1965 acoustic folk, one man and a guitar “blues” – I’m sharing the whole album, song everyday until the end of the ablum.
Genre – Folk/Blues/Acoustic
Track 4 – From the album “Spider Blues” by “‘Spider’ John Koerner”, with “Tony Glover” on harmonica
1965 acoustic folk, one man and a guitar “blues” – I’m sharing the whole album, song everyday until the end of the ablum.
Genre – Folk/Blues/Acoustic
Track 3 – From the album “Spider Blues” by “‘Spider’ John Koerner”, with “Tony Glover” on harmonica
1965 acoustic folk, one man and a guitar “blues” – I’m sharing the whole album, song everyday until the end of the ablum.
Genre – Folk/Blues/Acoustic
Track 2 – From the album “Spider Blues” by “‘Spider’ John Koerner”, with “Tony Glover” on harmonica
Continue reading “I Want To Be Your Partner by “Spider” John Koerner”
There was a couple of people who liked to hear some 1965 acoustic folk, one man and a guitar “blues” – So I thought I’d share the rest of the album.
Genre – Folk/Blues/Acoustic
Track 1 – From the album “Spider Blues” by “‘Spider’ John Koerner”, with “Tony Glover” on harmonica
Sorry it’s a bit late, I only just thought of it, I’m terrible with dates …
No idea if this is the best or even the right photo for this, but I like the bohemian thing going on with the guys just chillaxin’ playing games on their smartphones.
So for a “diversity is our strength” valentines day, I made this :
Cheers
Don Charisma
Continue reading “Just The Two Of Us – Bill Withers – Valentines Day Special”
Best of three movie reviews, I guess – I haven’t yet seen this movie, but it’s probably one of the few movies that came out 2019 that I will actually go out of my way to see. Oh, and “1917”, … Continue reading (NSFW) Joker May Be My Movie Of The Year – The Critical Drinker
This came up next after the previous movie review I posted from The Critical Drinker (the previous movie is so forgettable, I’ve forgotten the name of it already !) I’ve added NSFW, as I know he likes to use profanity … Continue reading (NSFW) The Drinker Recommends… 1917
The Critical Drinker turned up on my feed sometime ago. I find his reviews entertaining, and not pandering to minority political narrative. I seem to remember him saying he’s an bestselling author himself (although I never checked). He also seems to improve the more he drinks.
I’d say his reviews are for grown ups, he does use profanity, so maybe not full volume at work, hence – NSFW
*Yawn* … another female empowerment movie.
Something about going broke ? Dunno can’t quite remember that idiom.
Anyway …
(Nearly 500K views in 3 days, *WOW* not bad for indie media review) :
Continue reading “(NSFW) Birds Of Prey – It’s A Garbage Movie – The Critical Drinker”
I just heard about this. My condolences and deepest sympathy for the victims.
Reports suggest the shooter was a soldier who was having a land dispute with his CO. The CO was the first to be killed. The shooter then went on a killing spree, on the streets, then at a shopping mall. The shooter was eventually killed by the Thai security forces.
Thailand is now in mourning for the deceased. May the rest in peace.
Source – Sky News Australia
Continue reading “Thailand Gunman Killed By Security Forces In Hours-Long Siege”
I didn’t know he was sick, I hadn’t seen him around for a while.
So – Get well soon Jordan Peterson, I wish you a speedy recovery and hope to see you again soon.
Jordan – Thank you for all your efforts, especially concerning helping to protect free speech, and your efforts to educate people about the real and present danger of a dystopia emerging in the west.
Continue reading “Jordan Peterson – Peterson Family Update – February 2020”
Water lily flower and Bill Withers. Good match ?
I think this version of the song is remixed or remastered.
Enjoy !
Cheers
Don Charisma
Fatboy slim at his finest … props to Christopher Walken for his “dancing” … love the analogue synths
Enjoy !
Cheers
Don Charisma
Continue reading “Fatboy Slim – Weapon Of Choice (Official HD Video)”
The boy eating his lunch reminded me of the front cover of – “You’ve come a long way baby”, and this is probably the best track off that album.
Enjoy !
Cheers
Don Charisma
Something a bit more upbeat for … because … I like it, dunno why, but I do …
The dog seemed to want to get photographed, even smiled for me 🙂 Could be a juxtapose or could be exactly the right photo, dunno. Suppose it’s subjective, beauty is said to be in the eye of the beholder.
Cheers
Don Charisma
Continue reading “Martin Solveig And Dragonette ft. Idoling – Big In Japan (Single Version)”
I really like this photo, even though it has some technical imperfections. I was totally unprepared for this shot to enter my viewfinder. Any photographer knows this – but it was one of those moments, no time for focusing or … Continue reading Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down
This is a cover version, I like this one too. I made the video with ffmpeg, m4a music file and photo I took of a Thai doll that a friend gave me at Songkran a few years ago. I blogged … Continue reading The Commitments – Try A Little Tenderness
In case you didn’t catch it the first time – here’s Spider John Koerner, one man and a guitar playing “Rent Party Rag” Genre is kinda folk/blues, and it’s a long one 10 minutes Cheers Don Charisma Continue reading Repost – Spider John Koerner – Rent Party Rag
This one’s for Leslie. She knows who she is, she’s been a good friend to me. I hope she likes the song, it’s one of my favourite ballads, which has been covered by other artists. RIP Otis Redding, we miss … Continue reading Otis Redding – Try A Little Tenderness
From 2018 – One of the best of “Bad Lip Reading” – comedy does still exist on the internet 🙂 Cheers Don Charisma Comments Comments are often welcomed, provided you can string a legible, relevant and polite sentence together. In … Continue reading “INTERROGATING ZUCKERBERG” — A Bad Lip Reading
ffmpeg is one of the most powerful video/audio enoding/decoding/etc tools out there. It’s been around for donkey’s years, and used by amateurs and pros alike.
The main downside is that it’s a command line only tool, so if you’re not willing or able to “get your hands dirty” then probably just do a next on this post. If you want to to try it out, there’s plenty of guides accessible via Google et al which will shine a light on the path for you.
ffmpeg is available for Windows, Linux and Mac. ffmpeg has codecs included for just about every photo/audio/video imaginable. As one comment I spotted online eluded – ffmpeg is very very smart, more than people give it credit for.
Continue reading “ffmpeg One Liner – Still Photo + Music File = Video File”
Another Random oldschool dance track for Saturday night … An all time classics, Jan Driver Mix is probably the best mix … It’s a 12″ DJ/Club version, so it’s longer than radio edit, with longer intro and outro for the … Continue reading Laurent Garnier ‎– The Man With The Red Face (Jan Driver Remix)
Random oldschool dance music for Saturday night … Couldn’t decide which version I preferred, so I posted both (probably the first one). No idea where I first heard it. Maybe Camden Palace (now Koko) or The Electric Ballroom, or maybe … Continue reading SF Express – My Love Is Stronger (Beats and Gooves For a Pornstar)
Recently I moved my old videos from WordPress to YouTube to free up storage space on my blog, for posting photography later.
I wasn’t quite sure how YouTube would deal with the fact that the music included in some of my videos is mainstream and copyright. I thought this was a big no no on YouTube.
As it turns out, I was wrong – it’s OK, you can post copyright music without getting banned etc from YouTube. Only thing that will happen is that the video will get marked as containing copyright music. The rub is that you won’t receive any monetization. *Nothing bad will happen.*
I thought about it for a while, and actually I don’t care, my videos would probably only clock up a few views anyway – so monetization isn’t something of any importance to me.
The other thing is videos can be set to unlisted, so they don’t appear in search. What that means is it’s just your blog viewers who can access them via the special link provided by YouTube (not shown in any search).
So copyright owner isn’t actually going to make any money from you posting the video, which is fine for me (of course if you actually wanted to give the money to the copyright owner, you can set the video as listed for search in YouTube)
So, could be a good way to share music you like with your followers – just a suggestion/tip. Might be helpful to someone. I will likely use the facility again later, as sometimes I can only find poor quality versions of pieces of music (on YouTube) I’d like to share, or I can’t find the particular mix/version that I have in my own music collection.
It’s simple to merge a single still photo with music (easiest way to do it). Or if you have video you can merge the video with music.
I think I used Photoshop to do mine. Also Avidemux I’ve used in the past – it’s free, and pretty easy to use. Plus plenty of others out there.
Feel free to leave a comment – what’s your favourite video editing software (preferably free and easy to use.) ?Especially like to hear what Linux users use for video editing, as I’m using Linux more and more these days.
Cheers
Don Charisma
Continue reading “Posting Copyright Music On Your Blog Via YouTube”
Naomi Wu’s channel popped up in my YouTube feed a while back. At the time I was watching a lot of electronic, science, engineering and technical channels, so probably her channel is watched by those with similar interests. I follow … Continue reading Children’s Charity Rejects $3000 Raised By Female STEM YouTuber
I grew up with the BBC. They made some amazing TV and were probably the best of the 3, and then 4 channels available to watch (that’s all we had). Some of the greatest ever comedy shows came out of … Continue reading The Bias Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) – Worth £155 Per Year On Pain Of Prison ?
I made this track a while back on Ableton. It was my one of my first attempts at making music, since the 90s. Probably not most people’s cup of tea, but my Canadian friend kinda inspired me to share it. … Continue reading Music – “Heart Nose Best” – Don Charisma
(Reuploading my old videos to YouTube) Sometimes a photo just won’t do for capturing a sunset or any other moment for that matter, so I’m experimenting with video 🙂 I shot this video of the sunset the other evening (the … Continue reading Repost – Beach Sunset Video
One of the best performances of Gary Moore & Albert Collins’ – “Too Tired”, live at the Montreux Music Festival 1990 Maybe you’re too tired of paperwork (Tax returns are due on Friday in UK) so time for a bit … Continue reading “Too Tired” – Gary Moore & Albert Collins
(Reposting my old videos to YouTube) Title pretty much says it all … quite a challenging job to match the music with this one, I nearly went with “The Female Of The Species Is More Deadly Than The Male” … … Continue reading Repost – Sunset Slipway Fisherwoman vs You’re Beautiful
I bought this double CD a long time ago it’s called “The Best And Friends Album In The World Ever”. It’s one of my favourite CDs, it is really easy to listen, I love the era of music. Trini Lopez … Continue reading Repost – Trini Lopez VS Water Feature
It’s Kite Surfing at sunset this time, with Bill Withers 🙂 Certainly a lot of fun playing with video editing in Photoshop. Slowly getting my head around all of the possibilities, which are endless … (Re-Uploading my old videos on … Continue reading Kite Surfing VS Bill Withers
I’ve been meaning to finish this off for a while. It’s the longest video I’ve done, shot in multiple pieces. Finding a piece of music that I wanted was challenging. So it’s quite a lot more up tempo than my … Continue reading Jetski Sunset VS Heartbeat
I was aiming to take a short video, showing just how quickly the sun moves at sunset. Within a couple of minutes the sun has gone from being fully circular to completely gone behind the clouds. (Re-uploading my old videos … Continue reading Beach Sunset Video With Random Family
One thing about taking still photos is the difficulty in capturing the sunset over time, in this case around 1hr 15min. Video doesn’t really cut it either, as who wants to sit and watch a video of a sunset for … Continue reading Time Lapse Stormy Balcony Sunset Video
I shot this kite video a couple of weeks ago, only just got around to making it into a video … It’s the full club version of Cafe Del Mar / Energy 52 … 7min 30sec … The graphic special … Continue reading The Kite VS Cafe Del Mar
(Reuploading my old videos to YouTube) I started shooting just before midnight and the air was already filled with explosions. I must have learned to filter out the crickets because I don’t hear them anymore. I think the basic technique … Continue reading Repost – New Years Fireworks From My Balcony – 2014
(Reposting my old videos to YouTube) I really like this spot, it’s as far as I can walk on my daily walk. There’s a little beach here that can be used when the tide is out. The wall is also … Continue reading Repost – Secret “Cove” Beach and Sea Wall, Video
Seems like my readers are enjoying the (recently discovered) PostModernJukebox tunes, the same as I … so Don Charisma proudly presents Robyn Adele Anderson singing Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” Continue reading Call Me Maybe
Further to Beauty And A Beat by PostModernJukebox, a reader suggested this one, which after listening to (at least thrice), I really really like …
Again I prefer this version to the “real” one … much more character here than the corporately bleached Lorde original 🙂 Continue reading Royals
Leslie’s been a reader and contributor to the Don Charisma blog pretty much I think since she started blogging. She’s always “upbeat” and a talented jazz musician …
Leslie – thanks very much for taking part, I really like what you came up with. And thanks also for being a friend and consistent contributor to the Don Charisma blog. Continue reading Night Markets Of Thailand – Leslie
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