Comments on: Jim Gary’s Vehicular Dinosaurs http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2010/08/jim-garys-vehicular-dinosaurs/ Where Paleontology Meets Pop Culture Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:48:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Kafi Benz http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2010/08/jim-garys-vehicular-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-2617 Kafi Benz Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:47:27 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=3758#comment-2617 an additional comment - after finding out more about the video - this is posted at the original site by the creator of the the music and the video - Submission for display on YouTube Play Channel and Guggenheim Museum Event. "The Amazing Car Parts Dinosaurs of Jim Gary" was created in the summer of 2010 in remembrance and honor of my artist neighbor Jim Gary who created magnificently monumental neon colored dinosaurs out of old car parts. His dinosaurs have been shown at museums around the world, purchased by collectors, and greeted people at the Smithsonian and the opening of the Liberty Science Center. Using "dinosaur" sounds and other natural sound effects from the iMovie software, along with an original jazz/blues instrumental, my wish was to create a fun video to amuse young and old whether or not they are dinosaur fans. Filming was done in natural light with the Sony HDR CX550V (Handycam) using iMovie for editing. The original instrumental soundtrack was composed and performed by me, Hal Sokolow, (on the Yamaha YPG625 keyboard) and Armond Capparelli (on the guitar). GarageBand was used to layer the multiple musical instrument tracks. More information about sculptor Jim Gary may be found on his official site, which I, his studio director, maintain at kafi-benz.com an additional comment – after finding out more about the video – this is posted at the original site by the creator of the the music and the video –

Submission for display on YouTube Play Channel and Guggenheim Museum Event. “The Amazing Car Parts Dinosaurs of Jim Gary” was created in the summer of 2010 in remembrance and honor of my artist neighbor Jim Gary who created magnificently monumental neon colored dinosaurs out of old car parts. His dinosaurs have been shown at museums around the world, purchased by collectors, and greeted people at the Smithsonian and the opening of the Liberty Science Center. Using “dinosaur” sounds and other natural sound effects from the iMovie software, along with an original jazz/blues instrumental, my wish was to create a fun video to amuse young and old whether or not they are dinosaur fans. Filming was done in natural light with the Sony HDR CX550V (Handycam) using iMovie for editing. The original instrumental soundtrack was composed and performed by me, Hal Sokolow, (on the Yamaha YPG625 keyboard) and Armond Capparelli (on the guitar). GarageBand was used to layer the multiple musical instrument tracks.

More information about sculptor Jim Gary may be found on his official site, which I, his studio director, maintain at kafi-benz.com

]]> By: Kafi Benz http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2010/08/jim-garys-vehicular-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-2613 Kafi Benz Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:43:10 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=3758#comment-2613 So appropriate to appear on Smithsonian.com! Jim Gary remains the only living sculptor to have been invited to exhibit at its museum of natural history. Love your song and the accompanying video -- can you send me the correct permanent link so I can add it to his official site? I'd love to be able to download a copy for my Jim Gary’s Twentieth Century Dinosaurs archives as well. So appropriate to appear on Smithsonian.com! Jim Gary remains the only living sculptor to have been invited to exhibit at its museum of natural history. Love your song and the accompanying video — can you send me the correct permanent link so I can add it to his official site? I’d love to be able to download a copy for my Jim Gary’s Twentieth Century Dinosaurs archives as well.

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