Summing up 2011

Since it is the end of the year, I thought taking a look in the rear view mirror might be in order. This year has in many ways been my "coming out" year. I started making videos for YouTube. I got a domain name, and set up a web site (which still needs a lot of work). I simply took a leap that I've been wanting to take for some time. Let's have a look:

January: My son Alfred was born. Damn this was cool. Easily the coolest thing I've ever experienced. He has leveled up incredibly fast during his first year.

February - June: During this period I mainly adjusted to being a parent.

July: I put up my first chip tunes on YouTube and got some nice comments. Then I decided to start making tutorials, something I've wanted to try for a long time. The subject was to be MilkyTracker, the program I used to make my chip tunes.

August: A month of mainly songs, and not so much tutorials. This was due to me being away for work.

October: My music production starts to stagnate a bit. This due to a lot of school work. What ever I produce for YouTube is mainly focused on the tutorials.

November: I launch my website, multi8it.com. I make another part of the tutorial series.

December: Dry month.

Now, for the main purpose of this post; what can I learn from this? Well, first of all, this stuff takes time, more time than I have. Maybe I need to review my work flow. I do want to put a lot of time into the video editing, as I think that  gives my tutorials their flavor, but if keeping the current work flow means that nothing gets done, then I need to look things over. At the moment my work flow looks roughly as follows;

1. Script writing.
2. Record audio.
3. Record video.
4. Mix them together and add transitions.
5. Export and upload.

The big time consumers are 2, 3 and 4, but I feel they need the work, or else they won't get that multi8it feeling I'm aiming for. I also want to create more music, partly because that's how I learn what to teach, and also, it's a really nice form of letting your creative steam off.

All in all it's been a great year, especially with all the nice comments I've gotten on my YouTube channels. On of the best things was when I got my first (and so far only) comment on this blog. I've never gotten any blog comments before, and commenting is generally a hassle for the reader, at least that's how I think about it. It feels good that someone actually found the reading engaging enough to give feedback.

For the upcoming year I really hope the multi8it project will continue to grow. Once the MilkyTracker tutorials are done I will be looking for other programs to write tutorials for. I also hope to produce some kind of E-book with the best stuff from the video tutorials.

To all the people that followed me, commented and (hopefully) enjoyed the multi8it project so far; I wish you all the best. Without you, this effort would be pointless.

See ya!