Music
Thursday October 2, 2008
I'd been speaking to my parents on Tuesday night (as I always do) and one of the topics I brought up was the music at Central Baptist. I mentioned that the music was very conservative and not as lively or modern as Kelston, and that's something I lament. Songs like Be Unto Your Name, Majesty (Here I Am), Amazing Love, Complete, All the Earth, Who Am I... they're awesome songs and incredibly rich in both their message and their musical structure.
I felt a bit empty after playing on Sunday, because I wasn't enjoying myself as much as I did at Kelston. I was off beat and not enthusiastic. I miss being able to jam with Reuben, Matt, Cinta, Mary Ann, Sam, Ben (when he used to play), Steven and Andrew. Now that I think about it, I think it's because I felt restricted in what I can do because the lead singing isn't as strong as it could be, and as a result, I have to lead with precision in the melody.
Well, today was different.
I got a call on Tuesday night from one of the ladies at Central, asking if I could be the pianist for this Sunday as well. I said sure, why not. Practice was today at 6pm.
And what a practice it was. It was a joy being able to play some familiar songs like Jesus God's Righteousness Revealed, I Will Give Thanks to Thee, Great is Thy Faithfulness and Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart. It was awesome being able to play how I wanted to play...to wander with the notes and play different beats. The two lead singers have fantastic, powerful voices and they harmonise so well. It was really uplifting.
Church music for the win.
Posted by Jeremy at 9:10am on Thursday October 2, 2008 :: 1 comment :: 
Photo Dump!
Sunday September 28, 2008
Time to clear out some photos from my phone. As I said on Monday, we celebrated the announcement of Rugby League 2: World Cup Edition, my first game at Sidhe Interactive. The company took us out for some nibbles and drinks. Meet the team!
Those Wellingtonians seemed pretty happy that they beat Auckland for that Ranfurly Shield, so they held a parade for the players.
I was owned by the bus strikes on Wednesday and arrived at work 30mins late, so that night, I planned to stay at the Hub and walked to work the next morning. Good weather for it as well! On Friday night, I met with Jono and Dave at this Malaysian restaurant where we had the awesomest grilled prawns. A bit pricey, and not very big portions, but delicious.
Today, music at church - daylight savings meant I had to get up at what was really 7am. Then I met Laura for yum char at Majestic. I need to stay awake and not nap to keep this sleep schedule intact.
Posted by Jeremy at 3:19am on Sunday September 28, 2008 :: 0 comments ::
SHIPPED
Monday September 22, 2008
We got the announcement that the game we've been working on for the PS2 finally got the green light from our publishers.
So that means that at the end of October or the beginning of November, you can go out into New Zealand stores and buy a copy of my first game.
That's right, you can play the game, flick to the credits and point and shout when my name appears on screen.
While personally, it's not my kind of genre, I wholeheartedly endorse and promote this game to give you a fantastic gaming experience.
And without further delay, Sidhe Interactive presents...
Posted by Jeremy at 9:51am on Monday September 22, 2008 :: 0 comments ::
I Blame Casey
Wednesday September 17, 2008
An extremely challenging set of puzzle games where you're in a room and you have to escape. It reminds me of Phoenix Wright - go around collecting things and use them to solve puzzles.
I've beaten:
- Sphere
- Vision
- RGB (BOTH Secret Doors)
- Switch
Yay that's all of them! \o/
Posted by Jeremy at 9:44am on Wednesday September 17, 2008 :: 3 comments ::
Bad Start to the Week
Tuesday September 16, 2008
Some things I forgot to mention last week: I saw Hamish Carter, Olympian, Gold Medallist and Auckland Grammar old boy, at the BNZ Food Court. He was buying sushi. I wanted to say hi to him but I was too shy and he was talking to someone else and it would have been cool to get a picture with him in retrospect but there were so many people around I would have looked really stupid and touristy and Azn.
Speaking of Azn, I got interviewed by some Azn magazine so if you see my mug somewhere, you'll know why. She asked me if the Government should be spending more money on the defense force.
Anyway, it has been a pretty bad start to the week. Yesterday I spent the whole day battling with freaking Metrowerksfail over some stupid access paths problem. Apparently, if you have two files of the same name but in different directories, and each of the directories are in your access paths, they are treated as duplicates. What a load of fail.
Following that, I played pretty badly at badminton. I was just smashing the shuttlecock in anger most of the time :p
Today I was just fixing some stupid sound problem and it boiled down to nothing to do with sound, but rather the directories in which the resources were located. Blah.
Posted by Jeremy at 8:24am on Tuesday September 16, 2008 :: 0 comments ::