Hello folks !
If you came here because you know me, then you probably didn't hear from me for some time, and you may find here some good news about me.
If you don't know me, you won't give a f...


I'm a proud father of a nice little girl, 16 months old. I'm not really fond of people publishing their beloved children in a supposed artistic gallery... I restrained myself !

I got engulfed in my job (IT project manager, contractor), things are going well, so well my current client is going to make me sign for them with my blood and so on, mwahaha, mwahaha. I'm just getting more and more involved with this "small" french bank, as my new employer. In these times of unemployement, it's a good thing.

I'm not doing a lot of photos, and only a few of them are almost good. Well, I wanted to start my devArt gallery as a graphist, not a photographer, anyway.

I'm not playing as much music as I once did, stopped giving guitar lessons, stopped with my band, but still going on with my whole equipment (guitars, bass, drums, synths...)
I invested in some lights, which is reaaaaaalllly lots of fun to play with : smoke, moving lights, strobe, changing colors, rays of light... and the whole DJ stuff to get along.


With all this, the very few people wondering where I was up to know almost everything !

I'm still coming to visit DevArt, at least once a month, if you want to leave me a message, I will read and answer !

Best Regards,
Jean-Marc => J-Master

It's been a real while since I haven't told you about myself.
My last journal update dates from Apr 19th !

There were many things... pregnant, dare I say

So :
1- my wife and I are expecting our first baby, a girl (for something like the end of November)

2- I started my band last year, we played a few improvised-music concerts, and we're trying to compose some stuff to play.

3- I have been commissioned twice to take photos for weddings.
I could earn some money, enough to pay my small 4x6 (10x15 cm) photo printer.

4- I have resigned from my job, and found (before I sent my resignation, in fact) another job. Better wage, better job, or so I hope (I started 3 weeks ago, but I still haven't had any work to do. In this job, this means staying at home, but still being paid. You read it well)

5- since last year, I entered my Martial Arts Association's bureau, in order to represent karate's interests ("against" judo and ju-jitsu representatives)

6- I have been occupied each evening, for all this year : with my karate lessons, my band's rehearsals, my guitar students and all...

7- for all this time, I have been coming to visit DeviantArt, looking at my deviantWatch list and all, but didn't have the time nor the will to submit anything new.

8- my free time, and even my vacations' time has been devoted to my house.


Now you know why I'm not that present here in DA, yet I'm still passing by, and I hope to hear from you too !

J-Master / Jean-Marc


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Voici la version française de ce petit bulletin. Ce n'est pas une traduction directe.

J'avais pas mal de choses sur le feu depuis l'année dernière, et je dois dire que je n'ai pas été déçu...
- J'ai fini par quitter la société qui m'employait, avec signature d'un contrat dans une autre société. Ca n'a pas encore vraiment démarré, bien que je sois employé par cette nouvelle société depuis début septembre, mais je suis quand même payé... en espérant que ça ne va pas durer.

- ma femme est enceinte, notre fille naitra vers fin novembre, c'est donc pour dans pas longtemps.

- mon projet musical avance à pas comptés, avec un gros hiatus pendant les vacances. J'espère qu'on va pouvoir redémarrer bientôt.

- j'ai fait les photos pour 2 mariages. Lors du second, j'ai pu vendre des tirages effectués sur place avec mon imprimante 10x15cm. La formule marche bien et m'a déjà permis de rentabiliser mon imprimante.
Reste à voir à quel rythme je pourrais recommencer, et ce que je pourrais éventuellement financer de cette manière. Un EOS 5 D (ou son successeur) me permettrait d'assoir une crédibilité que je ne me sens pas encore avoir complètement. A suivre.

- Je suis rentré au Bureau de l'association des Arts Martiaux dont je fais partie... ça fait quelques préoccupations en plus, et pas forcément beaucoup de satisfaction, mais bon, je sers à quelque chose.

- tous mes soirs de semaine ont été occupés sur toute l'année scolaire écoulée : entre la musique, le karate, et les cours de guitare que je donne, je n'ai pas eu beaucoup de temps libre. Je pense prendre moins d'élèves en guitare cette année, le rapport gain / temps passé n'est pas très grand sur cette activité.

- Je ne suis pas parti en vacances cet été. Entre la fin de mon 1er CDI et le début de l'autre, j'ai pourtant eu tout mon mois d'aout : j'en ai profité pour refaire tout mon salon. Electricité, plâtres, murs, plafond...

- Je n'ai pas perdu tout contact avec Deviant Art, mais franchement, et bien que j'ai des tonnes des photos intéressantes, je ne me suis pas senti très motivé pour venir poster ici.
Peut être que ça va changer, mais pour le moment, c'est pas parti pour.


N'hésitez pas à me laisser des messages, je passe toujours dans le coin !

Anyone with just a bit of musical culture should have recognized a Queen title, of course

... I think I'll stay around...

No, I'm not a very active Deviant, no, I'm not really prolific, nor do I have that many good pictures. Yet I'm still here.

I have a real truckload of photos. Some of them are good, perhaps will I post them here, but don't expect anything much better than my usual works. Photo is not my main hobby, definitely !

(please look here for my previous journal)


my band, my musical project, is finally getting slowly started.

We already have something like 3 to 4 new songs, which have yet to be finalized.

The main parts are already programmed in my hardware MIDI sequencer - expander (a Yamaha RM1x) , using many of its internal sounds, as well as sometimes my Korg MS 2000 synthesizer for some spatial sounds.

I am playing the bass on one song, the guitar (my faithfull 7 strings Vigier, remember) on another.

I'm using my DX 7 synth to get a typical 80's bass sound on a song composed by my fellow musician Philippe, for which he's singing and playing the guitar (a very cooooool holidays beach and sun and ... song)

I have some more things waiting to be played and finalized, too, and a drummer that will soon play with us.

What can I say ? It's pure bliss !
When I get some time available, and we have some songs ready, I'll put together
a new website.

While I've shot a big number of photos, I don't have much time to prepare them to show them here, in DA.
This lack of time comes from many current issues at the same time :


- my band, my musical project, is finally getting slowly started.
Yes, I've started new songs, I've found another guitar and keyboards player, who's also a singer, and I've found a drummer, too. Now, we're beginning the slow process of creation, since we're creating new stuff only. It's mostly exciting, and I hope I'll tell you some good new about it soon.

- getting involved with boardgames playing and an association devoted to that kind of fun, I'm meeting lots of different people (my drummer, for instance), and spending long evenings socializing around a table a some good games (ever heard of things like Caylus, Jungle Speed or Funkenschlag ?) is a good way of letting the steam out.

- now that I'm a karate brown belt, it's the black belt I'm working for , and I'm now involved in getting people to know our martial arts association.

- I'm still teaching the guitar, and I'm trying to make my lessons clearer and more efficient. One gets the students one desserves, and after a good year with them, I'm trying to have an even better year !


...with all that going on, I'm still taking photos, but the time I used to spend here in Deviant Art I don't have anymore. Yet I'm still trying to post some new things, from time to time... by the way, did you check my latest deviation ?