Ukemi - Trap Door (live @ Play Me I'm Yours / Art Alliance Exhibit)

"Play Me, I'm Yours" is a month-long, city-wide interactive art installation that invites Austinites to explore and enhance the city's soundscape. During the month of April, pianos will appear in public places throughout Austin's urban area with the simple invitation to "Play Me, I'm Yours." Passersby will be encouraged to play at least a few keys while listening to and observing the effects of their endeavors. Read more about this project, upload photos, videos, and stories at www.playmeaustin.com

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Music

Tags:

• ukemi
• music
• canon 7d
• tokina 11-16mm
• zoom h4n
• magic bullet looks
• austin
• piano
• violin

[steelskyblue]

Thanks for sharing. This is awesome. I play that piano every time I run the trail but I am afraid you guys made better use of it than I. :-)

[ukemimusic]

@steelskyblue Thank you for the kind words!!! That just made my day.

[TheAustim]

Really nice audio and beautiful song, hard to believe that was outside in the wind. What did you interface with to record that?

[ukemimusic]

@TheAustim It was a Zoom H4N with two cheap condensers

[glennardskynnard]

You guys are AMAZING. Straight up.

[TheAustim]

@woongsae Oh my, the Zoom H4N looks fantastic. I'm going to have to go rent one of those. Thanks for sharing your expertise : )

[woongsae]

Thanks for the kind words! I used a Zoom H4N field recorder, aimed the built-in mic at the lead vocalist, and then plugged two large-diaphragm condensers into the H4N. I brought the audio into Pro Tools afterwards and used the default PT8 compressor and cranked it a bit. I then made a stereo master track and used the Air Stereo Width (with the 'wider' preset) plugin and the Massey Mastering Limiter plugin. If you're in need of some audio or video work, send me a private message.

[woongsae]

@telebob Youtube won't let me post a link, but the inspiration for this one-camera video was from something that the Vampire Weekend did - do a search for "Vampire Weekend - Kids Don't Stand A Chance & Oxford Comma"

[telebob]

I LOVE the audio work on this. The camera work is OK, and the playing is great!

Hats off to Mr. Audio on this one. Two cameras would have been better. But hey.