It was recorded in 12/11/2005 at The Cummings library auditorium in Stuart Florida. A friend of mine took a video of the concert, and gave me an hour plus mpg. I'll extract more songs in the future.
Featuring:
Leilani Chandler - vocals and Buchla Thunder tactile MIDI controller with Roland SC-55 synth module
Bob Norton - Yamaha WX5 wind controller with Yamaha VL70-m synth module.
Backing track by Bob Norton (I suspect there is some Band-in-a-Box in the backing track - there is on most of my songs, but 2005 was a long time ago and I think I sequenced this one in 2002 when Celine Dion released it). (My beard has even turned grey since then but Leilani still looks great.)
Loved it! We need to point people here when they say "MIDI sucks" I can’t believe MUSICIANS still think that 1990 Doom game sound tracks or MS wavetable are what MIDI always sounds like or that’s the extent of its capabilities.
BTW the Etta James version is my wife's favorite song of all songs, and frankly when I want to "cry in my scotch" I load the Etta J. VINYL version on my turntable (not Celine) and crank it.
Having said that my wife really liked your cover of it - and that says a lot.
The Stuart library system has auditoriums where they hold concerts. A mix of national and local acts. It's a way to keep people interested in the library and offer another community service.
This was our first one, and we've done every other year since then (which is the most anybody gets). We've also 'graduated' to the biggest library with the biggest auditorium (holds a couple of hundred people with a real stage.
Larry, we too enjoy the Etta James version more than the Celine Dion (although she did a decent cover). Beyonce did a nice cover, too. Me? I like Leilani's version best (I'm prejudiced though).
Danny, yes Leilani can SANG. I got real lucky with her.
I met her when we were both recently divorced. She was singing in another band, and we became each others groupies for a while. Then my band broke up, and hers was about to. At that time another group was looking for a sax player and singer. We joined. About a year later, after some personnel problems, we started the duo, pre-recording the tracks on a 4 track Teac reel-to-reel tape recorder. When MIDI came we embraced that as my house doesn't have good acoustics.
Mario, we've had a number of requests for a CD. I used to be a first call sax player in the only decent recording studio around. The owner had a stroke in the 1990s and nobody has replaced that. I guess home recording is in, but I don't have a good room or the gear for that. And between gigging and the BiaB business, time is short too.
Bob, it's actually quite easy to sync audio and video. So much so, that the video camera does not actually have to even have recording audio capability.
I recommend choosing a camera for its video qualities only. It is more important that your camera has features such as zoom, manual white balance, low light capability so you can capture the best video in all of your venues various lighting conditions from any location you set up the camera. You can record the audio straight off the PA and sync the audio and video in any video software program including MS Movie Maker.
All of the portable digital handheld recorders have a line in 1/8" stereo jack input and can record quality mp3 or 44.1 wav from the PA.
When you record direct from you mixer, it is sometimes helpful to connect a mic turned toward the audience to capture ambient room noise to include in your mix.
How about streaming one or more of your entire performances on Concert Window, they will make a video of the entire performance for you "and you only" to edit and use as you please. Plus you I am sure you will make a few bucks in the process, not to mention publicity on the world wide web. Just a thought.
I'm thinking about putting the camera across the room and out of the way and don't want a wire going to the mini-phone jack.
And the suggestion to mix some crowd noise is good.
Perhaps a small wireless mic that could be put near the speaker - but that is starting to sound complicated.
Danny, thanks for the suggestion. I'll check into that. I want to make sure the songs are licensed (YouTube has a standard license) - especially if I'm going to get any compensation.
Do you know where I can find Concert Window? All that turns up in a search is Facebook.
"I'm thinking about putting the camera across the room and out of the way and don't want a wire going to the mini-phone jack."
Just to clarify; there is no physical connection between the camera and the mixer. The video and audio are two separate recordings. The audio recording and video recording are merged and synced together in a video editor software program. In fact, you could use multiple cameras for different angle shots to be edited into your video project if you wanted to. The camera could be located anywhere and with no physical connection to the audio, your camera selection is not dependent on any audio features. The source for capturing video can be anything that gives you suitable quality. You are essentially making a music video.
If your mixer has aux outs, record your audio feed there. You can record on any digital medium. The small, cheap dictation recorders are ideal. Just get one that records in the wav and/or mp3/wma format.
The key to the process is syncing the video and audio together. Syncing is simply making a mark in the video that you have a corresponding audio mark at exactly the same place so the audio and video can synced together in your video editor. It is a quick, distinct, sharp sound such as a hand clap or hitting drumsticks together. This will make a distinct spike in the audio signal. In your video editor, you go to the frame where that specific sound occurs - ie-the video frame where the hands come together in the clap and align that frame with the corresponding audio spike. It is why you see someone in the movies snapping a board at the start of filming.
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