{"id":2267,"date":"2007-09-03T09:27:55","date_gmt":"2007-09-03T14:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/pjones\/wordpress\/?p=2267"},"modified":"2007-09-03T09:29:37","modified_gmt":"2007-09-03T14:29:37","slug":"geek-dad-getting-into-the-canon-rock-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/geek-dad-getting-into-the-canon-rock-meme\/","title":{"rendered":"Geek Dad: Getting into the Canon Rock meme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just posted<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/geekdad\/2007\/09\/getting-into-th.html\"> this bit over at Geek Dad<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jerryc.tw\/ \">Jerry C<\/a>&#8216;s recent fame on YouTube sprang from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=by8oyJztzwo\">his fiery performance of Pachelbel&#8217;s Canon<\/a> which has inspired a throng of video responses including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2xjJXT0C0X4\">the well-watched one by Funtwo<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=waNPZlYGrcY\">one from some local teens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Part of what makes the teens&#8217; first entry into YouTube-dom interesting is the way they used simple technology for very good effect.<\/p>\n<p>The Pachelbel piece itself, the only audio, was recorded directly into the computer from the guitar amp as Seon played over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jerrycfan.net\/jerryc_video_links\/files\/backing\/Canon_Rock(bg).wma\">the backing tracks supplied by JerryC<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The producers, Henry and Tucker, took the new guitar lead and the background into Garageband and mixed them down to provide the track for the music video.<\/p>\n<p>Then a music video story was laid out to match the music and its changes.<\/p>\n<p>When the video portion was shot, they didn&#8217;t actually use a video camera but instead the video recording of an small digital camera &#8212; an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olympusamerica.com\/cpg_section\/cpg_archived_product_details.asp?id=1130\">Olympus Stylus Verve<\/a> which can record about 5 minutes of video before downloading is required.<\/p>\n<p>Several shoots were collected and downloaded into an iBook.<\/p>\n<p>Next for their video editing, they used only iMovie. <\/p>\n<p>The result is a part homage\/part ironic take on classic rock videos. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=waNPZlYGrcY\">See it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/waNPZlYGrcY\" class=\"abp-objtab visible ontop\" title=\"Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus\" style=\"left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;\"><\/a><a title=\"Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus\" class=\"abp-objtab visible ontop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/waNPZlYGrcY\" style=\"left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/waNPZlYGrcY\" class=\"abp-objtab visible ontop\" title=\"Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus\" style=\"left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;\"><\/a><object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/waNPZlYGrcY\" name=\"movie\" \/><param value=\"transparent\" name=\"wmode\" \/><embed width=\"425\" height=\"350\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/waNPZlYGrcY\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just posted this bit over at Geek Dad: Jerry C&#8216;s recent fame on YouTube sprang from his fiery performance of Pachelbel&#8217;s Canon which has inspired a throng of video responses including the well-watched one by Funtwo and one from some local teens. 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