It’s the time of the year for shameless self promotion! Once again, DJ Mag has opened the polls to vote for top 10 VJ’s of the year. After many years of being ignored by the Academy and the Golden Globes, it would be nice to finally get some recognition.

So go and vote for me!

http://www.djmag.com/index.php?op=top20vj

The polls close on September 24th, so hop to it! If I win I promise to honor all my campaign pledges and to pack the supreme court with VJ’s and video artists.

Since I made the move from VJ’ing with a huge bin of VHS tapes to software, I have mainly used Modul8 (and also dabbled a bit with Arkaos and Livid Union). In many ways it resulted in me re-thinking most of the way I VJ’ed and also the style and types of content I would make and use.

Recently I started playing with the free version of VDMX and just last week I purchased it. I think I can safely say that it is making me re-think everything again. It really opens and a whole new world of ways to mix and manipulate my clips, and is making me think about my content creation in a new light as well.
At first glance it seems really intimidating, but once you get the basics down, it all starts to fall into place. I feel like I have hardly scratched the surface of the what it can do.

I have yet to perform live with it, but I think that will happen soon enough.

In my recent quest for better video cable organization, I came across this nice looking unit.
I’m not sure how many cables it will nicely hold but I think it would be good for the average VJ gig. Or at least MY average gig, as I don’t tent to have huge set-ups.

You can get it here for only $25, and it comes in green, which is an added bonus for me.

On that same note, I recently discovered the wonders of Velcro reusable cable ties, to keep my vid cables wrapped and organized and happy. Seriously. These things are like 6 bucks for 100 ties. They work great, hold very well, and don’t seem to pick up lots of hairy linty bits like other velcro.
I know it maybe be silly to post about such things, but it has helped me not only to keep things organized while while just sitting in my studio, but also helps me keep things a bit tidier at gigs, and that is also huge.

Kangaroom Cord Keeper Via Apartment Therapy Unplugged

This past weekend I provided visuals for a small underground psytrance party called “Revolution”. I was working in a small space literally around the corner from my place, so I had room to experiment with the set-up. I whipped together a quick platform big enough for two projectors, and attached it to I-beams on the ceiling with tie-down. For something thrown together, it work pretty well.
I aimed one projector at a wall mounted screen, and the other at a series of fine mesh curtains, hung in layers. The mesh was a bit too thin and there were not enough layers of it, but it still had a nice effect.

This is pretty awesome. Scaffolding, thin screens and a video projector.

Etienne De Crecy Live 2007 Transmusicales de Rennes from Clement bournat on Vimeo.

found at VJ.TV