Interaction

So, my first official blog update of 2010. I guess the whole "Happy New Year" thing is way over due. Oh well.

I actually make this blog today because recently (thanks to one of the people I follow on Twitter), I've come across a website that not only adds on to the collection of the vast pile of 25:17 internet accounts, but this could quite possibly (besides Twitter) be the most interactive tool I could get myself into. It's a website called UStream.com. In a way, it's almost kind of like youtube, except for the fact that this website is for live, real time streaming video. So like most sites I join, I went on a little adventure around it to see what it was like, and sure enough I saw the top three things that didn't surprise me. One, underground/local hip hop artists trying to cut a demo. Two, People eating food and looking at the net, explaining what they're eating and looking at. And three, people playing video games.

Yes, I know, it sounds utterly pointless, but I thought about it and how something like this could actually be used to quite an advantage. I thought of a few examples of why this would be a good move on my half as a musician. A) I could do live streams of work on new music I'm doing at the time, just as sort of a teaser. B) (When my fan base is big enough), have a live stream chat doing some Q, C, and A with people who want to tune in. And C) All I have to do is hook a video camera up to the lap top, and when ever I am finally able to do live shows, I stream them live onto the site. As I have already said, I think this could be one of the most interactive things I could do to reach out to a fan base, and/or actually gain many more fans. Obviously everyone will be notified of when I plan to do a live stream, so you would know when you could watch it live. Can't watch live? It's okay, the videos are immediately uploaded to youtube after streaming.

So if you wanted to check out the account, it's at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/25-17 (or where ever hyperlinks are accepted, click here). Now at the time of posting this blog (which is February 10th, 2010 at 6:20pm, there are no videos to see currently, and I have no scheduled streams yet, but sure enough, they will start coming. Also, I forgot to mention one thing I truly like about it is that not only is there a chat window next to the video screen, there is also a social media link, so you can also chat via Twitter, as long as you use the hash tags provided on the video screen. Wow, technology is awesome.

Anyways, that's all I got for now. New material is still being worked on, I'm just getting picky with how it sounds, so it's taking a little longer, which sucks, I kind of wanted to have something out in time for the one year anniversary of Reborn. Oh well. So follow me on Ustream, and on twitter (@twenty57teen), and keep caught up with me.

Website is going crazy!

So I spent a great deal of time yesterday discovering some tools on my website builder that I've never looked at before, and wne tcrazy and added a bunch of new things. Two major updates to the site include the Widgets page which shows my feeds from Twitter, Youtube, Blogger, Reverbnation, and Facebook. The second big updates is a new experimental thing I have going on called "25:17 fans". Signing up is free, and it gives you the benefits of Hear new and rare tracks long before it hits any other site, seeing new videos before they are uploaded to Youtube or a Vlog, getting to view new pictures and ideas for album art before it hits anywhere else, and also a new/rumors portion that has small clippets of things I don't normally tweet or blog about, and sometimes there's some pretty interesting things to be said.

I am thinking of adding more, but it's still a new concept to me, so it will take time. There is also a forum widget on the fan page where you can interact with me and other people. I understand it will probably be empty for a while, but it's okay, it'll build over time. Also, it's only a small page for now, but I do plan on expanding it within the next while, so give me time.

So go on over to www.2517.mfbiz.com and check it out!

Vlog #3 11.24.09

Just basically showing you the minor things I have been up to in this one. Both new msuic and new projects are featured!

I'm back!

Hello everyone.

If you haven't noticed, I've kept myself quiet for a while now, with the passing of my grandmother in mid October made me just want to stay quiet. But I feel as though at this point I'm ready to continue. Although the pain hasn't completely subsided, I feel comfortable enough to start the music up again.

So over the last few days I have been doing a massive clean up on my lap top in hopes of making it run faster, and I am glad to say it has picked it self up enough to help me! Also, I've found ways of getting my houses main computer in on the action, so it makes the process easier.

Now, with the clean up of the lap top, I had to get rid of MANY files, encluding the entire first Cluster, but that's not a problem, things are coming to me and I think that they are sounding fantastic. So as of today I have begun production on the next prject which is the "Cluster: 1" EP. I will continue to work on it through the coming weeks until it is complete!

Also, I have looked back at Reborn, and have seen the formats I have put them in (96, 128, 256, 320), and now to add to that, I will be making Reborn and Cluster 1 also available in WAV format and in 5.1 Surround. I'm still figuring out FLAC, so give me time. So the Reborn in WAV and 5.1 should be done fairly soon, and the Cluster is still in it's birthing phase, so give that time as well.

Big update today! Vlog surely to follow soon to monitor progress, I noticed the last one was made in July, so I'll fix that soon enough.

Taking a break for now.

Over the last week, my family has taken a heavy hit with the passing of my grandmother. I've already mentioned all projects for 25:17 and Naut are being brought to a hault until further notice, well this is just the official notice.

Thank you everyone for your support and kind words.

Reborn 5.1

So incase you haven't seen the little flash update saying that I was announcing some exciting news about Reborn this weekend, well now you know.

I've been playing around with certain things and coming up with some ideas which lead me to what I am about to announce. Reborn is being re-released in 5.1 surround sound! It started off as experimenting to see what it would sound like, and after finishing Amenance through it (not entirely done yet), I realised that it was kind of interesting to hear the music brought through a different dimension of sound via 5.1. So this is something I will be working on over the next month. Yes, it will be a free MP3 download still. I will test it through different programs to make sure it works, and when everything sounds/looks good, then I pass it on to you!

If you don't have surround sound on your comp or anywhere in your house, I guess this doesnt't apply to you unfortionatly, but hopefully it will one day. I'll update as progression is made.

Rarities

Okay, so I know I said 25:17 is keeping quiet for now, but I can't help but make this public. It's nothing new, it's actually old.

Recently I have rediscovered yet ANOTHER site I signed 25:17 up for that I haven't actually been to in 2 years. It's kind of weird because everything was in it's old style, and there was even The original 2 albums on there! I had a good listen to both, and holy shit, talk about shit. Vocals and instruments coming in on really off times, low quality, bad lyrics, terrible vocals.

BUT, this is where it gets fun, I decided NOT to delete the songs off the sit, well, some of them I didn't delete. I took a small handful of songs that I kind of liked minus a few aspects, and compiled it into a small little album called "Rarities". Rarities, as in these songs will NOT be played live, and I probably wont make them too public. Like yes, if you some how do really like them and find yourself wanting to download them, then I will actually make a free MP3 download for it, but for now it's only streaming off of the one site. (http://trig.com/2517/media)

Again, I apologize in advance for how terrible it may be to listen to, but hey, I was young and trying out new things, getting a feel for my equipment and programs, and really trying to find how I wanted 25:17 to sound. So go check it out!