And Now, I’ll Throw It Over To Nads In The News Room
I’ve always refuted the idea of ever going into reporting. For as much as I loved the media, I really hated the idea of “throwing” phony pitches from one person to another, laughing at softball jokes on the morning news wondering how many people were cringing and hating me.
I did want to be a VJ though.
So today I’ve discovered OUTSHOUTS, described as the best way to customize a great video from the web with your own video or audio message. Dedicate a song, say happy birthday, advance a cause, share something hilarious, or tell someone ‘I’m thinking of you’. So e-greetings be gone? Farewell I say!
With an easy set up, and a pretty slick design, I was forgiving of the load time which was par for the course. I started by mucking about and checking on what people are tagging as love these days, and in doing so got an idea of the demographics which seemed to range from the Chris Brown to Pineapple Express tracks. So between grinding and getting stoned, the Doves and Sigur Ross were represented. I approved on the latter and continued on.
Once I picked a video (I chose something about recycling as being foreplay. Hot for real), I was prompted to start doing my OUTSHOUT job- to introduce my video through webcam or phone message. Still new to the hosting position, and me without my lipstick and pompadour, I opted for the phone message. They gave me a phone number, a passcode, and all of the quick creative freedom I could muster. (The outcome of my message as you will soon hear, was the song loop that J and I came up with in traffic back to Montreal, hungover, tired, and thinking we were musical genius incarnate).
Once I finished the recording, I moved onto the next step which applied my message to the intro of the video and provided me with quick, accessible set up links for me to post to my social circuit, blog, bookmarking sites, phone and email. And of course, actualizing my talent.
With such a quick process, tons of collateral to choose from and a world awaiting my next musical hook, I am going to now make pancakes, get my hair teased, throw on some fushia lipstick, and get to work on my virtual VJ CV.
Cue schmaltzy dood: “Thanks, Nadia. Sounds AmAzing! Lets check Feist video, redux!”