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 from geoffmobile.com coins and discusses the concept of Repeatability in media, which he defines to be the number of times you can repeat a piece of media before you get totally sick of it.

Synopsys:

-definition of repeatability in media
-online repeatability
-Repeating on Youtube
-Benefits of repeating
-repeatability in music (e.g. radio)
-low repeatability
-giving things a chance
-The Medium affects repeatability
-my favorite book is repeatable
-Music is very repeatable
-are movies designed for rewatching?
-what is your most repeatable song/book?
-the ability to repeat easily is the gift of the digital age
-History: Early attempts at repeatability (Classical Music)
-Music/Jazz: The vinyl record and other recording mediums legitimized improvisation in music.
-How does repeatability affect you?
-Designing for repeatability
-Case study: Video game music

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Other links from Geoff:

youtube.com/geoffpeterstrio

twitter.com/gpeters

birdsinthehouse.com

facebook.com/geoff.peters

Hope to see you next time!!

Cheers,
Geoff

geoffmobile.com

Technical notes:
-Filmed with a Sony Cybershot DSC-HX7V in 30p MP4 mode. “Adult” face detection mode, manual white balance set to 18% Gray card. No color correction was done to this video.
-Audio recorded into a Sony ICD-SX712 using the built-in mics in the unit.
-Audio was compressed with a 4:1 compression ratio in Audacity and normalized to -0.2 DB
-Audio was synced with the video using Pluraleyes by Singular Software
-Video was edited using Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 (5.5.2) – legally licensed copy – on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).

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.

a video of myself, my dad, and my brother performing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” in a jazzy style.

Recorded on December 25th 2011 in Delta, BC, Canada.

Neil Peters – tenor saxophone
B. Peters – drums
Geoff Peters – piano

The piano we used is a Steinway Grand that was made in the 1960′s. We are so lucky to have this amazing instrument in our family! It is an honor to be able to share it with you.

Please check out some of our other vids, and remember to support live music in your community too!!

Find me on iTunes:

itunes.apple.com/us/album/one-dance/id359501126?i=359501404&uo=6

or on CDBaby:

www.cdbaby.com/cd/geoffpeterstrio

and more free jazz music from me is on my band’s website at:
http;//gpeters.com

Technical notes:
Audio Recorded on a Sony ICD-SX712 in uncompressed 44.1khz 16 bit WAV, using the built-in microphones on the unit. Audio was processed “mastered?” using Audacity (free program).

Video recorded with a Sony Cybershot DSC-HX7V in full HD 1080i 60i 24MB/s, daylight white balance.

Video was synced with audio using Pluraleyes by Singular Software, and edited using Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 (both fully licensed / legal copy). Computer used was a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow). No color correction was done to this video.

Thanks for watching!! See you next time

This has been a Birds in the House Production.
Please visit them at: birdsinthehouse.com

(c) 2011 Geoff Peters

Join Geoff Peters ( gpeters.com ) for some “tinkling of the ivories” on Christmas Day 2011. Geoff improvises and doodles on the Christmas Song while his family enjoys the festivities at their home on Christmas morning, in British Columbia, Canada.

The piano is a beautiful Steinway grand that was purchased by my grandfather in the 1960′s (made in New York). I am so lucky to have this piano in our family.

Merry Holidays and Ho Ho Ho Happy New Year to everyone!!!

Love and kisses,
Geoff

Recorded on a Sony ICD-SX712 using the built-in microphones, and audio was processed (mastered?) in Audacity on a Windows Dell PC.

for me, freedom is when I have space to create and express myself. here is a free improv on the piano!

geoffmobile.com

Technical notes:

Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-HX7V

Microphone: Sony ECM-MS907 condenser microphone plugged directly into Macbook.

Audio processing: No dynamics compression, normalization or EQ was done. This is straight off the mic.

Video: Color corrected (Premiere Fast Color Corrector) and edited in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 on a Windows 64bit Dell Computer running Windows 7.

Audio was synced to the video using the excellent software Pluraleyes by Singular Software:

www.singularsoftware.com/pluraleyes.html

thanks for watching!!

Song For Mom (Composed by Joel Frahm)

www.joelfrahm.com/

Performed by jazz duo:

Neil Peters (alto saxophone)
Geoff Peters (piano)

My dad, Neil Peters, learned this song from his amazing and incredible awesome saxophone / jazz combo instructor Joel Frahm when he attended the Centrum Jazz Workshop in Port Townsend Washington this past July 2011.

From what I heard from my dad, and the recordings from the camp, I highly recommend the Centrum Jazz Workshop in Port Townsend. Top world class faculty, an amazing jazz immersion experience and a focus on real musicianship and creativity. Maybe I’ll go sometime!!

www.centrum.org/jazz/

The piano I played in this video is a beautiful Steinway Grand that has been passed down through my family. It was purchased by my grandparents in the 1960′s and is in excellent working condition. I love this piano!!

Recorded on a Sony ICD-SX712 (ICDSX712B) Digital Voice Recorder using the on-board stereo microphones that come with the unit. This is a fantastic recording unit that is perfect for recording live music. It records in professional uncompressed 16bit WAV format which is ideal for mastering.

How to buy this recorder:

store.sony.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=20153&catalogId=100803&langId=200&productId=8198552921666290102

I mastered this audio using the free software called Audacity, which is available for both Windows and Mac.

audacity.sourceforge.net/

My mastering consisted of applying some dynamics compression using the “Dynamic Range Compressor” effect in Audacity. I used the following settings:
Threshold: -14 db
Noise Floor: -80 db
Ratio: 3:1
Attack Time: 0.2 secs
Decay Time: 1.0 secs
(Make up gain unchecked)
Then used the Amplify Effect to -0.2 db.
Trimmed beginning and end of track, and added fade out.

My dad, Neil Peters, has been passionate about the saxophone for the last 15 years. I really love playing music with him. Thank you so much Dad for sharing your beautiful music with me and everyone!!

My jazz band’s website (where you can hear more music from me) is at:

www.gpeters.com

We’re also on iTunes. The album is called Quiet Night and it’s by the Geoff Peters Trio.

Thanks a lot for watching, and please subscribe, like, and comment this video!!

All the best,
Geoff Peters
Vancouver BC Canada

gpeters.com

Video notes:
Recorded with a Sony Cybershot DSC-HX7V with manual white balance set.
Edited using Adobe Premiere CS 5.5 on a Dell computer running Windows 7.

Some adjustments were made to the color and tones in this video using the Fast Color Corrector. Some of the shadows were darkened and the midtones decreased in brightness, to give a more natural look.

Free MP3 download:
The Mp3 of this video performance is available for free at:

www.gpeters.com/tracks/2011/

I practice / play around / improvise on my amazing Korg MS2000B Synthesizer.

This is the third time I have made a video like this (the others can be found in the following playlist):

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL95BF756FBEF7304C

I really like the Korg Ms2000 B synthesizer. It’s a really fun little synth with a lot of capabilities. I especially like how all the controls are accessible via many knobs on the control surface. This really makes it easier to create an original live sound and make adjustments when playing live or improvising in a band.

* Looking to jam in Vancouver! *
I am based in Vancouver BC Canada and I am looking for people in Vancouver to jam / play with together, where I could try playing my synth with other musicians. I think it would be really interesting to mix synth with acoustic instruments such as saxophone, trumpet, acoustic piano, violin, or pretty much anything! So if you know of someone or would like to jam yourself, please send me an email at geoff@gpeters.com I am interested in all/most styles and have played in a diverse range of groups, from an orchestra, to a jazz trio, a folk band, and a gospel band.

Thanks a lot!

Cheers,
Geoff

btw… my Vancouver jazz trio website is at gpeters.com where you can download some free full-length good quality MP3 recordings of me and my friends playing jazz.

Technical notes:

Camera on Synth: Sony Cybershot DSC-HX7V, with manual white balance set, auto exposure, 1080p mode (Mp4 recording mode, 30p).

Camera on me: Canon EOS T2i with Sigma 30mm F1.4 lens, Kodachrome Picture Style from cinema5d.com, manual white balance, Magic Lantern Firmware (used Focus Peaking).

Synth: Korg MS2000B

Audio: Recorded in stereo from Korg Synthesizer into a MOTU 8-Pre. Audio was normalized but no dynamics compression was applied.

Video: Edited using Adobe Premiere CS5.5 on a Dell XPS 8300 i7 64 bit machine running Windows 7. The video and audio tracks for this multi-cam shoot was synchronized instantly using Pluraleyes (for Adobe Premiere) by Singular Software.

To achieve the multi-cam view for this music video, I had all the tracks in the same Adobe Premiere sequence, and cropped the left most video and changed its position so that the other video would show through too.

No color grading or color correction was done in this video.

Output file:
H.264, VBR, 2 Pass, target bit rate 8Mbps, maximum bit rate 9Mbps.

See you next time!

A Birds in the House Production

www.birdsinthehouse.com

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