Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Baking with Peja on CKWS. . .

Mixing sessions on the new record have continued.  It is coming along.  Be patient.  The new album is just part of a larger project, which will be a little while.  Christmas 2012.  There, I said it.  Christmas 2012.  That's not the project, it's just the release date.  Well, I guess Fall 2012.  There, I said it.  October?  November?  Who knows.  Fall is a long 1/4 of the year.  Time will tell.

In other news, our little baking show has been on the local CBC affiliate, CKWS.  What does that mean?  In the world of online video everything is on purpose.  People don't watch your stuff unless they somehow hear about it, click through to Vimeo (or watch embedded) and then they don't have to stick around unless they dig it.  Baking with Peja has had maybe 1500 views total in it's 6 episodes.  How many people watch the news?  I don't know, but I'm guessing a few more.  But they aren't the same people -- most people who watch the Live@5 intro news show probably have never even heard of Vimeo.

Peja and I went down to the station for the first airing.  Jessica and Bill (the hosts) were amazingly nice to Peja.  We got to watch them tape the show from comfortable chairs, and we got to sneak out while the next news show was shooting LIVE.

So, we gave them three episodes edited down (mostly editing me out, but their segments are 3 minutes, so we had to cut something).  The sales staff at CKWS is looking for a sponsor for the show.  The dollar amounts involved aren't huge, but getting paid for creative work -- creative work that we choose to do regardless of payment -- is pretty amazing.  If they can put together a sponsor arrangement, then season 2 will air on CKWS, and I'll have to start paying Peja.

Stay tuned.