Music and Such

This short documentary is a biography of UCB, The Legendary Go-Go Band. UCB is exposing the Go-Go sound on a national and international level. They recently were the house band for The MTV VMA's and accompanied Wale on BET's "Rising Icons." They truly are a force to be reckoned with. This is their story.

"Rising Icon" Footage, courtesy of BET, all rights belong to BET.
Filmed and Edited by L.S. Films.

HOMEBASE NYC x HOT MOP FILMS

The Smoking Section managed to catch up with J Dot for a few brief minutes before he hopped on our A3C Perfect Attendance stage at The Five Spot. We talked about his music making process, his influences and where he ranks BP3 in Jay-Z’s catalog.

For more info, visit smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2009/10/tss-presents-smoking-sessions-with-jcole

Steve Weiss invites Dave Schwarz, Nick Barbieri and Jeff Beaumont to discuss how to get the best sound with DSLR’s in this video.

“The real sign of an indie project to me is in the sound”. Steve Weiss, product designer, Zacuto USA.

On a quest to discover a successful way to of doing double system sound that was also inexpensive and worked well with DSLR’s Steve found the personal handy recorder by Zoom, the H4n. This device includes onboard condenser stereo microphones, XLR combo input jacks and delivers phantom power.

After a lively discussion on the best practices for sound recording, the guys run the H4n through a variety of set-ups to emulate the possible scenarios that take place in the field. Scott Lynch presents a full demonstration of how to sync the H4n audio with footage from the 5D MarkII. To find out more information or to purchase the H4n and related Zacuto mounting products visit: store.zacuto.com/H4n-Handy-Recorder.html

A clip for the recording studio run by a friend of mine. HV20 + DIY 35mm adapter.