or controlled by anyone. Usually because it's older than our current intellectual property laws. Shakespeare is public domain, as is ancient Greek literature and theater, Mark Twain, etc, etc.

So on this Collaboration page, I'd like to gather up some Public Domain material that you guys think we could turn into great projects.

Here's a decent place to start... http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/
Project Gutenberg hosts a ton of online books, all in Public Domain. Choose a good passage, maybe a a few pages, something that would make a good RECord between, say, a minute and ten minutes long. Paste that passage into a text RECord and contribute it to this collaboration. We'll all start reading through the various suggestions, recommend the ones we like, and soon we'll see which pieces of material we're all resonating with.

And there, I believe, we'll have the beginnings of something great!
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Joe_portrait_2010-07-16
by RegularJOE
01-14-2010
The refrain Metaphorest sings in this is from 11/11. That was the day The REGULARITY began, been RECording weekly since then, on the regular. Towards the beginning of the day, I jotted down some off handed thoughts. Several hitRECorders turned them into audio. And now noiseball has turned it into our next club hit ;o)

I can picture people dancing to this with vodka in their blood in Park City, Utah.

I thought I'd add some drums. Let's add more stuff on top. Turn it into a truly poppy dance-able powerhouse. Like Daft Punk, or um... Daft Punk.

Then visually, I think it's clear what to do. Dance to it. Alone in your room. Or on the stereo at your house party. To re-iterate, I seriously want to put this on at some hot sweaty party at Sundance and RECord people dancing to it there.

Repetition and Deviation
Tradition and Rebellion

<3
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Joe_portrait_2010-07-16
by RegularJOE
01-07-2010
I started an album called "backgrounds / textures" for just that. Images and/or videos that might make a nice bottom layer.

An ALBUM is something one artist curates. So nobody can add to that album but me.

A COLLABORATION, on the other hand, is a page that anybody can contribute RECords to. So here's that version. I'll contribute my album. You can contribute your albums, or you could just contribute individual RECords.
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