November 28, 2011

A Barbershop Tag for Barton F. Graf 9000, LLC

By Big-O

Good luck Barney!!!!!

This tag is a modified version of “It’s a grand night for singing”. Vance Perry has a version of the tag over on his channel here, or you can see the full song here.

I like the song a lot and I’ve performed it before, so when Barton F. Graf 9000 approached me about doing this tag it was a good fit.

I didn’t get the video and audio perfectly synced, so sorry for that.

If you have a need for some kind of custom barbershop video, I’m open to it. Send me a message with details and I’ll consider it.

Lyrics:

Barney Robinson
is joining Barton F. Graf
Barney Robinson is the new President of
Barton F. Graf 9000, L.L.C.
Wonderful and British you heard it from me
It’s gonna be great, you’ll see.

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November 21, 2011

The Nashville Singers – Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie – barbershop quartet

By Big-O

The barbershop quartet The Nashville Singers sing a classic barbershop tune, Wait Till The Sun Shines, Nellie, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, April 2010. It’s slightly modified from how it appears in the pole cat book, but only slightly. They won the DIX district competition in 2008 singing nothing but pole cat songs, and after hearing this I can see why. They knocked it out of the park!

You should recognize the tenor, Rick Spencer, from my video of Redline singing “Wonderful Tonight”. Redline is no longer together and this is Rick’s new quartet. They have already qualified for International, winning the DIX prelims in March and are ranked in top ten going into the contest!

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November 14, 2011

Garageband Q&A #1

By Big-O

I’m back again, sporting a winter beard! It’s question and answer time. I put together a bunch of questions that people have sent to me about Garageband, covering everything from midi instruments, loops, windows alternatives, and more!

If you want your question answered in my next Q&A, leave it in the comments on this video!

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November 9, 2011

MultiTrack recording with Garageband 09 Tutorial

By Big-O

In this tutorial I walk you through how to do multi track recording in Garageband 09. I’m not covering software instruments or MIDI, that will have to be a different tutorial.

Most of what I go over can be applied to previous and future versions of Garageband or other recording software as well, because there are always similarities with any multitrack software.

Be sure to subscribe if you like my videos!

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November 8, 2011

Garageband Tutorial Part 2

By Big-O

Part 1 here.

Garageband for Apple’s OSX is a fabulous and powerful tool for home recording, multitracking, looping, sampling, mixing, producing and much more. If you haven’t used a tool like this before then it can be hard to get your head around, but with just a few videos it shouldn’t be hard to get the hang of it!

This is part 2 of my beginners tutorial for Garageband 3. We dive a little deeper in this one. Be sure to watch part 1 as well!

The technofodder website mentioned in the video isn’t around any more but you can use the contact page to ask me questions.

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November 8, 2011

Garageband Tutorial Part 1

By Big-O

Part 2 here.

Garageband for Apple’s OSX is a fabulous and powerful tool for home recording, multitracking, looping, sampling, mixing, producing and much more. If you haven’t used a tool like this before then it can be hard to get your head around, but with just a few videos it shouldn’t be hard to get the hang of it!

This is part 1 of my beginners tutorial for Garageband 3. The interface hasn’t changed much since version 3 and I’ll be making other videos from the new versions too. This part is a quick overview of the interface. Be sure to watch part 2 as well!

The technofodder website mentioned in the video isn’t around any more. Feel free to ask me questions using the contact page.

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November 7, 2011

Automator Tutorial, Mac OS X

By Big-O

This is a Mac OSX tutorial about the Automator tool. I use a real-life problem from a fellow podcaster and use Automator to solve it.

The technofodder web site mentioned in the video is no longer around. If you want to get in touch with me head to my contact page.

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October 30, 2011

Multitrack Barbershop Tag – Sleepytime Down South

By Big-O

I’m back with another Multitrack Barbershop Tag! This is one of my all-time favorite barbershop tags and this video has turned out to be my most popular tag yet. It’s a great one for beginners because the lead only has two notes, the tenor isn’t very high and the bass isn’t very low. I’m not sure I got the video sync’d correctly, and I added some EQ, compression, and reverb but no pitch correction of any kind.

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October 12, 2011

Redline Barbershop Quartet singing Eric Clapton’s Wonderful Tonight

By Big-O

The barbershop quartet Redline singing Rick Spenser’s arrangement of Eric Clapton’s Wonderful Tonight. This was recorded at the afterglow of the Plymouth, WI barbershop chorus show in 2009. Redline is no longer together, and this was one of their final performances. Enjoy!

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October 11, 2011

16 tons – Crossroads Barbershop Quartet

By Big-O

The barbershop quartet Crossroads singing the classic soul tune 16 tons. Jim Henry has a lot of power and it really comes through in this performance! My favorite part is right at 2:34.

Crossroads went on to take gold at the inernational Barbershop convention that year, making them the best barbershop quartet in the world. Check them out at http://www.crossroadsquartet.com/

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