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So it’s finally done thanks to a lot of hard work with some very talented friends who helped me arrange my song and take it from idea/tune/lyrics to a full-fledged and downloadable song. Available (name your price) at The Kill9 Bandcamp Store as well as iTunes and Amazon!
It was a lot of work, and delayed since I had to move and start a new job, but… It’s here! My World of Warcraft-inspired song about the Worgen. Many wonderful people contributed to this project. I want to thank them and also the fans that donated money to help make this happen. Next up, a portal song!
It’s been a long time, eh? I stopped blogging for awhile to focus on some IT studies and continue Twitter-bombing. It seemed the right time to get back into writing on here though when I started work on “Werewolves with Top Hats,” a song (and music video) I am working on after playing World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Rolling a Worgen character (a Rogue in this case) has led to many fun adventures. In short time, I came to realize nearly me entire guild had one of these werewolves-with-top-hats as one of their tons. They are fun to play! That fact, plus the adorable Penny Arcade strip about it ultimately hit me with “Boomer’s Day Off” style inspiration. I ended up coming up with a tune, and later lyrics. I quickly recruited my DJ/bassist friend John Jolley to help me turn it into a full-fledged song.
In a short period of time, we’ve managed to put together some great costumes thanks to Ben Peterson (”Zedd” in ./Shutdown and “Smoker” in Boomers) and his wife Kathy. They not only got us costumes on a small budget (using the Internet and thrift stores), but Kathy even made us some werewolf masks for the female dancers. So far we’ve rehearsed and filmed the dance routine, but the singing portion (starring moi) occurs this Saturday and the following weekend we shoot Toby McBane’s story segments.
Here’s a sneak peak of what to expect (a clip from our dance rehearsal):
The above video is from my personal YouTube channel where I’ve decided I’ll start posting little production diaries on occasion. That way I don’t muddle the Kill9 channel up with a bunch of random clips. Expect more updates on this blog and on my MichelleKenobi channel as production continues!
None of this would have been possible without generous donations from Scott, a.k.a. DJWhiskey71 who didn’t want financial hardships to keep our Kill9 YouTube channel quiet and sad. While devoting much of my time, money and energy to my nerdier technical studies, I have missed being creative. We’re all grateful to Scott for his contributions which have paid for the costumes as well as for food to feed the cast and crew.That’s all for now, but I will post again soon with photos from the actual dance shoot we shot outside our friend Pyro’s house last Saturday. Oh, and expect the actual music video to premiere on our channel in early March.
So, if you haven’t been keeping up I will be making a Kill9 documentary about Gary, a Dalek here on Earth. He made a little webcam video about Talk Like a Dalek Day. The dude needs to chill out.
Also, my Jake Shimabukuro video and Boomer’s Day Off episode 1 are both approaching 1 million views. What should I do to celebrate?!
As has been the case lately, I am mostly posting updates in video form. The first one is an update to the fans on my Kill9tv YouTube Channel. The second is just a personal update on my personal portfolio channel. Cheers!
Haven’t posted in ages, but if you keep up with my Twitter then you know I’ve just been swamped with work and an A+ night class most of this month. Here’s my latest Kill9 update for all the Boomer’s and ./shutdown fans! <3
Commentary by Moi, yo.
To watch Boomer’s Day Off, visit kill9studios.com
Head to the YouTube page to watch it in HD.
Yes, I know that rhymes. Anyway, hey there sports fans! Check out this comprehensive Tilzy.tv review of ./shutdown season 1. Despite calling Simon “Charlie” for some reason, it is a pretty awesome review. Hope the cast/crew enjoy reading it.
I’m still winding down from a very long trip to England and Scotland. As soon as I got back, I was surprised with the gitft of VIP tickets to Coachella, so I was off to the deserts only days after landing. I’m close to recovering from jetlag and finals are looming. After that, I hope to sit down and start figuring out where exactly Kill9 Studios is going next. We have a few projects going on at once, as you know, but David (Kill9 co-founder) is going to jump in on the executive end to help me get a cool Geek Girl print/web project up and running. More news on that in the coming months.
As some of you know, I’m not just a filmmaker, but a singer/song-writer and hope to incorporate more music in my productions (can we say, Goatse the Musical?). While screwing around today, I recorded a video of yours truly singing/playing guitar (badly) so feel free to check it out, but please don’t berate me too harshly. I do bite… hard.
Michelle