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Funny Band Interviews

November 30, 2009 / aftertheshow

At a live concert, stage banter is an important element of the show. Likewise, band interviews should not be boring/dull.

Here are three funny band interviews from YouTube:

1. Uh Huh Her

This is a snippet from an interview from 2008. The interviewer asked the question “Do you have any vices?”

2. Eisley

3. The Like

This is the funniest interview of the three: It’s from 2006. Simon Amstell hosts this British fake/joke radio show, and Z doesn’t seem to be in on the joke.

Update: This video is gone from the internet forever 🙁

Duets: Part 4

November 27, 2009 / aftertheshow

1. “California Girls” — Beach Boys Cover by Rooney & Ben Lee

2. “California” — Phantom Planet Cover by Mates of State

3. “End of the Affair” — Johnathan Rice & Jenny Lewis

4. “How Now” — The Jealous Girlfriends

5. “One More Day” — Chauntelle Dupree (Eisley) & Zac Hanson

“Girls Just Want to Have Fun”

November 23, 2009 / aftertheshow

Cyndi Lauper’s 1983 song “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” has inspired a lot of covers. After The Show has compiled several different versions of the song:

Miley Cyrus:

The Killers:

Ben Gibbard:

Greg Laswell:

The Ordinary Boys:

Robots in Disguise:

Emily Deschanel on Fox’s Bones:

Musicians of Charm City Cakes

November 19, 2009 / aftertheshow

Food Network’s show Ace of Cakes, a reality show about Duff Goldman’s Charm City Cakes, is well-known for its creative cakes and cake decorators.

But this creativity isn’t just limited to cakes — many decorators are also musicians.

1. Here’s executive sous chef Geof Manthorne performing an original acoustic song:

2. Cake decorator Katherine Hill’s band Lexie Mountain Boys has songs on their MySpace, but they’re more comic performance artists than a band.

3. Cake decorator Elena Fox plays bass guitar in her band SQUAAKS. Here’s their MySpace, and a music video for their song “Everything Twice”:

Photo Credit Jessica Snow

4. Duff plays the bass in his band, …soihadto… Check out their MySpace here.

When it comes to many YouTube live concert videos, the sound quality is often pretty bad. The bass drowns out the rest of the instruments, and the sound is often too loud for the video camera to pick up without distortion.

Sometimes, though, you can use this distortion to your, the viewer’s, advantage: if the distortion actually emphasizes one instrument, like the guitar, over the others, you can better hear background guitar parts that you’ve never heard before, even on the album.

Here’s a great example of this: the bass drowns out the vocals in the live concert video of “I See Red” by Uh Huh Her below. But, you can consequently hear the guitar part above all other instruments.

Best Shazam Discoveries

November 18, 2009 / aftertheshow

Shazam, a free iPhone application, helps you identify songs anywhere you go. Just hold up your phone to the music, wait 10 seconds, and Shazam tells you the artist, song, year, and gives you links to download it. You can learn more about Shazam here.