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This was such a fun show, and my girlfriend and I were able to get press passes, so we brought our cameras and rocked out.
The Glitch Mob use touchscreen interfaces called lemurs. It is one of the coolest controllers around, and extremely customizable. If you couldn’t tell by the name they make glitched out hip hop/dance music, and the preset buttons on their lemurs included such actions as “mangle”, “slay”, “shred”, and “go”. Each button affecting the samples and loops they play to varying degrees of glitched out craziness. As an aspiring electronic/laptop musician, it is always great to see how acts like the Glitch Mob take their electronic music and play it live. It is no simple feat to be able to keep a crowd interested as pretty much all you are doing is pressing a few buttons and turning a few knobs, but the Glitch are masters of their craft and very able to keep a crowd engaged.

Another one of my favorites is Nosaj Thing. His music is slightly more downtempo than the Glitch Mob, but equally as fun to watch as he creates live remixes of his music.
Daddy Kev killed it as usual, DJing the type of music that you can feel as well as hear. They brought their own subs to the Roxy so the bass would pretty much blow you away.
It was a great show, we had a lot of fun, and took a few pictures to prove it. Oh ya, Bjork was also there to enjoy the show.

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I’ve recently completed Scott Kirsner’s Fans, Friends, & Followers: Building an Audience and a Creative Career in the Digital Age, and if ever there was a book worthy of discussion for young media creators, this is it.  Kirsner’s fairly well known as a panel speaker and the creator of the excellent blog CinemaTech.  His new book is a mecca of advice for any creative trying to self-start their career in an increasingly fragmented world.

This is no easy guidebook, though.  There are no 1,2,3 steps for success, and Kirsner never presents it as such. He acknowledges that everyone is still looking for the “magic bullet” that will make it obvious how to build a profitable career as a creator.  So instead he takes the show on the road, and this book is largely a compilation of interviews from people who have tried something new and created.  Advice and real stories from the trenches are here from people like Jonathan Coulton, Ze Frank, Mark Day, Michael Buckley, the Homestar Runner boys, and many more.  Each is a case study in how to build a brand, whether you’re a filmmaker, a fine artist, a writer, a comedian, a musician, or even a magician.  The interviews are presented not exactly as advice, but as “here’s what worked for me”, with the understanding that your mileage may vary.

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The other day a stranger asked me what I did and I said “game designer” without really having to think about it anymore and that was pretty awesome. But it got me thinking about one of the roads that got me here and before long I was thinking about one of my childhood’s favorite amusements: text adventure games. Especially this one:

Seriously, this is a great little game. Odd, but great.

You sit at the computer and read this blog post and wonder what this has to do with anything going on a Psychic Bunny. You can see a link sitting here that leads to a longer post.

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One of our favorite tutorial websites, Video Copilot, just released an updated version of their Action Essentials stock footage collection, and the leap in quality since their last installment is AMAZING. They now have 720p HD, as well as 2K. Included in the package are multiple clips of explosions, smashing glass, bullet holes, blood bursts, fires, muzzle flashes, falling debris, powder, smoke, sparks, 3D shell casing models, water splashes, textures and MORE!

They’ve got a really cool trailer, some tutorials, and a way more in-depth video about how huge this collection is. We just bought the $249.95 2K resolution box set - we’ll let you know how it works out. As much as we’ve used the first Action Essentials (which is dinky by comparison) I don’t think there’s any way we won’t get our money’s worth. As far as stock HD or 2k video footage goes, this is dirt cheap.

After months of planning and effort, we are pleased to announce that we have just launched LEAD BALLOON, our new original content banner. Our first two projects to launch under Lead Balloon will be the indie feature film “The Echo Game” and comedy web series “Coma, Period.” Along with feature films, web series, and TV, we’ll also be developing games, mobile, and interactive projects.

The much-maligned actual lead balloon really can float (we saw it on Mythbusters!) and we take our inspiration from that hearty little guy, flying high against all odds. Lead Balloon is all about ideas that are risky, exciting, and (though improbable) truly soar.

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Horror news site Dread Central just did a nice little write-up of the movie we produced, The Echo Game along with an exclusive premiere of the trailer.

Check it out!