Just wanted to let everyone know that there is another benefit show for our friends Tim and Kalyan who are battling ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). All proceeds will go to help with Tim’s quality of life care. This event is planned for Tuesday, May 18, 2010 starting at 8:00pm. Performers that night include The Numbers [...]
Donate Something For an ALS Benefit Show
May 6th, 2010 · No Comments
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May is ALS Awareness Month
May 3rd, 2010 · No Comments
When I began working on Often Awesome the series I didn’t know ALS was Lou Gehrig’s Disease. I also didn’t know anyone with ALS. That changed when I met Tim and that has changed my perspective how awful this disease is. Watching Tim lose his ability to play in his band Decoration Ghost has been [...]
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Sonicfire Pro 5 a Must For Any Final Cut Pro Editor
March 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment
As an independent filmmaker one of the hardest things to do is get a great score for a project. If you use Soundtrack Pro you cycle through the amazing tracks and have a difficult time finding one that you haven’t used on numerous occasions, or heard everywhere on the net or local TV. That is [...]
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This is Totally Awesome
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments
We have an unlimited amount of episodes remaining. If anyone would like to be a sponsor for some of these episodes….hit me up! You want their music you can download it here…order a CD here…Decoration Ghost home page here. Listen and fall in love with an amazing album.
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Sonicfire Pro 5 Is Here… Wow!
May 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Final Cut Pro Guru Larry Jordan walks us through a demo of Sonicfire Pro 5. I want more after watching this. Cool app.
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Upcoming Conversation with Harvey Robinson of Monkeywhale.com
April 21st, 2009 · No Comments
I came across Harvey Robinson’s path through the .matrix Project and was wowed by the beautiful storytelling that he presents in his videos. Monkeywhale is not just Harvey but a collaboration of artists that formed a production company in Greensboro, NC. He is a machine when it comes to creating and I for one can [...]
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Software Review: Abaltat Muse 2.0
January 29th, 2009 · No Comments
A great upgrade to the original and a must have if you are a do it yourself professional. I have to hand it to the engineers and programmers of Abaltat Muse…2.0 is an improvement over the original. If you want to read the original review I did for muse 1.0 you can read it here. [...]
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Short Film Friday: When Album Covers Attack
October 31st, 2008 · No Comments
When album covers attackUploaded by mrdantefontana By: Ugly Pictures
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Our Dotmatrix Project with Project Tritium
September 25th, 2008 · No Comments
In August, Blake, Micah and I shot Project Tritium for the dotmatrix project at The Green Burro downtown Greensboro. We set up three 1k lowell lights and did some hard lighting and shot the song at a high shutter speed on 2 Panasonic HVX200s and a Canon HV20. Had to color correct the HV20 a [...]
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Cool Happenings
July 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Right now is an exciting time for me. First my brother’s brain child, the dotmatrix project is moving full steam ahead and picking up momentum. Last week Go Triad, a local weekly newspaper did a piece on the project. This week Mark Burger of Yes! Weekly, another local weekly entertainment newspaper did a cover story [...]




