[Frameworks] experiments in karaoke.

[aimée mitchell]

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 <brand500 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Roger, would you or someone else on the list happen to have Gretchen's
> current contact info? Please send off list to brandon at corktowncinema.com
> Thank you.
> ~Brandon
>
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Beebe, Roger <rogerbb at ufl.edu> 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 [frameworks-bounces at jonasmekasfilms.com] on behalf of
>> Christopher Harris [charris91 at hotmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 26, 2013 1:14 PM
>> *To:* frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com
>> *Subject:* Re: [Frameworks] experiments in karaoke.
>>
>>   Roger,
>>
>>  ewww... how can i see the other videos?
>>
>>  CH
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>> From: rogerbb at ufl.edu
>> To: frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com
>> 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
>>
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