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Aaaand nowwww: the music video for my poppin’ rap beat, “WANNABE GANGSTA”!!! Dis is da bomb ya’ll!!!

And that is the end of me being a rapper for the day . This song was so much fun to do, especially since I wasn’t actually trying to make it a real video, and my attempts at not making a real video backfired into this. The real power behind this is the awesome Nationeers: over 130 of which sent in videos of themselves dancing, jumping, and just being generally Wannabe Gangsta.

Hope you enjoy my ridiculous raps. If you want to download the song, head on over to KalebNation.com/Gangsta. And, for those who will inevitably ask, the reason there are two download versions of the song (one for the music video version, and one regular) is because those wannabewannabewannawannawannabe autotune robot voices DO get irritating at some point, and so you can have a regular version without the intro, and a longer ending

People always ask how I make this stuff, so here’s how. I have Cubase Studio 5 for the DAW, I use an M-Audio Keyrig 49 keyboard, and just load the instruments on. This was a lot of reFX Nexus and Beast and loads of Vanguard. reFX has the best instruments for this type of music (by revealing my instruments, I almost feel like I’ve violated some techno code, much like a magician revealing his tricks). The drums were a drum sample pack, and I made the loops with each individual sound. The vocals… erm. We’ll leave the vocals to your imagination.

For the video, I use Sony Vegas Pro 9 (yeah, I’m still on a PC!). The motion is done with keyframes. Every image was created in Photoshop, and then the layers were exported to Vegas for animation. Most of the color processing is just curves and contrast. I used my Canon T1i camera and lots of lamps (as you can see in my 3D glasses reflection). My greenscreen is 9 giant pieces of green paper from Target taped to my wall. And that concludes my totally gangsta music video setup

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Tags: Oh No You Didn't..., Wannabe Gangsta

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My vlog from the LA Times Festival Of Books 2010! I met tons of awesome authors and got to hang out with some Nationeers. Also, 3D glasses, for some random upcoming music video.

More vlogs are at Youtube.com/KalebNation.

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I saw these girls at the LA Times Festival Of Books and had to get an interview! The girls and their dad, under the name JBB Winner, started writing even younger than me, and now they have their own shirts, costumes, comic books, novels… Check them out online at StrandTheBook.com!

More video from the event is at Youtube.com/KalebNation.

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I was at the LA Times Festival Of Books today, and I finally met John Green! He’s from Vlogbrothers on Youtube and author of many books, including Looking For Alaska, one of my favorites.

I have more video coming, but since this is a two day event, I have to get more footage tomorrow before I can make the full video. It’ll be up on my channel at Youtube.com/KalebNation.

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FINALLY! The world shall know just how gangsta I really am!

Okay maybe not. But if you want to be in the music video, be sure to upload your video to Youtube and post it as a video response to the vlog above (if you don’t do this, I won’t be able to find it!).

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Tags: music, Oh Kaleb You So Crazy, Wannabe Gangsta