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Planting Pansies

2008-05-14T06:28:00.001-06:00

I planted some pansies by our mailbox - definitely some signs of spring!

Formats available:MPEG4 Video (.mp4), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv)

Tags: pansies, flowers, planting, garden, gardening, davidleeking

Out the Train Window

2008-05-04T16:11:00.001-06:00

On the MARC train, from Union Station in DC to Baltimore. Sorta contemplative... and playing with FCE and music beds.

Formats available:MPEG4 Video (.mp4), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv)

Tags: davidleeking, marc, train, washington, dc, baltimore, travel

Out the Train Window

2008-05-03T12:58:00.001-06:00

On the MARC train, from Union Station in DC to Baltimore. Sorta contemplative... and playing with FCE and music beds.

Day 7 Drumming

2008-04-26T21:40:00.001-06:00

For the last day of Videoblogging Week 2008, I'm playing a cool beat on the drums. Enjoy!

Formats available:MPEG4 Video (.mp4), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv)

Tags: videobloggingweek2008, davidleeking, drumming, drums, drummer, beat, rhythm

Playing Nasty Guitar

2008-04-26T21:08:00.001-06:00

Messing with an external mic, and messing with my guitar.

Formats available:MPEG4 Video (.mp4)

Tags: videobloggingweek2008, davidleeking, guitar, solo, tele, telecaster

a song about GREEN

2008-04-25T23:08:00.001-06:00

This is an improvised, on the spot song with a green theme. Green, green sweater, green grass, green lawn mower, green ham, green eggs, etc. Just whatever popped into my head.

Formats available:MPEG4 Video (.mp4)

Tags: videobloggingweek2008, davidleeking, green, guitar, singing, song, improvisation

Dulcimer Song

2008-04-24T22:38:00.001-06:00

Extreme rough draft version of an instrumental song played on my mountain dulcimer.

Formats available:MPEG4 Video (.mp4)

Tags: videobloggingweek2008, davidleeking, dulcimer, mountain dulcimer, instrumental

Hotel Harmonica

2008-04-22T07:08:00.001-06:00

For Videoblogging Week 2008, Day 3 - I'm playing my harmonica in a hotel room in St. Louis. Hope the other guests didn't mind.

Formats available:MPEG4 Video (.mp4)

Tags: videobloggingweek2008, davidleeking, harmonica, blues, cross harp, harp

Shaking the Egg

2008-04-21T06:53:00.001-06:00

For day 2 of Videoblogging Week 2008, I am shaking the egg - the Jim Dunlop musical egg shaker thingie, that is.

Formats available:MPEG4 Video (.mp4)

Tags: videobloggingweek2008, egg, jim dunlop, egg shaker, instrument, davidleeking

Made-up Song #1

2008-04-20T23:03:00.001-06:00

My first video for Videobloggingweek2008 is an improvised song - just me, my guitar, and PhotoBooth, of all things.

Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), MP3 Audio (.mp3)

Tags: videobloggingweek2008, guitar, song, singing, davidleeking

Walking in Minneapolis

2008-04-15T21:38:00.001-06:00

Just me, walking around downtown Minneapolis.

Formats available:MPEG4 Video (.mp4)

Tags: minneapolis, mn, davidleeking

Overflowing Overflow Room

2008-04-09T15:24:00.002-06:00

I'm at Computers in Libraries 2008. This video is my view of a particularly packed session - I was sitting on the floor, practically underneath one of the projector screens.

Formats available:MPEG4 Video (.mp4), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv)

Tags: cil2008, roytennant

Podcasting & Videocasting Bootcamp

2008-04-06T09:47:00.001-06:00

Computers in Libraries 2008 Preconference session.

Formats available:MPEG4 Video (.mp4)

Tags: cil2008, cil08, cil

LILRC Video Presentation

2008-03-31T09:55:00.001-06:00

Formats available:Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: video, presentation, lilrc

Spinto Band

2008-03-25T15:48:00.001-06:00

Saw this band at SXSWi 2008, in the Austin City Limits soundstage. They were awesome!

Formats available:MPEG4 Video (.mp4)

Tags: spinto, spintoband, sxsw, sxswi, sxsw2008, sxswi2008, austincitylimits, austin, texas, davidleeking

Library Camp Kansas 2008

2008-03-25T15:47:00.001-06:00

Kansas librians put on the first Library Camp Kansas, an unconference. It was great fun, and stimulated some great discussion! This video shows my day. I'm thinking I need to learn the fine art of narration a bit better... thoughts?

Formats available:MPEG-4 Video (.m4v)

Tags: davidleeking, libcampks08

The People's Party

2008-03-20T19:41:00.001-06:00

Found a band in Austin, TX that set up in a converted moving van. The drummer (and probably their sound system) was stored in the bottom, and most of the band members stood on top. Pretty nifty set-up!

Formats available:MPEG-4 Video (.m4v)

Tags: sxsw, sxswi, sxsw2008, sxswi2008, music, band, thepeoplesparty, peoplesparty, davidleeking

One Day at SXSWi

2008-03-12T21:10:00.001-06:00

I shot video of my first full day of the SXSWi 2008 conference in Austin, TX. Here's what I did in a nutshell!

Formats available:MPEG4 Video (.mp4)

Tags: sxsw2008, sxswi2008, sxsw, sxswi, davidleeking, conference

SXSWi2008, Day One: Rock Star Lighting and Accordions

2008-03-08T00:50:00.003-06:00

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The stage lighting for the How to Rawk SXSW was cool, and the accordion was cool, too.

Formats available:Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: sxsw, sxswi, sxsw2008, sxswi2008, davidleeking

goofing with brushes

2008-03-03T15:34:00.002-06:00

Playing around with brushes on my drumset. The tiny mic on the Xacti did ok - I'll have to figure out how to plug into my soundboard someday!

Formats available:Quicktime (.mov) | iPod .m4v version | YouTube version

Tags: semanal, brushes, drums, drumset, drumkit, davidleeking

39,704 Words

2008-02-28T13:00:00.002-06:00

I just finished writing my first book! Whew. This video shows the printed out manuscript that I have to mail to my editor. Lots of pages, lots of words. 39,704 words, to be exact (yes, I had to send the publisher a word count).

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov) | mpeg-4

Tags: davidleeking, semanal, book, manuscript, writing

Song Idea #1

2008-02-21T07:56:00.001-06:00

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Sometimes, I get tunes stuck in my head. Melody lines, no words. Every once in awhole, I turn them into songs. We'll see what happens with this one.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: davidleeking, song, sketch, melody, songwriting

Changing a Tire

2008-02-11T23:40:00.001-06:00

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This is my story of changing a flat tire. In the cold. With a cold.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: semanal, davidleeking, tire, car, automobile, ford, taurus, flat

bubbles and wal-born

2008-02-04T08:16:00.001-06:00

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my story with no beginning and no end, for semanal!

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: wal-born, airborne, semanal, davidleeking

playing

2008-01-28T08:11:00.001-06:00

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Just me being goofy - I was testing out widescreen video sizes, and making a music bed for the video, too (yep, that's me playing some mean blues harmonica while watching the video).

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: davidleeking, harmonica