Well I was counting on a friend to take my release to Brother Valentino and possibly have it back by Monday , but he just informed me that he can't, because he isnt heading up there today.
So that just throws me off. Maybe I should just journey up Grande by myself. Mummy always says do things myself. Yipee another trip to S Grande.
Oh the release(just incase you are wondering what that is) gives me permission from Brother Valentino to use his songs in this documentary.
Anyway I got called out to work so I am at the station today..so there goes my free day. Can't complain though ...I am blessed!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Presentation
Well last night I presented the proposal to my class. I can say from the reaction of class mates it was a decent idea. At the end of the presentation I received 2 questions from classmates.
One classmate even suggested to possibly do the documentary in 2 parts. Overall pretty good. I just pray my lecturer feels the same
Cya
One classmate even suggested to possibly do the documentary in 2 parts. Overall pretty good. I just pray my lecturer feels the same
Cya
Sunday, March 22, 2009
This week events
Ok here is my week of activities in one blog, as I have mentioned before the Internet is not easily accessible to me, so this is one of the opportune time to updat my blog. I am just about to go on air here at Ebony so let me get down to it, got 20 minutes.
Nothing to heavy took place this week as I have been primarily focusing on writing my proposal, and script to be presented this coming Wednesday the 25th March. That's going pretty well, no complaints there.
Wednesday the 19th of this month I was scheduled to attend a live performance of Brother Valentino at the Mas Camp pub, but because of late planning and my location(down South) I could not attend. There was an opportunity lost! Anyway as I planned weeks ago on Saturday 22nd March(yesterday) I journeyed to Sande Grande to conduct my 1st interview with Brother Valentino. My good friend Marcus Baptiste gave me a list to Sande Grande as he was due to lecuter a pan class in that area(thank god). The interview lasted 2hours, going through the beginings of his career to what he is up to at present. The artiste and I sat in his porch and embrassed the natural sounds around us. It was a good day. The calypsonian gave me a couple recordings of live performances he did...so it was a totally bad thing that I was not able to attend the performance at the Mas Camp Pub. He did inform me though that next month he would be performing at the same venue pretty soon, so I would ge that opportunity to see him perform and record him again.
It would be safe to say that yesterday was indeed a productive day for me pertaining to the media project.
Time to go 5 minutes before 2- Jd's on
Jillian
Nothing to heavy took place this week as I have been primarily focusing on writing my proposal, and script to be presented this coming Wednesday the 25th March. That's going pretty well, no complaints there.
Wednesday the 19th of this month I was scheduled to attend a live performance of Brother Valentino at the Mas Camp pub, but because of late planning and my location(down South) I could not attend. There was an opportunity lost! Anyway as I planned weeks ago on Saturday 22nd March(yesterday) I journeyed to Sande Grande to conduct my 1st interview with Brother Valentino. My good friend Marcus Baptiste gave me a list to Sande Grande as he was due to lecuter a pan class in that area(thank god). The interview lasted 2hours, going through the beginings of his career to what he is up to at present. The artiste and I sat in his porch and embrassed the natural sounds around us. It was a good day. The calypsonian gave me a couple recordings of live performances he did...so it was a totally bad thing that I was not able to attend the performance at the Mas Camp Pub. He did inform me though that next month he would be performing at the same venue pretty soon, so I would ge that opportunity to see him perform and record him again.
It would be safe to say that yesterday was indeed a productive day for me pertaining to the media project.
Time to go 5 minutes before 2- Jd's on
Jillian
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Listening to Radio Documentary
Today I am at my mother's house, using the internet listening to a couple radio documentaries, learning how to put it together. Interesting pieces indeed, giving me tons of ideas as to how it should be done. Not bad! I now have alot to work with.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Creating Questions
Ask I blog I am pulling infor from a bio of the artist I researched to put together my interview questions. This is going to be a long night. Keeping in mind it is Friday!! Ah well it is all for a good
Radio Trinbago
Today I visited my old work place-Radio Trinibago 94.7fm and retrieved my cd collections in which I have atleast four of Bro Valentinos CD's. So I am about to select the songs I want to use in the documentary. Ofcourse "Life is Stage"
Phone conversation
Feb 2009
After throwing the idea off a few of my friends and collegues as to my new media project idea(this time around, as I changed my mind so many times), I made calls. However it still wasnt that easy as I was not torn between two Icons within the Calypso Fraternity I was to choose from and place the story into reality. It proved difficult during the Carnival Season to meet with either Singing Francine or Bro Valentino, so I had brief phone calls with both artists. After tirelessly interrogating those I knew within and out of the art form as to which artist peeked their interest more. It was then within the 1st week of March I conducted a lengthy conversation with Bro Valentino and he agreed to welcome me into his home to conduct the interview.
After throwing the idea off a few of my friends and collegues as to my new media project idea(this time around, as I changed my mind so many times), I made calls. However it still wasnt that easy as I was not torn between two Icons within the Calypso Fraternity I was to choose from and place the story into reality. It proved difficult during the Carnival Season to meet with either Singing Francine or Bro Valentino, so I had brief phone calls with both artists. After tirelessly interrogating those I knew within and out of the art form as to which artist peeked their interest more. It was then within the 1st week of March I conducted a lengthy conversation with Bro Valentino and he agreed to welcome me into his home to conduct the interview.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)
