FWIW, I gave a talk last week about 3D filmmaking and demonstrated how I created the "Tornado" video: http://youtu.be/sY4ZDgQ3O1c

Thanks for the kind words and feedback, guys! 

I just finished making this 3D music video. It was created with construction paper, a pen knife, and acrylic paint on paper. You will need red/cyan 3D glasses to get the 3D effect. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nva44mjmjzc&feature=youtu.be

I wrote and performed the song, and invited some fellow musicians to join in on backing vocals. This isn't quite as Beach Boys-influenced as some of the other things I've done, but hope you dig it anyway!

The Simple Carnival's 2008 critically-acclaimed album, Girls Aliens Food, is available as a free mp3/FLAC digital download today until midnight EST:

http://www.simplecarnival.com/store/index.php?recid=865&maincat_id=2&subcat_id=2&page=1

There's nothing to sign up for, there's no catch -- just click the "Free" button at the bottom of the page and download away.

After midnight, the carriage turns back into a pumpkin, so go grab it now. Enjoy!

Oh man, this smiley has never been so appropriate: 

Here's a video I made as part of an eventual 40-minute "video album" for my band, The Simple Carnival. This is the opening track to the album, titled "Smitten." You will need red/cyan 3D glasses to see the effect properly. (The red filter goes over your left eye.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHlx_F--btc

Hope you like it! 

The winners have been announced... and all entries are available for free mp3 download:

http://songsandsonics.com/2008/12/11/really-really-weird-remix-contest-winners-revealed/

One final remix is up, this one from DJ Salty Flavor: http://www.myspace.com/reallyreallyweirdremix

The judges have been instructed to start judging... 

OK, we're in the final stretch of contest submissions... Four new remixes are up! Adam Aiur, The Smoking Johosophats, Boc Scadet, and Rewind all sent in their mixes: http://www.myspace.com/reallyreallyweirdremix

P.S.: November 30th at midnight (EST) is the entry deadline...

A new remix is up, this one by Soundmouse: http://www.myspace.com/reallyreallyweirdremix

We're getting near the end of the contest... which means I will soon stop spamming this thread! 

Anyway, two new remixes are up: One by Boicey Racer, and one by SensitivBoy: http://www.myspace.com/reallyreallyweirdremix

A new remix is up -- this one is by Superaction80:

http://www.myspace.com/reallyreallyweirdremix

Just a reminder -- the cutoff date for contest entries is midnight EST, November 30th, 2008. So if you're a remixing sort of person and you want a chance to win some cool stuff, it'd probably be a good idea to get started on that remix soon! 

Three new Really Really Weird remixes came in this week: Dav, Satan's Little Sister, and EarLabsSolo sent in their submissions. (For some reason, Dav's remix shows up as the last song on the MySpace player. I don't know why.)

Here's the link again...

http://www.myspace.com/reallyreallyweirdremix

...and another remix is up, this one by Matt Hayes:

http://www.myspace.com/reallyreallyweirdremix

A new remix is up -- this one by TT Merx:

http://www.myspace.com/reallyreallyweirdremix

A new remix is up -- this one is by Drummerman. Check it out:

http://www.myspace.com/reallyreallyweirdremix

Just thought you might want to know that the Girls Aliens Food album is out...!     

It's on iTunes, CDBaby, Amazon, and www.simplecarnival.com. You can listen to nearly the entire album on CDBaby. 

Will the "Girls Aliens Food" CD be made available as a mp3-download only?

Just thought you might want to know Girls Aliens Food is out...!   

It's on iTunes, CDBaby, Amazon, and www.simplecarnival.com. You can listen to nearly the entire album on CDBaby.

Another remix is up -- this one by Admo:

http://www.myspace.com/reallyreallyweirdremix

Another remix is up, this one by Low Level Music:

http://www.myspace.com/reallyreallyweirdremix

A new remix is up, this one by Vlayman:

http://www.myspace.com/reallyreallyweirdremix

Don't know if anyone's interested, but three remixes are up:

http://www.myspace.com/reallyreallyweirdremix

Mister Fusty, Heidi Gloom, and Rob Arnold all have remixes you can check out at the above link.

Because Mister Fusty is a judge in the contest, he is not eligible to win anything. He knows this, but he went ahead and did a remix anyway.

Three remixes are up:

http://www.myspace.com/reallyreallyweirdremix

Mister Fusty, Heidi Gloom, and Rob Arnold all have remixes you can check out at the above link.

Because Mister Fusty is a judge in the contest, he is not eligible to win anything. He knows this, but he went ahead and did a remix anyway.

Just wanted to let everyone know that there's a remix contest for this song... The grand prize winner gets one of the instruments I used on the song -- a circuit-bent Casio SK-1!



Here's the contest info:

http://www.simplecarnival.com/contest.php

Enjoy!

And now the contest remix tracks are officially online (scroll to the bottom to download the tracks):

http://www.simplecarnival.com/contest.php

There's a description of how the tracks are pieced together on Songs and Sonics:

http://songsandsonics.com/2008/08/15/really-really-weird-remix-contest-its-here/

Enjoy!

Since the song and video received such a favorable response here, I thought you might like this.

I'd like to announce the Really Really Weird Remix Contest.

In the very near future, I will be making the raw tracks for The Simple Carnival's song "Really Really Weird" available for download. If you're a creative remixing kind of person, you can take these original tracks, manipulate them, and turn them into something that sounds nothing like the original song. A panel of judges and I will rank the submissions.

The grand prize is one of the instruments that was used in the song, a circuit-bent Casio SK-1 sampler (considered by many to be the holy grail of weird-sounding circuit-bent instruments), plus a Simple Carnival t-shirt and a copy of the album where the song comes from, Girls Aliens Food. There are three runner-up prizes (consisting of the t-shirt and CD) as well.



Even if you don't win, there's a possibility that your remix might end up on a future Simple Carnival release. You can read all the details here:

http://songsandsonics.com/2008/08/05/really-really-weird-remix-contest/

Thanks for reading this far, and hope to hear your remixes soon!