Live video for Rocking Out
We recorded Australian electro-indie-rocksters Flamingo Crash live at Game On Night 5, and it looked so great that they asked if they could use the footage for a music video to go with the track “Sister Sister” from their new album “Triangle Island”. We replied: “Totally.”
Flamingo Crash – Sister Sister from Jaymis on Vimeo.
The second-last in the series of Game On nights was to be our last Herovision performance for a while. So no crowd-hyping was required. We had a lineup of sexy geeks pumped up and ready to go!
After the biggest performance yet from the Dark Side, with a whole stage of Sith, and the Dark Lord Vader himself overseeing a performance of the Dark Lord Ozzie’s “Paranoid”:
Herovision + The Empire: Black Sabbath – Paranoid from Herovision on Vimeo.
This was followed by some truly epic and spectacular performances, most notably from a Headcrab-wearing crew “Llamar Fire Aftermath” who treated us to the epic-est of all tracks in Rock Band 1: Boston – Foreplay/Long Time and The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again.
Herovision: Boston – Foreplay/Long Time from Herovision on Vimeo.
Herovision: The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again from Herovision on Vimeo.
All videos from the night on Youtube.
Photos from the night on Flickr.
Game On Night 4 was kicked off by beautiful Brisbane popsters Little Scout, who made us super happy, and then stomped on a camera.
Little Scout – Dead Loss (Live) from Jaymis on Vimeo.
Fortunately our cameras are rockstar proof, so we were able to continue with the Rock Band/Herovision out-rocking, with some enjoyable (if not massively skillful) performances.
Herovision: REM – Orange Crush from Herovision on Vimeo.
All videos from the night on Youtube.
Photos from the night on Flickr.
I’ve been spending the holidays with the family, in a house which has a proper electronic drum kit, so of course we tried plugging it in to the Guitar Hero: World Tour kit. After googling around for a couple of hours I couldn’t find a list of the note values for the MIDI input, so I went through and found them by trial and error.
0. Kick: 36 or 41
1. Red: 38
2. Yellow: 46
3. Blue: 48
4. Orange: 49
5. Green: 45
Playing World Tour drums on a higher-end kit is great fun, super accurate, if you’re looking for apartment-friendly drumming it can be even quieter than World Tour’s kit. Oh yeah!
Game On Night 3 started with the fast-talking, 2d-animating Yahzee of Zero Punctuation discussing game reviewing and punditry with the Yug and Matt of Australian Gamer.
This was followed by another invasion from the Storm Troopers (with a full-band of Empire soldiers), and some dark, jazz-club style rocking:
The State Library’s second Game On night saw a little change of venue to the dim, theatre-esq library lobby, which gave a super cool mezzanine feel to the stage, and may have also caused the invasion from the Dark Side.
Fortunately the rebels were able to deliver the security Holodisk safely to Herovision HQ, so we have video to commemorate those who fell.
Herovision + The Empire: David Bowie – Suffragette City from Herovision on Vimeo.
All the videos from the night are on Youtube.
Photos on Flickr.
The first of the State Library of Queensland’s Game On nights went off like a wookie in a cantina!
Hungry Kids of Hungary got the night revved up with sparkling pop croonings:
Which were captured in glorious Herovision:
Hungry Kids of Hungary – Scattered Diamonds from herovision on Vimeo.
They were then followed by the Awesome Power of a Fully-Operational Rock Band setup, with a fantastic stage, great sound, and a crowd of skilled Rockers just aching to take the stage.
Herovision: Flyleaf – I’m So Sick
Herovision: Nirvana – In Bloom from herovision.
And of course some exemplary Cherub-Rocking from the Herovision crew:
Herovision: Smashing Pumpkins – Cherub Rock from herovision.
The rest of the videos from the night are available at Youtube.
(And more photos on Flickr)
The afternoon after the fantastic Herovision launch at Game On, we took the rig over to Rowley Cowper’s place for a feast of food, friends, and music:
Cowper – Berlin Four Two (Live) from Jaymis on Vimeo.
For this intimate show we coupled a compact group of cameras with some live video effects via Kaoss Pad Entrancer, to subtle and cozy effect.
You always remember your first time, and we’ll definitely remember you, Brisbane. You were so gentle, yet so very Rocking!
Herovision Launch: Foo Fighters – Learn to Fly from herovision on Vimeo.
Herovision Launch: Nine Inch Nails – The Hand That Feeds from herovision on Vimeo.
All the videos from the launch party are now online at Youtube, and some selected ones are available at higher resolution at Vimeo.
Super Massive Thanks go out to everyone at the State Library, and to everyone who came along and rocked with us. We look forward to rocking you again soon.
It finally happened! Herovision has left the studio and taken its first unsteady steps out on to the world stage…
… It then proceeded to jump all over said stage, kick over the speaker stacks, and then took the stage manager’s daughter home after the show.
More photos of the launch at flickr, and videos to follow.
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