BLOGBLOGhttp://www.venushum.com/blog/2010-03-07T02:24:04ZSquarespaceAnnette has a new website!http://www.venushum.com/blog/2010/3/6/annette-has-a-new-website.html[Your Name Here]2010-03-07T02:21:25Z2010-03-07T02:21:25ZHello All!  I hope you are doing really well.  I am on a Montana writing adventure having a fantastic time!  I have just finished my new website so please take a visit to find out more about what I've been up to.  There's music, photos, journals and videos.  I would love to share it with you.  Thank you!

]]>Some live concert film noteshttp://www.venushum.com/blog/2010/3/1/some-live-concert-film-notes.html[Your Name Here]2010-03-05T04:25:15Z2010-03-05T04:25:15Z

The work on our live concert film continues. I met with our director, Neil Smith, last night to drop off some audio files and he gave me a sneak peak of a bit of the footage. It looks fantastic! I'm very eager for everyone to see the final film; I think it's going to be something special.

My main job on the project at this point is mixing the audio. I think we might have to release a audio only version in addition to the film. It only makes sense. This will most likely be a digital only release. I'm also providing Neil with all the additional graphic and movie files that we projected during the show. I'm not sure what he's going to do with these yet, but I bet he'll find an interesting use.

Neil also asked me to provide some additional music to include behind the extended interviews we did. I've given him some broken-down elements from 'Give Me Back My Dress', plus I've written a few new pieces as well. This is something I finished today. I felt the music should be interesting, but not too interesting.







I composed the piece entirely in Ableton Live and used a lot of custom patches I've been making using Operator. My old modular (Roland System 100m) plays a big part as well.

Bye for now,
Tony

]]>Kick ass choreographyhttp://www.venushum.com/blog/2010/2/17/this-kicks-ass.html[Your Name Here]2010-02-18T03:46:48Z2010-02-18T03:46:48ZA friend turned me on to this. It seems to be from a dance studio in Moscow- they're using our song, "Do You Want to Fight Me".

Tony

]]>Exciting things to comehttp://www.venushum.com/blog/2010/2/1/exciting-things-to-come.html[Your Name Here]2010-02-02T00:33:36Z2010-02-02T00:33:36ZYes, I know it seems quiet around here, but there are exciting things happening in the Venus Hum camp.  Firstly, the concert film, of course.  I've seen a bit of the footage and it looks fantastic.  Our director, Neil is going to do a bang-up job editing, I have no doubt.  You can get the skinny on where we are by taking a listen to the podcast he does with his lovely wife and daughter.  Click this to take a listen (or subscribe in iTunes).

The other piece of excitement comes in the form of interactive music.  I'm happy to announce that our new friend Chuck (@cwiggins999 over at Twitter) and I have been collaborating on a RjDj scene.  Actually, Chuck's doing all the hard work, I'm just lending my ear and supplying the raw material.  Chuck's an amazing programmer and already has a working prototype for "Mechanics & Mathematics".  Details will be coming soon on the release (or perhaps releases), so stay tuned and we'll let you know where to go and how to get it.

In case you don't know about RjDj, it's an interactive/generative music app for the iPhone and iPod touch.  It's going to be a great way to experience & interact with some Venus Hum music in a brand new way.  Go here to find out more and also check out this vid.

Bye for now-
Tony

]]>Pictures from the Venus Hum concert filmhttp://www.venushum.com/blog/2010/1/29/pictures-from-the-venus-hum-concert-film.html[Your Name Here]2010-01-30T01:50:03Z2010-01-30T01:50:03ZDSC02880

Go and see Bryan Sherman's brilliant pictures from the concert taping last week.

And here are some the set up.

I'm working on music for a play right now, which is taking up all my time.  But, as soon as I can I'll begin to mix the audio from the show.  I got to see some of the film footage and it looks fantastic.  More news to come.

Tony

 

]]>Thank you!http://www.venushum.com/blog/2010/1/29/thank-you.html[Your Name Here]2010-01-29T21:48:53Z2010-01-29T21:48:53ZThank you all for coming to the show!  We really appreciated meeting so many of you.  I hope today finds you well.  It's sunny and cold and delightful here in NYC.  I'll write more later.  Got to attend to my friend's crying baby!

]]>Congratulations to our FREE TICKET WINNERhttp://www.venushum.com/blog/2010/1/18/congratulations-to-our-free-ticket-winner.html[Your Name Here]2010-01-19T02:14:58Z2010-01-19T02:14:58ZCongrats to Phil Carkido, our winner of the 2 free tickets to the live concert taping!  Phil, just give your name to our ticket person at the door- you'll be on our list.  See you Friday!

 

]]>Getting Ready...http://www.venushum.com/blog/2010/1/18/getting-ready.html[Your Name Here]2010-01-18T15:52:51Z2010-01-18T15:52:51ZHello!  I hope today is finding you well so far.  I have been getting ready for the show on Friday.  I'm very excited to do the taping.  We have all been working diligently at our own parts in the show.  I think its going to be great!  I wish you could all come to the show and that the building didn't have room to hold us all so we had to just do the show outside and then even more people would come and we would all dance and listen and sing and have a good time.  I am content though with all that will be able to come.  We will play our hearts out for all of you present and those of you who are far away.  I cannot wait!  I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

]]>VH Merch in 2010http://www.venushum.com/blog/2009/12/31/vh-merch-in-2010.html[Your Name Here]2009-12-31T18:55:00Z2009-12-31T18:55:00ZHello everybody and thanks for all your support.

Once our show is over I'll be revamping our merch and how/when we ship  it.  My goal is to be able to send all orders within 3 days of receiving them.... most as I receive them.

Also, we will devise a way to alert you when your package goes out.  This way if a package is not received in 4 days from shipping I can send a replacement.

International orders require a customs form must be filled out and shipping will take longer... no way around that, sorry.

 

It's important to handle our merch ourselves, as with most things in the band.  For now, there is nowhere except venushum.com where you can get any physical products.  I like it that way.  I know that each of you that takes the extra time and waits for an actual CD to arrive are either new fans or have known about us for some time, and I want to keep it that way... in any case your support is important and does fuel all future projects.  And I thank you.

 

Kip

]]>Free tickets!http://www.venushum.com/blog/2009/12/18/free-tickets.html[Your Name Here]2009-12-18T19:49:50Z2009-12-18T19:49:50ZHello All!  I hope today finds you well! I am pleased to mention that we are giving away two free tickets to the taping (this does not include travel or lodging) and an autographed c.d.  All you have to do is make mention on this blog entry and we will pick a winner at random.  We will make an announcement vis the blog who the lucky winner is!  We are really looking forward to the taping.  We always love playing live.  We hope that the results of this show, being our first available official live show recording, will be that many more of you will be able to take part in that experience with us than ever before.  We can't wait to hear from you!-Annette

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