"Road Trip" by Jon Schmidt - PAVEMENT STRIPING AHEAD, USE CAUTION ;)

This is my submission into Jon Schmidt's 'Road Trip' video contest.

Sheet music was downloaded on 6/4, and I shot this video on 6/14. It wasn't a perfect take but I used it anyway because the mistakes add authenticity. ;)

MIDI data was recorded while I played, and I fed that into 3D animation software (Blender) to overlay the piano roll effect in post-production, which took an additional 9 days.

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[livininswing]

okay so.. the script came out of some "midi" software, right? Like maybe.. apple logic or protools? Okay so.. i want to create a graphic representation of midi events that take place in a LIVE performance. Any ideas? If you can recommend any software or readings i would love you. even more.

[thwack318]

@livininswing In this case the MIDI software did nothing more than record my performance to a standard .MID file, which was then used as input by a script I found/customized to create 3D objects in Blender. For a live performance, you may need to approach it more like writing your own visualization plugin for a media player. Sorry I don't have any specific software or reading to suggest. Start by looking for a media player that supports both user-written visualizations and MIDI event monitoring.

[theonewhoplayspiano]

How long did it take you to put the pavement striping together? That's flippin' awesome! I really like the shadows across the keyboard too!

[thwack318]

@theonewhoplayspiano Less than 8 days... The stripes were generated by a script that ran in less than a minute, but I then had to set up the shot in 3D, align the camera and lighting, etc. I also spent a number of hours manually cleaning up some of the shadows that got rendered over my hands frame by frame.

[MasterDome96]

ist zwar ganz gut gemacht und lustig aber mega mega langweilig

[TucsonJohn27]

Very nice. It sounds great on my Bose speakers. :-)

[RachelOStewart]

cool

[sophz125]

reminds me of sims :) lol x

[nielsifly]

freddiew thit this ass wel but than with more instruments,

doesnt mean this aint awesome

[beet111]

@Cornholios93 no

[Cornholios93]

/watch?v=mTS16klgqMU :)

[Entrayalicious]

Now, im thinking Guitar Hero with keyboard too..