The video recording can be a very time consuming thing, especially if you’re recording on tapes with a camcorder. You’ll maybe do a dozen takes for a single instrument and the capture processing can be very long. So here is a cool video tip from Jack Conte that will make you save some time with the video recording process.
Guitar sound shaping is a matter of taste. It often starts with the choice of the guitar. Each one provides a different sound, it’s all about body (solid vs hollow body) and pickups (single coil vs humbecker). For exemple, I love clear fat sound, that’s why I’m playing on archtop guitars. If you like that kind of sound you can [...]
Here is a very interesting concept develloped by Jack: What if the future of music production would be “the corporate sponsorship”. This kind of sponsorship could be an alternative for bands or artists who would like to live their passion outside of the traditionnal music industry business. Here is the OK Go video that jack took as an exemple: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w. Let [...]
Every musician has his little recording secrets. And when Jack Conte tells us about his mics and how he uses them to record, we sure can expect something interesting. What have The Beatles and Jack Conte in common ? Rebellion. Check out the video !… And Yes, I know, the video format is weird :P Neumann TLM103 Shure SM57 AKG [...]
What’s interesting with Jack’s kit is that it’s mostly vintage stuff and that’s what makes him sound so different (some Pomplamoose’s tunes are instantly recognizable, like the Single Ladies cover intro for example). His drums parts are very creative because they are created virtually, cymbal by cymbal, kick by kick. It’s a vintage modernity ! And this particular attention on [...]
Internet is wonderful : it can gather people from all around the world in a videoSong, and it also allows two guys from Paris to interview a great musician from San Francisco. This interview with Jack Conte was really cool, thanks to him and… the Internet ! interview part 1 interview part 2
