Tagging Music

So i've spend the entire saturday fixing the ID3v2 Tags of my MP3. I couldn't finish all (the 50GBs) of my 'YET_TO_TAG' folder. But i managed to do half, on the easiest, of course. (Using ID3-Tagit for Windows).

Today i tried to run into the big problems: Classical and Electronic (DJ Remixes).

And there is no ONE way to tag a song, no formal rule...

So after checking out some forums, i liked the idea of Kerensky97 on this post:

when it comes to:
Classical music I use the composer as the artist.
Pop music the performer as the artist.
And DJ remixes is a gray area but usually the DJ as artist.

Hopefully i'll remember this and 'fix' all my music...

Next part of my winter will be images with their IPTC Tags...

Bebum Collage

ac_Bebum, originally uploaded by iurikothe. Made on 081023, size: 22.5x14.5 cm.

On my last post i was struggling because i couldn't see any relationship between the images i had (newest National Geographics).

So today, there i go again trying to use only the November 2008 edition of the Nat.Geo. but the collage was getting very very cliche: using monkey and chimps and making a 'human's destroy nature' collage, which i got really tired of doing. I want something new...

So while trying to make a collage these two images where together on the side, the drunk mexican and the primate (yes, i like primates). So i played a little with both and there we had a nice connection.

enjoy...

Enferrujado

Always when i stay for some weeks (or even months) without making (or trying to make) a collage, the first hours (or days) are REALLY frustrating...

I just can't see any connections between the images...

Its ruff, feeling that you might have lost all your creativity and won't ever be able to make an artwork again.

Well, let me get back to my magazines, hopefully the first idea will still come today...

Winter is almost arriving here in seattle, and today i got a scanner working, so i'll probably try to get back to my smaller (<A4) collages...

Hope so...

My first and second collages made in USA

As you all know, keeping yourself organized is still a pain. I made two collages in Seattle in this 3 months that i was there (now i'm in Brazil, but monday i'm back there). And after finishing comes the pain of documenting them: taking photo (at least i stopped scanning them), tagging, adding to my collages excel with sizes and sources, editing on photoshop, uploading to flickr, and finally posting them on this blog...

Enough sad, here they are (click on the images to see them bigger in flickr - click All Sizes above the image there):


"FIRE WATER DOG"
Size: 28x36 cm.
Date: 080808.
Source: Nat Geos US: 0808, 0807, 0505

And:


"PATH"
Size: 48x68.5 cm.
Date: 080901.
Source: Nat Geos US: 0305, 0807, 0208, 0402, 0601, 0401, 0405.

Hopefully i'll show you some more collages in the upcoming seattle rainy winter months : )

Things i miss in Brazil

Saturday i'll be back in Brazil and here's a list (i wanted to post 3 months ago) about which things i miss from Brazil:

• Human connections: girlfriend, friends...


• Food (Feijoada, Pamonha, Arroz/Feijao/Carne, Salgados, Serve-serve...)


• Drinks (Juices and Pinga)


• Great Weather


• Waterfalls with warm water


• Being able to communicate easily easier (i'm still struggling a lot with my english here)


• Ducha higienica

Experiencing Art

Last saturday i went to see Hariprasad Chaurasia at Seattle's Town Hall. The concert was nice, but could be better. I mean, how can i appreciate indian music sitting on a wood bench with 300 people while 4 musicians are playing and i'm listening through microphones and loudspeakers???

The whole way we are experiencing art today is bugging me.

On museums and art galleries its the same sickness, or worse, it must the prepared for so many people, that the whole experience is fucked up.

Last year i was in Madrid, went to Reina Sofia to see Dali, Picasso, Braque and company, and, for example, getting to the famous Guernica, what do i see?



People, confusion, talkings, no sofa, no place to chill...

Seeing Giacometi at Metropolitan NY (last year):



I mean, how can you appreciate an artwork that way?

Getting back to music... watching Radiohead at Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco last month, i had a similar feeling sometimes during the show. Seeing them 500 meters (no, i don't want to learn US non-metric system!) away, with crazy sound and many people around. Of course i liked it, beeing with my friends there and all. I had a great time, but as far as 'experiencing the music'? The real cool thing would be seeing them (and Chaurasia, McFerrin, Riley etc) closer without the whole electrical paraphernalia and crowd.

This is what i loved the first times on raves i went in Brazil, going to the chillout area at night in the woods with bonfire and listening a DJ playing a live jazz trio recording. That was a completely different feeling, even not being live.

The ambience is part of the experience!

Even movies [of course, there's no 'live movie' to compare], but is it really so much better going to the movies than watching at home?

Regarding music i'm sure there's no big way to improve the experience, but museums and art galleries?? Please!

Print my collages for 'free'

I just enabled the 'Print & More' option on all my images (photos and collages) for all flickr members.

So if you want to print and frame, make a book or calendar out of my collages, just:

• login/register into flickr.com


• select one/some of my collages


• and order the prints

Note: I won't receive anything from flickr (that reason for the 'free' on the title).

So if you happen to do it, just drop me an nice email: iuri.art.br (at) gmail.com

Example: My favorite collages and the print option: