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The UsCast MixTape – Louisiana Special

Damien Benoit — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:12:49 +0000

The UsCast MixTape - Louisiana Special

Listen to this special edition episode where we play the music that puts us in the best mood to heading on our vacation back to Lee’s hometown of Rayne, Louisiana. Back to Louisiana where the best food, best friends, family and entertainment everynight in every direction has ever been! This is a decently long episode that I suggest putting on your iPod or burning to a cd and just enjoying. Please visit all the artists sites and purchase a full album from them because they are all good!

Songs Played on this Episode: (45:49 duration)

01 - Creedence Clearwater Revival – Born on the Bayou
02 - Wayne Toups – Sweet Joline
03 - Rockin Sidney – Don’t mess with my tutu
04 - Wayne Toups – Tupelo Honey
05 - Wayne Toups – Sugar Bee
06 - Wayne Toups – Going back to Big Mamou
07 - Lee Benoit – Nonc Lloyd
08 - Wayne Toups – Johnnie can’t dance
09 - Lee Benoit – Allons danser Colinda
10 - Wayne Toups – Please Eeplain
12 - Horace Trahan – That butt thing
13 - Wayne Toups – Fish out of water
14 - Lee Benoit Give him cornbread

Thank you for listening to our show, we just ask that you send us back your input on what you think as well as questions or comments you may have. Send us requests and we will even do what we can to do discussions on the topics you want most as well as find more professionals to interview and talk to as our podcasting adventure goes on!

Email comments/questions/requests uscast@337studios.com
Leave a voicemail and we will play it on the show (337) 935-0133

Even my coworkers have Bieber Fever!

Damien Benoit — Thu, 27 May 2010 18:23:36 +0000

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Google Tv, are you ready?

Damien Benoit — Thu, 20 May 2010 23:03:36 +0000

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Die Antwoord, South African Hip Hop

Damien Benoit — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:08:01 +0000

South African rave-rap group Die Antwoord are a lot more than they appear.
Their emergence/sudden ‘viral explosion’ onto the scene might raise a few eyebrows to those who have been following their former group, Max Normal TV. If Die Antwoord’s status quo is about being “zef as fuck” and raving to the grave, it’s a curious contrast to the Atmosphere like nature of Max Normal TV’s self aware hip hop about insecurity.

Particularly interesting is how the 3:30 mark of Max Normal’s “Total Fck Up” absolutely predicts the rise of Die Antwoord. Jokin about doing rave rap to get popular, we get a glimpse of what music looks like when “the mind is gone, but the vibe is on”.

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Some ideas that suggest that these folks are making high grade performance art:

- Die Antwoord are sponsored by Puma and Jagermeister

- Dre Skull was asked to produce three tracks for Die Antwoord, none of which ended up getting used. Where did that $$ come from?

- Ninja’s “tattoos” are rumored to not be real because of their inconsistency- notice how what’s on his arm in this interview is strangely absent from this video.

-Yolandi’s tracksuit and the set design of the “Enter the Ninja” video is based on the photography of Roger Ballen, according to the credits of Max Normal’s “Total Fuck Up”. Interesting reference.

But blah, I haven’t even talked about how amazing the LOL Boys Chicago Juke remix of this track is. It’s taking me back to a rave fifteen years ago, which is impossible bec?ause I would’ve been 7 then. (Or maybe all the acid I did as a seven year old affected my memory, who knows?)

But anything that makes me laugh the first time I hear it, and then press repeat the next consecutive seventeen times is impressively crafted, especially the chopped & screwed vocal breakdown halfway through; it’s pretty clear what their influences were for this track. Be on the lookout for their new EP that’s still getting shopped around to different labels – some next generation evil pop dance music on that thing.

You can preview one of their tracks on the superb Dubbel Dutch “Mixin’ It Up” mix for Discobelle.

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Still dont know what iPad is?

Damien Benoit — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:54:12 +0000

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Video: Demo Reel 2010

Damien Benoit — Tue, 04 May 2010 03:14:56 +0000

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Finally was forced to find some time to put together some work and make a new demo reel, so here is some of the latest edited together for your viewing pleasure. Hope? this looks good to you guys. This is my motion design work. I do alot more than just that though so check my whole portfolio part of my website to really see it all. Enjoy & please, comment and rate it!

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Video: I was on Bytejacker

Damien Benoit — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:15:06 +0000

Again for the second time I submitted a video comment to my favorite independent video game show Bytejacker and I was on Episode 085! Here is an embed video of the exact segment, I am the second video comment and you guys really should watch this show if you are in the least bit into video games! Loving it!

Making beats on the iPad

Damien Benoit — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:57:16 +0000

On the heels of the popular GrooveMaker app for the iPhone / iPod touch, IK Multimedia (musicians first) has released GrooveMaker for the iPad. Perfect for that upcoming house party (DJ set) you’ve been planning. If you’re into house, hip-hop and drum ‘n bass style music (mixing loops and samples into endless differing arrangements and combinations) then GrooveMaker is definitely worth having a look at. IK Multimedia’s press release says:

GrooveMaker for the iPad offers the same smart features and streamlined workflow as the iPhone version, but also takes advantage of the new larger multi-touch surface to provide enhanced operation with an integrated, advanced controller.

Users will find a convenient mixer-like environment with large slider controls for volume, pan and master volume of the 8 controllable loop tracks, plus instant access to tempo, solo and mute functions all on the same screen.

Also, GrooveMaker for iPad adds even more control when working with loops, providing a new level of creative flexibility. Users can now switch “snapped” grooves with a single touch, plus control the number of loops that are automatically combined during a random mix. GrooveMaker iPad is the perfect addition to a DJ set, providing unlimited creative flexibility in live remixing and DJ applications.

There are 4 GrooveMaker packs for the iPad available now on the iTunes Store.

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Super Mario Galaxy 2

Damien Benoit — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:52:05 +0000

Here is a quick look at what to expect on Super Mario Galaxy 2. Such a great game for anyone. Im 30 and love this thing!

Videos: Improving Your Vocal Technique

Damien Benoit — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:51:44 +0000

The voice is the one instrument we take with us everywhere we go – even into the shower. Yet many of us spend less time working on vocal techniques than we do learning other instruments. Whether you are a lead vocalist, background vocalist, or just record your voice for “special effects”, these videos will teach you to warm up your voice, help you achieve a better vocal sound, and also protect your voice by teaching you to sing with a proper technique. Here is a compiled list of videos from the Tuts Network for your learning pleasure. You could even just watch to see how some people do it if you dont want to learn, there is alot there so enjoy what you like!

1. Singing Lessons: Part 1- Vocal Warm Up Exercises

“This 4 part Singing Lesson video series is a gift from me to all the other singers out there who have shown me such great luv and support. It contains a full vocal warmup with voice exercises that will improve tone, expand your range, and increasing diaphragm control.”

2. Singing Lessons: Part 2 – Freeing Your Voice Range

“This second singing lesson video, we talk about expanding the voice range. These voice exercises will help you sing high notes & have more power and clarity in your singing.”

3. Vocal Training- Warm up Part 3 – Improving Tone Exercises

“By relaxing the throat open, we can improve the resonance and freedom of the voice. These vocal training exercises exercises will bring richness to your tone, and can help to free your vibrato.”

4. Vocal Training: Warm up Part 4 – Throat Exercises

“The combination of an effortless low breath and a fully relaxed throat allows the vocal folds to vibrate freely. The exercises mentioned on this part of the vocal training video aid in training the tongue to remain gently arched upward and forward, while relaxing the back of the throat.”

5. Top 3 Tips To Help You Sing Better

“In this video, I share 3 tips to help you sing better. This is a response to the large number of vocal coach questions I get about the voice. I hope it helps. “

6. Learn to Sing like a Pro! Haley Mcguire

“Hi there, would you like to learn to sing like Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus or me. Fulfil your dreams.”

7. How to Sing Better like Paramore!

“Do YOU want to Learn How To Sing Better instantly, like Hayley Williams or Sing High Notes, Vibrato, Sing Better Instantly?”

8. Vocal Technique: Lecture 1 – Respiration

“This is a series of Lectures designed to give the viewer an insight into the technical side of vocal training. Don’t hesitate to ask any questions here in the comments section or visit my website at www.nicholastamagna.com.”

9. Vocal Technique: Lecture 2a – Phonation

10. Lesley Findlay Intro 1

“Singing Teacher from Montreal, Canada describes some basic points about Vocal Pedagogy or Singing. Vocal Support, Phonation, Vocal Attack, Resonance and Anchoring.”

11. Lesley Findlay Intro 2

“Singing Teacher from Montreal, Canada describes some basic points about Vocal Pedagogy or Singing. Vocal Support, Phonation, Vocal Attack, Resonance and Anchoring.”

12. Lesley Findlay Intro 3

“Singing Teacher from Montreal, Canada describes some basic points about Vocal Pedagogy or Singing. Vocal Support, Phonation, Vocal Attack, Resonance and Anchoring.

13. Lesson #1 Overview of Pitch Speaking

“Pitch speaking is a very effective way of improving your singing voice. This is an introduction to this method.

14. Lesson #4 Resonance

“What is resonance and how pitch speaking will help you attain it. Humming is a great exercise.”

15. Vocal Techniques, Exercises, and Tips

“My video that teaches a few things I know, hopefully it’ll help others as well. Teaches scale exercises, proper diaphragm use and how to strengthen it, and also a vocal relaxation exercise.”

Conclusion

So, there you are – 15 different videos all aiming to improve your vocals. Which did you find more helpful? What did you learn? Do you have any vocal tips you would like to add? Let us know in the comments.

Ghostbusters 3? Hell Yeah!

Damien Benoit — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:27:28 +0000

Since the script for Ghostbusters 3 is currently being written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, writers of the Harold Ramis film Year One, there has been some speculation that Ramis could come on board to direct Ghostbusters 3. (Though the relative failure of Year One on both a creative and commercial level didn’t add much weight to the speculation.)

Now we know that Ivan Reitman, producer and director of both original Ghostbusters films, will direct the third as well. What story elements can we expect to see in this third chapter? He isn’t saying.

Speaking to MTV, Reitman said that Eisenberg and Stupnitsky are working on a second draft of the script now. “They have delivered a draft,” he said. “We are working our way through another draft… good work is being done and all of us have our fingers crossed.”

Asked if he will direct the third film, Reitman simply said, “Yes.” We’d known he would be producing at least, but this is the first confirmation that he’ll direct.

He wouldn’t comment on recent rumors about the film. Reitman brushed off statements by Sigourney Weaver, who said that Bill Murray’s Peter Venkman character may appear in the film as a ghost. “I’m not going to comment on what’s in the script and on what Sigourney may or may not have said.” He offers that there are “some very cool things” in the script now.

That leaves us with the long-standing party line, as typically delivered by Dan Aykroyd, which is that the film will feature a young cadre of new Ghostbusters in addition to appearances (possibly as mentors to the young’uns) by the classic characters. One of the young ghostbusters may be Oscar, the grown son of Weaver character, and we can expect a lot of new gadgets and dimension-hopping tech. Personally, I just want some comedy that works. Everything after that will be cake.

Zelda ReOrchestrated

Damien Benoit — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:24:06 +0000

Russ Frushtick at MTV Multiplayer was following the progress of a musical group that wanted to remake the music in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time with a real orchestra. Today, he reports, they’ve finally finished their work.

The Zelda Reorchestrated project (a.k.a. ZREO) first got started six years ago when a 14-year-old had the brilliant idea to redo all the music in the game with an orchestra. Now, 82 tracks later, the idea is real and you can listen to it yourself.

As of a month ago, we were only short a handful of songs to complete the album, however, many of the songs from Ocarina of Time were not nearly up to par with others, so we decided to go through the album, song by song, and figure out which songs needed to be remade. It started out as five, then ten, twelve. The list grew and grew till we reached a whopping 22 tracks. Today, we release those additional 22 remakes.

Frushtick rightly points out that this work is in no way protected from a take-down notice from Nintendo (though I’m sure the more clever legal minds out there could make a case for fair use). So get it while it’s hot in download form or pop over to Zelda Reorchestrated just to sample their work. Really, it’s pretty neat.

Zelda Reorchestrated [Zreomusic.com via MTV Multiplayer]

Streaming from my iPhone

Damien Benoit — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:43:41 +0000

For the past 2 1/2 years now off and on I have been streaming what I guess I would call a live webshow from 337Studios.tv using Ustream for the most part. I have ventured into Justin.tv and Stickcam as well and even thought about paying for BitGravity, but I dont get any money out of doing any of the streaming so the shows have been slim on account of me deciding to do actual work for clients and not spend any time streaming any of the stuff. Most of the time it would tax my CPU which was the main computer I also produced designs and music on. Well I have recently got a netbook that can handle the streaming part as well as Apple allowing Ustream to have a native live broadcasting app on the iPhone now. So I am gonna try to go back to streaming alot more. Especially since lately I have had more musical clients as well as some fun video editing projects with DVD menus and stuff I could have been showing off but mostly what I miss is some freestyle friday and some just getting buzzed and hanging with a group of artists making stuff.

So with all that being said, I have talked with a few previous cohosts and artists and we will start bringing back the funk. Anyway we can, lol! So just like the previous show, I have a new setup for the more mobile version. Overall if your following @Skettalee on twitter then you should be fine to see when any of the versions of the show go live and can come join us in chat or even call in when we aren’t doing the mobile version. So check the links below and leave your feedback on what you mostly want to see.

337′s Da Show Live
Mobile Version
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WATCH THE LATEST MOBILE VIDEO NOW

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VOD: Trailer of Trailers.

Damien Benoit — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:19:35 +0000

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This video is just an amazing cut around 50 of the latest films put together the best way I could see a trailer, in a way it all made sense and it just felt so good to watch. Yet totally different films BUT, epic!

Click through if you want to check out the full credits of this trailer cut:

Music by:

AudioMachine – Akkadian Empire
Groove Addicts – Zero Hour
Audio Network – Mars
AudioMachine – Lachrimae (VadoskiN DNB mix)
Wild Rumpus Music – Blame It on the Falling Sky 2.0
John Murphy – The Last House On The Left SCORE

Films Used:

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Babylon A.D.
Knowing
Sherlock Holmes
Death Race
The Uninvited
Max Payne
Fast & Furious
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Midnight Meat Train
Quarantine
2012
Ninja Assassin
Twilight Saga: New Moon
Whiteout
The Final Destination
Daybreakers
Race to Witch Mountain
Moon
Inglourious Basterds
The Box
Obsessed
Friday the 13th
Star Trek
Terminator Salvation
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Watchmen
Dragonball
The Spirit
Carriers
Bangkok Dangerous
District 9
Surrogates
The Book of Eli
Mirrors
The Happening
Wanted
?? ????
Sorority Row
Fighting
The Road
Angels & Demons
Jenniferâ€™s Body
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Pineapple Express
The Last House on the Left
The Haunting in Connecticut
Shutter Island

VOD: The Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody

Damien Benoit — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:34:12 +0000

This morning,Â The Muppets released a high definition viral parody of Queenâ€™s classic song â€œBohemian Rhapsodyâ€œ. The video, which features over 40 Muppet characters, coincides with the release of Queenâ€™s new album. If you havenâ€™t seen the video yet (its been spreading rapidly around the interwebs all morning, click after the jump.

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337 Media Studios » Entertainment

The UsCast MixTape – Louisiana Special

The UsCast MixTape - Louisiana Special

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Videos: Improving Your Vocal Technique

1. Singing Lessons: Part 1- Vocal Warm Up Exercises

2. Singing Lessons: Part 2 – Freeing Your Voice Range

3. Vocal Training- Warm up Part 3 – Improving Tone Exercises

4. Vocal Training: Warm up Part 4 – Throat Exercises

5. Top 3 Tips To Help You Sing Better

6. Learn to Sing like a Pro! Haley Mcguire

7. How to Sing Better like Paramore!

8. Vocal Technique: Lecture 1 – Respiration

9. Vocal Technique: Lecture 2a – Phonation

10. Lesley Findlay Intro 1

11. Lesley Findlay Intro 2

12. Lesley Findlay Intro 3

13. Lesson #1 Overview of Pitch Speaking

14. Lesson #4 Resonance

15. Vocal Techniques, Exercises, and Tips

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