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Soft Day


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SmokeyVW

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walls for the wind, and a roof for the rain
and drinks beside the fire
laughter to cheer you
and those you love near you
and all that your heart may desire

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Comments: 26
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Plays: 44
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Uploaded: Apr 22, 2009 - 11:42:09 PM
Last Updated: Apr 30, 2009 - 07:04:46 PM Last Played: Nov 08, 2009 - 05:33:25 PM
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MarcusPerry said 200 days ago (April 23rd, 2009)
cool
I like the piano and guitar mix..
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Char said 200 days ago (April 23rd, 2009)
Ah, Perfect last song
before I quit for the night. So versatile, Bill. This is very romantic and restful. I love that bit of choral that gives it an ageless feel. Reminds me of numbers done on the TV when I was a little kid when the variety shows had their singers come out to back a guest. Thanks.
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Char said 200 days ago (April 23rd, 2009)
I realized I didn't watch your video.
Really cool. Thanks.
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jiguma said 200 days ago (April 23rd, 2009)
Bill
It looks like you've been a bit of a trendsetter in the MJ video department. I feel a challenge in the air.

Nice tune - the video adds so much to it as well. What a very relaxing piece.

Thanks for this one.
Neil
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blindsidedpoets said 200 days ago (April 23rd, 2009)
Soft Day
Smokey-VWan Kenobi, your Jedi video skills are excellent. I have a hard time even figuring out how to line up the audio/video in iMovie. You must share your secret... software used, etc.
As for the song... beautiful, great work!
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SmokeyVW said 200 days ago (April 23rd, 2009)
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it's just iMovie. i used GarageBand for embellishing and mixing the audio and ex/imported back into iMovie. the video is based on one take. i didn't have very much additional material to work with, but i tried to make the most of it.

lining up the audio was painful. after a few failed attempts, i did this: i lined up the audio once during the beginning. then i cut up the performance vid at exact multiples of 10 seconds. i also cut up the other material into 10 second clips. then i substituted chunks of the performance with the clips. since everything was 10 seconds long, it was easy to keep it all in sync throughout.

the 10 second pacing actually seemed to help pull it all together artistically.

a true iMovie expert would probably laugh!

thanks


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blindsidedpoets said 200 days ago (April 23rd, 2009)
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Great idea. I've been watching iLife '09 with great interest. iMovie apparently allows video dual tracking now, which should make that easier. But I'm waiting to buy the iLife/iWork/OS X family multi pack until Snow Leopard comes out... day 1, I'll be in line like I will be for the new Star-Trek in a couple weeks :)
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Roxylee said 200 days ago (April 23rd, 2009)
Perfect song for today
a soft, Spring rain with piano and guitar. Watching the video was cool, thanks! :-)
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davisamerica said 200 days ago (April 23rd, 2009)
I really love
the ability to add video now. Vw .... nice on man!! Love the little girl with the bubbles. BTW .... wonderfully relaxing tune Bill !
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SmokeyVW said 196 days ago (April 26th, 2009)
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that little girl is my lovely granddaughter! :)

thank you
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abfkingsport said 200 days ago (April 23rd, 2009)
ABFkingsport
Excellent mix. a very nice relaxing acoustic piece. A job well done.
The King
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sloparts said 200 days ago (April 23rd, 2009)
Love the vid and the song Bill
This is such a relaxing song. I don't know what it is about rain, but it always seems to calm the spirit. That is unless it comes in the form of tornadic weather, but that's not where you've gone here.

This is such a lovely piece Bill and I just love it. Kudos on the music, and on the video. That was really nice witching you and the images you show during the song, Both are very well done my friend, Kudos to you.

ed
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SmokeyVW said 196 days ago (April 26th, 2009)
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a gentle rain usually makes me introspective. it's like nature watering one's soul. if that makes any sense!

thanks
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TERRAPLANE said 200 days ago (April 23rd, 2009)
Lovely Tune
Bill,, But I don't get the video,, just a still image... Maybe my CPU doesn't meet the requirements.. I have a legacy MAC G4/1.25
peace,,, Terry
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bud said 199 days ago (April 24th, 2009)
Very nice Bill
Thanks for letting us into your home and sharing a live moment with you. Really enjoyed the video and the relaxing tune. Beautiful.
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SmokeyVW said 196 days ago (April 26th, 2009)
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thanks for visiting my little world. you got my point exactly.
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guitapick said 199 days ago (April 24th, 2009)
Perfect Title...
...beautiful piece, Bill...
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Ed Hannifin said 198 days ago (April 24th, 2009)
I think this...
...is one of my favorites among your many, many pieces, Bill... It's simple, and it's good simple... I like hearing the simple guitar accompaniment with the piano...

And loving both rain and brooks as I do, I think that video is pretty darned enchanting...

Ed
mowguy3 said 198 days ago (April 25th, 2009)
Soft Day
One of the first songs of the day for me. Nice cup of coffee and this sweet song in the headphones. It's going to be a great day. Thanks.
Mow.
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kassia said 196 days ago (April 26th, 2009)
beautiful and relaxing
i loved the accompanying video, smokey. it made this the perfect meditational piece. very soothing images and sounds. the play between guitar and piano is sweet and soft. a lovely piece. thank you for this.
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SmokeyVW said 196 days ago (April 26th, 2009)
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the world is a wonderful place. just point and click! :)

this is mostly all raw recordings (audio & video) assembled as best i could. reality is the best.

thank you for listening
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lengold said 196 days ago (April 27th, 2009)
Lovely and
very relaxing music - swept away my angst for today. Really inspiring to see you so relaxed too and making all look so easy.
Cheers
Len

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dajama said 190 days ago (May 2nd, 2009)
Excellent
The video is terrific - really added a new dimension to the track. Love the musical colors - the piano is really nice chiming against the guitar. Very cool. Nicely done. Peace.
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chronologic said 188 days ago (May 4th, 2009)
very nice
I found the music totally appropriate, video very "real", and the effect quite touching. Really nice work Smokey. Thanks for sharing it.
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SmokeyVW said 171 days ago (May 22nd, 2009)
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this whole project was impromptu, all done in one evening.

the "realness" is probably because it's pretty close to raw video. all the video segments are first takes. in iMovie i used slo-mo for the bubbles scenes (the original video ran way too short), and i added a rain effect to the brook scenes: it really was gently raining but it only showed up as little splashes in the water, so i enhanced it a bit.

thanks
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MarkHolbrook said 18 days ago (October 22nd, 2009)
Whoa
this is different for you! Beautiful melody and nice interaction between the piano and guitar!
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