This is amazing!

Ok this one might be the craziest thing I’ve seen in a while. I mean I’ve played some of the best par 3’s in the country like …ok no I haven’t, but this par 3 is crazy! 26s to have the ball land! 1400 feet below the tee box! Oh and did I mention the take a helicopter to the green! Btw these guys are hitting drivers to a par 3!

I always knew the muppets were hardcore!

A while back I put up some videos from The Sniper Twins which are amazing! Today on their Facebook page I saw this link Thru You

Here is the deal – this is one of the most amazing sites I’ve ever seen. Kutiman (I’m guessing a guy but not sure) has combed thousands of YouTube Videos and created loops of people singing, playing drums, bass, guitar or what ever and then mixed all together. The amazing part is that he uses all the video too. So not only is he mixing the S*** out of things he is also doing some great video work its really is amazing.

Go to the site but check out this one example

Just a quick note to those who have used the contact form in the past view weeks. I had a glitch in the form I was using and not getting notifications. Soooooo…I will be getting back to all of you very soon! Sorry for the delay

I haven’t made a post in a while – been busy grading shows, hanging out with our little one, and working on a new book. But in other news…

The Editors Retreat

The Editors Retreat was really cool! Ben, Iva, Joel and all the folks at FMC really do put on a good time no matter if its NAB, NY Post or the editors retreat. I gave to sessions this year and the went pretty well. The first one was paired against Steve Bayes from Apple (product manager for FCP, Color, Pro Res etc) doing a killer FCP tips and tricks session) so I only got a half a dozen folks at my session – I mean I wanted to go to Steve’s session. The Review and Approval session I did went well. Besides the boozing, the learning and the occasional nap by the pool err passing out, I had a lot of fun!

More Color Work Then I Know What To Do With
2008 was an incredible year for my company (Amigo Media) and me personally as the quantity and profile of grading jobs I worked on just went up on an exponential level! So far this year it looks like its more of the same. Already we’ve landed 2 new series and a half a dozen new on off projects. Work is good!

Books and Training
I’m working on a new book for PeachPit Press with Richard Harrington – details to come but trust me its a great title that will help a lot of people! I also hope to be doing some more titles for Lynda.com in 2009. I’ve been getting into the Color forums on creativecow.net, so look for me posting there. Also, I’m contemplating with a colorist friend of mine starting a new Color Tips and Tricks website more on that soon!

Amigo Website
When my partner and I started Amigo Media 4 years ago we thought lets just get a simple web presence and we’ll update it soon – yeah right! Well we’re finally working hard on getting a new site up that focuses on all the color and consulting work we’ve been doing. We hope to launch that site in a few weeks

Well, I will try to be more consistent with posts. For now…

Robbie

This is a good one – and its from the onion so it must be true!

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

I’m a home theater nut! Yes, I have built stadium seating, tweaked for hours with ISF calibrators and now I’m on to my next project!

I just ordered a Panasonic 50PZ800U THX certified Plasma and a Onkyo TX -SR606 HDMI Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master Audio reciever.

While I love Sony’s SXRD technology especially for projection units I have found nothing can meet the contrast levels of Plasma for a flat screen. This set up is going to be very exciting especially since I can feed the receiver HDMI video and audio from my Comcast DVR and Blu-Ray and get all the multichannel audio and 1080p video goodness I want.

I’m really excited to announce that I’ll be attending the Editors retreat this year! Better yet I’ll be speaking at two sessions!

The editors retreat is prestigious conference for experienced editors.  Alumni include award winning feature film and television editors.  The conference is a mixture of technical sessions, business sessions and peer presentations.  

The really nice thing is that the retreat is alway s in a nice place.  This year it’s in Playa Del Carmen Mexico!  So besides learning and teaching I’ll be able to catch a few rays!

Check out the editors retreat HERE

Well after lambasting Apple in my previous post – it seems like it might have just been a issue with the iTunes music store updating and pushing out information about purchases to user accounts.  So now the side bar to the right has the correct info and I don’t look so 2002.