I often use some of my poems as a foundation for song lyrics for FAWM or 50/90 (2 songwriting challenges). And since 50/90 is coming up in July, I wrote the NaPoWriMo poem #5 “Stairway to July,” hoping to turn it into a song. Well, I’ve started playing around with something and thought I’d share this clip here.
I hope to flesh it out further during 50/90.
I know, I know, it’s NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month), but so far, I’ve only written 2 poems. I’m so having a blast pairing my songs and musician friend songs with video on YouTube.
Here’s my latest: the one I’m calling the “3 Drinks Later Cruise.” Actually, I wrote the first version during my first FAWM (February Album Writing Month) in 2018 and revised it during last year’s 50/90.
So… here it is. If you enjoy, please like and subscribe to my YouTube channel. And I always appreciate your likes here. Thank you so much – you’re the best!
And then there are the #Shorts – check these 2 out – “No Men in Las Vegas” (clip from the full length audio reading of my novella Raining Men) and “Cruising the Colorado River in Laughlin” with musician @WolfKier on YouTube and his “Down By the Ferry Dock” song.
I just had to do another video for “She’s Not That Good” on YouTube. Maybe because I was scrolling through my videos and saw this one of the Mariachi Band playing Jazz in the Piazza on the Crown Princess sailing the Mexican Riviera.
But this time I used the video editor in Logic Pro, meaning, I pasted the video I already had into Logic Pro on 1 track, which separated the video and sound into 2 tracks, and then ecorded my audio recording of a book excerpt on another. This way, I could match the video with the sound. It was so much fun!
And now here’s the result:
About “She’s Not That Good”
Meet Brandi Redwine from my latest release “She’s Not That Good”
Failing to launch an adult career, haunted by thoughts of never being good enough, Brandi Redwine searches for something she is good at. After chasing music and the exboyfriend in Nashville, she returns to San Francisco feeling like a loser.
Her best friend steps in and recommends her for an opportunity to compete for a job onboard a cruise ship. Her high school sweetheart is also on board, and his girlfriend is competing for the same job.
Will her entire future rest on a final performance, or will she finally realize she is good enough when she pursues what’s really in her heart?
Available now on Kindle
Chapter 1 Audio Excerpt
Chapter 4 Audio Excerpt
Chapter 7 Audio Excerpt
I spent yesterday rearranging my studio. I mean, not just the stuff in the studio, but I changed rooms with the cats. Yes, they have their own room with their litter and the rest is a bunch of stuff that needs to go somewhere. At least it looks lived-in and not just a litter box.
And then I started working on one of my novels. Finally. I was hoping if I changed up my space, I might feel motivated to get back to writing. So far, so good.
So, then, after my brief writing bout, I scrolled through my videos on my iPhone, and the one with Daisy when she was just a kitten when we were living in Florida the second (or third) time around, caught my eye. Then I thought about what music would be a good match for a 15-second remix and I was reminded of my “Curious” track for FAWM23. Perfect, right?
It’s getting a healthy number of views on YouTube so that made me happy. I looked to see how it was doing on “T” and – I couldn’t believe this – it was marked as “sensitive content.” Seriously? There was a link to appeal it, which I clicked right away. Okay, let’s see what happens next.
So what is “sensitive content?” T says this warning label is for “potentially sensitive content . . . such as violence or nudity.” Uh, no, none of that is in this video. See for yourself – Curious Kitty. 15 seconds of sweetness.
PS – Twitter has admitted it was marked “sensitive content” in error.
Chapter 7 – Cabo – is the latest audio excerpt paired with my music from FAWM23
In case you missed the others, I’ll add the links below:
Chapter 1 – “She’s Not That Good”
Chapter 4 – “Vlogger Lady” (Parody)
National Poetry Writing Month is coming… April 1st. I’ve done it before and didn’t expect to do it this year but one of my FAWM friends is doing it and I’ve been so all over the place, I thought it might give me some structure for the month of April. I’ll be posting my poems here.
In the meantime, I’ve been having a blast posting clips of videos and songs – either mine or my FAWM friend Wolf. You can check them out here – https://www.youtube.com/@ScreamieBirds/shorts. You might notice a recurrence of kitty videos and cruising videos. 🙂
I’ve also been doing some audio excerpts from some of my books. You can check them out here – https://www.youtube.com/@ScreamieBirds/videos.
Hope you enjoy!
Ever since FAWM ended March 1st, I’ve just been having fun on YouTube. I’ve given up on writing. At least for now. Maybe because I can’t seem to stop making these clips, although I’m thinking of playing around with some Push Magic.
Hey, check out Chip’s clip – he seems to know what he’s doing and he makes it look easy. Certainly fun – certainly more fun than writing quiet words that don’t make music – lol!
(Music clip provided @WolfKier on YouTube.)
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