Time to make the move. . .

After six months of very much enjoying a standard definition camcorder, and I still continue to be interested in making videos, I think it is time to move up to an HD camcorder. After two straight days of research, I have purchased a new camcorder. It is nothing that special or that great, but it will get me full 1080i HD quality in my videos. It is an older (last year) model of the Sony Handy-Cam, the HDR-HC7. It offers a lot of options for recording, a nice looking design, some touch screen controls, a microphone jack, and a proprietary "hot shoe" for accessories like a light or mounted microphone. I purchased it off ebay for a very reasonable price, and it should be here within a week or so. I think it should go without saying that I am pretty amped.


My second love.

The name is Jackson Ivey, but you may know me as JXXN.

So Close.

I have been working non-stop the past seven days, so I apologize for lack of blog. I did make a video, though, that I think is pretty cool:



So now just two more days before we leave for D.C., and I am getting very excited. As always, be sure to look at the website projectprodigy.tv, and look at the sponsored links. Sorry for the lack of blog, but I thought I better post one, I think it has been like a week since my last blog.


The name is Jackson Ivey, but you may know me as JXXN.

Finally Made it through the School Year!

I mentioned in my last post that Zach McLeod may join Prodigy. Well, I am very pleased to say that everything is final. He has joined us. Here is a video that I think serves as an appropriate "welcoming" of Zach into Prodigy, and a good introduction of him to all of my viewers and other Prodigy fans (all 3 of you):



You may remember the video I made a week or two ago, the one I made to "relieve my stress". Well I decided that video would be perfect to use for this little venture. . .

Trying to give my videos the right "mood" and get rid of the home video look. Let me know how I did with that by voting on my poll:



So yes, school is finally over. . . for a couple of months at least. The next big thing to look forward to will be the trip to Washington, D.C. for NHD. We will depart a week from this Sunday and stay for a whole week. I will probably post lots of pictures, and a huge blog when we get back, not to mention all the video footage we can get! So I'm not the only one that should be looking forward to that trip.

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The name is Jackson Ivey, but you may know me as JXXN.

The Home Stretch

Finally school begins to wind down. I am very happy to say that as of yesterday, I no longer have any more full, real days of school left. Finals week. Happy, yes because it signifies the end, the finale; Happy, no because high stress and in many cases difficult tests.

At my school, during finals week, the whole schedule is a little skewed, which is actually somewhat enjoyable. Normally I go from 8:30 in the morning, to 3:30 in the afternoon, but I am done at 2:00 all week, plus there is a day that my first class does not start until 10 in the morning. This really helps me, because I have a shorter day, therefore less tests, less stress.

I continue to fail to have time to work on any real videos, but my Washington, D.C. trip is coming up in just over a week, so probably a memorable video or two will come out of that.

The friend that I worked with for History Day, Zach McLeod, will obviously be going to D.C. with me, and so we will probably make a video together (hopefully a funny one!). We had a very good idea for a past history project that we never got to actually film, so we will have time for that hopefully. It was a project about Abraham Lincoln, we were going to title it "To Catch a President with Chris Nambla" like making fun of NBC's hit show "To Catch a Predator with Chris Hansen". I have no clue where we were going to go with it, or how it would have any historical accuracy, so it's probably better that we are doing it outside of school.A little quick 'photoshopping' I did to get you amped for "To Catch a President". . .

Zach McLeod and I have also been in talking about him becoming a permanent member of Prodigy if we have a hit with "To Catch a President". But there are just a few things to work out, nothing is %100 yet. I am revealing some juicy information to you, just another bonus to the few of you that read my blog.

As I have said, I am sure far too much, merchandise is coming. However it is no longer a matter of 'if' but of when. Black shirts with white font, and as exciting as that is, there may be more.

A screenshot of the website at the moment I am writing this blog. That is a preview of the shirt design that you see. To learn more, visit http://projectprodigy.tv/merchandise


The name is Jackson Ivey, but you may know me as JXXN.