Archive for Video Blogs
Boom Boom Pow
For all of my new friends at NLC.tv, today I’m going to pull back an old video post that, while potentially embarrassing, it also still pretty cool to me. This is from almost a year ago when I made my official stage debut at Kensington. I had to pull the video for a while after we first did the element so its exposure was limited to only a day or two.
Our arts team at KCC had a crazy idea to rewrite the lyrics to the Black Eyed Peas tune “Boom Boom Pow” and use it as a major production element to reinforce Kensington’s core values – loving God and loving others, locking arms with others in authentic community, and living openhandedly. Below is the result of all of our work.
At 1:15 into the video, I make my first actual appearance on the KCC stage (along with the rest of this weekend’s team in the booth) to rap the bridge. I was pretty apprehensive of doing it but it ended up being a lot of fun and was a cool memory. I worked with a really incredible group of people!
If you can’t figure it out, I’m the “SOUND GUY”! That’s also my wife carrying the soul to my left.
Videoblog… MJ: This is It
I’ve written in the past about how much of a fan I’ve become as of late of Michael Jackson. Growing up I was always put off by his off the stage troubles of the past 15 years or more so I never really explored his music or the stories from the studio or stage. Sure, as a man, he was creepy. But as an artist, the man was a creative genius. I believe there is lots that we can learn in the Christian creative field from his abilities as a storyteller and his drive for excellence and perfecting his craft. It also blows me away how many of his records have stood the test of time sonically. In fact several of his tracks have earned a place in my system tuning playlist because they just sound so pure, even with 30 year old technology.
Do yourself a favor if you have never seen it and rent/buy the documentary/concert that came out last fall called Michael Jackson: This Is It. This film will give you an excellent glimpse into what goes into creating excellence. I would be very surprised if you don’t thank me for it…
That’s all for this week! Next week we’re going to start diving into PA optimization and room tuning.
Mixing a Rock Show strategy
Since I’ve been on a Dave Rat kick as of late, I ran across this really informative video on Youtube a few weeks ago from Dave that explains a bussing and compression strategy he uses for mixing. I’d read about this, maybe on his blog, a few years ago. This is more concise and easier to follow than those articles. Definitely worth the watch…
Youtube: Audio Myths Workshop
This is a video version of a workshop from the October 2009 AES show in New York City called Audio Myths workshop by Ethan Winer. In this video you will hear what phase shift sounds like, compare high- and low-end converters, learn about proper test methods, understand why hearing is not as reliable as test gear, and much more. So set aside an hour when you won’t be disturbed, and enjoy.
The original high quality example Wave files mentioned can be downloaded from Ethan’s web site: http://www.ethanwiner.com/aes