Rockylou Productions is the physical playground for my creative spirit to flow and express itself in the world. You'll find an eclectic mix of projects here that I hope you enjoy viewing as much as I enjoy creating them.
Featured Project
NEW Podcast "A Few Notes On Transportation"
The 3rd episode is complete! This series of stories written by Amber Lockridge, entitled “Obruni”, documents Amber’s time as an exchange student in Ghana from 2000 to 2001.
* Episode 1: “Take It Up”, discovers the way music can transcend cultural divides.
* Episode 2: "Ko Skuul", follows a typical day in the life with an inside look at the experience of attending school.
* Episode 3: "A Few Notes On Transportation" from a foreigner learning to navigate local transport and police.
* Episode 4: COMING SOON! "The Devil's Hairground" - Part 1 of a trip to the hair salon no one will ever forget.
YouTube Videos by Rockylou Productions
Featuring Rod Kinny
Old Into New
Rod Kinny teams up with Joe Puerta and Outfit7's "Talking Friends" to create a fun lip-synced version of his song "Old Into New". Join Talking Tom and his mates for this toe-tapping ragtime romp.
Infinite Love
Singer/songwriter Rod Kinny shares the stage with photographer/artist Eddi W. on Flickr with this inspirational music video. Eddi's spiritual imagery provides the visual experience combined with Rod's music to remind us that "Infinite Love's the only truth. Everything else is illusion".
Wonderland
Song inspired by the 1999 film "Wonderland" by director Michael Winterbottom. From Rod Kinny's "Seven Dials" release.
Competition: A Song Is Made (3of3)
Follow singer/songwriter Rod Kinny on a journey of recording and releasing a new song. Unlike the movie "Once" where (for dramatic effect and screen time issues) they record and produce a CD in one weekend, creating, recording and publishing a song from the beginning can be quite a long process. In Autumn 2007 the first chords were strung together for what was to become "Competition"- track 9 of 10 found on Rod's latest CD, "Higher Self", released in May 2010. To learn more about Rod Kinny visit his website (also created by Rockylou Productions) at www.RodKinny.com
A Song In The Making..."Competition" (2of3)
Once again we join Rod Kinny in the studio to witness the on-going creation of his new song, "Competition", to be released in early 2010.
Rod Kinny In The Studio - May 22, 2009 (1of3)
Join Rod Kinny in the studio cutting basic tracks for his newest CD, due to be released in early 2010.
(Recording engineer Brian Bart at Logic Productions in Excelsior, MN)
Rod Kinny teams up with Joe Puerta and Outfit7's "Talking Friends" to create a fun lip-synced version of his song "Old Into New". Join Talking Tom and his mates for this toe-tapping ragtime romp.
Infinite Love
Singer/songwriter Rod Kinny shares the stage with photographer/artist Eddi W. on Flickr with this inspirational music video. Eddi's spiritual imagery provides the visual experience combined with Rod's music to remind us that "Infinite Love's the only truth. Everything else is illusion".
Wonderland
Song inspired by the 1999 film "Wonderland" by director Michael Winterbottom. From Rod Kinny's "Seven Dials" release.
Competition: A Song Is Made (3of3)
Follow singer/songwriter Rod Kinny on a journey of recording and releasing a new song. Unlike the movie "Once" where (for dramatic effect and screen time issues) they record and produce a CD in one weekend, creating, recording and publishing a song from the beginning can be quite a long process. In Autumn 2007 the first chords were strung together for what was to become "Competition"- track 9 of 10 found on Rod's latest CD, "Higher Self", released in May 2010. To learn more about Rod Kinny visit his website (also created by Rockylou Productions) at www.RodKinny.com
A Song In The Making..."Competition" (2of3)
Once again we join Rod Kinny in the studio to witness the on-going creation of his new song, "Competition", to be released in early 2010.
Rod Kinny In The Studio - May 22, 2009 (1of3)
Join Rod Kinny in the studio cutting basic tracks for his newest CD, due to be released in early 2010.
(Recording engineer Brian Bart at Logic Productions in Excelsior, MN)
Where There Is Light In The Soul - 1st 100 days
YouTube Link
Inspired by the beautiful choral music of Elizabeth Alexander, this video captures the softer, human side of the first 100 days of the Obama presidency. No matter what your political views may be, we all have common values of Respect, Love, Joy & Family.
NOTE: For dramatic effect I opted to start the video in silence. The choral music does not start until 45sec into the video.
Link to Elizabeth's Website to learn more about her music.
Inspired by the beautiful choral music of Elizabeth Alexander, this video captures the softer, human side of the first 100 days of the Obama presidency. No matter what your political views may be, we all have common values of Respect, Love, Joy & Family.
NOTE: For dramatic effect I opted to start the video in silence. The choral music does not start until 45sec into the video.
Link to Elizabeth's Website to learn more about her music.
Video Poetry
Songs From The Open
Dag Furuholmen's poetry, "Songs From The Open", inspires. His narration adds a personal touch that when set amongst the majestic beauty and grandeur of the Grand Canyon & Arches National Park, and supported by the music of "Groove Temple", one can experience the inner journey of the soul. This is a video worth sharing and watching over & over again.
Alison's Light
Light and shadow in nature are the highlights for a stunning photographic slide show set to the beautiful a cappella voices of the Vox Altera Ensemble. Photos were taken by Alison Hine. Want to see more of my work? Subscribe to my YouTube channel Rockylou22.
Soul Journey
Without Narration ******* With Narration
Experience a multi-media journey of the enlightened Soul through poetry, sound and magnificent images of our Universe. The rhythmic sounds of "The Shaman's Heart" from Byron Metcalf and Steve Roach provide the foundation for the poetry of Dag Furuholmen's, "Soulwork in the Woods", combined with the hauntingly beautiful images of outerspace- courtesy of the NASA space program, to support the inner journey of the soul. I recommend the use of headphones to fully experience the wonderful soundtrack.
Dag Furuholmen's poetry, "Songs From The Open", inspires. His narration adds a personal touch that when set amongst the majestic beauty and grandeur of the Grand Canyon & Arches National Park, and supported by the music of "Groove Temple", one can experience the inner journey of the soul. This is a video worth sharing and watching over & over again.
Alison's Light
Light and shadow in nature are the highlights for a stunning photographic slide show set to the beautiful a cappella voices of the Vox Altera Ensemble. Photos were taken by Alison Hine. Want to see more of my work? Subscribe to my YouTube channel Rockylou22.
Soul Journey
Without Narration ******* With Narration
Experience a multi-media journey of the enlightened Soul through poetry, sound and magnificent images of our Universe. The rhythmic sounds of "The Shaman's Heart" from Byron Metcalf and Steve Roach provide the foundation for the poetry of Dag Furuholmen's, "Soulwork in the Woods", combined with the hauntingly beautiful images of outerspace- courtesy of the NASA space program, to support the inner journey of the soul. I recommend the use of headphones to fully experience the wonderful soundtrack.
My 3M Story - Clean Tech
YouTube Link
3M challenged its employees to create a 1-2 min video that showed their pride in working at 3M. What is 3M doing to address sustainability challenges? What makes you proud to be a 3Mer? How do you and/or your colleagues demonstrate innovation? This video had it all: Clean Technology, Team Work, Collaboration, Pride in 3M, Innovation.... Of the 80+ homemade videos submitted, this was one of the top 9 finalists. The historic photographs are courtesy of the 3M photo archives.
3M challenged its employees to create a 1-2 min video that showed their pride in working at 3M. What is 3M doing to address sustainability challenges? What makes you proud to be a 3Mer? How do you and/or your colleagues demonstrate innovation? This video had it all: Clean Technology, Team Work, Collaboration, Pride in 3M, Innovation.... Of the 80+ homemade videos submitted, this was one of the top 9 finalists. The historic photographs are courtesy of the 3M photo archives.
But I Still Feel Sick
YouTube Link
A great story for those little one's who are home sick in bed with the flu. My daughter, Amber, wrote this story about 20 years ago when she was only 7 or 8 yrs old. I loved it and recently unearthed it amongst the junk in the basement. I scanned and cleaned up the images then had my partner's niece, Shanna, (who is just the right age) narrate for me. I think it's destined to be a classic.
A great story for those little one's who are home sick in bed with the flu. My daughter, Amber, wrote this story about 20 years ago when she was only 7 or 8 yrs old. I loved it and recently unearthed it amongst the junk in the basement. I scanned and cleaned up the images then had my partner's niece, Shanna, (who is just the right age) narrate for me. I think it's destined to be a classic.