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Right. This is the first of my updates on the progress of my album, and I'm also going to give you a good little tip for sound on Youtube :)
I have decided to choose 4 songs from the ones I uploaded to Youtube. I've chosen 3 already, and those songs are as follows:
Broadcast fantasy - Jeffstunes
Don't wish it away - Jeffstunes
I'm going to make a short list of three other songs and put them to a vote. So effectively, the fourth will be chosen by voters.
I've now completed 2 other songs so far. They are "You think it's all over". Which is an adaptation of a song I wrote 2 years ago. The original version of this song was played on Spirit FM several times, which covers West Sussex in the UK. The second of those songs is "Soaked to the bone". I finished that one yesterday.
So just 4+ songs to go. I've got some tracks in mind. Some of them have been half developed so hopefully they wont take too long. It would be nice if I could finish them by the end of next week, but it will probably take me longer.
OK. Here's that tip for Youtube.
For those of you who upload songs in stereo to Youtube, and get disappointed when the audio comes out in mono, and lower quality. You might find it interesting to know that Youtube do have a higher quality version of your video.
When you make links to your videos, you will normally use the video URL. To get the higher quality version, all you have to do is add "&fmt=18" to the end of the URL. I suppose it's possible to do that with the embedding as well, but I haven't attempted that yet.
Here's an example for you. This is a link to one of my original songs:
Don't wish it away - Jeffstunes
Now the same song with the addition of "&fmt=18" to the URL
Don't wish it away - Jeffstunes
Can you hear the difference?
Now for my youtube figures.
My subscribers are now at 670.
My channel views are moving faster now, and are currently at 14,702.
My total video viewings are increasing by over 1,000 views a day now and are now at 221,328.
More updates on the album progress coming soon :)
I was looking for ways to increase my daily viewing figures on Youtube, when I happened upon a tool that they have in Beta at the moment. They call it "Annotations".
It lets you to put link text and/or hotspots on your videos. When I watch videos on youtube, I don't normally pay much attention to what else is on that web page. As a maker of videos myself, that is not very encouraging. However, with this tool, I can make a link pop up on the video, and that is more likely to be noticed.
So I went through most of my videos and added annotations that link back to my channel. It took me a long time. They've only been on for a day, but I've already seen a hike in traffic. Especially to my channel viewings. So it appears that it is working so far.
This is a link to my Channel on Youtube. Where most of the Annotations point to:
Now for the latest on my Youtube numbers, followed by a snippet of news :)
I now have a total of 662 Subscribers.
The channel viewings are moving now and currently stand at 14,509.
The total video views are now at 216,799. It's looking like the quarter of a million figure will be passed before the end of July.
Now for a bit of news. I'm releasing an album!
It's going out on digital release only to start with. If things go well then It will also be released on CD.
The album will contain some songs I've uploaded to Youtube, and a good number of new songs that haven't seen the light of day yet. I'm quite excited about it. I'll keep my blog up to date with the progress as the release date gets nearer. Naming tracks etc :)
Dixie currently feels:
Alone
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Currently playing:
- Pokémon Diamond
- Mario Party 4
- Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Currently listening to:
- Inhale - Stone Sour
- Less Talk, More Rokk - Freezepop
- My Obsession - Skillet
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Times cried: None
Wounds inflicted: None
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Well, last night, as I was taking the last few turns on the Bowser's Gnarly Party board, whilst responding to some posts on my forum - I got the craving to start a new game of Pokémon Diamond.
So whilst I was waiting for the slow-as-shit computers to take their turns, I opened up Pokésav and Serebii.net - and started making a team of six hacked monsters that I wanted to be my main team throughout the game.
I gave them high-level moves and high levels of IV and EV points too. Of course, I made them look legit, giving them the right natures, correct areas and the right abilities.
I hacked the following:
Espeon - "Emily" - level 8
Jolteon - "Spike" - level 8
Grimer - "Sticky" - level 10
Cyndaquil - "Volvic" - level 8
Piplup - level 5 - shiny
And my favourite ownage monster:
Rattftratz! - Level 1 Rattata with a focus sash, quick attack and endeavor! :)
I also altered my ID number, so it was the same one as my LeafGreen game - 24606.
I love that number, and I think it suits me well. :)
Heh, I've just noticed, it starts with the first numbers of my birthdate too.
I've been playing it for about six hours now.
I've even gone to the trouble of hacking some Mew, Palkia, Turtwig, Piplup and Chimchar for the greedy bastards on the GTS.
It won't let me trade my Palkia though - which is typical, because I caught 7 of them at level 99.
Humph. Nothing ever changes.
Either way, Adam came over today - and we spent most of the day sat about, eating chocolate and drinking Cherry Coke.
Then we turned on Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, and played a few 2P VS matches - then I was asked to play with my Chao.
I don't see what's so interesting about watching someone play with Chao... But.
Yeah, I did a bit of that, and completed a few more missions - but I'm getting to the point of the game now where I proper can't do anything else - the missions I have left to do are sodding ridiculous.
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Anyway, I'm back on Mario Party 4 at the moment.
I've done about 10 turns of Shy Guy's Jungle Jam - responding to forum posts whilst I wait for the computers.
I'm getting towards the end of the board now, as I'm writing this as Luigi, Daisy and Mario are messing about with mega mushrooms, running over star spots because they're retard CPUs on Normal difficulty. :)
This time, I'm playing through as Waluigi.
I've done it with Peach, Daisy and Wario, so I'm onto Waluigi next.
Then I'll do DK, so I've done the bottom row of characters. :)
As we all know, the Mario Party music gets so annoying and repetitive after a while - so I've made myself a playlist.
OMFG... I JUST WON 100 COINS IN THE LOTTERY SHOP!!!
Yeah, the coin star is TOTALLY in the bag. :)
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But yes, as I was saying, the playlist. :)
I feel like making a big list, so I'll list the songs that are on it.
- My current favourite few, and they all run on for a combined total of 3:00:31.
Dirty Little Secret - The All-American Rejects
Indie Sux, Hardline Sux, Emo Sux, You Suck! - Anti-Flag
Grace - Apocalyptica
Trauma - Ayumi Hamasaki
GAME - Ayumi Hamasaki
About You - Ayumi Hamasaki
Red Flag - Billy Talent
Punk Rock 101 - Bowling For Soup
Somebody Put Something In My Drink - Chilrden Of Bodom
Bed Of Razors - Children Of Bodom
Follow The Wolves - Demon Hunter
Hier Kommt Alex - Die Toten Hosen
Bye, Bye, Alex - Die Toten Hosen
Southpaw - Double You
Valley Of The Damned - DragonForce
(F)lannigan's Ball - Dropkick Murphys
Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya - Dropkick Murphys
A Dark Omen - Fairyland
Parlez-vous Freezepop? - Freezepop
Less Talk, More Rokk - Freezepop
Get Ready 2 Rokk - Freezepop
Ham On The Bone - GWAR
Living For The Weekend - Hard-Fi
Laid To Rest - Lamb Of God
Chu Chu Lovely Muni Muni Mura Mura... - Maximum The Hormone
Koi No Megalover - Maximum The Hormone
Alive - P.O.D.
See Emily Play - Pink Floyd
Morgenstern - Rammstein
Reise, Reise - Rammstein
Benzin - Rammstein
Rosenrot - Rammstein
Mann Gegen Mann - Rammstein
Tier - Rammstein
Klavier - Rammstein
Suck My Kiss - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Only This Moment - Röyksopp
My Obsession - Skillet
Falling Inside The Black - Skillet
Wait And Bleed - Slipknot
No Life - Slipknot
Snot - Snot
Inhale - Stone Sour
Absolute - Thousand Foot Krutch
Falls Apart - Thousand Foot Krutch
Just Like You - Three Days Grace
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - The Vandals
Let The Fire Fall - Virginia Creeper
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OMFG, LUIGI JUST STOLE MY STAR - THE LITTLE SHIT!
NOW I'M SECOND!
Not that it matters, of course... I'm going to win the mini-game star and the coin star, because Normal level CPUs are total retards.
Now this is multi-tasking at its finest. :)
I'm currently playing Mario Party 4, whilst listening to music.
I'm also on my PC.
For the past hour, and for the future several hours - I'm also going to be writing this blog, responding to forum posts, reading fan fiction, organising music, downloading stuff and maybe even doing a bit of writing and/or planning.
ROFL!
A MINI GAME STARTED WITHOUT ME NOTICING, AND I DIDN'T REALISE TILL 10 SECONDS IN - AND I STILL BEAT ALL THREE OF THEM!
Normal CPU retards! :D
Lmao, I have 218 coins, and it's the last turn. Eee. :)
Links will stay active for as long as the download is active. The files get removed after 10 days if they're not active, so download away! :D
Here's the links:
A Taste of Things to Come: http://www.sendspace.com/file/bvlxje
A Second Taste - The B-Sides: http://www.sendspace.com/file/r78u19
The First Shot Always Hurts the Most: http://www.sendspace.com/file/g36frg
Outcasts: http://www.sendspace.com/file/5otmur
Outcasts is the brand new B-Sides collection that I released on Monday. It collects all the unreleased songs and unused B-Sides from the First Shot period, and pops them all into one album.
Hope you enjoy listening to them :D
Cheers,
-=Gavvie=-
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