My band's newest Music Video

[musician/lawnman]

Hey guys this has nothing to do with business, My music is my release. So I figured I'd share, This is a video from a show last month with live footage & audio blended with the studio version of the song. There's a spot or 2 where the audio is a little outta sync with the video but I produced the video myself & I am no expert at it. The song is called Goodbye The Band's name is JACK SOMEBODY You can hear & see more at http://myspace.com/jacksomebodymusic Goodbye So I know the video is a little grainy but what do you think?

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Very good. I like the music, and also like the fact that your vocals come through well. I like that in any type of music. Keep it up. Sounds/looks great!

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[Steve]

Chuck you did a great job with that. Mixing a studio audio track with a live video is the way to go! The audio was fantastic, the video was great too. It looked like you used a bunch of effects in it. Some speed effects and some others.

Also it was great seeing people jumping around in the foreground. How many times do you go to a club and everyone just stands there. Not at a Jack SomeBody show!

Great work!

What kinds of things have you been doing to promote this?

How long did it take to put all together?

[musician/lawnman]

Thanks guys.

It took a couple nights tinkering around with it, trying to edit & play with the video track, Then the live audio was good but not great, yet I wanted to get the introduction/crowd on there in the begginning. So I had to use a second (Audio) program to make the 2 audio tracks weave in & out of one another. I should have let the live audio track run a few seconds longer at the end because that song ends abrubtly & there is always a delay before the croud realizes that one is over & cheers but oh well.
Then I had to re-sync that new blended audio back to the video again using the 1st program.

I added some assorted video effects to spice it up a bit since all the footage is from 1 camera & one angle, Otherwise It think it would get really boring to watch.

For my first ever audio video project.... I'm happy with it.

[Steve]

Chuck, you did a fantastic job!

What kinds of things are you doing to promote it? Can you use it to help get your band into other clubs or help with your bookings?

[musician/lawnman]

I'm sure the video will come in handy for that from time to time, but it's really more for fun & for the enjoyment of our fans. Our plays frequently & we are serious about what we do, but our range is kind of limited as we all have days jobs,families & businesses. So most of the clubs & promotors within our range already know us well. The occasional festival or benefit pops up that the person in charge may not be familiar with us & now they can view a live video of what our performance is typically like.

New content on the myspace page always helps bring the fans back to the page too which is never a bad thing.

[musician/lawnman]

Here is the other video we have posted. This one was years earlier (before we really started playing out much with the current member line-up) It's footage of some kandid crap, rehearsals, & actual footage of us in the studio recording the audio your actually listening to.

The song is called: Better things to come
Better Things to Come

[Steve]

Chuck! That is so much fun! You did a great job on that one too!

What do you like most and least about being in a band? Even look back on your band experience thus far?

[EasyPro]

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http://www.concertcow.com

The company is INC. Music Management. If you want I can give him your contact info.

[musician/lawnman]

Easypro,
I will deffinately check that out tommorrow night when I have more time.

Steve,

I have enjoyed most of my music experiance. I can say the lousy part is that you may find other musicians that are good & join your dream for a while but rarely do they put in any effort outside of music e.i. the booking, management, promotions end of it.

I've met & played with alot of cool people (I've been in about 14 groups over the years) & you become close friends with the guys/girls in the band at the time you are playing together. But you find that the friendships are basically superficial. Once you leave playing in a band together, they are not really friends at all. It's wierd & hard to explain.I have maybe a handful of true friends from past band members that I could count on it I needed them. This is out of probably nearly 50 musicians I've worked with.

What is hard too is that, well my brother was into cars, off roading, playing pool etc. & has a few dozen friends. Playing in a band makes it tough. You have work, family, responsibilities, then a band that rehearses 2-3 times a week & plays 3-5 times a month. Doesn't leave much time for anyone else & you keep thinking well these guys are good friends. Then the band splits & you haven't heard from them in years, your both busy with life & of course your new band. You make a lot of aquaintences & people who say "yeah I know Chuck" but you don't really "know" many people at all ya know?

Anyway that sucks, but the creativity has always been really enjoyable & music is a friend that has been there for me, in my darkest hours & the best times in my life.