Another Hard To Port video - Pirate's Revenge

[shinksma]

Hey everyone, as threatened in a previous thread I've been editing some more footage of my band playing live.

This is an original song - a friend gave us a poem he had written, and asked if we could make a song of it. So we did. (Well, Jenn, the lead singer in this particular video, did.)

This was part of our set opening for Mairead Nesbitt in Feb 2019 - it was a fundraiser for the Ormond Beach Celtic Festival.

I recorded the video using a GoPro tucked at the side of the stage, so the footage is just from a static spot - a bit boring visually. I also wasn't sure where we'd be, exactly, so I set the lens wide, and had to zoom the video to get a nice crop. Unfortunately, the best videographer I know that would do a really good job of recording us for a low fee is me. And I'm too darned busy up there playing!

 

[jxe]

something to be said for sea shanties but the pirate lifestyle hurts people and i can’t support that.

 

[RickP]

something to be said for sea shanties but the pirate lifestyle hurts people and i can’t support that.

I play in a band called the Intercoastal Pirates. You can support swashbuckling rock and roll, can’t ya?

@shinksma Tune brought memories of Thin Lizzy’s version of Whiskey in a Jar. Cool!

 

[toothace]

Nicely done!

 

[jxe]

100%, as long as you don’t do jimmy buffet.

I play in a band called the Intercoastal Pirates. You can support swashbuckling rock and roll, can’t ya?!

 

[RickP]

100%, as long as you don’t do jimmy buffet.

Only by request.

 

[veinbuster]

Nice!

 

[shinksma]

something to be said for sea shanties but the pirate lifestyle hurts people and i can’t support that.

"Don't let the eye patch scare ya kids, it's only there for looks".

"Pirates have feelings too!"

Lines from a song by a colleague in the local music scene. His song is quite an amusing take on the stereotypes of pirates, especially the Blackbeard variety:

Oh, and thanks for all the replies!

 

[shinksma]

I play in a band called the Intercoastal Pirates. You can support swashbuckling rock and roll, can’t ya?

@shinksma Tune brought memories of Thin Lizzy’s version of Whiskey in a Jar. Cool!

Hah, we cover that song a fair bit. And I do use the Thin Lizzy arrangement, with a dash of the Metallica cover growl. But since I'm the lead singer and main rhythm guitar player when we play that song, I don't get to do any rock'n'roll lead breaks.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

That’s brilliant Steve! Keep ‘em coming.

Pardon me for being self indulgent -

This might suit your group!

PS - this is nothing to do with me other than the song title!

 

[Shawn@PRS]

Hah, we cover that song a fair bit. And I do use the Thin Lizzy arrangement, with a dash of the Metallica cover growl. But since I'm the lead singer and main rhythm guitar player when we play that song, I don't get to do any rock'n'roll lead breaks.

We're gonna need a video

 

[bodia]

We're gonna need a video

What Shawn said!

 

[shinksma]

We're gonna need a video

Lemme see what I can rig up for this weekend's usual Irish Pub gig, where that is a staple.

Keep in mind that at that particular place, I play acoustic guitar, no electric. Hmm, maybe I can convince the band to just record it during a practice, and I can rock it out on electric a bit...

 

[shinksma]

That’s brilliant Steve! Keep ‘em coming.

Pardon me for being self indulgent -

This might suit your group!

PS - this is nothing to do with me other than the song title!

Interestingly, this is almost exactly how another local band we know, Remedy Tree, plays - they may even do that song, for all I know! They are a young bluegrass band, full of energy and ambition. Like this, for example:

Gabe, the lead singer/guitarist in that video, and Abi, the bass player and backing vocalist, are the married couple at the core of the band. Gabe is a very, very good fiddle player. As is usual, everyone plays all kinds of instruments. Abi also plays guitar, for example. They are a blast! I suspect the next time I see them will be at the Barberville Spring Frolic (a folk festival at the Barberville Pioneer Settlement).

 

[shinksma]

So here is the 2020 version of the same song at the 2020 edition of the concert, recorded just over a week ago. My wife is on bass this time around. EDIT: a PRS Kingfisher bass, of course!

We got the sound board recording of most of the set, and used two fixed-point cameras, and I learned how to play with the editing software a bit using my newer, waaaay faster dedicated "gaming" desktop PC. We'll be producing a few more videos from this concert.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Great one Steve!

 

[shinksma]

Great one Steve!

Thanks!

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Soundin’ nice!

 

[shinksma]

Soundin’ nice!

Thanks! I'm glad everyone here is cool with me posting these somewhat self-indulgent links. But I like to think we all want to see how we use our PRSi "at work", so to speak.