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So You Think You Can Lip-Sync?
It has been a long wait since the end of Season 1 of Flight of the Conchords. I knew that the writer’s strike had put things on hold, but then there was my realization that producing a second season might take a while, mainly because it pretty much involves making an album and a TV [...]
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Tags: Bret McKenzie, flight of the conchords, hbo, Jemaine Clement
Cover Me Live
So it appears as though YouTube and the ‘movie mode’ on cameras have teamed up to offer the ultimate in concert spoilers—giving away the artists’ cover song performances. Usually, the cover songs are a fun and unexpected treat, and they are unique to live shows. But along came YouTube and the artists’ tricks were revealed [...]
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Have Instruments, Will Play
Maybe they’re just killing time, or maybe this is what musicians do—they just play music anywhere. And now that everyone has a camera in their pocket, it’s easy to capture some impromptu jam sessions and share them with the world. Here are a few interesting ones I have seen. Do not be fooled, this first [...]
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Tags: arcade fire, bon iver, cold war kids, lykke li, matt pond PA, the avett brothers
YouTube: Music Edition
If video killed the radio star, then the internet killed the music video. It’s not that good music videos are no longer made, it’s just that it’s not really necessary to produce them anymore. Music videos used to be a big promotional tool for bands, and landing a spot in MTV’s video rotation meant a [...]
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