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The Talking Heads cover band I'm in is going to play a show for a few hundred people. I may get a chance to put up a screen and use a short-throw projector to project images and videos. I would love the crowd to help come up with those images and videos. [more inside]
posted by argybarg on Jul 8, 2019 - 9 answers

Last time I taped a play it was using an old-fashioned tape-based camcorder with settings controls that were easily accessed for on-the-fly adjustment. I downloaded a user manual for the T3i, but I haven't done much shooting with DSLRs so I could use some tips. [more inside]
posted by under_petticoat_rule on Feb 22, 2017 - 6 answers

I'm a member of a psychedelic rock band, and none of us are so good-looking or stage-charismatic that we'd want to be the primary thing people stare at. So we'd like to do the video-projection thing. But... we're not so into the classic hippie-melting-colors look, or the collage-of-spaceships-and-mushroom-clouds-and-wise-indians thing. What we'd really like, I think, is some simple geometric shapes, slowly morphing and transforming in hypnotic ways. Like a screensaver, only not lame. Any suggestions for the best way to do this? [more inside]
posted by Erroneous on Mar 9, 2015 - 16 answers

Musicfilter: what are the best live "sessions" on Youtube? Recommend me your favorites! [more inside]
posted by threeants on Dec 5, 2012 - 19 answers

The band uses Ableton Live for backing tracks (drummer uses a click track - metronome). From the arrangement view (Live's VSTs are used also) is there a way to place video in a track and have it stream from a Macbook while the audio streams to a soundcard? If not, what is the easiest way to play videos in sync with the backing tracks? [more inside]
posted by M83 on Jul 18, 2012 - 8 answers

My friend would like to stream video from a small club he volunteers in. [more inside]
posted by Chuckles on Jul 3, 2012 - 1 answer

I'm helping some friends with videoing their wedding day, yay! I have zero experience with event recording, boo! Are my noobish assumptions leading us to disaster? [more inside]
posted by Griffynn on Oct 26, 2011 - 10 answers

I would like to see music videos that are live-take performances but not recordings from gigs. Help please! [more inside]
posted by timshel on Sep 11, 2011 - 35 answers

I am looking for great performances of Lady Macbeth. Please point me towards any recordings (video, audio) of Lady M's finest moments. I don't need whole productions of Macbeth, just great performances of Macbeth's wife. Online, preferably. [more inside]
posted by crossoverman on Jun 17, 2011 - 8 answers

I'd like to show black-and-white footage of jazz performances during a party. Is there a DVD of classic jazz performances I can play, or is there some way I can make use of short youtube videos without having to sit at my computer and select different videos all night? [more inside]
posted by lilac girl on Mar 3, 2011 - 9 answers

Best online videos of live musical performances? [more inside]
posted by inkytea on Apr 7, 2010 - 13 answers

I just bought a pretty high-end Dell PC with a large LCD monitor. It's got dual Core2 CPUs @ 2.66GHz, 4 GB of RAM, and a decent graphics card. The monitor is a widescreen 27" Dell Ultrasharp. So far, I like the PC. But I was disappointed to find that the first PC game I tried (BioShock) runs TERRIBLY. The game does run pretty well on my slightly older PC, which only has a 19" monitor. So, I think the large, widescreen monitor is the problem. Is that correct? Are there tricks to running the latest games on a large LCD monitor? Many thanks in advance for any advice and insight.
posted by stuehler on Sep 26, 2007 - 19 answers