What's New from Star City Fame in 2010

Well, we're just getting started for a new year and a new set of ventures. Our business model has been tweaked to accommodate an on-going need for New Media in the corporate, professional, and entrepreneurial marketing genres. This banner seen above will come with us to the Feb 8th Business and Technology Showcase at the Salem Civic Center. The event is hosted by the Salem-Roanoke County Chamber of Commerce, and will begin at 3:30pm.

We will have videos of our productions available to pick up on CD's and DVD's, and visitors can chat with us about their multi-media marketing campaigns, online social networking, and video how-to's. More than that, we want to make sure people know that there are more ways to make an impression on their prospective clients, employees or new hires, and in public relations. To that end, we are now serving the business sector with DVD packages that they can include with beautifully printed materials.

The Tech Showcase promises to be a lot of fun for vendors and visitors. (I personally love going to them. It's like one huge, all-day water cooler for business people.)

Ringing in the New Year:
We got started off with shooting a 2-camera video production for the Science Museum of Western Virginia on Dec 31, 2009. The event was for their 2nd Annual Bouncy Ball New Year, during which 11,000 little bouncy balls were dropped at high noon from the Center in the Square's Atrium. This was a family event, and its theme basically set for kids in a similar fashion to Times Square's New Year's Eve Ball Drop at midnight.

Here's the Video of it if you missed it:


The first week of January, we took a chill-pill. But things got cooking really fast after that, with new video projects, new gear, new software, new ideas... busy, busy, busy. And that makes us better, better, better!!!!

We tested a Hi-grade Logitech webcam set-up with a program from SightSpeed to use for business video conferencing, and with an application from Booru that makes practically no-cost time-lapse videos.

We have been, by default, keeping up with IT as it applies to Video in the use of various applications such as the ones described above. With these, and using New Media, we can coordinate with your company's network admins, not just webmasters. (I have been in IT since 1999 and continue to service Windows-PC users, so this is a natural for me.)

And this year, we added a new print/ graphics/ media distribution partner out of Lynchburg. Of course, we continue to work with local Roanokers for a whole host of things. Our biggest supplier is Stage Sound, who also coordinates with our cameras to sync audio at various venues. We love you guys!!

We're still supporting the Arts here in Roanoke and maintain our great relationships with wonderful people in Downtown, where we do most of our work. We are grateful to Roanoke Public Libraries and their Emerging Artists Series program. We have just completed a video for their Sneakerhead Show, which will be on River Laker's Vimeo Channel shortly.

Also, we've done a couple shoots for the Music Lab at Jefferson Center, and hope to continue providing them with great concert coverage of local acts and alumni of the Music Lab program.

Here is our visit to the Music Lab recording facilty hosted by their Artistic Director, Dylan Locke:


Last weekend, we had the pleasure of shooting at the Jeff Center again. We will bring you footage of that concert on our YouTube Channel soon. (It was Groovuhtational Pull opening for Twelve O'Clock Knob. Amazing show!!!)

Another huge local Roanoke musical act is Nancy and Two Meteors. We grabbed footage of their recent show hosted by DJ and band member, Dickie Eikcid's Just Embrace Love Please at Happy's on Williamson Road. Also playing that evening were Hip-Hop artists Poe Mac, the always eclectic Bastards of Fate, and power-punk-metal band Heevahava. (Roanoke is bursting with HUMONGOUS original talent. If you're not connecting with the Arts and artists on Facebook, you are missing out big-time. They kick ass! Move over NYC, DC, LA, and Nashville. Roanoke is coming!!)

Here's a video of Nancy and Two Meteors:


BTW, another fascinating new happening in Roanoke is a venue provided for younger artists at the Penn Forest Worship Center. We will bring more information on that in another blog. We are working on a joint venture with a local journalist to carry an exclusive story on the PFWC venue and the great folks behind it, including Santiago Prada, leader of the Alt-Rock band Twelve O'Clock Knob and 3rd place winner of the recent Roanoke Times Music Poll.

Well, that's it for now... See You Around Downtown!!