My freelance job turned out to be sooooo slow in May. Well, it's all about timing, so when there's no job, why don't I have fun and enjoy the coming of nice weather right? I recently learned the term "funemployment"- yes, life in NY is like a roller coaster. Friends from London, Tokyo, come and go too.
まずはJojo Mayer & Nerve のライブ。音源はウェブで聞いて大好きな感じ（ドラムンベース）。演奏レベルのすごさも噂には聞いていたけども、想像を上回る良さでした。元からの知り合いのNerve (Takuya Nakamura & John Davis :このブログにも何度か登場）はもちろんの事、伝説のドラマーJoJoの神業的な手さばきに完全にやられました。人力ドラムンベースってこういう事なのね〜と感心。９０年代に流行って、行き詰まったかに思えたこのジャンルに未来を見ました（大げさな・・・）YouTubeで映像たくさん出てるので検索してみてください。
Concert of Jojo Mayer & Nerve @ Le Poisson Rouge. I listened to their tracks on their myspace, and already liked it. As the rumor said it, their live performance was just AMAZING. Of course my friend Nerve (Takuya Nakamura & John Davis) did a superb act as usual- and seeing the legendary drummer Jojo for the first time, blew my mind. How many hands does he have?? I thought Drum'n'Bass (my favorite genre) became obsolete, but I definitely see the light. YouTube "jojo mayer nerve" to see what they're like!
さて、翌日は大学時代の同級生Ashleyに誘われて、古巣NYU主催の"Social Media as Creative Medium"という講演会に行ってきました。どういう内容かというと、現在のSNS（Facebook, Twitter, Myspaceなど）やブログを利用したクリエイターのプロモーションの仕方など。ちょうどタイムリーに興味があったので（自主映画の資金集め等のため）参加しましたが、「こんな事ができますよ、色んな可能性がありますよ」話しで「どうすればビジネスになるのか」という肝の部分はスピーカーもあまりわかっておらずちょっと肩すかし。まあ期待はあまりせずに自分の思いつく事をやりましょう！って感じです。
参加者には４０〜６０歳代の人たちも多く、結構困惑の表情／コメントを残す人も見られました。ネットにあまりふれていないと、そりゃあ異次元の世界みたいな話しだもんね。アメリカにおいても世代間のギャップはすごいようです。お互いのエゴだけじゃなく、共通の目的を持ったアナログとデジタル世代の融合がうまくいけば、ビジネスとしてもうまくいきやすいんじゃないか、と思うけど中々難しい問題だよね。クリエイターはそもそも我の強い人間が多いし（笑）。
そんな事より５年ぶりに訪れたNYU Tisch School of the Arts、懐かしかった！感が強かったです。卒業してから辛い日々が続いた事もあったけどこうして独立してなんとか生活できるようになり、両親を始め支えてくれた多くの人に本当に感謝です。
Next day, I attended this meeting called "Social Media as Creative Medium" with my school pal Ashley.
It was held at Tisch School of the Arts (NYU), which I haven't been to for past 5 years since I graduated.
It was supposed to be about how Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Blog can be used to promote your creative work, as well funding aspect of it. As a filmmaker with a feature screenplay, I was expecting more concrete advice, but it was all about "possibility" and lack of explanation of their dynamics & business aspect of it.
A lot of 40~60s in presence, trying to catch up with what's going on in this "internet world". They seemed even more confused than I am... yeah, my Mom wouldn't understand any single words coming out of speakers' mouth (not just because she is a Japanese to begin with). I could observe a huge gap between generation, wherever I visit recently. We all need to cooperate each other, different generation, races, sexes, for a common purpose in order to achieve something big, holding down "me, me, me" ego- that's all I can say.
今日は天気もよく、この８年間でもっとも通ったであろうお気に入りのカフェレストランバー、Supercoreでお勉強／お仕事。立ち読みして衝動買いした「The guerilla film maker's pocket book」は低予算自主映画の効率的な撮影法からビジネスにおけるまで丁寧に書いてあり、かなり刺激になりました。シビアな現実もびしびし書かれてたし。こういう所で作業すると身に入りやすい！
Today was really blessed by weather. So I dropped by at my favorite cafe/bar/restaurant Supercore on Bedford Ave, where I have spent 100s of hours when I used to live nearby. This place always comfort me, and good place for me to study/work on computer when I wanna get out of apartment to focus.
Today's reading is "The guerilla film maker's pocket book", which I picked it up at the bookstore and it reads well. It tells all about Low-budget indie filmmaking, from funding, production, to distribution. It shows the tough reality of filmmaking, and it's quite inspiring.
というわけで、超個性的なルームメイトが４人（全員アメリカ人）いるアパートからいつも逃げるように外で作業するケースが多いのですが、６月１日から晴れてまた一人暮らしに戻ります！３年ぶりに！詳細はまた後日！
あと、６月５日に久々にBNS SessionsのイベントでVJ＆映画上映します！詳細はまた後日！
And oh yes, I'm finally moving out of my apartment where I shared with 4 roommates, each unique and fun-loving individuals. It's been 3 years since I let go of gentrified Williamsburg's 1BR apt, and moved into commune-like interesting apt. So many good memories, but it was just right timing to do it now.
And oh yes, yes again, I'm doing VJ/film screening for BNS Sessions upcoming event on 6/5! Details to come soon!
