Of opportunities and unknowns

Sorry I haven't blogged for a while. I've been kind of distracted recently.


That is what life is, isn't it?
When left on my own I often fall into the lie that there will be a point where evaything just gels and life becomes stable and predictable. Then something, or more frequently a whole lot of somethings happen and everything I've planned gets thrown out. It's during these times that I begin to feel a bit lost, but they always come around eventually, and my life ends up being better for it. So in this latest bout of clear skys with very strong winds I'll try to keep my head and I'll keep ya'll posted.

Ben

Tiesto...Elements of life...

Interesting new album, I've been listening to it since this morning. It's very much on the lines of Armin vanBuuren's-Shivers. The stand out tracks are Elements of Life- another techno classical hybrid much like AvB's Serenity but more cohesive, Break my Fall feat BT- Oh yeah, BT assists here, reminds me alot of Force of Gravity. Sweet Things feat Charlotte Martin- Great trance vocals here oddly enough the instrumentation sounds more like BT than the BT Track.

All in all it's an okay album, vary much the traditional Trance sound. Something to dance to and good background music. Not very good for litenting to on it's own.

More later...

Future Project begins now....

Our church is having a worship night soon. We are centering around music this time, and I'd like to make a video. I've got some great ideas brewing right now. One has a soundtrack made up of a mash-up of BT and Rob Bell. What will be on screen is still up in the air, I don't want it to be too simplistic, but I've found that sometimes simple is powerful. And that's what I want this to be, powerful. I'd like it to be a call to worship.

LINKIN PARK

So yes, the new Linkin Park album, Minutes to Midnight, is on the way!!! So maybe I'm the last fan to hear about this, but you know. Head over to your favorite online music store to check out the new single!

Oh yeah, Mars Hill... They do have a podcast available on iTunes now, check that out too. It's great to come into work on monday and listen to some truth.

Green Screen Ideas...

And the ideas keep pouring in. I'm telling you, Green Wall is probably the bet thing to happen to me creatively since learning After Effects. For my next trick I'll be walking "through" the wall into a room created in 3ds Max. This is all too much fun! Anyway

Also on the music side of things... We have a new Tiesto album coming out soon!!!! It sounds like it'll be in the territory of Above and Beyond's progressive trance pop thing, check out the sample on iTunes!!!! Purists will probably hate it, but really, what trance fan isn't for something new and different?
Release date is April 10th, this may be worthy of buying the CD :)