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Waiting for the Winter to End

Jeff&Leora — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 05:42:50 +0000

Made this one a few years back with the help of CBN Hong Kong. Need to post it here for posterity, but it’s also timely for my friends back in Indiana and across the eastern part of the USA right now.

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Almost Flew – Remastered in HD

Jeff&Leora — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 23:32:06 +0000

I produced this in 2008 and while the images were high-quality, HD video sharing was not as common as it is now. 8 years and one hard drive crash later, here we are. After re-animating a couple verses and re-editing the choruses, I’m excited to finally present this little blue buddy in full HD glory.

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In Ear Monitors To Go – Rolls PM351

Jeff&Leora — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 02:15:04 +0000

Automating things to happen in time with a live band depends on a few things to be in place. Chiefly among them is a way to hear the reference track. This is usually a primary loop or click. Since the reference track is often something a little more repetitive and less musical, it often goes to the in-ear monitors (IEMs) of the musicians who need to hear it and not to the floor wedges where the audience could hear it.

Recently we took a band to Europe for a week and I wanted the option to use my loop rig. I knew the venue might not have a permanent IEM system (I was right) so I needed a portable, reliable solution that wouldn’t break the bank.

Fortunately, Rolls makes a pretty affordable “more me” product called the PM351 Personal Monitor Station that also allows for auxiliary input — perfect for a click or reference track. It’s not built to be a full-blown mixer, so you’ll have to be a little creative if you want to monitor everything (your voice, your instrument, and your band plus the click track). But all in all, you have to admit it’s a pretty flexible system for about $85 USD per unit (especially considering it also functions as a direct box for your keyboard or guitar). Personally, I have two of these and they have saved my bacon many times over. As long as the drummer and I can hear the click, live tracks are doable.

Dedicated headphone amps are another way to do cheap IEMs for tracks in a pinch.

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The Weathering – The Sea Cares for Its Own (acoustic) Video

Jeff&Leora — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 00:10:39 +0000

This video was a spur of the moment idea, really. We had some footage from a beach here in Hong Kong that we hadn’t used for anything and we were recently experimenting with an acoustic version of our originally up-tempo song, The Sea Cares For Its Own. With a free day and nothing to do, we set up a microphone, some cameras, and shot some B-roll of each other singing.

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The Weathering – December Lights Video

Jeff&Leora — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 23:55:32 +0000

Leora and I love Hong Kong and one of our favorite place is Shek-O beach. It was the location for our music video, December Lights, produced in late 2012, just before we released the debut album from The Weathering.

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The Best Gift

Jeff&Leora — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 23:49:44 +0000

I produced this in 2008 shortly after my move to Hong Kong. It was designed to be a sort of animated greeting card from my church, Island ECC. The animation and Vince Guaraldi-inspired music are my original productions.

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