Increase the artistic nature of your concert films

October 8th, 2009 : John Kary

The Designis.ms blog recently made a post showing the work of Vincent Moon and his work doing, “Take Away Shots,” where he films bands performing on-location. The style of filmmaking is very similar to that of Cinéma vérité, where what appears on screen is largely unaltered from how it occurred. The audio is usually captured […]

DVD/FLAC of dredg, Live in Kansas City, MO - March 16, 2009

April 23rd, 2009 : John Kary

John Kary and Tony Ontiveros recently shot a live video of the band dredg on their stop at The Riot Room in Kansas City, Missouri. The show has been made freely available in its entirety both on DVD and FLAC/MP3 Download. Check out a few samples from the show!
DVD Torrent Download
DVD Artwork Download (Thanks bokkers!)
FLAC/MP3 […]

The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath: Bonus Concert Footage DVD Review

June 12th, 2008 : John Kary

I wrote this post in late January 2008, but it was lost in my archive of saved posts that were once started but never finished. I had some extra time recently and finished the review.
I recently picked up the new album from The Mars Volta called “The Bedlam in Goliath.” After grabbing it […]

Sigur Ros post feature-length concert film on YouTube

March 10th, 2008 : John Kary

Sigur Ros have posted their feature-length concert film on YouTube for free viewing in its entirety. You can view the entire film here. (PS: It’s about 90-minutes long.)
Some might say, yay, great, free! But if you saw the HD trailer I talked about earlier, the YouTube video just can’t compete with […]

Update on the Concert Taping Guide

February 17th, 2008 : John Kary

Many of you are probably wondering what happened to the concert taping guide I began last fall.
I was in debate when I first started the guide, whether to make it a blog series or to write it as a more in-depth e-book. Since starting it, I realized I wasn’t going into as much detail […]