Video/slideshow of recording session made on iPad

p_wats · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:05 am

Hey guys,

I'm hard at work on a bunch of iPad-centric projects (got to make that toy earn its keep!) including an animated music video and a remix. In the meantime, here's a slideshow/video I did using the Avid Studio app that puts together all the photos from our studio recording session for Tortoise last year:

You can see the pile of DIY pedals I had at my feet for various songs and my old Japanese "Saturn" guitar (not to mention the empty scotch bottles. Ha)!

tonedeaf · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:24 am

That was really cool man! Gotta save that for the intro for your future VH1 'Behind The Music'. :mrgreen:

p_wats · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:04 pm

tonedeaf wrote:

That was really cool man! Gotta save that for the intro for your future VH1 'Behind The Music'. :mrgreen:

Ha! Thanks! We just happened to have the perfect amount of photos from the studio to fit that song...I took a video camera with us when we were there, but didn't remember any tape (it was a mini DV cam at the time...)!

tonedeaf · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:36 pm

Yeah I just ran it through twice more for no other reason than the song - it's stuck in my head, in a good way.

And then I realized, since I have Tortoise loaded on my work laptop, I can just listen to the whole album. :mrgreen:

p_wats · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:56 pm

tonedeaf wrote:

Yeah I just ran it through twice more for no other reason than the song - it's stuck in my head, in a good way.

And then I realized, since I have Tortoise loaded on my work laptop, I can just listen to the whole album. :mrgreen:

Ha! That's awesome... It's a strange tune that we don't really play live, but I want to start.

Oh, and play the video as much as you want...we could use the views! :wink:

pdun · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:43 pm

Nice video. I'm loving Dog is Blue more and more each time I hear/see your stuff.

It also looks like you got John Lennon to engineer the session? :shock:

Damn dude...

p_wats · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:48 pm

pdun wrote:

Nice video. I'm loving Dog is Blue more and more each time I hear/see your stuff.

It also looks like you got John Lennon to engineer the session? :shock:

Damn dude...

Thanks! Ha. He was the John Lennon we could afford...

culturejam · **Joined:** Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:48 am **Posts:** 10332

I waited all day to hear this because I couldn't fire it up at work.

Awww, man. I really love this. Great montage, Paul.

jtn191 · **Joined:** Thu Jun 30, 2011 3:55 am **Posts:** 170

man that was awesome! I'm gonna go look into your band
I dig the pedal shot too!

TNblueshawk · **Posted:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:16 am

The link is dead

dcountry13 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:37 am

Awesome, Paul. Love the the old timely, chain-gang, slave-chant feel of the song. Could be the anthem for our generation's first world depression. I see a video of zombie-like people shuffling through Walmart on cell phones or crying in agony over a dead iPhone or riotIng in a Starbucks at closing time over loss of a wifi signal. I mean that all in a good way.

Jeremyp · **Posted:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:45 am

Impressive stuff.

TNblueshawk · **Posted:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:43 am

The link is active for you guys?

culturejam · **Joined:** Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:48 am **Posts:** 10332

TNblueshawk · **Posted:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 1:43 pm

Mist be this ipad. If I wasn't so damn lazy right now I would stand up, walk 8 feet to my left, sit down and pull this site up on a proper computer. Maybe later :roll:

p_wats · **Posted:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:02 pm

culturejam wrote:

I waited all day to hear this because I couldn't fire it up at work.

Awww, man. I really love this. Great montage, Paul.

Thanks! Means a lot...

jtn191 wrote:

man that was awesome! I'm gonna go look into your band
I dig the pedal shot too!

Thanks! You can tell by all the 9v battery packaging that my power adapters weren't playing well with the studio's electrical...

dcountry13 wrote:

Awesome, Paul. Love the the old timely, chain-gang, slave-chant feel of the song. Could be the anthem for our generation's first world depression. I see a video of zombie-like people shuffling through Walmart on cell phones or crying in agony over a dead iPhone or riotIng in a Starbucks at closing time over loss of a wifi signal. I mean that all in a good way.

Ha! That's the greatest description ever...

Jeremyp wrote:

Impressive stuff.

Thanks! If anyone wants the full album I can PM a code...

TNblueshawk wrote:

Mist be this ipad. If I wasn't so damn lazy right now I would stand up, walk 8 feet to my left, sit down and pull this site up on a proper computer. Maybe later :roll:

Did it ever work for you?

TNblueshawk · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2012 5:42 am

Actually Paul I just went on your website to check it out. I decided to use my brain and do that :oops:

Totally cool. Very enchanting :mrgreen:

I thought of some old blues chants here in the South from waaaaay back that I have heard on some old scratchy record. Well I thought of exactly what Rob thought but he beat me to it

p_wats · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2012 6:43 am

TNblueshawk wrote:

Actually Paul I just went on your website to check it out. I decided to use my brain and do that :oops:

Totally cool. Very enchanting :mrgreen:

I thought of some old blues chants here in the South from waaaaay back that I have heard on some old scratchy record. Well I thought of exactly what Rob thought but he beat me to it

Awesome! Thanks for checking it out. We want to find a way to start playing this one live with just the two of us---I'm thinking as an intro to our set or something.

We've got lots of fun video stuff on the way. I've mostly just been trying to push my iPad/iPhone into productive territory.

Tooly · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:25 am

awesome video, great song, i love the feel of it. and love that shot of her at the keys with the egg shaker held high, killers!

im going to have to get that code off ya for the rest of it man, i like it.

oh and let me know if you're coming into the hammer, ive got tins for ya if you want, txt me or something, 289880-5984

i also love the shot with the scotch bottles and roll up the rim tims cups :lol:

p_wats · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:58 am

Tooly wrote:

awesome video, great song, i love the feel of it. and love that shot of her at the keys with the egg shaker held high, killers!

im going to have to get that code off ya for the rest of it man, i like it.

oh and let me know if you're coming into the hammer, ive got tins for ya if you want, txt me or something, 289880-5984

i also love the shot with the scotch bottles and roll up the rim tims cups :lol:

PM'd! Thanks for listening. I wish we had more photos/video from that session.

I'll get in touch when we're in Hamilton next!

TNblueshawk · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2012 3:30 pm

p_wats wrote:

Tooly wrote:

awesome video, great song, i love the feel of it. and love that shot of her at the keys with the egg shaker held high, killers!

im going to have to get that code off ya for the rest of it man, i like it.

oh and let me know if you're coming into the hammer, ive got tins for ya if you want, txt me or something, 289880-5984

i also love the shot with the scotch bottles and roll up the rim tims cups :lol:

PM'd! Thanks for listening. I wish we had more photos/video from that session.

I'll get in touch when we're in Hamilton next!

When you get famous and are a household name there will be the "lost Tortoise session" tapes that are found :mrgreen:

p_wats · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2012 6:31 pm

TNblueshawk wrote:

When you get famous and are a household name there will be the "lost Tortoise session" tapes that are found :mrgreen:

Ha! I wish...any "lost sessions" would have required there being a working video camera there. I have some odds and sods from the first album but that was all in my living room, so it's not very exciting.

Kunfuz · **Posted:** Tue May 08, 2012 3:34 am

Damn wats, you look like a Canadian pissed off version of nick cave :twisted:

Nice editing, and great track!

p_wats · **Posted:** Tue May 08, 2012 8:01 am

Kunfuz wrote:

Damn wats, you look like a Canadian pissed off version of nick cave :twisted:

Nice editing, and great track!

Ha! Thanks! My hair's a little shorter now, but I've replaced it with a hefty beard, so I'm probably just as angry looking.

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