YouTube - Senator Bradford supports vampire rights: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ag4jlago8"
See this video and see exactly how the Good Senator feels about the vampires. We will all find out more in September and let's hear more from Senator Bradford.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
YouTube - Senator Bradford on the upcoming rally
YouTube - Senator Bradford on the upcoming rally: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiSGgAYJN28"
Get ready for the big time with the new Vampire Movie coming up on HBO. I did get a chance to speak with Senator Braford briefly and I can tell you he is committed to the cause. I'll try and get another piece from his speech back in July but things are moving fast and those of you following tru blood and bloodcopy will be be pleased. More on this later.
Get ready for the big time with the new Vampire Movie coming up on HBO. I did get a chance to speak with Senator Braford briefly and I can tell you he is committed to the cause. I'll try and get another piece from his speech back in July but things are moving fast and those of you following tru blood and bloodcopy will be be pleased. More on this later.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Vegas Entertainment: THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES A LIFE IN REVUE
Vegas Entertainment: THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES A LIFE IN REVUE
Thanks to Ed Bruce on this great review of the Will Rogers Follies...full disclosure..I do play the voice of Florenz Ziegfeld, as we say in the play, he had to be a pretty tough guy to grow up in Chicago with a first name like "Florenz". Hope to see you at the show. Talk to you soon!
Thanks to Ed Bruce on this great review of the Will Rogers Follies...full disclosure..I do play the voice of Florenz Ziegfeld, as we say in the play, he had to be a pretty tough guy to grow up in Chicago with a first name like "Florenz". Hope to see you at the show. Talk to you soon!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
ReviewJournal.com - Living - Bringing a Little Down-Home Charm
ReviewJournal.com - Living - Bringing a Little Down-Home Charm
Will Rogers Follies In Las Vegas Starts Tonight thru August 2, 2008
Many thanks to Steve Bornfield from the Las Vegas Review Journal on this story about the opening of the Will Rogers Follies in Las Vegas. It all starts tonight (July 10, 2008) and runs through August 2, 2008, at the Summerlin Library And Performing Arts Center. I am still working on some new videos for the show and should have them up later today. Enjoy the story and this is going to be a great show. Thanks to all the hard work of our 30 plus cast members on bringing everyone this 1991 Tony award winning musical. Talk to you soon!
Will Rogers Follies In Las Vegas Starts Tonight thru August 2, 2008
Many thanks to Steve Bornfield from the Las Vegas Review Journal on this story about the opening of the Will Rogers Follies in Las Vegas. It all starts tonight (July 10, 2008) and runs through August 2, 2008, at the Summerlin Library And Performing Arts Center. I am still working on some new videos for the show and should have them up later today. Enjoy the story and this is going to be a great show. Thanks to all the hard work of our 30 plus cast members on bringing everyone this 1991 Tony award winning musical. Talk to you soon!
Friday, July 4, 2008
Will Rogers Follies - Las Vegas Rehearsals WIDE Screen
Will Rogers Follies - Las Vegas Rehearsals WIDE Screen
Here is the site from Blip.TV for videos on the Will Rogers Follies and more. I will try and update new episodes as we go along. I am trying to get as much of my video up on the sites and blog as we go along. I really like how sharp the video is from Blip.TV. What is nice, this video feeds from their servers and relieves stress on my personal server. More to come and talk to you soon!
Here is the site from Blip.TV for videos on the Will Rogers Follies and more. I will try and update new episodes as we go along. I am trying to get as much of my video up on the sites and blog as we go along. I really like how sharp the video is from Blip.TV. What is nice, this video feeds from their servers and relieves stress on my personal server. More to come and talk to you soon!
Will Rogers Follies - Las Vegas Rehearsals WIDE Screen
Will Rogers Follies - Las Vegas Rehearsals WIDE Screen
Here is the site from Blip.TV for videos on the Will Rogers Follies and more. I will try and update new episodes as we go along. I am trying to get as much of my video up on the sites and blog as we go along. I really like how sharp the video is from Blip.TV. What is nice, this video feeds from their servers and relieves stress on my personal server. More to come and talk to you soon!
Here is the site from Blip.TV for videos on the Will Rogers Follies and more. I will try and update new episodes as we go along. I am trying to get as much of my video up on the sites and blog as we go along. I really like how sharp the video is from Blip.TV. What is nice, this video feeds from their servers and relieves stress on my personal server. More to come and talk to you soon!
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Musical Actor's Theatre
Musical Actor's Theatre
Don't you just love the theater! Check out this website and also plan on attending. I guess I got hook on live theater again after the very successful FENCES promotion we did for the Hands Across The Arts promotion with the Ira Aldridge Theater Company and the College of Southern Nevada. I came across the Musical Arts Theatre last night when I was looking for three actors to cast in a short film I am doing in mid July. I met someone again that I hadn't seen in many years, Jim Carey the head of the Musical Arts Theatre at there rehearsal hall on Cheyenne. All the cast was on hand and will be on hand every night, Monday thru Friday, from 6:30pm -11:30pm making sure the show is a smash hit...This year they present the Will Rogers Follies...and the leads are tremendous and each and everyone of the cast looks great!
What really is impressive is the dedication of these people to the performing arts. I am trying to put a crew together to see if we can film the promotion in HD and offer it as a DVD or something! To not capture this enthusiasm on film forever would just be such a waste. I will have more on this later, but make sure you take a look at the YouTUBE video of the Broadway show...this a Tony Winning Play and you're gonna love this cast made up of your friends and neighbors in Las Vegas. Talk to you soon.
Don't you just love the theater! Check out this website and also plan on attending. I guess I got hook on live theater again after the very successful FENCES promotion we did for the Hands Across The Arts promotion with the Ira Aldridge Theater Company and the College of Southern Nevada. I came across the Musical Arts Theatre last night when I was looking for three actors to cast in a short film I am doing in mid July. I met someone again that I hadn't seen in many years, Jim Carey the head of the Musical Arts Theatre at there rehearsal hall on Cheyenne. All the cast was on hand and will be on hand every night, Monday thru Friday, from 6:30pm -11:30pm making sure the show is a smash hit...This year they present the Will Rogers Follies...and the leads are tremendous and each and everyone of the cast looks great!
What really is impressive is the dedication of these people to the performing arts. I am trying to put a crew together to see if we can film the promotion in HD and offer it as a DVD or something! To not capture this enthusiasm on film forever would just be such a waste. I will have more on this later, but make sure you take a look at the YouTUBE video of the Broadway show...this a Tony Winning Play and you're gonna love this cast made up of your friends and neighbors in Las Vegas. Talk to you soon.
Fleetwood Enterprises
Fleetwood Enterprises
Had a meeting with Bates and this is the Fleetwood Website and really shows how many great RV's are available...Bates International has the best rentals on motor homes. I look forward to working with Sandra and the gang.
Had a meeting with Bates and this is the Fleetwood Website and really shows how many great RV's are available...Bates International has the best rentals on motor homes. I look forward to working with Sandra and the gang.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
TV Show Fan Site - Let's Make Movies
TV Show Fan Site - Let's Make Movies
I found this site and it seems like it should work pretty good for anyone that wants to add their own webpage...kind of a community website. I have invited alot of my friends to join that have their own businesses, etc. This site is free and is hosted by http://www.wetpaint.com. You can go there and make your own site. The portal for making the changes is better than most, but it does take a little time to figure it all out, but I like the graphics and it can be fun for anyone that is just starting out making web pages or is a seasoned webmaster. Enjoy.
I found this site and it seems like it should work pretty good for anyone that wants to add their own webpage...kind of a community website. I have invited alot of my friends to join that have their own businesses, etc. This site is free and is hosted by http://www.wetpaint.com. You can go there and make your own site. The portal for making the changes is better than most, but it does take a little time to figure it all out, but I like the graphics and it can be fun for anyone that is just starting out making web pages or is a seasoned webmaster. Enjoy.
New Frontier Hotel and Casino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Frontier Hotel and Casino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After working with the New Frontier for many years, I have decided to put some history of the hotel on the site that is still active. http://www.frontierhotelcasino.com/. Take a look and enjoy!
After working with the New Frontier for many years, I have decided to put some history of the hotel on the site that is still active. http://www.frontierhotelcasino.com/. Take a look and enjoy!
RV Rentals in Las Vegas with Bates International
Hey, this is over at the Bobcummings.tv blog, at www.biztubenow.com, but I wanted to also share this with my friends here. The weekend in Las Vegas for the big Las Vegas POW WOW was a tremendous success. It was all bout travel executives from all over the world at one location to book to book travel and tours at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Man the camera and produce another stunning video ... I'm so modest...for Bate’s International showing what it is like of renting one of their new luxury RV's … from anywhere around the world. That’s the international part. Bate’s International headquarters is located right here in Las Vegas and they have been in business for over 30 years! Check out the video at www.biztubenow.com and you can see more videos at http://www.bobcummings.tv. We displayed the video at their booth throughout the three day event. RV Rentals is becoming more and more popular throughout the USA and abroad. Bate’s International has franchise programs available worldwide. You can check out their revenue sharing program and save lots of money on the purchase of your new RV. I have a RV and it is a great way to enjoy your next vacation. More on all this later. You can view the Bate’s Website at http://www.batesintl.com.
Celebration of the Arts in Las Vegas!
After a great event on April 10, 2008, the Hands Across The Arts Team get ready for the big THANK YOU Celebration at the World Market Center’s World View Ballroom on June 1, 2008 from 4pm to 8pm. It’s complimentary and it’s going to be a great time had by all. I have some videos for the April 10th event up on the BobCummings.TV site. Here is the link: http://www.bobcummings.tv/gallery1Spec.htm. I plan on doing another video to show at the event on the 1st. Clint Holmes will be there, he is the Official Arts Ambassador and the reception host. Lot’s of celebrities will be on hand and it’s all for a good cause…the Hands Across The Arts campaign to raise funs for the CSN Performing Arts and the Ira Aldridge Theatre Company. More on this later.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Let’s face it, if you are in the video business today…you have to upgrade to an efficient HD camera(s), trust me…your video will look a whole lot better…HD and SD…And your clients will love it! Okay give me an example.
CASE 1: Background, I have two Sony PD170’s … used them all the time for most of my video shoots. Now I have the Sony HVR-V1U…great camera…At first, I would only use it for “HD Shoots”…duh…All I had to do was use this superior camera in SD and get even better video than the PD170’s. Well the light went on the day I shot my video of FIRST CHOICE CARPETS. You can see the video at http://www.bobcummings.tv. Actually you can see a lot of video on that site. Okay, back to First Choice. They needed to have a group shot of about 15 employees screaming out their slogan. I had the Sony HD camera up in the second floor office looking down on the group. I hooked up a mike to the PD170, next to the group on the floor out of camera frame, and let the tape roll to pick up a clean audio feed.
After the shot was completed, I picked up the PD170 and said, what the heck, I got tape, I’ll do some pickups with this camera and burn some tape. I ended up duplicating some of the shots that I already had down with the HD camera (shooting in SD by the way). Packed up everything and headed back to do the editing.
Here’s the kicker, I looked at the carpet and tile shots that I took with the PD170 and then looked at the same items in SD that I shot with the Sony HD HVR-1VU Camera and the color and sharpness difference was unbelievable. Don’t get me wrong. The PD170 is a great 3 CCD camera for any shoot, but now I use the HD camera for all my shoots…even in HD.
I would try and upload the two cases but with the compression issues you probably would not see the difference, but as a fellow editor, it will blow you away when you see it you studio monitors.
More on the way…who else is having problems with Adobe Premiere C3 after Service Pack 1 came out?
Talk to you soon.
CASE 1: Background, I have two Sony PD170’s … used them all the time for most of my video shoots. Now I have the Sony HVR-V1U…great camera…At first, I would only use it for “HD Shoots”…duh…All I had to do was use this superior camera in SD and get even better video than the PD170’s. Well the light went on the day I shot my video of FIRST CHOICE CARPETS. You can see the video at http://www.bobcummings.tv. Actually you can see a lot of video on that site. Okay, back to First Choice. They needed to have a group shot of about 15 employees screaming out their slogan. I had the Sony HD camera up in the second floor office looking down on the group. I hooked up a mike to the PD170, next to the group on the floor out of camera frame, and let the tape roll to pick up a clean audio feed.
After the shot was completed, I picked up the PD170 and said, what the heck, I got tape, I’ll do some pickups with this camera and burn some tape. I ended up duplicating some of the shots that I already had down with the HD camera (shooting in SD by the way). Packed up everything and headed back to do the editing.
Here’s the kicker, I looked at the carpet and tile shots that I took with the PD170 and then looked at the same items in SD that I shot with the Sony HD HVR-1VU Camera and the color and sharpness difference was unbelievable. Don’t get me wrong. The PD170 is a great 3 CCD camera for any shoot, but now I use the HD camera for all my shoots…even in HD.
I would try and upload the two cases but with the compression issues you probably would not see the difference, but as a fellow editor, it will blow you away when you see it you studio monitors.
More on the way…who else is having problems with Adobe Premiere C3 after Service Pack 1 came out?
Talk to you soon.
Adobe Premiere C3 Problems Continue
Well at least the one great thing about Service Pack 1 for Vista is the fact that additional memory can be read. Before, the most you could pump out of Vista was 3.75 gigs…even if you had 4 GIG installed. I was able to add an additional 4 Gigs to my Gateway today…bringing up to 6 GIG for the machine…and it displayed the 6 GIG total in the welcome screen. This should help anyone using Adobe products. They are such memory hogs and with each update, the program gets slower and slower.
If you are using an AMD computer…C3 just doesn’t work. You have to dig pretty deep into the website to find out they have the CYA on this…they only recommended before…now they are saying it will not work with AMD…from Adobe Website: “Note:The following CPUs do not have SSE2 support and will not work with Adobe Premiere Pro CS3: AMD Athlon/ Athlon XP/ Athlon XP-M ".
Why would a company as big as Adobe and till now, one of best editing products on the market, limit their use by the consumer. Here I am with a 9500 Quad AMD, a 8800 Card…screams by the way…and 6 GIG of ram and can’t use the product. Here is my background with Premiere 2.0…which still is the best of their numerous upgrades…65 one hour shows weekly for national TV. I can give you every short cut their is in Premiere. I had to crank out these shows every week and believe it or not, Premiere 2.0 came through every time. The biggest change for 2.0 to C3 was the title engine. Before the PTL were separate files that didn’t have to be tracked in the main program. By moving the “convenience” of having the PTL’s embed in the program just slowed it down to a crawl. Any of us in the editing world knows, that most video masterpieces involve lots of titles over video. After about the 7th title, the program just can’t keep up with all that information embedded in video file.
Back to AMD. I tried to get some response from them about what “SSE2″…probably an INTEL name…meant and did they actually have a processor that addresses this special “Adobe requirement”. Still no reply but I will keep you posted.
I’ll have more on this coming up. Also, let me know some of your problems with the new C3. By the way, there is a new update for Adobe Premiere C3 on their website. Here is the link: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=98&platform=Windows
This is for the Windows version. I hear that there is another one due out in a few days and I’ll get that link to you when I have the official word and it is up on their websit.
Talk to you soon!
If you are using an AMD computer…C3 just doesn’t work. You have to dig pretty deep into the website to find out they have the CYA on this…they only recommended before…now they are saying it will not work with AMD…from Adobe Website: “Note:The following CPUs do not have SSE2 support and will not work with Adobe Premiere Pro CS3: AMD Athlon/ Athlon XP/ Athlon XP-M ".
Why would a company as big as Adobe and till now, one of best editing products on the market, limit their use by the consumer. Here I am with a 9500 Quad AMD, a 8800 Card…screams by the way…and 6 GIG of ram and can’t use the product. Here is my background with Premiere 2.0…which still is the best of their numerous upgrades…65 one hour shows weekly for national TV. I can give you every short cut their is in Premiere. I had to crank out these shows every week and believe it or not, Premiere 2.0 came through every time. The biggest change for 2.0 to C3 was the title engine. Before the PTL were separate files that didn’t have to be tracked in the main program. By moving the “convenience” of having the PTL’s embed in the program just slowed it down to a crawl. Any of us in the editing world knows, that most video masterpieces involve lots of titles over video. After about the 7th title, the program just can’t keep up with all that information embedded in video file.
Back to AMD. I tried to get some response from them about what “SSE2″…probably an INTEL name…meant and did they actually have a processor that addresses this special “Adobe requirement”. Still no reply but I will keep you posted.
I’ll have more on this coming up. Also, let me know some of your problems with the new C3. By the way, there is a new update for Adobe Premiere C3 on their website. Here is the link: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=98&platform=Windows
This is for the Windows version. I hear that there is another one due out in a few days and I’ll get that link to you when I have the official word and it is up on their websit.
Talk to you soon!
Saturday, February 16, 2008
For Our Troops
Here is video I put together for a client that needed a unique video for the opening of a live show in Kansas City. I really like this version of our National Anthem. We dedicate this to all of our troops and our fellow Americans serving worldwide to protect our freedom.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
HD TV Production
Well I think I am getting the hang of the blog thing. Have to test things first and see what turns up. I have added the link to my website that really shows just about everything I have been doing in the advertising world of late...but my real passion is TV production and voiceovers. After many years of producing TV commercials and complete shows for local and national TV, high definition TV is the way to go. It does require much more time in post production, but the clarity of the finish product is just unbelievable.
I set up my Sony HDV camera on a tripod, aimed it at the bird feeder (after I filled it with seed of course) and let it roll for an hour. The sun was in the right place and what a great piece of video...all types of birds coming in frame and not the least bit worried about my camera shooting their every move. I only had to wait about one minute after I walked away from camera for the action to begin. I will probably put some great music behind it and just let it post on YouTube. I'll keep you informed. Head over my site and take a look at the HD sample. There you can see the difference in screen size and clarity from what we watch now in Standard Definition and High Definition. More later on HD.
I set up my Sony HDV camera on a tripod, aimed it at the bird feeder (after I filled it with seed of course) and let it roll for an hour. The sun was in the right place and what a great piece of video...all types of birds coming in frame and not the least bit worried about my camera shooting their every move. I only had to wait about one minute after I walked away from camera for the action to begin. I will probably put some great music behind it and just let it post on YouTube. I'll keep you informed. Head over my site and take a look at the HD sample. There you can see the difference in screen size and clarity from what we watch now in Standard Definition and High Definition. More later on HD.
Friday, January 11, 2008
It's all in the right mix of advertising.
After about 40 years of experience with all types of advertising, I guess the phrase..."Are We There Yet?" ... fits perfect. I remember the first time I heard that phrase. It was after my first 3 hours shift on a radio station in Fall River, MA. The program director came into the studio and said...Are We There Yet? I didn't quite know what he meant at the time, but after a few years under my belt learning the ropes of being a "top forty deejay" I was able to see the light. Communication is a "we" product. If "we" don't get it...we'll never get there. If we really listen to how many "I's" (eyes) there are in our day to day communication ... I did great today, I told them exactly how I felt and so on ... we are really not communicating. When I realized that being a radio announcer isn't about how "I" sounded on the air but how I am communicating with each person that is listening to my show. Not connecting to the mass audience, but to that one person who is listening at any given time. The "We" factor. Once able to adopt this action to everything "we" do each day in work or play is how we "get there" where the "there" is where we all want to be.
Advertising is all about how "we" connect. Just think back a few years and a "blog" didn't even existing. But what an amazing this it is! In creating this new found pleasure for me, I visited some of my fellow bloggers and stumbled across an original "Hullabaloo" (I think that's how they spelled it) tv segment featuring The Animals. Eric looked about 16 year old, I remember playing that song over and over on radio stations across the USA. What a pleasurable flashback. A moment of pleasure to look back a time when I was busy prepare another super radio show for my audience.
Now advertising has a whole new medium: the blog. Add this to TV, radio, billboards, print, cable, bus backs ... I could go on and on so let's just say "etc". Get the right message with the mix of all these mediums to capture that single moment of pleasure for each person it touches then we can see the "there" right around the corner.
Advertising is all about how "we" connect. Just think back a few years and a "blog" didn't even existing. But what an amazing this it is! In creating this new found pleasure for me, I visited some of my fellow bloggers and stumbled across an original "Hullabaloo" (I think that's how they spelled it) tv segment featuring The Animals. Eric looked about 16 year old, I remember playing that song over and over on radio stations across the USA. What a pleasurable flashback. A moment of pleasure to look back a time when I was busy prepare another super radio show for my audience.
Now advertising has a whole new medium: the blog. Add this to TV, radio, billboards, print, cable, bus backs ... I could go on and on so let's just say "etc". Get the right message with the mix of all these mediums to capture that single moment of pleasure for each person it touches then we can see the "there" right around the corner.
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