End of Week 5

Today is February 28, 2011 and last night was the release of Jake Miller's new song, "RiddleMeDat". This song took Jake out of his comfort zone and put him in a new light. The age of music has changed, and if you ant to be a big artist in the rap industry, your songs need to be played where teens and young adults are; clubs. The song, "RiddleMeDat" is just that, a club song, this song is very fast paced and has a loud bass in the background, making it a "club song".

Tomorrow at 5:00PM is the photo-shoot for his two songs, "On My Way" and "RiddleMeDat" and we will be sitting down with his two managers Fred and Dre plotting ou the next two music videos. We are all really excited because we feel after these two videos, Jake Miller will be offered a record label by Sony. Who knows, hopefully by next year I will not be rooming with Jake Miller, I will be rooming with Jake Miller "The Rapper" at Florida State.
Tomorrow should go well.

-Noah Mindel

On My Way

Jake Miller's new song "On My Way" has become one that is to be remembered for the next few months. Especially because he is getting recognized by one of the four major record companies... you may have heard of it. I think it is spelled S-O-N-Y. Yes, Sony records has been looking at Jake Miller and he is trying to get a record deal with them. The hook of the song has also caught the attention of club DJs and they actually mixed the song "On My Way" and people danced to it.

This is a great thing for Jake and I because now we are being watched. We need to really start working on the next music video, but with my busy schedule it's hard to really sit down and film it. We have worked on where we would like to film the video. Next week is the week before my big national TV Production Competition in Orlando so I will be very busy then. Hopefully we get this done by the end of the week after spring break.

-Noah Mindel

Visitors

Another day in WISE, and I have completed all of my work.
Today I went in to sign out for the day when Coach Love introduced me to one of his previous students that were apart of WISE. He is now at UCF and majoring in Communication Sciences. I think thats a great thing when I see previous students come in to talk to Coach Love. It shows that Coach Love put a meaning to his schooling. It shows that these kids really enjoyed the project and the class. Its sad that next year, Coach will no longer be here to talk about WISE. But now he has put that into our hands with the hand outs we give to incoming Seniors. Hopefully, this project will impact my life the same way it has impacted others and I will forever love this class and my project. This week I will be working on my third music video installment, Jake and I have decided that we want to go to a train station and get the video of trains coming in, i think that will put an urban spin on his videos. My video for "Dreamin'" has now gotten past 12,000 views. That is a huge milestone for me, and hopefully my next video would be even better.

-Noah Mindel

Power 96

So this weekend, I went with Jake Miller and his father Bruce to the Power 96 radio station to sit down with the VP of Programming and try and get the song "Dreamin" on the radio. So we went up to the station and we sat down in a conference room with the head of Power 96 and just talked normally, not even about the song but what Jake Miller was all about. He made himself sound good and it seemed as though he impressed the guy. Then two seconds later, the VP of Programming came in and we talked about how songs actually get on the radio. It was surprising to me that approximately 20 songs get played over the radio.
He went on to talk about the categories that Power 96 has. Their is the "Power" category where only 5 TOP NOTCH songs are played. Those are usually the new Lil Wayne, Drake, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj type songs that everyone soon knows and loves. Then there is the step below, and the step below, and the step below. Jake Miller's song would be played in most likely the last step, roughly only once a day. But we are just looking for exposure so that is O.K. Then after he was done a common DJ, Big Raj, came into the meeting to actually talk about Jake's song. He said it is a great song but, "Is it a hit?" "Is it radio-friendly?" "Is it what people are looking for?" Those are al questions that need to be asked. He said the rapper Pitbull came into the same meeting day-after-day with nearly 79 hits that only one was played. So radio songs need to be chosen wisely.
After the meeting we went on a tour and went into the Power 96 DJ Booth with DJ Lucy Lopez, and she tore Jake a new one. The minute we walked in, she told Jake to rap on the spot. He froze, but then regained composure and rapped his song. She was mildly impressed and took a picture with him and told us to get the "F***" out of her booth (kidding of course). On the way home, she commented on Jakes Facebook and we asked her to give him a shoutout. Seconds later she talked about him and we went crazy. Hopefully Jake will be on the radio soon enough,

-Noah Mindel

YouTube - Dreamin' Official Music Video - Jake Miller

YouTube - Dreamin' Official Music Video - Jake Miller

Click there to see my new music video I made.

Today was a pretty interesting day, its not everyday that you get to witness a Deco Drive interview. Jake Miller was interviewed today by two guys from Deco Drive on WSVN Miami. Deco Drive is an evening night show on WSVN that focuses on music and entertainment and gets the word out about local events, and possibly artists. In this case they were helping the advertising of Jake Miller and his new song Dreamin. I filmed the interview and I am going to put it on his website, www.jakemillermusic.com. There was a point where I got some footage of Jake and it was a really cool shot, and the WSVN camera guy saw my shot and got the exact same thing, so I was really impressed by myself that i got the exact same thing but before he did.

Tomorrow is another crazy day where we go and sit down with the VP of Power 96 to get Jakes song on the radio. Look out for Jake Miller, he is getting BIG!

Noah Mindel, CBTV

The Time Has Come

Jake Miller has gone into a new world. He has become such a new person after the last music video. As of February 16, 2011 at 2:17 PM the watch count for the music video "Dreamin'" is a total of 8,187 almost double the last two music videos he has had. Because of this music video, him and his manager have launched his own personal site at www.jakemillermusic.com and my music video is the first thing you see.

This week is going to be a great week for both of us because he is going to be featured on Deco Drive on WSVN Channel 7 News. They are going to be using footage from my two music videos I made him and he is going to get more and more publicity than ever before.

We are also planning on going to tthe studio this weekend to produce three more songs, which means im going to be pretty busy making music videos. I cant wait for our next project!!

-Noah Mindel CBTV

TGIF

Thank God Its Friday!!!!

This weekend will mark another great weekend for my WISE project! I am going to work with Jake Miller in the advertising stage in getting the word out about his rapping ability and his music videos that I have produced. We have already been contacted by Power 96 and hopefully next week we will be having a meeting with the VP of Power 96 and bring Dreamin' to the radio.

We will also be planning out the next music video for his new song coming out by the end of next month. That will put three music videos on my demo-reel for college. Today I will be having my third Mentor Meeting with Mr. Nelson. Also, I hear back from University of Florida today so hopefully I get in. If i do, I will then have to choose between Florida State University and University of Florida. Go Gators? Go Seminoles?

Noah Mindel, CBTV

Dreamin

Last night the Dreamin' music video debuted on YouTube with the power of Facebook and Twitter advertising its first hundred views. After a couple postings on people's "walls", the music video began to soar. Now people across the United States were listening and watching the music video I created. Not only was Jake Miller's name on the music video, so was mine. Noah Mindel will forever be on the biography on the video Dreamin'. I tried so hard on that video and my time and effort has paid off.

This morning, Jake's dad Bruce got a call that may change all of our lives. On the phone was the Vice President of the hip hop radio station Power 96. They are setting up a meeting next week to put Jake on the radio. This is the plus on having a music video, because without it Jake may not have been contacted by this station. Hopefully everything goes well and soon you will be hearing Jake on the radio and my Music Video advertised all over the internet.

Noah Mindel, CBTV

The Day Has Come

For the past few weeks, me alongside Jake Miller have been working diligently on the music video for his new hit single, "Dreamin'". He has been working with a manager by the name of Fred Williams that has helped him develop his rap lines and helping me envision how the music video should look. Since he is not the best at Music Video shoots, he allowed me to take it up to myself to produce the music video for the song. Last night was the night to finish the entire thing. We worked very hard to edit, and get the video ready to upload on Youtube.

My first video I shot for him was called "The Take Over" and it has hit up to 5000 views. Hopefully this video will hit up to 10,000. He has been featured on different Hip-Hop music websites and my name will forever be on his music videos as the producer. This is going to be a fun WISE project doing the music videos and building my Demo-Reel for college.

Look for the Music Video "Dreamin'" by Jake Miller on YouTube tonight!

Noah Mindel, CBTV

Good Evening

So after some long and hard thinking, I have decided to change my WISE Project. Instead of doing a story about Lacrosse and how the BCAA will not recognize it as a school sport, I have decided to go on the route less traveled by doing music videos. TV Production has always fascinated me and so has music. I have over 2400 songs in my iTunes database and I listen to music daily (as a matter of fact, I'm listening to music right now). Whether it is rap music, pop, or rock I enjoy the time in the day where I can isolate myself from the world with my music of choice.

I have decided to go into the Music Video project because for the past 3 months I have been working alongside an up-and-coming artist by the name of Jake Miller and bringing him into the music business. I have already made one music video for him, called "The Take Over" and I am currently making his next music video called "Dreamin'" which included all of our friends and will be having a release party on Wednesday. You can watch the first one click here -----> The Take Over .

Today we worked all day on it and it has been a masterpiece in the making. It may be one of the best video production things I have ever made.

Signing Out on Monday February 7, 2011
Noah Minde, CBTV

New Week Coming Soon

Well it is the end of week two and my WISE project seems to be moving at a slower pace than assumed.
Im not sure why but it seems like I may have been putting working on it aside. I have been doing research on the sport of lacrosse and tv production, but for some reason it seems that I am not going anywhere with it. From what I have learned from TV production, it is that it takes a while for a story to develop. Next week, my goal is to find a story and start working ASAP because if I don't then I know I will get too far behind in WISE.

I have also thought of a different WISE project. Right now taking up most of my time is working alongside Jake Miller to produce his music and his music videos. This has been a passion of mine over the past few months and it has even gotten me a chance to put him on the news. So if I feel that working with Broward Teen News is not the right place for me, I will most likely switch my project.

Noah Mindel, CBTV

Interview

Today is February 2,2011 (HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY)
Today I interviewed Kurt Doster, the Cypress Bay Television Production Teacher and the CBTV Club advisor. We talked about how he got into the TV business and the show E:60. He also helped me focus on my WISE project which is the story on Lacrosse and the BCAA. He said that I needed to get interviews with multiple lacrosse players from not just Broward County but other counties to get perspectives on their own counties and if they have lacrosse as a school sport there.

I also did some research on the sport of lacrosse, and if you do not know what it is, it is a mix of soccer, hockey and football. If you are at all interested click this link ---> LACROSSE.
The sport of lacrosse is very interesting to me and I feel that since it has so much athleticism to it, it should be a sport in Broward County. I want to get to the bottom of this and figure out why it is not.

Signing out for Week 2 Day 3, I'm Noah Mindel W-I-S-E.