TLA RANKS ITS VIDEOS....

(....AND GUESS WHICH STUDIO HAS 3 IN THE TOP TEN???)
Mega-retailer TLA Video is touting its ranking of the bestselling adult DVDs of 2010 as determined by physical copies sold. “There are quite a few surprises here,” notes the promo description. “Clearly you guys have incredible—and extremely varied—taste when it comes to your whack-off fodder.” The top title is TLA’s exclusive edit of TABOO (Lukas Ridgeston) featuring the Peters Twins. You will remember the piece I wrote on them some time ago and the reaction that this video got, reintroducing the world to the term "twincest."
The remainder of the top-five are SHEAR CHAOS, VOL. 3 from ChaosMen; THE JOE GAGE CLASSIC COLLECTION four-disc set from HIS Video; the four-hour PISS BOYS GONE WILD compilation (StudMall) and Brent Everett in FUCK U via Rascal Video. For the rest of the top ten, we’ve got SHEAR CHAOS, VOL. 4: CREAMPIE EDITION (ChaosMen) followed by STEVEN DAIGLE: XXX-POSED (Rascal), Lucas Entertainment‘s MEN OF ISRAEL, another ChaosMen title in G:HOLE and Bel Ami’s MORE THAN YOU CAN HANDLE.
ChaosMen is really becoming the "studio" to reckon with! Bryan Ockert has really stepped up production, giving members and customers exactly what they want - RAW videos with hot guys who are vocal and into making the video hotter for the viewer! Three titles in the top ten of 2010! Great job Bryan!!

INTERVIEW WITH BRYAN OCKERT -- PART TWO

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE GUYS?
I wanted to get back to the models again. How does he find them, how does he get them to evolve past a solo video and how does he feel about the “straight guy” label?
“Many of my models come from scouts who place guys with the right site. But mostly my guys come from other models.

Most start off with the solo as you said, move on to getting head, find it was easy, then try fucking a dude. Then when they realize the guy they are fucking is also straight – and actually nutting from it – they are less afraid to try bottoming. Funny enough, once they bottom, most actually prefer it. Mainly because the pressure on them to stay hard is not there.”

I asked him a pressing question. I wanted to know if his models were actually straight or if that’s just a website label.

“Most of the guys are actually straight. Viewers either love or hate that label but I have to say it on the site or I will get a thousand emails asking me what they are. Some are experimenting and confused. Some are truly bisexual. But most would never ever even fantasize about having sex with a dude during a jerk off session, nor seek out sex with another guy.

My pairings are very thought out. I have all kinds of things to consider. One model can only work weekends because he has a 9 to 5 job so he can’t work with a guy who bartends on weekends. Some will top, some cant top because they can’t stay hard long enough. I try to make them look good together, while other times it has been like, ‘Well, you both want a gig, so you guys need t make this work because no one else is available.’ Ironically those often turn out to be the hottest videos. I’ve only had two or three models that couldn’t become versatile players.”

Bryan tries to pair guys together whose limits are in line with the other. One model may be at the “I will only top and most definitely will NOT suck a dick” stage while the other is “Whatever it takes, I’m down for it.” These guys push each other to do more. And when a model really is in tune with the whole scene, they try to do more on their own.
Models like Nash, Silas and Ransom have stepped up to become not only staples on the site but huge fan favourites!
“Ransom, I think he deserves the cock sucking award,” Bryan stated matter of factly.
“He has taken over a lot of the videos that I used to do, and he is always bound and determined to make a guy nut and not just have them jerk themselves off into his mouth. He is a major performer with dedication. I think it’s funny that your readers picked him as one of the best Tops, because, despite having a girlfriend and rascally 4-year-old son, the dude REALLY enjoys being fucked! Half the time he is yelling, “Cut!” because he is about to nut just from being fucked! He is good Top, but I tend to think of him as a better Bottom.
“But I gotta give props to Nash. For a straight guy, he has never said no to a cock for me, and he cums from being fucked.”

Any other models that stick in his mind? Well, Bryan spoke of two more. When he spoke of Eli, Bryan feels that he is completely versatile. He excels at everything he does. Bryan told me, and I wholeheartedly agreed, that he truly enjoys sex with anyone. Eli can create chemistry with another guy on a set where there might not be any. Which is probably why he won some categories in the DINK poll.
And then Bryan spoke of Gerin. My readers in DINK voted him Best Bottom. Bryan agrees. He thinks that Gerin rocks as a bottom. And who couldn’t see that. Gerin takes to sex on film like a fish to water – he writhes, moans, sweats and creates a truly explosive atmosphere on a set and the viewer can see that sexuality oozing from Gerin’s every pore…..and his scene partners really enjoy his energy.

“Keep your eyes out for Isaiah and Kristopher!” Bryan punctuated the conversation with that little phrase. Isaiah is a new find, and Kristopher, who was just introduced on the site, is looking to become another favourite.

I wanted to make sure that the models know how their fans feel about them. So I decided to show you all the results of the DINK poll.

I asked which is the hottest site and who is the hottest site owner. Once we knew that the winner was ChaosMen, I asked some more questions about the site, the models and the videos……..

THE DINK POLL

HOTTEST SITE OWNER: Bryan Ockert= 61%, Sean Cody= 28%, Mike Hancock= 9%,
                                           Jake Cruise= 2%
HOTTEST GUYS ON CM: Nash, Hagan, Taylor and Teo
BEST TOP: Ransom and Eli
BEST BOTTOM: Gerin
BEST RAW SCENE: “Eli, Gerin and Taylor “AND “Eli and Heath”
BEST SERVICED SCENES: Adam, Drale, Jayce, Degan, Lansing – The Director’s Cut, Parker
BEST SOLO SCENES: Chase, Cain, Dane, Davis, Slade, Topher, Will
BEST EDGE SCENES: Mattox, Rocco, Silas
GUY WE WISH WOULD ACTUALLY SPEAK: Hagan
GUY WE WISH WOULD ACTUALLY BOTTOM: Parker
GUY WE WANT BACK ON THE SITE: Adam and Degan
ULTIMATE CHAOSMEN MODELS: Ransom, Taylor and Nash
ULTIMATE PAIRING ON CHAOSMEN: Adam, Parker, Nash and Ransom all fuck Gerin!!



THE ANTI-CLIMACTIC NON-SCANDAL
I wanted to broach another subject. I wasn’t sure how Bryan would react to talking about the topic. I wanted to know how he felt about all the talk about bareback sex scenes, filmmakers’ responsibilities and the popularity of his RAW videos. He actually got no flack about the RAW videos from fans and reviewers.
“If you look at a site like AEBN, their highest viewed videos are the bareback videos. Well, without a doubt, the RAW videos are what people want, complete with breeding action. My subscribers truly want to see that fantasy take place in front of them. I do get at least one letter a month saying ‘How dare you!’ but for the most part, the RAW videos have been a success.”


With his models, Bryan has brought “next door guys” to our computers. He actually gets more grief from subscribers complaining about guys with tattoos and piercings than the raw videos. His subscribers are creatures of habit and sometimes the diversity of his models can hurt him. I understand ‘that. People don’t always go for variety and tend to ‘eat the same meal every day.’


“Guys see my models as ‘any guy’ and that keeps them coming back for more. My guys have that attainable look and personality so any guy watching can think ‘Oooh! I can get the straight guy too!’ It’s feeding fantasy for them. And the RAW videos really feed that fantasy!”


His mother even has an opinion about the bareback videos. She told Bryan, “Why would anyone think Porn is bad, that it is much safer these days than driving late at night with drunk drivers, getting hooked on alcohol and drugs ‘cuz your social life is around bars, and certainly safer than having sex with random strangers.” Mom’s blessing! (Sort of…)



THE DIRT
I wanted some more personal information from Bryan. Favourites. Does he have any on the site?
“Favourite guy? That’s a tough one. How about a list of my top ten in no particular order?

Teo, Taylor, Vander, Orlando, Hayden, Eli, Micah, Heath, Parker and Ransom. All are my favourites because I like them personally, they work hard to make the videos hot, are solid no-nonsense performers, and all of them ooze sex in their own way. There are actually about 10 more I could name. I like my team a lot.”

Bryan’s life has changed severely because of ChaosMen. He even gets recognized in the airports. He told a friend that he had been recognized and his friend retorted, ”Did they see the back of your head?”

Bryan tells me this with a big smile and a laugh, and finishes with, “I’m the most famous back of a head on the internet!”

WHAT’S NEXT?
The future? What does it hold for ChaosMen?


“Well,” Bryan started, “the Glory Hole videos are coming back, so fans of those will be happy!”
There is also a cross promotion with another studio in the works, which could be a huge deal.

And there’s a new film with Taylor and Vander in the shower…Raw! Bryan shared a snap of the upcoming video for us! However, with the 'law' being passed down from on high at CCBill, Bryan was forced to re-edit the Vander/Taylor video to cut out some very vanilla piss play. Bryan was told that inclusion of that material on the site was a violation of their rules....therefore the old video was taken off the site and a newer version - sans piss - was posted.

There really aren’t any major changes in the works. ChaosMen works like a well oiled machine now – so don’t fix it if it isn’t broken is Bryan’s motto.


I looked at my watch. Bryan and I had been chatting for over an hour. I wanted to let him get back to work and have some down time. So I decided to close our interview by asking him if he had anything he’d like to say to his fans about the site.
“I guess what I want to say is that most of my guys are like family, so I do feel protective of them and try to keep them ‘distant’ from media engine that the porn industry has got going. They work hard to make something that will excite you, and they push through some major personal limits to do so. So I am glad to hear they have an audience so far away and clearly into them!

“I think when this interview is published, I will put a copy of it out where they can see it. Most don’t have any idea that people really get off to them, and I think they will love to see they have fans that are eager to see them do more.” Then with a laugh, Bryan thought out loud. “It might inspire them to be even naughtier!”

One can only hope!

I want to thank Mr. Ockert for his time and his participation in this interview. He is extremely busy but always found time to chat with me and email. I also want to thank him for use of his pictures. All pictures in this interview are property of ChaosMen and Bryan Ockert. Thanks for letting me venture into your picture library for this story.

Check out ChaosMen guys! It is HOT HOT HOT!!!!

CHEERS!

"The Camera"

INTERVIEW WITH BRYAN OCKERT -- PART ONE

In my time as a blogger and a writer for numerous gay mags, I have always had questions about the gay adult film industry, specifically on the web. With so many websites to choose from, I always wondered why a few of them always seem to rise to the top and come up in conversations about the subject consistently. One site that always is mentioned is ChaosMen.
ChaosMen is run by Mr. Bryan Ockert. He has been running the site for 10 years and has seen the transformation of the web and blogs and websites. Bryan has been able to maintain ChaosMen as one of the top three sites for gay adult videos for many years now and hasn’t gotten sick of the work or the challenges. ChaosMen offers its subscribers numerous types of videos – Solos, Safe Sex, Glory Hole, Edge (where a model’s limits are tested and pushed a bit), Serviced (where one model lays back and gets serviced either by another model or by Bryan himself) …..but there is one type that may have caused a little stir on the web. The Raw video – no condoms, just raw sex between the guys, sometimes with breeding action and sometimes with a mouthful of cum. ChaosMen’s models are good looking guys that you could find in any city or town, which adds to the appeal and the fantasy. The subscriber could see these guys in their town andthat fuels the fire.


I was lucky enough to get to talk with Bryan. When I approached him to do an interview, he was more than gracious and more than happy to talk about his work, his life and his models. Before we started, Bryan told me that he had only done 3 or 4 interviews about ChaosMen but none had ever been the cover story.


Bryan Ockert is a very straightforward bloke – no nonsense, no pretense – just a man with a job to do. He doesn’t try to explain the porn away from what he does. Instead, Bryan fully understands what people want and expect to see from his site and embraces the adult side of the internet. He does this with complete knowledge and understanding of the stigma behind the word “porn” but Bryan doesn’t balk at that. The site takes up so much of his time that he doesn’t have time to react to the gossip or the online stories.


ChaosMen takes up so much time of Bryan’s life that it has been close to ten years since he’s been out on a date. Bryan had an eight year relationship and has no desire to look for or to start a relationship right now.


“I have taken myself ‘off the market’ deliberately,” Bryan said. “For many years I sucked cock for a living. Heck I have awards for it. It takes a strong partner to deal with that. My work pace is, well, astounding. There would be no time to build a proper relationship anyway. People who become my friends make no demands on me for face time. They know how busy I am and never pressure me to go do things. I don’t like to do anything else but work on the site. Even if I go see a movie I get too anxious about all the things I need to be doing. ”


HISTORY OF THE SITE


“I had no desire to be a photographer, videographer or even a pornographer!” Bryan responded when I asked him about the origins of ChaosMen. I had thought it might have been from a desire to be a photographer.


“Way back in early 1998, the Internet and chat rooms were just starting to really take hold. I would chat online, and had invested in this new thing called a ‘digital camera.’ I had never shot film, but liked how instantly I could get a photo from the camera to my computer. While chatting I would take a picture of myself each day, to give the people I was chatting with a sense of seeing me every day. Very low tech compared to today’s camera phones!
I eventually had a ton of photos, and many people online were interested in what it was like to be living in conservative Texas as a young gay man.
So I started a journal, at first compiling the photos, but then taking pictures of my life in Austin, my friends, parties, home projects, you name it. “


Back then, about 1998, Bryan didn’t have all the free blog and free bandwidth access that we have today. However, his photo journal became wildly popular and he had thousands of visitors each week to see what he was up to. And Bryan had to pay for all that bandwidth and traffic.
“I started a small membership area with ONE photo shoot a month of a hot guy I knew or found. My hobby had become so expensive that I needed a way for it to pay for itself. I eventually ended up doing a photoshoot each week and then I started dabbling in video. I added cams around the house. I guess you could say I was on the forefront of the Cam in the House craze!”


Bryan took a breath and leaned forward, saying, “I just didn’t want to do what everyone else was doing, so I stopped doing the photo journal at the time when Blogs took off. I had started shooting video and suddenly, I felt that I needed more privacy in a very competitive field.”


He sits back again and looks right at me.


“Honestly, it was a question of money. How was I going to pay for my online persona? Digital imaging was good, and I loved the creative photography more that I did the ‘porny’ stuff, but the artsy stuff wasn’t paying the bills. Video cameras were getting cheaper; bandwidth was faster and cheaper, so it was only natural to evolve to adult films. I grudgingly went, though. For the first year of the video-oriented version of the site I barely would put anyone naked on the front, still trying to be as artistic as possible.”
With a laugh, Bryan finished, “But that didn’t last because it was clear what the audience really wanted to see, and what would catch their eye!”

Going through the archives of ChaosMen, then called ChaosinAustin.tv, I did come across one very interesting solo video. The very first one, the video of Bryan. I asked him about that video.
“I only did one solo (video), and even then it was just done as an experiment in filming.” Bryan leaned forward again, getting a little quiet. “I am actually very reluctant to be in front of the camera. There are plenty of better built, gorgeous guys out there that SHOULD be filmed or photographed. I just worked with what I had – Me!”


So, I had to tell him about the poll taken in DINK. ChaosMen was voted the hottest site by over 12,000 gay men and Bryan was voted THE HOTTEST site owner. I asked him what he thought of that.
Bryan stopped for a moment and looked a little stunned. Then a smile crossed his lips.

“WOW! I didn’t know that! Not because I don’t appreciate audience feedback, but because I NEVER go look at my competition sites nor do I view affiliate blogs, read reviews or industry magazines. I just do the best I can and I put out the best videos my guys can make. I never know what is going on in the ‘industry.’ It’s like I am in this little bubble, making videos that I would like to jack off to if I was sitting at home cruising for porn.
But as for me being the hottest site owner…..That’s funny. The thing I usually say when I hear things like that is, ‘There’s just no accounting for taste! Thank goodness!’ I am VERY glad people still find me hot at almost 50 and that bodes well that our gay community might not be as ‘ageist’ as we generally think.”


I told Bryan that when I wrote that I was going to interview him, I was flooded with emails and letters with questions to ask him. Many guys out there want to see more of Bryan in videos – like the Serviced and Edge videos. That’s something that other sites don’t really do. And why isn’t the site named after Bryan? Why not BryanOckert.com?


“I think it is a mistake to name a website after a person’s name,” Bryan responded. “ It’s like Shamu the whale. The original Shamu is long gone and the audience doesn’t think or want to know that this isn’t THE Shamu they are seeing. So porn sites that are all about the videographer/pornographer will hit a wall where they can’t perform anymore.
The difference is my vision for the site I think. My vision for ChaosMen was a team of super hero porn stars. I loved comic books growing up and certainly found their physiques sexy. So I am very reluctant to make the site about myself or to show a lot of me. I have been at it 10 years…from 36-46 basically. Your body changes a lot during those years. I still weigh under 160 pounds, but my abs are long gone and I just feel like in an Edge or Serviced video the scene should be about the hot model, and I am just a conduit to their orgasm.” Then with a little laugh in his voice, Bryan said, “I try to keep my clothes on as much as possible.”


IT REALLY IS HARD WORK!


Bryan shared just how much work the site actually is for him. Not only does he manage and book the models, but he picks them up at the airport, shoots all the video and photos, edits the final videos, encodes them, manages the website, answers tech questions and designs the site itself! No rest for the weary. Bryan gets about 6 hours of sleep per day with time also spent at a gym trying to maintain an acceptable weight.


He does have some help….from his parents! His father helped him build his studio and is a CPA- so he does Bryan’s taxes. Mom does his bookkeeping. She even paints rooms before shoots and cleans as well. Bryan has a friend that helps with photo retouching.
But he doesn’t want to do anything else. He loves his job.
“However, when a dude takes 45 minutes to nut, I wish I had a desk job!” he shared with me with an evil grin.


“I think the hardest part for me is dealing with the pace AND being a stand-in parent for a lot of the models. My phone does not stop ringing with phone calls for emergencies they have. From rent or car payments past due, to sick parents or girlfriends, to ‘my fence blew down in a hurricane!’ it’s pretty much non-stop requests to be their hero….or ATM!”


Besides booking the model’s flight and hotel for the shoot, getting them and feeding them, Bryan has the actual video shoot to worry about. He told me that most of the guys are indeed straight and it can take a couple of hours to get 18 minutes of useable footage.
“When I go over the four hour mark, I know we’re in trouble!”

A typical video takes Bryan 2-3 hours to cut, sometimes longer if the guys were struggling to stay hard or cum. Then it takes another day and a half to create the video files, upload and create the content that affiliates need. After all is said and done, it takes about two full days to edit a video. Now do this math – Bryan has 3 releases or more in a week. How many days per week does he edit? He edits constantly.


“I ingest all the video which is much faster now that I shoot video onto a memory card. It may sit for a month before I can get to edit it because I am so far behind in editing. I am usually way ahead in terms of what I have to deploy- at the time of this interview I have enough video to last me till April- it’s just not all edited!”

TUNE IN TOMORROW FOR MORE OF MY INTERVIEW WITH BRYAN! HE TELLS US ALL ABOUT THE MODELS, THE WORK AND THE FUTURE OF CHAOSMEN!

Cheers,
"The Camera"

THE INTERVIEW WITH CHAOSMEN!!

So I have just finished typing up my interview with Bryan of ChaosMen.
I have to say, Bryan is one of the sweetest and kindest men that I have ever had the joy of meeting and interviewing. He is genuine and straightforward with just a bit of self depricating humour. So much fun to talk to and boy, did I learn a lot about what he does!

I look forward to sharing pieces of that interview with you, my G4TC readers! And Bryan has shared some great info about what is upcoming for ChaosMen and about new models.

So look for the interview coming soon!

CHEERS!
"The Camera"

INTERVIEW WITH CHAOSMEN!!!

SO.....
I am very excited as I am about to interview.....
Bryan Ockert, owner of CHAOSMEN! If there are any questions that you'd like me to ask him, email me and let me know!
guys4thecamera@gmail.com
Look for updates and some great pics from Bryan shortly!!
Cheers!
"The Camera"