Posts Tagged ‘Video’
BLDGS Interview Video
Sockets, the local record label/blog, just posted a interview with BLDGS as well as some live footage of the band performing live at Kansas House. If you didn’t believe them when they said they were into wearing Dashikis, well, now you can witness it for yourself.
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Current Events in the Key of C: Michael Gregory and his Auto-Tuner (With Video)
Is there a formula for a successful viral video? What does Charlie Bit My Finger have in common with Daft Hands? At what mysterious coordinates do the Harry Potter Puppet Pals intersect with David After Dentist?
That’s a tough one. The question of what makes a successful viral music video, however, may be easier to pinpoint. If the Lonely Island boys–those princes of the status-update link–have taught us anything, it’s that people love goofy white dudes, catchy beats, and auto-tuning. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, meanwhile, have demonstrated for years the comic power of transforming talking-head gravitas into absurdity via clever editing.
The alchemy of Michael Gregory, a Virginia native who now resides in Brooklyn, combines these elements, leaving one to wonder why none of his satirical A.V. compositions went viral until yesterday. Mr. Gregory, who began making newsmakers sing during last year’s election season, has loitered on the fringes of notability for some time. He plays in an up-and-coming folk-’n'-soul band with his brothers, Andrew and Evan, and occasionally subs in on drums for another band, Sarah & the Stanleys. He was even on American Idol once.
The first time I spoke to him, it was when he crashed on my couch two years ago after a show in Maine. The second time was last night, after his latest installment of “Auto-tune the News” got picked up by Boing Boing, Reddit, Fark, Gizmoto, BuzzFeed, Digg, The Daily Swarm, and CP City Lights editor Mike Riggs’s Gchat status.
Portions of our conversation, below, have been edited for length.
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