29moons
Well-known member
I Want My MTV!
Week 98’s theme is - songs from the hey day of MTV - from August 1st 1981 - 1989.
The song had to have been made into a video that was played on MTV between 1981 and 1989.
That pretty much clears up all the years of the 80's since most popular songs from 1980 were reborn again with a video. As long you can prove to me that the video was played on MTV between that time, you're good. It can't be a song that did not have a video.
Remember, a lot of older bands at the time made come backs with videos that aired during that time.
Examples include, The Monkees (remember Monkees Marathons that showed all the episodes? Well, hat qualifies any song they did on the show or any songs from "HEAD"). The movie La Bamba came out in 1987 so you can do LaBamba. Slade had a big comeback in the 80’s - Run Runaway or Cum On Feel The Noise with a video made by Quiet Riot in 1983, Steve Miller (Abrcadabra.) etc.
Requirements
OK, we've been doing this season thing now for almost two years, so I thought I'd change it up a little bit. MTV wasn't just about music, it was also about visuals, bringing the music to life.
SO! You DO NOT have to appear in your video, Gnarly! That's right Spicoli, I don't care if you're in it or not, just be sure that the ukulele is the main instrument in the song. I only ask that you post a title at the beginning that states something like - "Week 98", or "I Want My MTV!", etc.
Here's something crazy too. (What? There's more?) In order to focus on the video, you can do a song that you have already recorded, either for another season or maybe a song you recorded previously for something else. That's right free thinker, that means you don't even have to play the ukulele this week. "BLASPHEMER!" I'm ok now, just focus on the video.
Multi-tracking is accepted and encouraged but not mandatory.
Record a cool song or pull one from the archives, then make a cool video for it. Don't worry about playing live for the video. Lip synch, play air-uke, dance about with your kids or just do a montage of different clips or pictures. It's all about the video.
If you need ideas on montages you can check out my videos for "Night Swimming" or "After Hours" or you can always just search MTV videos with a year on youtube to get other ideas..
As usual Ukulele front and center
Because this week is more focusing on the video portion which can take time, I am just taking one entry per Seasonista.
No bonus videos. Any bonus video ideas can be posted on the "Misfits" thread.
Please, as a courtesy to Electrauke do not post any videos until after Midnight Sunday Hawaiian time. Hopefully it will take a little bit for the videos to come streaming in as they need to be created first.
Prizes:
1st place chooses prize and so on.
"Say hello to my little friend" Tee
An awesome Stein! Shipped wherever.
My latest Christmas CD of great ukulele songs including one by me.
Bonus considerations for anything that makes me smile and wax nostalgic.
Here's some help on making montages: First I scour the web for the images. I bring up Windows Live Movie Maker project and lay down my wav or mp3 file of the song. I then place the pics in the timeline. Each is up for about 5 seconds, maybe a little longer. Then I work on the animations (transitions) so that the pics fade in and out. Lastly, give each pic a Pan and zoom, I switch them up so one photo moves sideways, another zooms out, etc. I try to sync them as best as I can.
Entries
Last edited:
