Jun 18, 2006

Music Essay | Chapter 7: Ballad of a Thin Piano Man pt1 Music Essay | Chapter 7: Ballad of a Thin Piano Man pt2This is part of a weekly journal essay attempting to show Athens as the music Mecca of Appalachia. In part 1 Kent Lankas, pianist from Bad Mamma Jamma, talks about music in Athens. In [...]

Jun 14, 2006

I have uploaded a high quality version of my documentary “Labor in SE Ohio”.

Jun 3, 2006

This is part of a weekly journal essay attempting to show Athens as the music Mecca of Appalachia. In this chapter I focused on using the stomping beat to drive most of the piece’s pace and transitions.

May 22, 2006

Music Essay | Chaper 4: Singing Portraits I think this was a good idea originally, but I had to scrap most of the other portraits because the people singing HAD to hold the mic or they wouldn’t/couldn’t sing. As a consequence, they blew out the audio by holding the mic too close. Two out of the [...]

May 4, 2006

This is part of a weekly journal essay attempting to show Athens as the music Mecca of Appalachia. In this chapter I really focused on the idea of “Being There”. What better way to do that than a 360VR with sound that puts you between the band and the crowd.

May 3, 2006

Chapter 2: Thursday in Athens. This is part of a weekly journal essay attempting to show Athens as the music Mecca of Appalachia. This chapter was shot and recorded in about a 2hr time frame on a typical Thursday night in Athens. I shot at two coffee shops in Athens: The Donkey, and The Front [...]

Apr 24, 2006

Music Essay Chapter 1: I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor. This is part of a weekly journal essay attempting to show Athens as the music Mecca of Appalachia. This chapter was shot on a Friday night in Athens over a 2-3hr time period at Casa Nueva’s Latin Dance Night, and The Union’s [...]