XarJ Blog and Podcast

Xarj Blog & Podcast
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I am happy to announce my 200,000th podpress podcast download!

I currently have 188 posts [...]

Just a quick post to complain about how much harder it has become to create music using my favorite music software ACID PRO and Windows Vista!
Everything worked great with Windows XP but ever since i got a DELL Dimension E520 with Windows Vista, things have stopped working! I keep Vista for the increased security but [...]

Happy New Year! All the best for 2008 !
Bonne Année! Plein de Joie et Bonheur pour 2008!
About the NEW YEAR Day ::
New Year’s Day is the first day of the year. On the modern Gregorian calendar, it is celebrated on January 1, as it was also in ancient Rome (though other dates were also used [...]

EuroTrip Map :: click to enlarge

I’ll be leaving Tuesday, 13 of November 2007 for a 4 weeks trip towards Eastern Europe!
Voila the cities that i will visit during my long voyage :

Toulouse, France
Albi, France
Montpellier, France
Avignon, France :: Map from Toulouse :: 3h07 :: 332 km :: Tolls 23.10 EUR :: Fuel 29.86 EUR
St-Raphael, France
St-Tropez, France
Cannes, [...]

A hundred thousand music and videos viewed or downloaded on my website! The Wordpress Plugin “Podpress” on my Blog & Podcast has just served the 100,000th media (music+videos) on October 27, 2007 !

Thank you all for your loyalty and support! I’m working hard on this Blog to constantly improve the user experience. Signup on my [...]

It’s over. Restrictions on copying digital music are going to be history — and all hell could break loose in the music retail business.
Amazon.com’s move to sell more than 2 million songs free of digital rights management software, or DRM , could well be seen several years from now as the point of [...]

The Wonders of Geo-Targeted Marketing!

From a Business perspective, GeoTargeting marketing is the ultimate in online advertising. Companies are now able to dynamicly write the name of your town directly on a photo so you think this advertisement is directed to you. This method has proved extremely successful to increase sign up rates. Read more…

If you live in Paris, you gotta come and see me at this address :
Salon TMODE , Salon des créateurs de Mode
Espace des Blancs Manteaux
48 rue Vieille du Temple
75004 PARIS, Métro Hotel de Ville ou St-Paul
Jeudi de 15h à 21h, Vendredi, Samedi, Dimanche de 10h à 21h.
I’ll be presenting and selling the handbags by BISSAC. [...]

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So you’re interested in making a “Voice Over Parody” of a famous song?

Guide to creating a “Voice Over Parody” of a song “a la Xarj” :

Ingredients you need :
-Good quality video clip file
-Instrumental version (without singing) of the song
-Regular voice + music mp3 file of the song.
-I also like to find the accapella voices of the song in case i can’t sing, so i use the original voices. (a bit modified)
-You’ll need to print out the lyrics of the song
-Obviously, you need a microphone to record your voice!
-It’s a big help to use earphones when you record your voice
-I use Adobe Audition software to record my voice and modify the sound files.
-I use Adobe Premiere to synchronize and create the final video file. Video + different sound tracks. You could use any video creation software. Adobe Premiere is the best one.