[Mark Suszko]

Would an XML file of the edit carry over the markers?

[Mark Suszko]

Try this, when you go into the “share to DVD” dialog, leave the title empty or with just a period. Also, there’s a box below the title box that says: this vdvd is about”… blank out whatever’s in there as well. Come back and say if this worked.

[Mark Suszko]

I’m missing his show in Chicago tonight, darn it. Stuck 200 miles away working. I’ve seen him live maybe 6-7 times over the years, large venues and mid-sized, indoors and out… he fascinates me, and I’d never pass up a chance to see him again. I also enjoyed his short-lived talk show.

I was a huge fan during his early “angry young man” phase, and really dug the shows he did with Nick Lowe. But even as he mellowed a bit and started trying more eclectic genre’s I stuck with him over the years, album after album, because he’s such an excellent lyricist, his material keeps expanding in subject matter, and he has such an emotional, evocative style. I wish he’d do another collaboration with Sir Paul.

And his songs stay pertinent. “Night Rally” has never been more relevant… hm… I should cover that one…

I did a cover of “Alison” once for uke, on a dare, and I’ve got wobbly footage of me fronting a live band for “What’s So Funny”, one time a decade ago, but I don’t think I wanna share it here, hit my e-mail and mayyyybe….

I’ll check out the link you sent this weekend!

Current work mantra: “I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused”

[Mark Suszko]

You don’t say if the (assume overhead) flo lights can be turned off and replaced with the kit you bring in. Depending on the size of the room, and ceiling height, this might be a job suited to hanging better lights from an auto-pole hugging the ceiling.

Or, if it’s only the color temp that bothers you… you could maybe gel the overheads or more likely (because gelling cuts down your output too far) re-lamp the overheads with high CRI tubes in whatever color temp you want. One thing that’s been done a lot is to use the same tubes in your subject lighting kit as what’s in the ceiling, so color balance is identical thru-out and once you have that, then LUT’s or shading to taste becomes easier.

Really, to give better advice, I’d need to see a picture and/or a drawing of the room.

[Mark Suszko]

I’m not expert in Premiere but if this happened to my multicam in FCPX, it would mean I set a preference wrong on telling the system to either stay with one designated audio source clip or to swap audio sources with every video angle change. So I’m guessing you have a Premiere preference set wrong, but that’s as far as I can go with my theory at this point.

[Mark Suszko]

Where those kinos might still be useful would be on a standing set for someone doing a podcast. We use flo type lights on our standing talk show and webcasting sets and they have saved a ton of money and continue to give reliable service.

I’m going to be heretical and say I don’t always mind when color temps get mixed in a shot. In some cases, it can enhance the aesthetic you’re going for. But that’s very situational, and you need it to be intentional.

The whole wave of Kino users basically washed right past me in my work. Saw them on the rise and lusted for some of my own, but never got a chance to afford them…. We’re still only slowly transitioning from Lowel tungsten kits to LED instruments here, but for my kind of jobs, I’m still pretty happy using the old blowtorches and my Rifas.

[Mark Suszko]

Very gratifying, coming from you, sir. And Tim, thanks for mentioning Elvis Costello: he’s my spirit animal:-)

[Mark Suszko]

Brett: may I suggest you try Chordify.net: it has settings for piano, guitar, and uke, and what it does is it takes ANY youtube song clip you can think of (use artist name or song title) and turns it into an on-the-fly playing tutorial, adjustable for speed and transposable in key. Even offers “simplified” versions for some songs. Then points you to five or so new songs that have similar characteristics to what you just played.

Let the kid learn licks they like from favorite songs to stay intrigued and build a love for music-making, and then the necessary but boring fundamentals can be squeezed in, in-between just learning to jam. But you have to activate the love first, which will drive the learning.

[Mark Suszko]

The best editors tend, by a page margin, to also be musicians. Not hard to accept: timing, rhythm, these are talents in common to both endeavors.

My parents subjected me to a couple years of piano as a child in the 60’s. I wanted to play, but all I was given were those fundamental scales, and some exceptionally dry classical pieces. Not yet being diagnosed with mild ADD, this stuff was really a struggle for me to get thru, and after I failed to progress rapidly to concert performance status, the parents dropped the lessons.

Only then, after a few years’ hiatus, and once I got my own keyboard, did I get a chance to -enjoy- piano… when I could play what -I- wanted, for my own amusement.

They never let me learn pop or rock or boogie-woogie or blues piano. For them, it was only an instrument for playing classical music in recital.

If my teacher, who was really a very kind and patient guy, had let me learn just one pop song, my life might have been very, very different.

I still noodle around on the keyboard from time to time, put the cans on and just jam away for couple of hours; there’s nothing like it for working out your emotions and troubles thru music. I’m not very good, but good enough to please myself. These days, I’m mostly about the ukulele, which I picked up about 3 years ago. I’m pretty much self-taught on that, still a middling beginner, but I’m in an actual band, (The Lei*Abouts) and having the time of my life, playing what I want to. You have to love it, to fuel the discipline to pursue it further. My progress is slow, I’m not that good yet, but unlike the childhood experience, I’m enjoying the journey every step this time, even the drudgery that eventually leads to mastery. And playing with others, in front of an appreciative audience, is an addictive, energizing experience. I feel like I’m my Best Self when we’re all playing “in the pocket” and the audience is fully engaged.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39PILbegLlU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OSVSSpv-FM

These are me under a stage name…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKbQFjoBdkY&t=7s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZKDhmpK9FU

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[Mark Suszko]

What about extensions like frame io?

https://frame.io/fcpx