Re: SPAH and videotaping

[michael harp <diachrome@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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I videotaped our jazz society concerts for about  6-7 years when my
equiptment finally wore out.   I made special releases for the artists to
sign allowing the videos to be used for archival purposes only. I tapped
into the sound board and brought an extra recording deck along. Each
bandleader received a copy at the end of his or her performance.

I need to start transferring the stuff to dvd as the video is starting to
degrade.  I have over 200 hours of footage of some of the best international
acts. Unfortunately we didn't hire any jazz harp players during those years.

mike

on 6/17/04 11:35 AM, IcemanLE@xxxxxxx at IcemanLE@xxxxxxx wrote:

In a message dated 6/17/04 6:05:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
diachrome@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:


since the Tuesday show is outside SPAH jurisdiction you should check
into having it video taped. It'll be a hot show and seller.


With the advent of home video recorders/cameras - digital, small, high
quality recording capabilities, it wouldn't be hard to arrange
non-professionals (volunteers or some sort of comp agreement) to set one or
two up and let'em roll during the evening shows, workshops, jams, etc. and
come up with recordings to be made available to those interested in
purchasing, seeing as how there has been an interest expressed.

This was exaclty how that great SPAH 98 Blues Video Set was compiled - off
of volunteer tapings with home VHS cameras. Digital technology and home
computers have made this process easier and more affordable than ever.

The Iceman