Alrighteyo, so today is a GREAT day. Well namely the evening. So it's been a LONG time since I'd recorded a mix. The last mix I even bothered to record was the Broken Rock Beats. As you can read on the DJ Eth page I didn't have time or space to setup my stuff over summer. So finally with the addition of my new Denon CD player and my nice layout I've been mixing a lot more and getting a deal of practice in. So finally I was feeling like a mix was more than due to be made. So I just got out some of my newly burned CD's and went to work. Fortunately the mix well well and I produced a good set. The progression and flow of tunes is great. I'm actually less than happy with the technical mixing details of it. I think it's excessively sloppy mixing and such, but hey... I'll let my listeners be the judge of that.
I found the title of the mix ("Thanks For The Mix") more and more ironic as the evening went on. I was planning to drive up home this evening and getting going on the mix delayed me at least a whole two hours, one to make it and probably another hour in mastering and website edits. So I basically totally changed my plans for the evening just to get this mix done and out for folks to listen to it. So you best be saying "thanks for the mix"! So go get it!
Well anyway, in other news I was checking my email when I was uploading the mix to my site. I got an email from iD Tech Camps where I was a instructor/councelor this past summer. I was teaching DV video production on Final Cut Pro. All of the DV projects go into a iD tech video contest to win in one of 7 catagories. (Eg: most original, best cinematography, best action, etc.) Well one thing in the email was that the website had been updated with the new classes for this year and, the DV contest winner. And well, get this shit.
One of my kids films WON! I'm so fucking stoked. Here, go lookie. It's titled "Something Worth Stealing"
I mean it's absolutely amazing, you work with these kids and teach them for a week and at the end of it they a product of their work that is really fantastic. And then to see it go on and win, and be posted on the website for thousands to look at and see as an example of what you can learn to do at iD Tech Camps. In addition that many kids in the '07 summer DV classes will be looking at it, as it's in the (instructor) curriculum; to suggest having your kids look at the DV winners on the site to gain a perspective of what is a "truly great" project. And my kids' work is up there. One of 7, out of hundreds of videos made this summer. I've said it before, and again: it's really rewarding working with people (esp kids) and to see them be inspired by what you teach them and then see them be successful with what they do. And this is by far the biggest accomplishment for me.
That group of kids started that week with such great energy and right from the get-go set their goals to win the best cinematography award. Now while they didn't win that category, they did win an award in the contest and duly deserving of such.
Anyway, here's the link again for ya and the film was called "Something Worth Stealing." Now I must be off to bed as I need to wake up early to drive up home. So much for calling it an early night.