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

Speech #6: Vocal Variety, Best Run Toastmasters, Vancouver BC Canada
by: Geoff Peters geoffmobile.com
March 22nd 2012

Title: The Changing Face of Celebrity

Synopsis: Geoff talks about the historical exclusiveness of the “celebrity class” of people, introduces the idea of “micro celebrity”, and talks about how anyone can become a celebrity in their own way.

Speech Summary:
Around 10 years ago, I had my first celebrity crush. I won’t go into details of which celebrity it was, but let me tell you that I had all the physiological symptoms of being in love: my heart rate increased, I felt giddy and light headed, I bumped into things, and I couldn’t think about anyone else. Yes, I was in “love” with a celebrity, as much as a 20 year old can be.
Fortunately, a few weeks passed, and the burning object of my desire faded away into the normality of every day life. I hoped that one day I would find my cupid’s arrow pointing at a real human being, and around five years later this happened. Love. Of the one-on-one variety. But I digress. As a logical and inquisitive person, and having first experienced a “celebrity crush” I was suddenly fascinated by the whole concept of a “celebrity” and the whole enterprise: what would it feel like to be a celebrity, would it be normal?

But in today’s talk I am not going to explore the topic of what it might be like to be Justin Bieber or Britney Spears. After all, the private lives and behind the scenes have been covered extensively in documentaries and “made for MTV” specials. Today I am going to talk about what I call the “changing face of celebrity” or more specifically, how it is possible for common people to become their own “micro -celebrities” and how being a celebrity is no longer such an exclusive club.

1. What is a celebrity? Celebrities are admired, have a personality and a “story”, and have influence. Example: Carmageddon. Lady Gaga
Ashton Kutcher: 9.8 million followers: LAPD askd me 2tweet: 405fwy btwn 10 & 101 will b closed July16-17. In xchange I would like a free pass on that stoplight tickt IT WAS YELLOW

2. What is changing about celebrity? Youtube is allowing ordinary people to become “micro celebrities” in their own way. (a matter of scale, spheres of influence, tribe, shift from (pro to masses), to (creators to smaller audiences) Examples :Justin Bieber 18 million followers (rose to fame from a Youtube channel), Cooking with Dog (200,000 subscribers) Geoffmobile (146 subscribers)

3. Advice for budding celebrities? Use the power for good, be true to yourself (consider editing/revising). Help the world: focus locally: volunteer, support the arts, environment, spread goodwill. Can have political influence: David Suzuki, Wind mobile, tuition fees, Occupy. True to yourself: be who you want to be, and then allow people to become your fans, rather than trying to be what other want to be.

So in conclusion, a celebrity is admired, has a personality, story and influence. Ordinary people can “put themselves out there” and become mini-celebrities in their own way. And if you’re an aspiring celebrity, be true to yourself, and use your influence to impact the world in a positive way.

Thanks for watching. For more videos from Geoff, please rate, comment, and subscribe!
Geoff has more videos on his website at geoffmobile.com

Have a great day!
Cheers,
Geoff

For more information about Best Run Toastmasters club in Yaletown, Vancouver BC Canada, and how you can join us, please email Geoff at geoff.peters@gmail.com

Technical notes:
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-HX7V
Audio recorded on a Zoom H1 and processed in Audacity.
Video edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).

Closing and opening music by Laundryman (the Vancouver electronic band). Visit them on facebook at:
www.facebook.com/pages/Laundryman/332946393418686

Here’s Vancouver Electronic Music band Laundryman with a live free-improv noise jam session called “Grated”.

Jason Knight, Roland Octapad and Ableton Live Laptop
youtube.com/jasonknightfilms

Geoff Peters, Korg MS-2000B
geoffmobile.com

Recorded in Vancouver BC Canada.

Please check us out and “like” us on Facebook:

www.facebook.com/pages/Laundryman/332946393418686?sk=wall

Also if you live in Vancouver please contact us if you’d like to hear us perform live in your local coffee shop, yoga studio, or laundrymat!

Laundryman, delivering highly laundered music products to your inner ears!

Cheers,
Geoff and Jason

Audio was recorded on a Zoom H1 and processed with Audacity.
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-HX7V
Video edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5, on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).

The Power of the Video Language
by Geoff Peters, Feb 9th 2012

geoffmobile.com

Presented to Best Run Toastmasters club in Vancouver BC Canada.

- The power of video to communicate ideas

Intro:
Youtube:· 8 years of content uploaded every day, Over 3 billion views of videos /day
But what’s significant about Online Video?
Why should you get involved and learn how to create it?

1. Visual culture and language
2. Communicate complex ideas quickly
3. Scalable to time and place.

1. Visual culture and language
-We’re a visual culture: younger generation, TV watchers, a visual language of film.

- NyTimes: – Average American: 34 hours of television each week (2010)

- Canada: around ½ that.

- 2-6 hours /day of TV compared with 30 minutes of reading.

2. Communicate complex ideas easily:

- Documentaries have power to change real world (Super Size Me).

- Example of my new website for instant mashups to idea to reality in 1 week, developed by someone I don’t know.

Combine sound and still or moving images, capture reality or show something abstract.

3. Scalable to time and place
– Anyone can watch a video, jump traditional hierarchies.

Godfrey’s video idea gets noticed by directors.
– Can reach a large audience, video player does the work for you (Youtube).
– People watching don’t have to be located in the same place or time as you.

(Sharing my videos with virtual friends in Berlin Germany, Vietnam, Japan, Australia).

Conclusion:
- Ability to create, communicate in video, and interpret the language of video

- will become an important part of literacy.
Video language – power to communicate complex ideas quickly,

and scale across the globe or across an organization.
Technology for making video is getting cheaper – through TV and Youtube we already know the language, so let’s get comfortable speaking it!

References:

www.newmediatrendwatch.com/markets-by-country/11-long-haul/45-canada

www.tv.com/news/how-much-television-do-you-watch-per-week-24833/

Other notes:

Idea in your head to Words to Interpretation to Thoughts in another person’s mind.

Richness of mediums:
-In Person – one on one
-Phone (one on one, voice only, not rich, real time)
-Video (scalable)

Broadcasting to many

Advantages:
Vlogging
Abstract vs discussion
Editing is needed?

Easy:
Need: Tripod, camera, computer (iMovie or Windows Live Movie Maker = free)

Advantages of video blogging.

Recorded with:
Sony Cybershot DSC-HX7V (camera)
and Sony ICD-SX712 (audio recorder)

Here’s the latest joke from Geoff geoffmobile.com

and a discussion of one of my new favorite bands, Dirty Loops from Sweden.

Check out some of Dirty Loops videos here:

Dirty Loops’ Website:

www.dirty-loops.com

Dirty Loops’ Channel on Youtube:

www.youtube.com/user/dirtyloops/videos

Dirty Loops Cover of Baby by Justin Bieber (so amazing!!!)

Geoff Peters from geoffmobile.com talks about the idea of “Quality” and the act of creating.

Articles mentioned:
The New Creative Class:

techcrunch.com/2012/01/29/the-emergence-of-the-content-creation-class/

Twitter Interesting Stuff Finder:

www.gpeters.com/twitter/explorer.php?startuser=gpeters

Britney Spears Circus (amazing Cover by Dirty Loops):

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

Cheers,
Geoff

geoffmobile.com

A Birds in the House Production

birdsinthehouse.com

Technical notes:
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-HX7V
Sound: Sony ICD-SX712 with lapel mic, processed with Audacity
Sound synced with video using Pluraleyes from Singular Software.
Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 (legal) on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).
Colors were tweaked and image tone levels were adjusted using the Fast Color Corrector in Premiere.

Copper Chimney Restaurant
567 Hornby Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Phone: 604-689-8862
Restaurant’s web site: www.copperchimney.ca

As featured on dineouthere.com

Geoff and K.L. from Geoffmobile.com visit Copper Chimney restaurant in downtown Vancouver BC Canada.
Great Indian-inspired food in a welcoming atmosphere, friendly staff, and a beautiful decor and ambiance.

Shown in video:
-Interior of restaurant including patrons at dinner time
-Bread
-Appetizers:
-Lamb chops
-Vegetarian samosas
-Prawn pekoras
Main course:
-Butter chicken
Interview with restaurant manager, Dalip.
-Showing the restaurant decor.
-Thanks very much!!

This has been another “mmm” restaurant video from geoffmobile.com
Please rate, comment, and subscribe!

Thanks,
Geoff

Technical notes:
Camera: Canon EOS T2i with Magic Lantern and Technicolor Cinestyle
Audio recorded on Sony ICD-SX712 and processed with Audacity.
Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 (Windows 7 Dell PC with Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow)

Disclosure:
Thank you! The restaurant kindly provided the food and opportunity to make this video at Copper Chimney.

A live jam / electronic music performance.

Electronic Drums – Jason K. youtube.com/jasonknightfilms

Korg MS2000B synth – Geoff P. geoffmobile.com

Here Geoff and Jason do an improvised jam recorded in Jason’s living room. Recorded on December 27th 2011 in Vancouver BC Canada.

Free MP3 download of this jam:

gpeters.com/tracks/jason%20geoff%20electronic/

Recorded with a Sony ICD-SX712 and processed with Audacity and Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5.

A live jam / electronic music performance.

Electronic Drums – Jason K. youtube.com/jasonknightfilms

Korg MS2000B synth – Geoff P. geoffmobile.com

Here Geoff and Jason do an improvised jam recorded in Jason’s living room. Recorded on December 27th 2011 in Vancouver BC Canada.

Free MP3 download of this jam:

gpeters.com/tracks/jason%20geoff%20electronic/

Recorded with a Sony ICD-SX712 and processed with Audacity and Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5.

A live jam / electronic music performance.

Electronic Drums – Jason K. youtube.com/jasonknightfilms

Korg MS2000B synth – Geoff P. geoffmobile.com

Here Geoff and Jason do an improvised jam recorded in Jason’s living room. Recorded on December 27th 2011 in Vancouver BC Canada.

Free MP3 download of this jam:

gpeters.com/tracks/jason%20geoff%20electronic/

Recorded with a Sony ICD-SX712 and processed with Audacity and Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5.