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diggydiggybot · 4 years

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{Get to Know my Muse in 8 Songs or Less}

Music is a great way to get a sense of a character’s personality, history, or general vibes. You might only have a handful of songs you associate your muse, or you could have a massive playlist that’s impossible to list. Songs make it for all kinds of reasons: the lyrics, the genre, or maybe you just found the song at random and it stuck. The purpose of this meme is to introduce your muse in the span of one album or less, share some of your musical inspiration, or even stuff you’re into right now while you write! You can explain as much or as little as you like (multimuses are welcome to do one track per character too!).

1. Bad by Royal Deluxe; First song I heard that fit Umbran extremely well and among the first I added to his playlist when I first made it. The lyrics just fit him too well and the beat is a bop!

2. Dead Man Walking by WAR*HALL; Another song I found early on that instantly made me think of Umbran when I heard it. The lyrics fit him and it’s a damn good song. Since hearing this song, Umbran does sometimes call himself a ‘dead man walking’, for obvious reasons x3

3. Paralyzed by NF; This is an ‘oof’ sort of feels song, and is a big inspiration for how things are slowly going for Umbran. More distant and cold and emotionless x3 Who knows what might happen to him when he loses his empathy and mercy~

4. Point Of No Return by Starset; Definitely a song that fits how Umbran feels about his situation. He’s burned bridges and doesn’t believe he’s able to go back to how things were after everything he’s done.

5. Back To Life by Skillet; Same vein as Paralyzed in that it’s inspiration for current plot(s). And a bit of a relationship song as well xP

6. Man Or A Monster by Sam Tinnesz ft. Zayde Wolf; Very much a future plot song. The lyrics fit really well with how things are gonna potentially go for Umbran’s future x3

7. Solstice by Starset; Another ‘future plot’ song.

8. Stay Alive by Hidden Citizens; Good song with lyrics that fit Umbran really well with his being a ‘Maverick’ and having to survive on his own.

BONUS TRACKS: Post a joke song, a song fitting a relationship, or anything else you couldn’t make room for (limit 2)!

9. Remembering Myself by Stephen; Very much a song that fits future plot with a particular relationship. I blame @machinesandman for linking me this song and I know he’s proud of himself for it xD

10. Anchor by Skillet; Same vein as the above song. Fits future plot stuff with the same relationship x3 Gave the other mun feels when I linked it to ‘em >P

1. GIANTS by True Damage; The song that started it all! This is the song & music video that inspired Nexux. Nexux wouldn’t exist if not for this song.

2. Renegade by Noisestorm; Sort of genre/beat he’d play as a DJ/personally listen to. Really fun song to headbang or bounce to.

3. Neon by Televisor; Same as the previous song. Good beat and sort of genre he’d play as a DJ, and something he’d personally listen to.

4. Sentinel by Noisestorm; Same again x3

5. Dragonfly by M.Craft; A song Nexux would personally listen to while chilling out.

6. Proxy by Martin Garrix; Another good song he’d potentially play as a DJ. Especially when dat beat drop!

7. Freaks by Timmy Trumpet & Savage; I mean, c’mon. Do I have to explain this one? It’s got a damn good beat, it’s a fun song and Nexux loves it.

8. Overdead by Azreal; And then sometimes Nexux likes hard-hitting, fast-paced shit, both to listen to and play as a DJ. Good luck to anyone who dances to music like this XD

BONUS TRACKS: Post a joke song, a song fitting a relationship, or anything else you couldn’t make room for (limit 2)!

9. Body Work by Morgan Page ft. Tegan and Sara; Maybe not a song anyone would expect Nexux to enjoy? But he loves dancing to this song and relates very much to the lyrics.

10. Cities Of The Future by Infected Mushroom; Clue is in the title and the lyrics fit nicely with the way the world is in MMX x3

Tagged By: @the-broken-variable

Tagging: @xfactxr, @radio-pirate, @cybcrbully, @infinityrockman, @angelmanofeden & @ancienthound, and anyone else who wants to do it!

#OOC #8 Muse Songs Meme #Umbran #Maverick Assassin #Nexux #Nightly DJ #((No Basalt this time))#((I don't have any songs/a playlist associated with him surprisingly))#((GOD IT WAS NOT EASY PICKING SONGS THOUGH))#((Umbran's playlist has 35 in total so far))#((And Nexux's has 40!))

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yoshicraft2011 · 7 years

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#2K11 Behind the Mac: Highways (Series One, Videos 1-1 thru 1-5)

Welcome to a new series of blog posts I’m calling “#2K11 Behind the Mac″, where I detail various things from the music in my videos to how they were produced in the first place. Why do my trip reports use SimCity music? What's with the strange video titles? I’ll attempt to answer these questions and more in this series.

This inaugural blog post covers Series One of my road videos, from videos 1-1 thru 1-5. All these videos were uploaded between February 14, 2015 and March 28, 2015. That's five videos within one and a half months! I would never dare upload that many videos at once these days due to the fear of running out of footage.

These were all made before I joined the Freewayjim Facebook (which I wasn't accepted in before then because my Facebook looked spammy or something). All of these videos are pretty much crap, filmed on an iPhone 5S using Hyperlapse by Instagram using the cheapest mount available: my hands. Yeah, I have no idea how I did it either. Anyways, enough of my rambling. Let’s begin.

(1-1) Summerlin and the Southwest: CC 215, the Las Vegas Beltway

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This is the first road video I ever made, and it sucks. It sucks so bad. The intro isn't terrible, just a simple scroll through of the route from Charleston to Buffalo on the 215. And then the actual video starts...

I'm assuming you've already watched the video, so the following should all make sense. Terrible camera angle (gee, wonder why), gigantic annotations with a blocky box thing, and over-contrasted colors. The graphics in retrospect were actually quite decent, but they were too small. I obviously had no idea what I was doing.

What's interesting to note is that the end card used in this video is the same design I'm still using to this day, just modified over the years to include more stuff and make it more aesthetically pleasing. There were also variable speeds, which not many people do when they're starting out.

Thanks to Hyperlapse by Instagram, the video was surprisingly stable thanks to the app's video stabilization technology. However, that also means that videos are limited to 720p.

My first ever road video has quite the fitting song, Kings & Queens by Brooke Fraser. Here’s the chorus of it:

We've got a long way to go but we got the energy It took a little while to find reality We've come a long way you know, living inside a dream Waking to find that we are kings and queens

Okay, here's the backstory of the video. It showcases the drive home from Costco. That's it. Isn't that inspiring? This is where I would like to say again that I prefer to film roads I just so happen to be on rather than going my way out. Yes, this is mostly because I don't have a driver's permit yet, but I don't want to beg my dad to drive places just for the sake of filming roads.

(1-2) I-15 North during Dawn, The Las Vegas Strip

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This is my first road video that features an intro. I know, how amazing. The track used was Summit by Wax Stag, which would be used for all my videos until around the end of 2015. Before this, I used a very dumb intro for my other videos basically knocking off the Mac start-up sequence.

Continuing with my theme of inspiring backstories, this used to be my commute from home to Hyde Park Middle School near Charleston and Valley View. I go to high school now, so obviously, it's no longer relevant.

Anyways, this video is at least somewhat watchable. Again, the camera is angled inconsistently, but the video quality itself is okay and the graphics are fine. It's outdated now since I've made two seequel videos, Dawn Redone and Dawn Redone Redone, but it's still an okay watch.

The track I used for this video is One Look by LVTHER, begining my trend of using tracks from the Monstercat label. Hey, all they do is demonotize videos, not block it from the US and hundreds of other countries.

(1-3) NV 592, Flamingo Road Eastbound to the Strip

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With a new video comes a new innovation, a map card. Back then, I had no consistent template for these things, just slap a Google Maps screencap and some text and call it a day. Nowadays, I use a template for all my map cards.

Is there an interesting backstory this time? Not in the slightest. We were going to the Strip to look at Chinese New Year decorations and whatnot. It's at least more interesting than going to school. The video itself is, again, somewhat watchable. Most of the same issues from 1-2 carries over to 1-3.

The music? It's The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) by U2, featured in the Songs of Innocence album Apple gave out. I have no idea why I chose that particular song to be completely honest.

(1-4) Rainbow Blvd in Vegas between Robindale and Spring Mtn (Sort Of)

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This video is just plain weird. It features two different parts with two different tracks, something I wouldn't ever do nowadays. Not only that, but when the video was first uploaded, the first part, featuring the Toad's Turnpike music from Mario Kart 64 (don't ask me why), had bizzarely low quality audio. Finally, I had a "Today's Feature" graphic, which existed for this video and this video only. That's certainly not up to MUTCD standards!

It's another uninspiring road video featuring an uninspiring backstory, going to and from some place. I removed the box thing around the annotations starting with this video since it was distracting, inflexible, and due to iMovie's dumb one image rule, was prohibitive in the long run. Otherwise, most of the other Series One quirks remain.

The second track was Pinup by Televisor, the first of several tracks I'd eventually use from them. It's a funky track, but it doesn't really fit the road. Nowadays, they're no longer signed to Monstercat.

(1-5) NV 592 At Dusk - Flamingo Road Westbound

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This was my first dusk video, and it was pretty bad. I don't go to the Eastside of town that often, so for once, I found this trip relatively exciting. The video itself would be okay if the iPhone 5S didn't record potato quality video at night. Otherwise, most of the Series One quirks remain.

This time, however, the end card is a green screen. If you don't know what that means, I used a green background for the end card and overlayed it over the footage for a cool effect. Nowadays, I only green screen the map card.

The track I used for this video was Breakdown VIP by Noisestorm (misspelled as Noisestrom as in the Nordstrom department store). It's a really punchy drumstep track that fits perfectly with the nighttime Las Vegas atmosphere.

Conclusion

The first part of Series One was an interesting test, before I joined the Freewayjim group and before I was even recognized by someone other than myself. It's a unique experience that I'll never forget, whether it's a good or bad thing.

In the next part, I'll detail videos 1-6A thru 1-8, the last four videos in Series One, before the kind folks from the road filming community convinced me to buy an actual camcorder. Thanks for reading, and as always, safe travels.

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