Video Confessional 11: Music Or Story First?

Waba waba waba,

Have you ever been curious as to how one would approach writing a concept album? For instance, would you start by writing the whole story first, or writing the music first?

Well, have you been curious about that?

Eh?

Obviously no. You don't give two shits about it.

Which is why I'm going to answer it.

On Moira's Lake, did I write story or music first?

It's like the chicken and the egg all over again.

Pretend you enjoy this.

Come leave some feedback on our facebook page.

-Niko


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Video Confessional 10: On Playing Live

Hello ladies and gents (though it seems to be mostly gents right now, let's change that),

Today, I give you a part serious, part humorous video about our experiences playing live in Envinity.

Along the way I discuss what happened to the live show, humorous comments from drunk people, and where we may be headed (potentially).

Make sure to enjoy at least one thing. Bare minimum.

Come leave some feedback on our facebook page.

-Niko


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Video Confessional 09: Music Hasn't Changed Since 1995

Salutations,

I'm going to go on a quick digression away from Moira's Lake and my own personal struggles, and talk about an observation I had from simply walking through a mall one day.

From one small moment, I extract a whole theory on modern music and what it may say about our generation.

What is it?

Pssshhhh....

Watch the video... foo!

-Niko

As per usual, comments are probably on our facebook page.


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Video Confessional 08: Music As A Storyteller

Crotch (or "hello", if your prefer),

You're probably aware how much of a difference a good film soundtrack makes to the overall emotion of the film. When done well, it will tell you what the characters are feeling, and what action is happening on screen,  all through the audio alone.

In the end, we feel more connected to the characters and the world they inhabit.

Thanks music!! *Cheesey thumbs up*

In Moira's Lake, I borrowed (stole) this same technique of using the music to tell the story.

In the video below, I philosophize, as usual, about the ways in which music can be a storyteller.
 
-Niko


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Video Confessional 07: The Modern Struggle

Generic greetings,

I have to admit that I've been rather conflicted lately about what I'm doing with myself, and where I want to go.

Some days I find myself fully engrossed in what has been, at least so far, my main passion (music), and other times I can find a million reasons as to why pursuing music is one of the least important, and most superficial things I could ever do.

Trust me, I literally have a million reasons.

In this video I touch on a bit of my recent struggle against the person I thought I was, and the goal of trying to discover one of the most important questions: "what do I want?"

-Niko


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Video Confessional 06: Why Digital?

 There has been a long standing conflict for many musicians dealing with the emergence of the digital age, and the familiar past of physical media.

I personally broke through my own silly barriers with Moira's Lake, releasing my first ever digital album, and in doing so, went against many of my previously held principles about how things should be.

So is that a good thing?

Is it pure evil?

And if so, what color?

In the video below, I discuss how the option to go digital came about, and how I feel about it. (Squishy).

-Niko

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Video Confessional 05: Why Free?

Retracing my steps into endless spirals of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, we touch on the idea of releasing an album for free...

...But not just any album...

oh no.

An album that selfishly matters to me, the guy currently writing this!! YES!!!! ME!!!!!

Why put out an album for free, when we could have made MILLIONS???? (Nay, BILLIONS!!!)

You'll have to watch.

HAVE TO.

-Niko

(Comments will likely be on our facebook page)


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Video Confessional 04: Technology Woes

Because it's timely, I've uploaded this video about my technology metaphorically taking a dump on my chest, and how much we take our tools for granted. (Answer: this much *makes gesture*).

Comments can usually be found on our Facebook page.

 
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-Niko

Video Confessional 03: The Reality Of Success

Fo shizniz ya'll,

I tell you, working on this slow laptop makes things very... um... what's the word? ... oh yeah, "slow".

It took over two hours just to bounce off this video.

But hey, that's more time to bond with my... my... *stares sadly at the floor*

Here is episode 3 of the video blog entitled "The Reality Of Success" in which I take a super-positive outlook on my hopes and dreams of yesteryear.

-Niko

Video Confessional 02: Disillusionment With Music

Two in a row??

What the hell is wrong with us?

Yes, two in one day. Just to get a feel for the idea of doing video blogs, below is Video Confessional 02: Disillusionment With Music.

WARNING: Contains opinions, and soy ingredients.

-Niko





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Video Confessional 01: Introduction

 Greetings,

I've decided to make the switch to those new-fangled moving pictures the kids are always yelling about.

Since everyone hates to read words, perhaps talking about things in video form would be more digestible?

Below you will find the first installment of the Envinity Video Confessional.

-Niko








RECENT ARTICLES:

• 2009: Envinity In Reflection
• The Hardest Part Of Making An Album
  
• Why Do A Concept Album?
• Why Do Something So Different?  
• Why A Digital Download?

RECENT NEWS:

• 400 Downloads And Counting (Slowly)  
• Album Of The Month (Last Month) At Bloodchamber.de 
• Passing 350 Downloads 
• Listen To Envinity On Prog Radio! 
• 200 Downloads In less Than A Week!