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Showing posts with label indie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label indie. Show all posts
Friday, January 3, 2020
Goodbyes Are Never Easy - A scene from the film Broken Hearted
Labels:
"I Like To Play With Toys" Productions®,
Broken Hearted,
feature film,
indie,
Indie band,
indie film,
indie music
Location:
Bellerose, NY 11001, USA
Friday, December 22, 2017
Fancy Cat Live Part 2 of 2
Check out the band Fancy Cat as they purrrrform live from Port Jefferson.
Labels:
independent music,
indie,
Indie band,
indie music
Friday, December 15, 2017
Fancy Cat Live Part 1 of 2
Check out the band Fancy Cat as they purrrrform live from Port Jefferson.
Pat 1 of 2
Pat 1 of 2
Labels:
independent music,
indie,
Indie band,
indie music
Friday, December 8, 2017
Bohemian Live Part 2 of 2
Check out the band Bohemian as they perform live from Port Jefferson.
Please note you'll notice they sounded great with the first song in Part 1, but as the little blonde man fiddled with the soundboard they began to sound worse and worse. Please do not to count that against them. They are very talented.
Its unclear why the small hipster man with the weak mustache and early 1900s style haircut allowed the tiny man to keep screwing up the sound for the band. Every time he tries to tweak it the sound just gets worse. Either he didn't know what he was doing or it was deliberate. Either way if you're in a band you better make certain you have your own guy running the soundboard.
Another major issue is the concept of vocals, all live bands seem to spend all their time focusing on the guitar sounding right (which is super important), but they forget the vocals need to be heard. Every single indie band drowns out the singer with their instruments. The singer needs to be heard above all else (unless he can't sing, then please, hide him behind the instruments).
Please note you'll notice they sounded great with the first song in Part 1, but as the little blonde man fiddled with the soundboard they began to sound worse and worse. Please do not to count that against them. They are very talented.
Its unclear why the small hipster man with the weak mustache and early 1900s style haircut allowed the tiny man to keep screwing up the sound for the band. Every time he tries to tweak it the sound just gets worse. Either he didn't know what he was doing or it was deliberate. Either way if you're in a band you better make certain you have your own guy running the soundboard.
Another major issue is the concept of vocals, all live bands seem to spend all their time focusing on the guitar sounding right (which is super important), but they forget the vocals need to be heard. Every single indie band drowns out the singer with their instruments. The singer needs to be heard above all else (unless he can't sing, then please, hide him behind the instruments).
It always helps to set a vocal level that gives you five or
six decibels of headroom before feedback, then balance the rest of the band to
the vocals. If you try to do it the other way, the
vocals get totally lost or sound like shit.
Labels:
independent music,
indie,
Indie band,
indie music
Friday, December 1, 2017
Bohemian Live Part 1 of 2
Check out the band Bohemian as they perform live from Port Jefferson.
Please note you'll notice they sound great with the first song, but as the little blonde man keeps fiddling with the soundboard they start to sound worse and worse. Please try not to count that against them.
Its unclear why the small hipster man with the weak mustache and early 1900s style haircut allowed the tiny man to keep screwing up the sound for the band. Every time he tries to tweak it the sound just gets worse. Either he didn't know what he was doing or it was deliberate. Either way if you're in a band you better make certain you have your own guy running the soundboard.
Another major issue is the concept of vocals, all live bands seem to spend all their time focusing on the guitar sounding right (which is important), but they forget the vocals need to be heard. Every single indie band drowns out the singer with their instruments. The singer needs to be heard above all else (unless he can't sing, then please, hide him behind the instruments).
Please note you'll notice they sound great with the first song, but as the little blonde man keeps fiddling with the soundboard they start to sound worse and worse. Please try not to count that against them.
Its unclear why the small hipster man with the weak mustache and early 1900s style haircut allowed the tiny man to keep screwing up the sound for the band. Every time he tries to tweak it the sound just gets worse. Either he didn't know what he was doing or it was deliberate. Either way if you're in a band you better make certain you have your own guy running the soundboard.
Another major issue is the concept of vocals, all live bands seem to spend all their time focusing on the guitar sounding right (which is important), but they forget the vocals need to be heard. Every single indie band drowns out the singer with their instruments. The singer needs to be heard above all else (unless he can't sing, then please, hide him behind the instruments).
It always helps to set a vocal level that gives you five or six decibels of headroom before feedback, then balance the rest of the band to the vocals. If you try to do it the other way, the vocals get totally lost or sound like shit.
Labels:
independent music,
indie,
Indie band,
indie music
Friday, November 17, 2017
The Fearless Live Part 4 of 4
Check out the band The Fearless as they perform their last show ever live from Port Jefferson.
The video ends rather abruptly due to technical issues. The camera battery died and the spare was battery was already exhausted from taping the prior acts.
The video ends rather abruptly due to technical issues. The camera battery died and the spare was battery was already exhausted from taping the prior acts.
Labels:
independent music,
indie,
Indie band,
indie music
Friday, November 3, 2017
The Fearless Live Part 3 of 4
Check out the band The Fearless as they perform their last show ever live from Port Jefferson.
Labels:
independent music,
indie,
Indie band,
indie music
Friday, October 20, 2017
The Fearless Live Part 2 of 4
Check out the band The Fearless as they perform their last show ever live from Port Jefferson.
Labels:
independent music,
indie,
Indie band,
indie music
Friday, October 6, 2017
The Fearless Live Part 1 of 4
Check out the band The Fearless as they perform their last show ever live from Port Jefferson.
Labels:
independent music,
indie,
Indie band,
indie music
Friday, December 2, 2016
The Cosplayer - Preview at Wintercon
The Cosplayer trailer was so well received we were offered the
opportunity to preview our latest feature film at the 2016 Wintercon.
What is Wintercon?
Wintercon is the biggest pop-culture convention in Queens, NY. It’s a two-day event running on December 3,
2016 and December 4, 2016.
The Cosplayer will preview the film this Sunday
December 4, 2016 at 11:00am at the Resorts World Casino located at 110-00
Rockaway Boulevard Jamaica, NY 11420.
To get your passes go to www.nywintercon.com.
Here is a link to the event on our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/events/349531065418206/
Here’s a link to the panels being shown all weekend at
Wintercon.
Labels:
2016,
Eternal Con,
feature film,
film,
independent film,
indie,
The Cosplayer,
winter con,
wintercon
Sunday, November 27, 2016
The Cosplayer Official Trailer
Labels:
feature film,
independent film,
indie,
The Cosplayer
Friday, April 8, 2016
The Last Live Blue Movie Performance
The last live performance by Blue Movie.
Labels:
Blue Movie,
independent music,
indie,
Indie band,
indie music,
live,
live music
Location:
Queens, NY, USA
Friday, March 18, 2016
Blue Movie Live at Arena
A live performance by Blue Movie
Labels:
Blue Movie,
indie,
Indie band,
indie music
Friday, March 4, 2016
Blue Movie Live at Fontana's during the 2012 NYCC
Blue Movie Live at Fontana's during the 2012 NYCC
Labels:
2012 New York Comic Con,
Blue Movie,
indie,
Indie band,
indie music,
live,
live music,
NYCC
Location:
105 Eldridge St, New York, NY 10002, USA
Friday, November 13, 2015
Blue Movie Live
Labels:
Blue Movie,
indie,
live music,
rock music
Location:
Manhattan, New York, NY, USA
Friday, March 6, 2015
Bells and Hunters Live with a special guest bassist.
Labels:
bells and hunters,
even flow,
indie,
Indie band,
live,
voxhound
Friday, February 27, 2015
The Fall '85
Watch The Fall '85 as they stand and perform some awesome music.
Labels:
"I Like To Play With Toys" Productions®,
1980s,
indie,
Indie band,
indie music,
live,
live music,
the fall '85
Friday, February 13, 2015
Black Suit Youth Live at Even Flow
Labels:
black suit youth,
dumped,
indie,
Indie band,
music,
rock,
rock music
Location:
Bay Shore, NY, USA
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