Lead video editor and camerawoman extraordinaire Nadia gives us her top ten favorite Roxwel-produced performance, interview and blog pieces of 2009. Click on the picture for a playlist of all 10:
1. Kristi Lee's Dirrty mouth - This one is one of my favorites of hers, we laugh a lot during the taping of these blogs and how can you not laugh when the main topic is about peeing on Gene Simmons' face!
2. Switchfoot UnCut - The Roxwel UnCut series has evolved over time on the production side of things and is one of my favorite things to shoot, this series and metal bands. This particular shoot was at The Parish in Austin, that day I met my woman crush. She runs the sound for The Parish and it never fails, everytime she is on board, the audio comes out wonderful!
3. Nico Vega Live Performance - My new favorite band is Nico Vega. That is one intense live show. If you get a chance, look them up and buy a ticket to see them live when they pass through your city. One of the best live shows, Aja is a beast on stage and has a phenomenal voice.
4. Staind UnCut - So back to that thing about our production evolving, this was one of the first vids I did with the pic in pic style and because of that, I love it. It was shot at the Austin Music Hall, which always has a killer light show.
5. Ida Maria Live Performance - Damn this woman is great live. You know when some performers get that extra raspy/cracky voice when they sing live? The good kind, not the bad kind. Ida Maria killed this show at Emo's, and turned me into a fan. I find myself loving live performance music better than cd's and this is one of those.
6. Coheed & Cambria ACL 09 - Fun times when bands call out their managers for not letting them do what they want. This time around, we got the manager on cam when Claudio called him out.
7. Glasvegas Lolla 09 - This has got to be one of the most inaudible bands I have ever met, it's not any easier in person either. I love this vid because I just can't understand them. I thought about putting subtitles on this one but I seriously couldn't understand them enough to put them up. The jacked up thing is their native language is ENGLISH!
8. Manchester Orchestra SXSW 09 - The first time I had ever heard of Manchester Orchestra's music was when I pressed the record button during this day party during sxsw 09. I went home that night and bought their last two albums!
9. Dead Confederate SXSW 09 - This year Roxwel had a SXSW party and we were able to get Dead Confederate again (they played a killer show for our party in 08), they once again killed it this year. The place was packed and everyone went home happy that night! Another band that I love to hear live rather than their cd. Great live show, great light show. Every time.
10. Scott Weiland - I had to put this one in there because it is so bad! But it's Scott Weiland! So bad. My favorite part of this is the hip gyrations done throughout!
Everlast sits down with Roxwel before a show and tells us about his journey of making music and going from a major to indie label. Everlast describes his single KillThe Emporer as a description of " love and war." His whole album Ghost of Whitey Ford has a different sound than his last projects. However he states "they all have the same spirit." Making this album was was different then making others for Everlast. He has started his own record label and feels he can get things done quicker than going the many steps of dealing with people in the major label world. Listen to Everlast explain the transition of his career and making music for Ghost of Whitey Ford.
The hip-hop duo group from Chicago and Detroit sit down with Rowel to talk about past, present, and future for The 0Cool Kids. Mikey Rocks and Chucky Inglish talk about how they met through a mutual friend and how they make music in their free time. "When were killing time were making music" says Chuck. [sng]Black Mags[/sng] was the duo's first big single and they state "we new we wanted to make a video for it". Watch the interview for the details to hear what the guys put into making the Black Mags video!
The Cool Kids - Interview (Part 1) Watch Music Videos at Roxwel Part 2 of the interview with The Cool Kids!
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