On Thursday night, when Ernie Halter played at La Cave Restaurant in Costa Mesa, California, he was surprised by Justin Bieber. The Biebs, who brought gal pal Selena Gomez as his date, even took the stage with the singer/songwriter. Bieber has covered Halter’s track “Come Home to Me” in his own shows, and on Thursday night he sang the tune right alongside the singer, much to Halter’s amazement.
Justin Bieber (on the enCORE 200) with Ernie Halter at La Cave:
Ernie Halter – a Blue Mics MOB artist– came to Blue studio in July to record a new track and talk about upcoming albums. You can hear the full podcast here:
Blue MOB artist, Danko Jones is a trio from Toronto, Canada that have made a name for themselves by putting on one of the most intense and exciting rock’n’roll shows in modern rock history.
Have you heard Danko Jones?
The first single, “Full of Regret”, is currently climbing the US radio charts quickly and the video, described by MTV Buzzworthy as “one-part Guy Ritchie, one-part Quentin Tarantino — and it’s pretty much a blast from start to finish”, features Elijah Wood, Selma Blair, Lemmy Kilmister and Mike Watt.
Blue Microphones podcast with Danko Jones will go up next week – Subscribe here!
Want to go see them?
Their US tour starts tomorrow!! Full list of tour dates can be found below. Described by Spin Magazine as the “World’s most entertaining hard rockers” and by Maxim as “sounding like AC/DC sniffing glue with Mötley Crue” this is rock in its purest form.
In a crowded singer-songwriter niche, JT Spangler stands out with catchy melodies and straightforward lyrics. He is also a Blue artist who uses the Eyeball 2.0 on the road. Spangler lets us know how he gets the best sound and video from his Blue Eyeball –
Which mic do you use and why did you choose it?
I use the Blue Eyeball to webcast most of my live shows, as well as to do webcasts from my house, the van, or anywhere else I might get the urge to webcast. I chose it because I wasn’t happy with the audio quality available from the integrated laptop mic, nor with any of the other USB webcams I’ve used.
In what ways are you using the mic to get the best sound for your purpose?
Well, in this case it’s a simple as placing is as close to centered in front of the sound source as possible and setting the volume levels properly in my sound card so there’s no peaking. This distance is dictated by the camera more than the mic, because there are obviously certain things I want in the frame and the camera doesn’t have a zoom capability (which isn’t at all unusual).
What is your best advice to others using this mic?
This one couldn’t be any simpler — just plug into a USB slot and you’re off and running. I like to set a mic level in the soundcard (system preferences for mac; volume control for windows).
What programs do you use to record, edit, upload, etc your recordings?
I just use the free version of Quicktime to record audio/video (like when doing a youtube video), and I use ustream.tv to webcast live. It’s possible to separate the audio from the video once it’s recorded and tweak it in an audio-editing program of your choice, but for the stuff I do I don’t find it to be necessary. I like the grimy, live sound.
Any examples?
Here’s a video that I did last week for youtube. The video quality isn’t great, but this is due mainly to me not encoding it properly prior to uploading it to youtube. The raw .mov on my computer looks a hundred times better. Of course, they both sound great, which is my main concern. You can also check out several of my archived live shows on www.ustream.tv/jtspangler
Blue MOB artist, The Parlotones, who recorded at Blue studios earlier this summer, has included two of those tracks on their new album! Stardust Galaxies, released TODAY on iTunes, features “Should we fight back” and “Welcome to the Weekend,” which were both recorded here at Blue!
Stardust Galaxies on iTunes
At Blue Studios:
Kahn Morbee, lead singer of The Parlotones, at Blue studio
