New Purpose for this blog…

by admin on August 27, 2010

I have not blogged in awhile. I don’t have alot to say that isn’t already being said by other people. It’s all been done before. Either that or no one actually read what I had to say.

In either case, I’ve been very busy designing other people’s websites and now work as a Senior Designer for a small but reputable design company.

I transferred all my business from Digital Fork Design to Flux so that I could close Digital Fork Design and use Mark Bishop Media to focus on producing movies and tv and promoting events.

I have also spent a large amount of time working on writing my own TV Series and developing other businesses.

This brings me to the next topic….what to do with this blog? Well…I have come to the conclusion that I really spread myself too thin and people who know me can’t even keep up with the domain names, websites, etc. So, I shall use this site to promote myself, projects and businesses.

Ticketmaster US cancelled their affiliation with me because I had no one buying tickets through my site. Just as well, I don’t want to be in a business that isn’t making money. Blogging isn’t cutting it either. Giving away all my secrets on how to make video projects is fine, but it never amounted to anything. I’d rather spend my time making those projects.

Any web design I want to do can be taken care of through Flux. If you’d like a site, please contact me and I will set you up to get a site made from concept to completion.

This site will be linked to other social media sites I’ve set up and be similar to the www.lydiajohnson.ca site we built. It will be no different from Gene Simmon’s site….and we have all seen how successful he has been.

I’ve already set up a fan page on facebook. (www.facebook.com/markbishopmedia) and a Channel on Youtube (www.youtube.com/markbishopmedia).

I will introduce my music into my site here and my TV Series, which I’ve kept seperate, hoping to have a team behind me to perform music with, but when it comes right down to it, it is me that is the driving force behind these and it doesn’t help me to divide my supporters to several sites just yet.

So here it is….the Mark Bishop Media site…. Hopefully you will like the changes.

If you’d like to chat to me about anything, please reach me here mark@markbishopmedia.com

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My new Rules for MMA/UFC

by admin on April 22, 2010

My new MMA/UFC rule: If you refuse to grapple, you are given a warning. 3 Warnings and you lose by disqualification. 2nd rule: If you fall to the ground without taking the other person to the ground, you get a warning, too. 3 Warnings and you lose by disqualification. This should help make fights more interesting…. It is MMA, not just striking and not just grappling! These rules are MY IDEA!

I recently watched the Anderson Silva vs Maia fight and am getting fairly dissapointed in Anderson Silva for not going to the ground with these fighters. I get that Maia is great on the ground, but Silva should be as well. He is a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu!

For the fans that go to a UFC fight and see guys AVOIDING to fight, whether it is on the ground or standing, it is disapointing. Fans came to see these guys do their thing, standing or grappling. If you are in the cage or ring, you should know how to bring it and go with the fight wherever it takes you.

If you can’t CONTROL the fight to be where you want it to be, then maybe you should adapt to CONTROL it when it gets where the other person has taken it. Standing up and refusing to fight is a ripoff to fans who pay big money to watch fights.

I’ve heard rumours that Dana White, president of the UFC will turf Anderson Silva if he gasses out in the next fight and refuses to fight. I think my new rules would change the fight game for the better and you would see more dynamic changeovers in fights.

With the power of social media, I will tweet this to Dana White and hopefully he will like what he reads. By the way, Dana, I’d love to go to the next UFC.[Get Copyright Permissions]© 2010 Mark Bishop – Click here for copyright permissions.

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Tickets now on MarkBishopMedia.com!

April 15, 2010

That’s right…we now have tickets to some of your favorite events in the Vancouver area from Ticketmaster!
We also have tickets to some events in the Kamloops, Merritt, Kelowna, Calgary, Edmonton and Seattle areas.
While we are still working out the visual look and feel of the listings, they are legit. It took a long time [...]

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My Rickard’s Brew your own Beer Ad(s)!

April 14, 2010

Rickard’s has jumped on the whole Social Media bandwagon and created a way for consumers to interact with their famous ads. You enter the line into the flash box and when you have 3 lines, you enter and the commercial is rendered with your dialog. The results can be crude if your [...]

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The Hurt Locker

April 11, 2010

Great movie….real…..and exciting…..no political agenda….therefore not propaganda…..the story of a bomb specialist in Iraq and how he does his job.
The movie, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, won Best Picture at the Oscars this year. It was a strong performance and was real. There was no stupid heroic story and big rescue/recovery mission. The [...]

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The Oscar Curse

March 22, 2010

Poor Sandra Bullock. Her new shiny gold trophy for Best Actress has been accompanied by something dubbed in Hollywood as ‘The Oscar Curse’.
She is not alone. Before her performance in ‘The Blind Side’ (ironically), others have also been subject to The Curse. The Curse is the inclusion of Oscar-winning actors who have [...]

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Now accepting new Clients

March 16, 2010

We are currently accepting new clients for web design, instore motion graphic / video ads and print design. Our rates are very reasonable and we do excellent work. Please send me an email at mark@markbishopmedia.com with your phone number and we can get something happening for you.
Mark
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New Client Web Site – Sooters.ca

March 13, 2010

Today was the launch of the new web site for Sooters.ca, which I designed.
This was a site that I enjoyed working on and one that I’m proud of. Please take a moment to check it out and let me know what you think.
The site has a nice slideshow that is easily updated [...]

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Alice in Wonderland and Johnny Depp

March 13, 2010

I was able to get into Alice and Wonderland 3-D tonight. It was entertaining to say the least.
At times I wondered, “How did they do that?” Tim Burton is an expert at storytelling and working with the visual fx.
Apparently Helena Bonham Carter is married to Tim Burton. That would explain [...]

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Corey Haim dead at age 38

March 10, 2010

After appearing in the classic ‘The Lost Boys’ in the 80’s, actor Corey Haim has died at age 38.
Haim appeared in the reality show ‘The Two Corey’s’…..shot in Vancouver by local Indy production house, Insight Pictures.
While Haim was not an Oscar nominated actor, he had a loyal following in the 80’s and into the 90’s [...]

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