So last surgery was 2 weeks ago tomorrow and not back to normal, but much better, mostly. Good to be on the mend. I may start going out for coffee at a cafe later this week, again.
There haven't been any nearby exhibitions announced this year so far that interest me. Kind of glad for that at the moment as I recover. Last year thought the Osaka Expo had sucked all the air out of rival exhibitions for the first half of the year, but things sure picked up later.
Expect the same this year, and that the GHOST IN THE SHELL: ANIMATION FILM exhibit will come nearby in a few months time.
Wife and sister-in-law went to the cinema yesterday (saw RENTAL FAMILY) and brought back these coming film adverts.
I expect to go to PROJECT HAIL MARY opening session next week. The Mandalorian ,edited to a film version, in May would be good too, as I don't have Disney+ and haven't seen it.
Music Youtubers. Did a draft music+comic a couple of days ago featuring these two.
I had done a colored rough pencil sketch of Rick a couple of years ago and did a similar one of Billy on Saturday. The Rick one is a bit caricatured, Billy isn't.
That music+comic seems too simple at the moment, and doesn't say enough, in an interesting enough way. I wouldn't release it for a couple of weeks yet, so I may come up with something completely different by then.
It was music that came first built around a sequenced bass part. Guitars come in briefly in the center. Just love the sound. I am using the Hans Zimmer Zebra and many of his presets, and that is significant as to why synthesizer first recently. Sounds amazing.
It was Rick's What Makes This Song Great? episodes with the songs STEMS, so he could play individual parts and talk about them was what made me notice him. He hasn't done that for years now though and is mostly interviewing his music industry heroes.
Billy is all about interviewing Creatives, many who are musicians but also actors. Some who probably aren't even on Rick's radar.
But there are many other Music YouTubers. Most shilling some product or another, like Ola with his guitars. I guess I have more time for Glenn Fricker than most of the others. He talks about interesting things, often, and is 100% right about Gearspace (formerly GEAR SLUTS ) that is full with people just think some piece of gear is the important thing (and big opinions).
Speaking of Hans Zimmer. Mattias Eklundh posted he attended the current Hans Zimmer concert, helped by his friend Guthrie Gotham, who performs in it, and was amazed by it all. I previously posted on the HANS ZIMMER: HOLLYWOOD REBEL documentary and how that was really inspiring to me. But when I saw the Japanese Zimmer Concert ticket prices I couldn't justify the ¥36,000+ price for a seat without a blocked view. Or the ¥50,000 VIP tickets. So I didn't go.
But the documentary is something I watch every so often, especially the bits on his approach. Really simple themes, lots of 5ths, not chords, that repeat, adding another layer of complexity as they do. All being not at all what you learn in Music School.
Back updating a complicated 6 year old vector design last few days. The only other thing I did last year was from a previous customer from years before too.
Saw something that mentioned how blogging is just so dead now yesterday. I had thought so myself until a year or so ago when I started posting here again. Seems some, maybe just bots, access this, but it is really for myself, as I can't stick pictures and videos in my paper diary. I just wonder exactly when Google will finally kill it,
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