What is Productivity? – a speech by Geoff Peters of geoffmobile.com

Geoff from geoffmobile.com gives a speech on the topic of productivity to his Vancouver Toastmasters Club 59 group on March 4th 2013.

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Project: Speaking to Inform Advanced Manual – speech #5
Abstract concept : Productivity

Title: What is Personal Productivity?

Everyone wants to be more productive, but what does that really mean? Let’s break down this abstract concept into some more concrete steps that you can take every day to improve your productivity.

For more information about Toastmasters public speaking clubs in Vancouver BC Canada, please visit our club’s website at tmclub59.com or the worldwide site at toastmasters.org

Special thanks to Steve C. from www.bushpilotproductions.com/ for filming me!

Closing and opening music by Laundryman laundrymanmusic.com used with permission.

Technical notes:
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-HX30v with Auto white balance and exposure.
Audio: Google Samsung Nexus S in my shirt pocket using the Android “Smart Voice Recorder” app in 44.1khz WAV recording mode.
Video edited using Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).

Thanks for watching!
Have a great day :)
Cheers,
Geoff
geoffmobile.com

Song for Tony – original piano song by Geoffmobile from Vancouver Canada

Here’s Geoff from geoffmobile.com with a live performance of his original song “For Tony”, composed in February 2013.

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For the MP3 of this song (free download), please visit:
gpeters.com/tracks/youtube11

For the High Quality WAV file, and sheet music (original score) please visit:
docs.google.com/folder/d/0B8NHtxiv_ETuTWJHd2lPdF9ZRkE/edit?usp=sharing

Recorded on March 3rd 2013 in Vancouver BC Canada.

This song is available under Creative Commons Attribution license:

“Song for Tony” is an original composition by Geoff Peters © 2013
and is available under Creative Commons Attribution license.
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

If using or remixing this song, please give credit to “Geoff Peters” and provide a link to Geoff’s website: geoffmobile.com

Tempo: 135 BPM (I had a headphone in my left ear with a metronome, and I played according to this tempo during the performance).

For more information please email Geoff Peters at geoff@gpeters.com
Vancouver film composer Geoff Peters is available for hire for Film Scoring and composition projects worldwide. Currently accepting new projects!

Cheers!
Geoff

Technical notes:

Piano: Acoustic upright Petrof imported from Switzerland by Yonatan Torn tornpiano.com

Camera: Canon EOS T2i with Sigma 30mm F1.4 lens. Kodachrome picture style, manual white balance.

Recorded using two Zoom H1’s (one on piano as shown in video and another connected to a Sennheiser ME-2 Lav mic for my intro voiceover).

Audio processed using Audacity, SC4 compressor, W1 Limiter, Equalization, and High pass filter (not in that order).

Video edited using Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 (legal) on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).

Audio synced with video tracks using Pluraleyes from Singular Software (fully licensed).

Note:
The intro and ending synthesizer music was created and performed by Geoff Peters on his Roland Gaia SH-01 synthesizer and is available in the video below:
geoffmobile.com/blog/?p=2250

Thanks so much for watching and hope you have a fantastic day!! :D

All the best and bye for now :)
Geoff
geoffmobile.com

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Wurlitzer sound on the Roland Gaia – how to make a classic Wurlitzer keyboard patch by Geoffmobile

Geoff from geoffmobile.com demonstrates a patch he created for his Roland Gaia SH-01 synthesizer that emulates a classic “Wurlitzer” keyboard sound.

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The Wurlitzer or “Wurlie” sound I find is very useful when trying to blend smoothly with other instruments such as guitar, saxophone, or voice. It is more classic and acoustic sounding than some other more electronic-sounding leads. It is modelled after the classic Wurlitzer keyboard sold in the 1950’s to 1980s. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wurlitzer_electric_piano

To download the Roland Gaia patch shown in this video (for Free ! :), please click:
geoffmobile.com/downloads/geoff-peters-wurlitzer-gaia-sh-01.gaia

To load this file into your Gaia, connect your Gaia to your computer using USB and use the Gaia Tool (linked below) to load the patch into your Gaia.

Also shown at the end of the video is a short tutorial on how to create this sound using the Gaia Tool.

Gaia Tool by Grauw:
www.grauw.nl/projects/gaia-tool/

Chords played in the demo song are from an original song by Gio Levy:
www.facebook.com/GioLevy

Thanks for watching!

Cheers,
Geoff

Technical notes:
Filmed on a Sony Cybershot DSC-HX30v, audio captured using Audacity (direct from SH-01 using USB) and a Zoom H1 / Sennheiser ME-2 lav mic for the voice. Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow). Audio and video tracks were synced using Pluraleyes (fully licensed).