You Can't Kill Me

There are some days when you just feel like a kid again. You know... when you used to have good 'ole innocent fun. Yesterday was sort of like those old days. Except I was all by myself. I started video-taping myself to be used for a music video for the Self Parody song "In Lieu of Our Special Murder". I recorded one take of me with the camera under my face so that you can see my double chin. This was the singing/vocal take. I recorded another take with Melissa's coat hood on while playing guitar. The third and last take I recorded yesterday was me playing bass with the long black wig on (given to me by Karen a while ago) and shirtless. (Melissa doesn't like this take... because of the shirtless thing). Looking back at the footage of the three takes made me laugh. Silly stuff... especially the "guitar" and "bass" takes. My plan next is to do three more takes of just me:

1. Playing real drums
2. Overhead camera with me singing the "Murder is murder" parts
3. Second guitar take... I have to be creative with this one

Then I'll need help with other takes of me being tied in a chair. Me slapping somebody (hopefully Serge who I will want to be the slap-ee). Someone driving a car. Running in the woods. Different people crawling on the ground over each other. Milky white breasts, etc.

Then I'll get footage of G.W. Bush, soldiers and other stuff.

Whoo! Lot of work devising a music video. Plus I know the editing is going to take a long time to do. But it's all in fun. I tried doing a mini-edit yesterday of the three takes I had and it was hellish in iMovie. I did buy Final Cut Express for this purpose but have yet to really get into it and understand it. I did buy the book about F.C.E. but haven't read it yet. I need to.

I'm pretty excited about doing this video project. At least it keeps me occupied when I'm away from work. (And I'm never really away from work... I'm always checking things... doing work things... even when I'm home.)

Braktung.