To get us going I need you to do three things:
- Pick a song which you have as MP3 (cannot have sexually explicit lyrics or swearing)
- Create a blog post, with one paragraph about the band/track (some hyperlinks, including a link to the lyrics, would be useful!), and a 2nd paragraph...
- ...giving some idea of what we expect to see in typical music videos from within this genre; common codes and conventions (links to examples would be useful).
We'll gather all the tracks together, hit shuffle and you'll each be assigned another track to work up a pitch
One quick example from me, done in a few mins, so not necessarily as stupendous and well researched as yours... Do note though that I made sure there were various hyperlinks embedded to enable anyone to find out more than I've written in my one-para summary! I also found useful links to enable anyone who gets Dread Zeppelin, my submitted track, to view a range of vidz from within their genre.
TRACK: DREAD ZEPPELIN: "Heartbreaker (At The End Of Lonely Street)"
I've cheated a little here as this was a single (in 1990!), but then I doubt very much you'd be familiar with it!!!
ARTIST/TRACK: A novelty band that featured an Elvis style lead singer, Tortelvis, and a weird fusion of Led Zeppelin, reggae and Elvis music... The band, without the 300-pound Elvis impersonator, had been about for many years before they had a surprise hit with the album Un-Led-Ed in 1990. You can find lyrics here. Useful wiki here. Band website. Facebook page. Blogger blog! Answers.com rundown. Their live appearances are often at rock/metal festivals. As noted below, despite the wide and contrasting mix of musical influences, and the comedy aspect, they are generally seen as a heavy metal band with crossover pop appeal. You can see dreadlocked reggae fans in some of their videos though; like bands such as Faith No More and Living Color (both fused funk and metal) they helped popularise metal within the black American audience.
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This was a press pack video on the band:
This rather goes against the main principle, but may help nonetheless: an example of a DZep vid...
More to follow, time permitting
(You can if wish view the video for the Dread Zep tune here)
List of tracks:
Practice Pitch Trax List
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