Preface / Fun Facts about my first ever video journal entry:
- we've (my manager and I) been thinking about making this for several months now, I just never completely agreed to go ahead with it until a few hours ago..
- yes, it was indeed recorded at 5am on a webcam after i couldn't sleep (with Christina watching me live on my laptop webcam haha) despite the fact that i have a full recording studio & could've set it up so the sound quality wasn't so shitty - I just felt like doing it, and that's part of the appeal as well as my random/spontaneous nature. I also realize that I changed a bunch of the lyrics.. I do that all the time, haha.
- everything you see was done in 3 or 4 takes, and then put together by my good and handy buddy Jeff in the matter of about an hour, so again, production value wasn't the main focus.
- I actually sing randomly all the time, esp when I webcam my best friend- this was just the first time I actually recorded it.. Unfortunately lots of the best parts (outtakes of me laughing and being a goof) were taken out because they didn't fit the serious/emotional nature of the song - oh well, now instead of this being the casual entry it was, girls are going to tell me I made them cry.. haha.
- I always say that I wish I could sing as well as I rap.. that still definitely holds true. hopefully the singing isn't too terrible - one day (when I have time) I'll take singing lessons haha.. until then, my apologies =P
- Annie Lennox is actually one of my favourite female vocalists of all time.. I love that entire "Medusa" album, even if nobody my age really knows who she is. I dug that CD out of my bookshelf after watching "Serendipity" again the other night with a friend =)
- the "commentary" in the video was provided by my best friend to fill gaps & are actually 100% true.. I hate country music, and I listen to just about everything else.
- I was very close to singing J Holiday's "Bed" instead of this.. maybe if enough people this, I'll do that or another song at some point in the future.. part of me still isn't sure if I want to do anything like this again.. haha.
- my personal favourite part of this whole thing is that as I'm intro'ing the song, I'm actually making eye contact with my best friend as I say "the apple of my eye" and I actually laughed because of how surprised/flattered she was when I said that.. she's a big part of why I smile so often these days.
- if you like this kinda thing & want to see more entries, help me spread the word & leave lots of comments on Youtube =)
- we've (my manager and I) been thinking about making this for several months now, I just never completely agreed to go ahead with it until a few hours ago..
- yes, it was indeed recorded at 5am on a webcam after i couldn't sleep (with Christina watching me live on my laptop webcam haha) despite the fact that i have a full recording studio & could've set it up so the sound quality wasn't so shitty - I just felt like doing it, and that's part of the appeal as well as my random/spontaneous nature. I also realize that I changed a bunch of the lyrics.. I do that all the time, haha.
- everything you see was done in 3 or 4 takes, and then put together by my good and handy buddy Jeff in the matter of about an hour, so again, production value wasn't the main focus.
- I actually sing randomly all the time, esp when I webcam my best friend- this was just the first time I actually recorded it.. Unfortunately lots of the best parts (outtakes of me laughing and being a goof) were taken out because they didn't fit the serious/emotional nature of the song - oh well, now instead of this being the casual entry it was, girls are going to tell me I made them cry.. haha.
- I always say that I wish I could sing as well as I rap.. that still definitely holds true. hopefully the singing isn't too terrible - one day (when I have time) I'll take singing lessons haha.. until then, my apologies =P
- Annie Lennox is actually one of my favourite female vocalists of all time.. I love that entire "Medusa" album, even if nobody my age really knows who she is. I dug that CD out of my bookshelf after watching "Serendipity" again the other night with a friend =)
- the "commentary" in the video was provided by my best friend to fill gaps & are actually 100% true.. I hate country music, and I listen to just about everything else.
- I was very close to singing J Holiday's "Bed" instead of this.. maybe if enough people this, I'll do that or another song at some point in the future.. part of me still isn't sure if I want to do anything like this again.. haha.
- my personal favourite part of this whole thing is that as I'm intro'ing the song, I'm actually making eye contact with my best friend as I say "the apple of my eye" and I actually laughed because of how surprised/flattered she was when I said that.. she's a big part of why I smile so often these days.
- if you like this kinda thing & want to see more entries, help me spread the word & leave lots of comments on Youtube =)
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If the video (directly above this) doesn't load for you, you can see the entry at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTjcG69XxKA
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