Geoff from geoffmobile.com plays his synthesizer, the Korg MS-2000B, for around 35 minutes.

This is Geoff’s favorite jam of his yet! New sonic ground was covered, at least for Geoff’s musical ear. Some of the music in this video may be useful for a short film score, and Geoff intends for you to use this music in your films (for free!! – please see below).

This video and performance are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution. Feel free to use the music in your short film or corporate videos or any other sort of purpose, as long as you include my name, Geoff Peters, and website link geoffmobile.com in the credits.

To obtain uncompressed WAV versions of this music (such as to use in a short film or radio program), please email Geoff at geoff@gpeters.com or contact him through:

twitter.com/gpeters
facebook.com/geoff.peters

Thanks for watching!
Please rate, comment, and subscribe!
Cheers,
Geoff

A Birds in the House production
birdsinthehouse.com

Technical notes:
Synthesizer: Korg MS-2000B
Recorded into a Motu 8-pre in 48khz 24 bit, stereo.
Geoff’s voice was recorded using a Sennheiser lapel microphone /wireless transmitter, also plugged into the Motu 8-pre.
This audio was not processed, normalized, compressed, or modified in any way. It’s the clean signal right from the synth.

Video recorded with a Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9V camera (manual white balance, EV+0, 60p 1080p), and edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow). Audio was synced with the video using Pluraleyes from Singular Software. Synth audio was monitored live during performance on Behringer B2031A studio monitors.

Geoff from geoffmobile.com interviews J.J. McCullough, columnist and writer of the newly released “J.J.’s Complete Guide to Canada”.

Check out the Guide for free online here:

www.thecanadaguide.com

And please visit J.J.’s other website (for his political / editorial cartoons and Huffington Post column):

filibustercartoons.com

Thanks for watching!

For more videos from Vancouver BC Canada, please subscribe to Geoffmobile here on Youtube or visit geoffmobile.com

Cheers,
Geoff

Technical Notes:
Camera: Canon EOS T2i with Magic Lantern Unified and Technicolor Cinestyle
Sound: Zoom H1, as well as Mac Laptop. Processed in Audacity with normalize, SC4 compressor, and W1 Limiter plugins.
Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).

A Birds in the House Production

birdsinthehouse.com

Geoff from geoffmobile.com talks about his current short film project, as well as talks about the success of Apple (with iPod, iPhone, and iPad) and the amazing achievements of the late great Steve Jobs.

Geoff asks the question: “Who will be the next Steve Jobs?”

Thanks for watching!
Cheers,
Geoff

Technical notes:
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9V
Audio: Sennheiser lapel mic, Zoom H1
Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 with USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).

Geoff from geoffmobile.com visits Cafe Crepe in downtown Vancouver BC Canada for some al-fresco dining.

Cafe Crepe
874 Granville Street
Vancouver BC Canada
Phone: 604-806-0845

Visit the restaurant’s web site for more locations, menu, and hours of operation:

cafecrepe.com/

Shown in video:
-Granville street scene
-Exterior of restaurant
-Caesar salad in a bowl
-Freshly made Crepe with ham, egg, and cheese

Thanks for watching! For more videos about Vancouver restaurants please subscribe, rate, and comment!!

Cheers,
Geoff

geoffmobile.com

A Birds in the House Production

birdsinthehouse.com

Technical notes:
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9V, manual white balance, Exposure compensation -1EV.
Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).
Color correction in luminosity was done using RGB Curves tool.
Faces were blurred out in this video by copying the video track, cropping, and applying Gaussian Blur. Blurred regions were moved by keyframing the crop controls.

Have a great day!
Cheers & bye for now.

Geoff from geoffmobile.com talks about one really important goal of the Design process: to simplify and uncomplicate an existing workflow or process.

When designing anything, think about asking the questions:
-is this design making something simpler? How many steps did it use to take, and how many does it now?
-Is the process being designed accomplishing something useful?
-Did the process use to require specialized knowledge to perform? Does your new design make it easy to understand for people without specialized knowledge?

Please leave your comments below. If you enjoy my videos, please subscribe to my channel and rate/ like this video!

Cheers,
Geoff
geoffmobile.com

Technical notes:

Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9V with manual white balance, recording in 60p 1080p.

Audio: Recorded on Zoom H1 with Sennheiser lapel mic, processed in Audacity. In Audacity, the following filters were used:
-Normalize with DC Offset removal
-W1 Limitier VST (Betabugs Gui)
-Chop and trim the track.

Video was edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5. Color correction was done with RGB Curves and Fast Color Corrector. Audio was synced with video using Pluraleyes by Singular Software.

Don’t be afraid of telling others your ideas

False:
All your ideas should be good ones.
You should make sure an idea is fully baked before telling it.
You don’t want to have people know you as a person who creates some ideas which are not useful.

Better:

FFFOTRQ

Flow – Get the process for idea sharing and communication flowing

Feedback – Ask for others feedback on your ideas

Failure – Fail early and often. Great inventors had many ideas and failures

Openness – Be open about sharing your ideas

Tenacity – Be stubborn and follow your hunches. Don’t give up too early

Realizing – when it’s time to move on – also need to recognize when an idea isn’t working or when it’s time to let go

Quantity – Come up with lots of ideas

99 percent of success is built on failure.
— Charles F. Kettering
Inventor of Car motor starter (ignition). Freon for fridges.

Thanks for watching!

Cheers,
Geoff

Filmed on a Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9V
Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).
Audio processed in Audacity.

Here’s another “Cooking with Geoff” recipe episode from Vancouver BC Canada.

Geoff from geoffmobile.com shows how to make a creamy version of mashed potatoes with coconut milk instead of dairy milk. This recipe is 100% vegan and vegetarian!

They’re a great accompaniment to round out a delicious meal. Serve with gravy and your choice of protein and vegetables.

Music:

Quorra by Occluded Front
soundcloud.com/occluded_front
www.facebook.com/OccludedFront?sk=wall

Song that Never Was (Imogen Heap Remix) by gpeters
soundcloud.com/gpeters

Joy by Geoff Peters Trio
gpeters.com

Technical notes:

Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9V with manual white balance

Audio recorded on a Zoom H1, with sennheiser Lapel mic.

Narration Audio processed in Audacity. (Used SC4 compressor, split tracks to mono, Hard limiter, and Amplify effect).

In Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5. side-chain compression was used to perform audio ducking of the music track underneath the narration, using “Molot” compressor VST Plugin, 2 instances of the “64 bit 2 channels Molot 0.3 version” VST plugin in the “mono mode with external side chain signal” mode were used directly in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 to perform the side chain compression.

Get the free Molot compressor VST plugin here: vladgsound.wordpress.com/downloads/

Thanks for watching!
Cheers,
Geoff

A Birds in the House Production
birdsinthehouse.com

Geoff Peters speech to Club 59 Toastmasters
Vancouver BC Canada
April 2nd 2012

Manual and Speech #: Competent Communicator Project #7, Research Your Topic
Title: Can I change my personality?

Recently, Geoff’s manager asked him to do a personality test. But having been an introvert most of his life, Geoff wonders if it is possible to become more extraverted, in effect changing his personality type. Toastmasters has been a great way for Geoff to gain more extroverted skills. Geoff will examine the current research on personality types and whether a person can change their own personality type through training or goal seeking.

Synopsys:

The Power to Change One’s Personality — Introverts and Extraverts — by Geoff Peters

“Without great solitude, no serious work is possible,” Picasso
1. What is introversion / extraversion?
Definition of introversion: Susan Whitbourne, Ph.D

- how easy to get to know?
- comfortable around other people who you don’t know well?
- seek out social situations?
- Like being by themselves and involving themselves in quiet contemplation?
- likely to express yourself and see that your needs are met (assertiveness)?
- activity level
- Excitement Seeking / Risk taking: Extroverts are more likely than introverts to get into car accidents, participate in extreme sports and to place large financial bets.
- Expressing Positive Emotion

Shyness? Author Susan Cain: Shyness and introversion are not the same. Shy people fear negative judgment whereas introverts simply prefer less stimulation. Shyness = painful (social anxiety disorder / phobia), introversion not painful.
Simple definition: Introverts: prefer minimally stimulating environments, comfortable working alone.
Extraverts: prefer very stimulating environments
Spectrum: Introversion on one side, extraversion on other side. 50% of people fall on each side.

2. Maybe Being Introverted is Good? Creativity and Invention

Our society rewards extroverts. But maybe this comes at a cost.

Susan Cain: people are more creative when they enjoy privacy and freedom from interruption “Person sitting quietly under a tree in the backyard, while everyone else is clinking glasses on the patio, is more likely to have an apple land on his head.” (Isaac Newton)

- Groupthink – people in groups: sit back and let others do work. instinctively mimic others’ opinions and lose sight of their own. also: peer pressure.

Electronic brainstorming, large groups outperform individuals; and the larger the group the better.
- Marcel Proust called reading: a “miracle of communication in the midst of solitude,” Internet = a place where we can be alone together

3. Can someone change their personality?

Personality is immutable after the age of 30? In 2005: A study conducted on almost 2000 people ages 20 to 96 over a 15-year period challenged the idea. (Terracciano, et al. Psychology and Aging)

Over life, changes in personality occurred:
excitement-seeking declined
Assertiveness increased up to about age 70
Activity level declined from age 30 onward
Gregariousness, warmth, and positive emotions were relatively stable.

Facets of introversion naturally modulate over time.

You can take active steps to change your levels of introversion on one or more of these facets
Toastmasters — a way to gain Extroverted skills. Learn to ignore your fears of social situations.

Conclusion:

My Goal: be extroverted enough to exchange and advance ideas, but see themselves as independent and individualistic
Power of collaboration Steve Wozniak toiled alone on a beloved invention. Steve Jobs had supernatural magnetism.
Life is meaningless without love, trust and friendship.

Humans have two contradictory impulses: we love and need one another, yet we crave privacy and autonomy.
Lone geniuses are out. Collaboration is in. We have the power to change.

Thanks to Steve C. for recording me!

Regards,
Geoff

Geoff from geoffmobile.com does a performance / jam on his Korg Ms2000B synthesizer. I love the Korg MS2000, such a versatile and classic synth!

Recorded on a Zoom H1 and edited with Audacity. Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T2i (550d)

Geoff Peters, a software developer from Vancouver BC Canada, gives a live demo of his new website chirpsafari.com

Chirpsafari.com is an easy way to discover cool stuff and people on Twitter.

Please visit chirpsafari.com to try for yourself.
(it’s free!)

Please send comments and feedback about Chirpsafari to Geoff at geoff@gpeters.com

Thanks and have a great day!

Cheers,
Geoff
geoffmobile.com

Technical Notes:
Screen Recorded with Camstudio on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow), using the Camstudio lossless codec. Resulting AVI file was converted to MOV Motion Jpeg using XMedia Recode.
Audio was recorded using a Zoom H1 in audio interface mode (44.1khz, 16 bit), using a Sennheiser lapel microphone. Audio was processed using Audacity.
Video was edited using Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5.

Music by Laundryman (the Vancouver electronic band), used with Permission.
Check out Laundryman’s facebook page here:
www.facebook.com/pages/Laundryman/332946393418686?sk=wall

More Music from Laundryman:
geoffmobile.com/blog/category/laundryman-music

Bye for now!