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.
Frank Tuner, a rising star in the UK music scene on Epitaph Records label, was recently featured on Spin.comfor his cover of “My Poor Friend Me” by Bad Religion. Not only is this a great cover, but 100% of this studio-quality recording was recorded on the Yeti!
Frank Turner says:
“I sat down in my friend’s back room to record a song for a Bad Religion covers album. I didn’t have time to get into a proper studio so I just had my macbook and my Yeti mic. I used it to record every part of the song – guitars, vocals and some soft keys as well, and it was perfect, so easy to use, and the finished version came out great!”
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
The recent DJ Skee, Blue Microphones, Monster Cable, Indaba, and Xzibit “Hurt Locker” Remix contest was a huge success! We had over 1,000 remixes entered and with the help of the fans, Xzibit and DJ Skee, a lucky winner was chosen – Maxwell Miller, who received the true VIP celebrity treatment.
In addition to having his remix chosen and listened to by multi-platinum artist, Xzibit, Maxwell received an amazing prize package, including: an all expense trip to Los Angeles, where he attended DJ Skee’s live DJ show, SKEETOX, at the world famous Roxy Theatre; a Blue microphone; tour of Blue Microphones studio headquarters; an interview for DJ Skee’s Radio Show, Live from L.A..; and a premium Monster Cable prize pack, with over $3,200 in gear, including instrument, mic and speaker cables, the Pro 700 Power Center, two 1000 Power Centers and the Turbine Pro Gold In-Ear headphones.
We have captured Maxwell’s amazing “Hurt Locker” remix experience on video – check it out!
