Virginia Is For Families

Annie Lennox
Why
A music video that entrances many of us with sight and sound. Women can be fascinating creatures and this video certainly lends credence to that fact.

I had a lot of photos with these large electrical formations in them.  What are they called?  And James Taylor has a CD out that is doing very well.  So there you have it!

There is good music to be discovered and purchased easily and without a lot of cost using this method.  First go to the Billboard 200 and see what is there.  It makes sense to use music that is popular at the moment if you are interested in having somebody see it.  My most favorite slide show so far is done with classical music (Rachmaninov) and 11 viewers have seen it so far.  The one with James Taylor has had almost three times as many viewers in just one day.  And I really don’t think it’s very good.

So you can play snippets of the songs at the Billboard 200.  Then if you find something you think you enjoy go over to YouTube and find it there in its entirety.  Listen again a few times and see if you really do like it enough to listen to it many times while adding photos in ways that makes sense.

It’s not an exact science in my opinion.  But we all know that right?  We have been watching music videos for almost thirty years now.

Play the song and look at photos.  Try to find a link whether subtle or obvious.  Add a group of your photos in a new file dedicated to this song.

Go to Amazon.com mp3 and buy/download the song for 89 or 99 cents.  Buy the whole CD if you really like a few of the songs.   Check out Picasa3 beta.   It’s so simple to make a slide show with music using this thing.  It’s incredibly easy.

Windows Music Maker 2 comes with Windows XP and it is a little more challenging but if I can figure it out . . .

Add photos and songs and go to work.  It’s so much fun.  Upload to  the YouTube.  Enjoy.

I realize I have gone off on a tangent here with these slide shows incorporated into YouTube.  But we must follow our creative impulses where they lead.  Must we not?  And I am talking about small creative impulses.  I have the most basic software to do these things.  And I have photos of very few things compared to the wide world that is out there.

But I have a desire to merge photos and music.  Since I don’t make any music I use what I have and love.  If anyone objects to me using their music I will not do it.  This is the confusing part to me based on what I see all over the place.

Blogging is about enjoying and creating things in my mind.  And sharing them too.  Primarily associated with taking photos.  This is why I’m still here while so many lose interest.  Believe me that fact is a very big surprise to everyone who knows me.  They are amazed that I persist in this effort.   Who is this person we do not know?

It is because I find love and joy in art.  They are there for anyone who is willing to look and attempt to participate in their creation.  It  is simply a matter of finding something creative to do outside that finds these feelings inside.  And then keep going back whenever you feel yourself drifting away into the confusion that is life.

This may be my way of focusing on something more fulfilling  than economics or politics.  So be it!  I lived through the tumult of the sixties and have no desire to do it again.   Zachary will have to go in my place.  And he is ready and fired up.  Go get em big guy!

Right now I am uploading a video that excites me very much.  And I probably shouldn’t say that because now you will have too great expectations.   Or perhaps none at all based on previous efforts.  Who knows?  Nobody says a word about these things.

I would like to dedicate this effort to Robin Easton.  It is something she will appreciate I am sure based on its theme and content.   Robin is my beloved blogging buddy.  So many bloggers know and love her.

So hopefully you will enjoy this five minute present Robin.

All my animal friends were over for a party last night and they wanted to play some music.  Then they wanted to make a video.

What can you do?