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Xcorps Music Special Heidi and Frank SOGFEST seg.2 HD
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Xcorps Music Special – Heidi and Frank SOGFEST seg.2 HD – The X cam crew rolls to Los Angeles California to check out the SOGFEST music scene at the new Jon Lovitz comedy club in North Hollywood California Universal Studios CityWalk where 5 distinctly different bands took the stage to blow a mix of styles toward a sold out and very enthusiastic crowd filling the JL PODCAST theatre club to capacity!
Xcorps guest host Buck Star, a self made comic himself appearing on the Last Comic Standing TV series, reports from the venue to interview some of the bands who performed during the night as well as the comedians and judges.
Also appearing on stage for some raucous fun were the comedic radio personalities Heidi Hamilton and Frank Kramer of Heidi and Frank fame and now the online podcast radio website Toad Hop Network. See links below.
In this XC video report Buck talks to LA radio personalities Heidi Hamilton and Frank Kramer about their BIG air wave to web moves and the attendance breaking night here at the Jon Lovitz comedy club and the concept behind the SOGFEST musical event. Shots and tunes from the bands Drunk In The Garage, Delta Rose and Otherwise also appear in the segment.
Stay tuned for more Jon Lovitz Comedy Club segments as well as Heidi and Frank TOADHOP segments here on The Xcorps where Buck talks to some of the bands appearing all part of the SOGFEST brought to you by the Heidi and Frank Show.
Xcorps Music Special Heidi and Frank SOGFEST seg.2 HD
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Xcorps Music Special - Jon Lovitz Comedy Club seg.1 HD
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Xcorps Music Special - Jon Lovitz Comedy Club seg.1 HD – The X cam crew rolls to Los Angeles California to check out the SOGFEST music scene at the new Jon Lovitz comedy club in North Hollywood California Universal Studios CityWalk where 5 distinctly different bands took the stage to blow a mix of styles toward a sold out and very enthusiastic crowd filling the PODCAST theatre club to capacity!
Xcorps guest host Buck Star, a self made comic himself appearing on the Last Comic Standing TV series, reports from the venue to interview members of all 5 of the bands who performed during the night as well as the comedians and judges there watching the bands.
Also appearing on stage for some raucous fun were the comedic radio personalities Heidi Hamilton and Frank Kramer of Heidi and Frank fame and now the band promo website ToadHop Network. See links below.
In this XC video report Buck talks to Jon Lovitz and Heidi Hamilton about the attendance breaking night at his new club and what he thinks of the festive gig. Shots and tunes from the bands Drunk In The Garage and Delta Rose also appear in the segment.
Stay tuned for more Jon Lovitz Comedy Club segments to appear here on The Xcorps where buck talks to some of the other bands appearing that night including - Otherwise, NK Band, Drunk In The Garage, Delta Rose, & Love and a .38. all part of the SOGFEST night with Heidi and Frank.
Jonathan "Jon" Lovitz is an American comedian, actor, and singer. He is best known as a cast member of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990.
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Interview with founding member, lead vocalist and guitarist, Steve Schwartz of metallers The Things They Carried (3TC). Discussions focus on the bands recently released disk, "There's Something I Can't Tell Anyone", 3TC's wicked new video for "364 Day Anniversary", writing for a new album and much more!
Includes 2 tracks from "There's Something I Can't Tell Anyone" ~ 364 Day Anniversary and another great tune entitled "Mosely".
AIR TIME: 26 Minutes.
TUNE IN HERE: http://the-big-rock-show.podomatic.com/entry/2011-10-28T04_00_00-07_00Interview with founding member, lead vocalist and guitarist, Steve Schwartz of... more
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Since 1947, the Edinburgh Festival Cavalcade has taken place in Edinburgh to signal the start of the Fringe Festival. The cavalcade is a parade made up from the performers of the Fringe in addition to local community groups and marching bands which includes the cast of the world renowned Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. The event takes place at the beginning of August annually and atracts many thousands of visitors visiting Scotland and local families and groups of friends. Despite occuring every year since it's inception, for the first time in it's history, the cavalcade did not take place in 2011 due to a lack of funding to support the event. Hopefully, the event will return in the future. Rumours have been around stating that the cavalcade may now become a two year event which would be possible with current funding available for staging the event.
I have always been a spectator to the event and so I wanted to try and gain an opportunity to film the event on the ground. To achieve this, I approached cavalcade Director, David Todd firstly in 2008 to seek permission to shoot the event. He gladly accepted and I took along my Hi8 camera to record the event. It wasn't until the following summer that David got in contact with me again to record the event a second time of the parade to take place during August, 2009.
My aim was to create a better video of the event than the one I produced in 2008 so I decided that using multi cameras might cover the event in more detail. I've been a member of the Edinburgh Cine & Video Society since 2006 so I posted an ad at the club to see if anyone would like to help collaborate with me on the project as a Camera Operator. The response was good initially where I managed to get together a team of five to record the event.
To gain the best coverage, I put together a very rough diagram of where I wanted to position cameras. One of the members of the team, Peter Dick wanted to try out his new HDV camera at a height so he ended up filming the parade from the Crags in Holyrood Park which produced some excellent results. I particularly enjoyed the shots of the Scottish Parliament in the background and the marching bands seen from afar.
Two of the Camera Operators were positioned on the ground within the parade route which included me. When I arrived a couple of hours before the event, me and Bob Bell, another ECVS member picked up some orange high visibility vests to alert people that we were filming. I quite liked having this as it made me feel more professional. Getting close to performers during filming was a good idea where between us we managed to gain some interesting, comical shots of the performers. Bob Bell managed to capture some shots of the crowds waving and smiling which added a community feel to the video. I especially liked his sneaky shot of a woman singing Batman where she obvisouly seems oblivious to the fact that she's being filmed, only to realize that she is at the last moment.
I enjoyed one of my shots where I weaved in between the Massed Pipes and Drums which I think adds excitement to the video. Another memorable moment for me was filming the Swiss Army band which were kind enough to march in a circle around a roundabout in order for a badly placed crowd to see some action. They loved the band for giving them a photo opportunity. Being able to follow the bands behind them worked well too for giving the audience an unsual look at the performers in my opinion. Bob managed to get a shot of the pipers by using a monopod lifted high in the air which created an interesting look. I found that when filming the bands, you have to be on your feet, watching out for where they are marching to and you have to make sure you don't get hit by a drum major's mace. Another of my shots which worked well was a pan shot on the ground of Royal Air Force Pipes and Drums which added another different perspective to the video. I also found that Chinese Dragons are easy to get tangled up in when filming!
There were two other Camera Operators who filmed the event really for fun which were Ann Sutherland and Jim Close, also members of the Edinburgh Cine and Video Society. Their cameras could only film footage in the 4:3 format so I never used any of the footage from their cameras. Their footage wasn't useable anyway in comparison with the footage from the other three cameras as their positions were within the crowds and the shots weren't very glamarous.
The Post Production stage was a challenging one. The three cameras were quite different from each other, one shooting HDV and the other two SD where Bob's Canon's video quality was superior to my P2 HVX200 I managed to borrow with permission from my college lecturer from Jewel & Esk College, Gerard Lohan. When placing some of the clips on the timeline, Peter's HDV footage played back at slow motion and featured a flickering motion. After a few days of frustration, I managed to set the correct frame field options for rendering within Sony Vegas and produce a good mpeg 2 video master mixing SD with HDV. At the time of producing the video, I was using the Platinum version of Sony Vegas which doesn't support 16:9 export! Sadly, this video should have been exported as 16:9 so I've been left with a letterboxed 16:9 video unfortunately with no option to create a proper 16:9 version. It happens. Having multiple coverage made it easier to cut the marching band segments to music as I could use a high angle shot followed by footage from the ground. I used some crossfading techniques to create the illusion that the shots occurred during the same march when in reality, the footage was taken from various different parts.
The music overlaid over the community floats section of the video was composed by Kevin MacLeod from incomptech.com, well known for providing royalty free music online licensed under the creative commons license. In addition to the video quality difference between the cameras me and Bob had, the sound quality was different too where it was much more muffled on my HVX200 and the video was softer. To compensate, I had to carry out some colour correction and adjust the sound levels although for my footage, the sound recorded just wasn't high enough in comparison with Bob's onboard microphone.
Looking back the day, it was interesting to film some of the Harley Davidson motorcycles prior to the start of the parade. Maybe in the future, I could think about recording some vox pops with some of the participants and carry out an interview with the cavalcade director to add some insight into the event. I chose not to include commentary in the video so that the viewer could enjoy the music more without interruption. I'm not sure if it needs a bit commentary in some places, I think I was right to choose not to for the marching bands. The captions seemed to work well with telling the audience about the group without spoiling the music.
Some interesting facts about the day; Bob Bell had an interesting discussion with a retired police officer he used to work with and he also spoke with a woman from the states which made for some interesting conversation. I was also offered some cheese from a member of the crowd which was delicious. There were a few other crews about on the day where I spoke to some of the photographers although even today, I'm unsure of who they were working for.
Let me know your own thoughts and opinions after viewing the video and post your comments here. If you have any suggestions for future projects too then don't be afraid to tell me them.
Article written by Alan Andrew Taylor, © 2011 Willow Creek Pictures
You are free to distribute this article under creative commons 3.0 attribution non commercially through other social media links, just ensure that you give me a credit.http://www.youtube.com/user/WillowCreekPictures
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Get Your Popcorn Ready !!! You must see the second installment of BusTown Live featuring The L.E.S. Crew. This set gets truly outrageous with cameos from the Heidi Kambitsch, Dairdre Scriven & The Open Heart Creatures, Evan Oberla, and Tony G. Finesse Haslett. Viewers be advised, this content gets SEXY!
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Mike Levine, one of the founding members, and bassist of Triumph, makes a return visit to The Big Rock Show! Celebrating Triumph's 30th Anniversary on September 19th of this year, and in honor of the event, the band have reissued Triumph's classic breakthrough album, 1981's "Allied Forces" as a killer vinyl package! Discussions include the decision to reissue "Allied Forces" as a 30th Anniversary vinyl edition, the differences between making a vinyl album today~as opposed to 1981, memories from that year and more! Mike also takes the time to explain, in quite some detail, on what it would take for the band to tour, and why they haven't yet.
"Allied Forces" was certified Platinum, and has gone on to sell an impressive 2.5 million copies worldwide and spawned two of Triumph's most beloved and enduring arena rock anthems – "Fight the Good Fight" and "Magic Power", both of which are played on the show.
AIR TIME: 40 Minutes.
TUNE IN HERE: http://the-big-rock-show.podomatic.com/entry/2011-10-03T04_00_46-07_00Mike Levine, one of the founding members, and bassist of Triumph, makes a return visit... more
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Interview with a funny and entertaining Bebe Buell (Bebe Buell Band). Discussions focus on Bebe's new album "Hard Love", released on September 27th by Niji Entertainment Group (formed by the late Ronnie James Dio and his wife Wendy), memories of the late Joey Ramone (of The Ramones), thoughts on her years as a model, her daughter Liv Tyler and much more!
Includes 2 tracks off "Hard Love" ~ "Mother Of Rock And Roll" and Gang of Four's remake of "(I Love A) Man In A Uniform".
AIR TIME: 46 Minutes.
TUNE IN HERE: http://the-big-rock-show.podomatic.com/entry/2011-09-30T04_00_46-07_00Interview with a funny and entertaining Bebe Buell (Bebe Buell Band). Discussions... more
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Once upon a time, marketing music must have been so simple: in the ’50s you just bribed a local DJ and off you went. By the ’80s it was a little more complicated – in addition to cash you needed to bring coke and hookers, but still, it was a straightforward process and everybody understood the rules.
Maybe that’s understating the difficulty of getting discovered back in the Good Old Days®, but there’s no arguing that things are a lot trickier here in the 21st Century, as nichification, genrefication, segmentation, fragmentation, the consolidation of major labels, the profusion of new media and the ascendancy of coolmongering has so dramatically complexified the challenge facing new bands that it’s a wonder anybody even tries anymore. (And if you’re naïve enough to think that hard work and talent will ultimately win out, well, welcome to math class.)Once upon a time, marketing music must have been so simple: in the ’50s you just... more
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A fun and entertaining interview with Jason Hobel, lead vocalist and one of the founding members of Back From Ashes (BFA). Discussions focus on the bands recently released album entitled "261", tour dates, a couple of new video's in the works, Jason's thoughts on remaining an Indie band and much more!
Includes 2 songs off "261", the lead off single called "The Suffering Within" and another wicked track "20 20 Blind".
AIR TIME: 38 Minutes.
TUNE IN HERE: http://the-big-rock-show.podomatic.com/entry/2011-09-23T04_00_48-07_00A fun and entertaining interview with Jason Hobel, lead vocalist and one of the... more
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Interview with lead vocalist Biff Byford of Saxon. Discussions focus on the writing and recording of Saxon's 19th studio album entitled, "Call To Arms" (release date in North America September 27th), tour dates, Biff's son Sebastian (who makes a guest appearance on the video "Hammer Of The Gods"), Biff's favorites off the new disk and much more!
Includes two songs off "Call To Arms" ~ the lead-off single "Hammer Of The Gods" and the ochestral version of the title track, "Call To Arms".
AIR TIME: 29 Minutes.
TUNE IN HERE: http://the-big-rock-show.podomatic.com/entry/2011-09-20T04_00_47-07_00Interview with lead vocalist Biff Byford of Saxon. Discussions focus on the writing... more
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A fun interview with David Fefolt, lead vocalist of Firewolfe. Discussions focus on the bands new self-titled full length album, the bands recent signing with Japanese Metal label "Rubicon Music", the dedication of the album to the U.S. Military and much more!
Includes 2 songs off Firewolfe's new disk, the lead off single entitled "Unholy" and "Armed Forces".
AIR TIME: 42 Minutes.
CLICK LINK TO TUNE IN: http://the-big-rock-show.podomatic.com/entry/2011-09-02T05_00_44-07_00A fun interview with David Fefolt, lead vocalist of Firewolfe. Discussions focus on... more
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On a Special Edition of The Big Rock Show, I chat with Charlie Benante about the first studio album by Anthrax in 8 years entitled, "Worship Music"(release date: September 13th, 2011). Talks focus on the writing and recording for the new disk, Charlie's thoughts on a few of the songs, his favorite/s off the new disk, the return of Joey Belladonna as lead vocalist, and much more!
Includes 2 songs from Worship Music: "Fight 'Em Till You Can't" and "The Devil You Know".
AIR TIME: 41 Minutes.
TUNE IN HERE: http://the-big-rock-show.podomatic.com/entry/2011-08-29T05_00_42-07_00On a Special Edition of The Big Rock Show, I chat with Charlie Benante about the first... more
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Interview with founding member and lead vocalist Shane Bryant of metallers I Will Break Thee. Discussions focus on the bands debut, soon to be released EP entitled "Welcome To My Kingdom" (release date August 30th), the writing and recording for the EP, a video in the works, also to be released soon and much more!
Includes 2 wicked songs off "Welcome To My Kingdom", the title track and the lead-off single called "The Irony Of Humanity".
AIR TIME: 31 Minutes.
TUNE IN HERE: http://the-big-rock-show.podomatic.com/entry/2011-08-26T04_01_00-07_00Interview with founding member and lead vocalist Shane Bryant of metallers I Will... more
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Morton Stanley Park Free Music Festival is taking place this weekend Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st August with more than 30 bands performing over the two days.
Wilson’s Fun Fair will be at the park all weekend with youngsters also being given the chance to try Parkour, a sport involving vaulting, rolling, running and climbing over objects, as part of a special demo on the Sunday.
During the event children will be able to get crafty by helping to bring old unused cars back to life as sharks. The activity is for children of all ages but under 12s must be accompanied by an adult.
This year there will also be more than 50 stalls based in the Community Area, including a Teddy Bear Adoption Centre and a Teddy Bear Hospital where old teddies can be given a new lease of life. Money raised at these stalls will go to towards buying a new wheelchair for a Redditch youngster. The Kettle Club will also be serving refreshments in a quintessential vintage style setting throughout the event.
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On Saturday 11am till 6pm and On Sunday 11am till 6pmMorton Stanley Park Free Music Festival is taking place this weekend Saturday 20th and... more
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A fun interview with lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and founding member of Heart-Set Self-Destruct, Dave Naruszewicz. Discussions focus on the bands sophomore album entitled "Of Nightmares", the writing and recording for the new disk, tours, Dan Malsch who produced both albums and an EP..and his subsequent siging of the band to his label "Soundmine Music Works".
Includes 2 songs, both from "Of Nightmares", the lead-off single entitled "Monster" and "Lie To Me".
AIR TIME: 29 Minutes.
CLICK LINK TO TUNE IN: http://the-big-rock-show.podomatic.com/entry/2011-08-19T04_00_52-07_00A fun interview with lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and founding member of Heart-Set... more
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A fun interview with founding member/lead guitarist (and ex-Puddle of Mudd member) Jimi Allen of Against All Will. Discussions focus on the bands debut EP "A Rhyme And Reason", writing for a new full length disk, tours, guitars and much more!
Includes 2 wicked tracks off "A Rhyme And Reason"; "The Drug I Need" and "All About You".
AIR TIME: 40 Minutes.
CLICK LINK TO TUNE IN: http://the-big-rock-show.podomatic.com/entry/2011-08-12T04_00_50-07_00A fun interview with founding member/lead guitarist (and ex-Puddle of Mudd member)... more
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Interview with drummer Dusty Winterrowd of The Chaos Agent. Talks focus on the bands first offering, a self-titled EP, The Chaos Agent's next disk, a full length, a new video to be released soon, tour dates and more!
Includes 2 songs off the bands self-titled EP: "Reborn" and "Travesty TV".
AIR TIME: 29 Minutes.
LINK: http://the-big-rock-show.podomatic.com/entry/2011-07-29T05_00_56-07_00Interview with drummer Dusty Winterrowd of The Chaos Agent. Talks focus on the bands... more
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