You should also check out another art-karaoke project - K-Town! http://www.ktownart.com/about.html aimée
On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Brandon Walley <[email protected]> wrote: > Roger, would you or someone else on the list happen to have Gretchen's > current contact info? Please send off list to [email protected] > Thank you. > ~Brandon > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Beebe, Roger <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Chris (et al.), >> >> I should've mentioned in the original post that Gretchen Hogue was the >> driving force behind this karaoke project. The DVDs that we used for our >> show here we got directly from her. I didn't mention to her that I was >> going to bringing up the PDX Throwdown on Frameworks, but I assume she (and >> the makers) would be interested in future shows of this program. >> >> Best, >> Roger >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* FrameWorks [[email protected]] on behalf of >> Christopher Harris [[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 26, 2013 1:14 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [Frameworks] experiments in karaoke. >> >> Roger, >> >> ewww... how can i see the other videos? >> >> CH >> >> ------------------------------ >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:35:54 +0000 >> Subject: [Frameworks] experiments in karaoke. >> >> All, >> >> Years ago the PDX Film Festival (R.I.P.) asked a bunch of filmmakers to >> make karaoke videos for the PDX Karaoke Throwdown. I made one (for >> Mudhoney's "Touch Me I'm Sick") that, if I may risk immodesty, was a pretty >> big hit with those people who didn't feel scarred for life by it. >> (Apparently not everyone thinks syphilitic discharge is as hilarious as I >> do.) I've struggled to find ways to screen this as part of my touring >> multi-projector show, but I think I've finally realized that it's just too >> disruptive alongside my other films. >> >> HOWEVER, I recently had what seems (for the moment) to be a good idea >> about an alternate mode of presentation, but it's something I'd need your >> help with: I was thinking that it might be interesting to screen the video >> at a regular karaoke night. Most karaoke nights still use DVDs for >> playback, right? (I imagine some are switching over to computer-based >> systems, but hopefully that transition is not yet complete.) What I'm >> proposing (for anyone who's read this far and is still interested) is that >> I could provide the DVD files or even a burned DVD for anyone who'd be >> interested in taking this video to his/her local karaoke night and asking >> the KJ to allow him/her to perform it. Not sure how many k.jocks would be >> willing to insert something sight unseen, but I thought it could be >> interesting if they would. Expanded cinema? Maybe. Definitely a way of >> disrupting the normal flow of one of those evenings. >> >> So, yeah, if you're interested in taking a look at the video, I've just >> made it viewable on my Vimeo channel: >> >> https://vimeo.com/26431156 >> >> If you want to take it out to a karaoke night near you, let me know & I >> can get you the files or a disc. And if you want to document your >> performance, that'd be even better. >> >> Hope this doesn't sound too self promoting. I should note that there >> are lots of other really wonderful videos in the series by other makers of >> note (Bryan Boyce, Matt McCormick, Jodie Mack, Ben Russell, Jeanne Liotta, >> Ben Coonley, Bill Brown & Sabine Gruffat, Michael Robinson, Shana Moulton, >> and more), so the whole program's really worth revisiting for those tempted >> to attempt a full night of exp. karaoke. >> >> Best, >> Roger >> >> >> _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> > > > -- > Brandon Walley > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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