 1/9/2013
Like most people, I really Love a good video. & these days a video can help you reach more people than any great audio recording–uhhh, YouTube?!?!? I mean face it: would anybody know who Walk Off The Earth is without a good video? And they're obviously talented musicians... So my next Power mission was to find a way to make a video for one of my songs. Keeping in mind that I have a budget of about $0, how the heck could I produce a video to put up on youTube that could at least semi-hold its weight. Then it hit me–an equalizer meter!!! If i could find some software or an app that would be activated by and move to whatever music is playing, all i'd have to do is video record it while it's playing one of my joints and then upload the video to youTube. I found some really cool desktop software as well as a couple great iPhone apps that had what I was lookin for. Now the issue was how to record the screen either on my iPhone or right off of my laptop. Not a screenshot, but a 'screen movie'... After a little digging I almost died when I found the perfect app–but Apple pulled it from the iStore in July—AAAARGHHHH! Fortunately there are a few software applications for desktop computers that allow you to "screen record." And the most awesome thing is that there's one right on my Macbook Pro–Quicktime!!! Well, I wasted no time and did it until I got it right. And a little latency notwithstanding, my video for "Look What's Comin" turned out pretty good, if i do say so myself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99s0TwMEJDM&sns=em Now the plan for the REAL videos--can you say KICKSTARTER!?!?!?!
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 1/6/2013
I knew it was time to soldify a product to make available for purchase: MrNcrdbl's "Reinventing the Wheel" EP. About three years ago I put an album on iTunes using TuneCore. So I went back to TuneCore to get this EP on iTunes. Go to MrNcrdbl's Reinventing the Wheel EP on iTunes... Then, following my former student's advice, Zachary Weinberg (an amazing musician himself), I Googled Bandcamp. Another online "store" for music, Bandcamp provides ample space for pics, links, bio, and all the resources necessary to sell your music!! Go to MrNcrdbl's BandCamp page...  1/5/2013
As soon as i got MrNcrdbl's facebook page up&running, it was time to get the music on the fb page, too. So I went back to Ben Cote's band's page and found ReverbNation--they have a music player that goes on a band profile page in fb. Turns out ReverbNation is its own social music entity in and of itself. Once you have an account, you develop your profile with photos, music, links, etc. Go to MrNcrdbl's ReverbNation page... And once my ReverbNation page was setup, I was going through my email and looked at my weekly Afro-Punk newsletter. I was like, "it would be cool to share my music with this whole community!" And wouldn't ya know that Afro-Punk has a very similar social/music network as ReverbNation so I went ahead and set that up. Go to MrNcrdbl's AfroPunk page... I was starting to realize the real importance of linking to and through as many resources as possible with my music, so I went back and updated my old MySpace site Go to MrNcrdbl's MySpace page... and then...  12/31/2012
It's New Year's Eve, and tonight I have the honor and privilege of joining Joey Scrima's Big Band for the night. Two of the guys in my wedding band (One Step Ahead) also are on the gig. It's gonna be a fun night. When I get to the gig (St. Anthony's Club in Woburn, MA) I meet one of the guitarists on the night, Ben Cote (facebook.com/3mileislandmusic). He's a young kid, 17, with a great attitude & I hope he can play.. Well, turns out this kid can shred like crazy, & throughout the night I throw solos his way cuz he rules!!! After an awesome New Year's Eve with an awesome band and my Beautiful Wife, I caught up with Ben on Facebook and was impressed at the work he and his band had already put into building their online presence–this was the spark I needed: it was time for me to go full throttle towards creating my own online presence for my own music, which I believe in with every fiber of me. So I made it. MrNcrdbl's Ncrdbl website...  12/10/2012
I recently finished writing/recording this new dope song and one of my old students said I should put it on Soundcloud or Bandcamp. I went to my MrNcrdbl soundcloud account, cleaned it up and added my new song, "You Come Around" to it. Soon after I looked at the Flavors.me account of a pretty awesome singer (Danielle DeBenedict), and saw that I could make my own–and so I did. Go to MrNcrdbl's flavors.me site... |
The Journey of a Thousand Rotations 1/23/2013 So it's time to start a blog. This is my first blog ever. I've seen and heard about alotta different blogs over the years, but never made my way to my own—til now. All of a sudden, this is the time for me to reach deep into the world via the internet for the express purpose of contributing that thing, those things which are uniquely of me. No more sitting on songs and waiting to meet the right person or people, no–it's time to put it out there 'irregardless'!!! I figured i'd begin the blog by recounting the first steps of this current creative movement. And, well those first few steps will ultimately be the first towards thousands of rotations on this Ncrdbl Wheel of realizing All of it. Making it All Happen. Bringing-- Building it to Life!!! Well, that's why i'm doin this, so I hope it gets you, & Thanks for Being Here. ~MrNcrdbl NCrdbl Sound:
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