Oh wow, I can’t believe I never posted the proposal for my Video Project, well here it is.

Well, my main argument is another musical one. I got to thinking about the difference between being a musician and being an artist. You can be a musician and an artist but if you are a musician I may not necessarily consider you an artist. There are tons of musicians out there who only play written music and work on their technique. That isn’t art, it’s just replaying someone else’s art. Now though there isn’t anything wrong with that, I think all musicians should be encouraged to use their instrument to really express themselves.

So I got to thinking “How could I use this idea in my video project?”. Well I was playing Rock Band with some friends one day and I got to thinking about how everyone bashes it for not being like a real instrument. So I thought, How different are they really? Aside from the obvious technical reasons and difficulty to master, the only difference was that with an instrument you can create, and with Rock Band you can only play whats already written. So I thought “Wow, just like musicians who only play written music!”

So I figured I had to catch peoples attention first, so I’m going to start the video out showing the physical similarities between playing RB instruments and real ones (There are some similarities I’ve found) Then gradually start getting to the real message.  So I’ll shoot video of the similarities and then have commentary on stock footage I take and pictures.  For the stock footage I’m going to use video of some friends playing rock band and I have an arrangement to video a band playing. Then for pictures I’ll probably use some sheet music I have on my computer.

Well that’s my plan, hope you guys like my idea!

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