Upon checking out the It might get loud tonebender thread http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=81110.0 i learned about the movie "It might get Loud". I checked it out and this movie is great. I was wondering if people knew of other must see DVD for gearheads.
My addition to the list is: Moog (the story of how Robert Moog invented the synthesizer) very cool!
What do you guys love? What should I rent?
"fuzz" maybe, (that's the only one I know)
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey.
Les Paul did a "Starlicks Maters Sessions" video (I don't know if its available on DVD), but he spends all his time talking about his gear and inventing.
Quote from: fuzzo on December 31, 2009, 12:49:35 PM
"fuzz" maybe, (that's the only one I know)
I bought that DVD. Its good and explains a lot of the mindset of people regarding this stuff, the companies and DIYers and whatnot... some of the people come off as kind of arrogant and negative though.
Nice those will keep me busy for a bit. Thanks!!!!!
One of my favorites is the one about Tom Dowd,I forget the name of it. Its an older one though (google)
You have heard his work more times than you can imagine.
If you like recording,or Rock history its a must see as well.
BTW glad you liked the movie I watched it so many times my wife bought it for me :icon_mrgreen:
Here it is this is a MUST see as well http://www.thelanguageofmusic.com/
I agree with Bryan, the Tom Dowd movie is inspiring. What a mind, what an ear... (It's available on Netflix, too).
Jesse Trbovich
+1 for Tom Dowd
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Fuzz is a must. The Moog documentary is pretty great as well. The Tom Dowd doc is a great music documentary, but not necessarily for gearheads. In that category I also put Wilco's I am Trying To Break Your Heart documentary for some cool musical inspiration. I also recently got Here Is What Is, the Daniel Lanois documentary and it is pretty amazing too. Great pedal steel stuff.
The ultimate USED to be the 1984 DCI video of Adrian Belew - Electronic Guitar. I bought it on VHS and converted it to DVD a few years ago (but can't seem to find my DVD copies at the moment.) It is viewable on Youtube if you search. It goes through Adrian's rack-mounted pedal collection (Mostly E-H stuff and a Foxx Tone Machine) and some killer demos of the Roland GR-300 system including a super cool fretless G-505 guitar. Not only does he show how some cool and unique tones are made with effects, but also by playing techniques. If you wanted to know how to make seagull and elephant sounds on a guitar, here's your guide.
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Roger
When my Adrian Belew cassetes wore out I never replaced em.
Your reference makes me want to go listen to them again,he was way ahead of his time.
I always lump him in the Brian Eno camp of musicians,for his sound pioneering.
Which when listening to the directors commentary of "it might get loud" that "score type" music during the forest scene was actually from the album U2 did with Eno,that I never knew about prior.
Quote from: Brymus on December 31, 2009, 01:20:42 PM
One of my favorites is the one about Tom Dowd,I forget the name of it. Its an older one though (google)
You have heard his work more times than you can imagine.
If you like recording,or Rock history its a must see as well.
BTW glad you liked the movie I watched it so many times my wife bought it for me :icon_mrgreen:
Tom Dowd & the Language of Music.
You have to respect a guy who though of using slide faders for mixers, got the second 8-track machine Apex ever made, and worked on the Manhattan Project.
Oh yeah, and he recorded some folks too. ::)
Gabriel
There was a movie I watched on the EMS synth company that was quite interesting. I can't find the name of the movie to save my life though, even though I know it's kicking around somewhere on a hard drive. Anybody else seen this?
Also, for "gearheads", there are a lot of movies and books by Dan Erlewine (sp?) that show you how to properly setup a guitar. I've learned a lot of little tricks from Erlewine that don't necessarily involve any of his specialty tools that he always tries to sell (he owns or works for Stew Mac).
Quote from: Cliff Schecht on January 01, 2010, 08:49:53 PMI've learned a lot of little tricks from Erlewine that don't necessarily involve any of his specialty tools that he always tries to sell (he owns or works for Stew Mac).
He's involved with their R&D department, but mostly he is a public spokesperson these days.
He, by the way, doesn't need any of the toys they sell - he is a very fine old school repair person when he chooses to be.
Oh, and he "edits" their Shoptalk newsletter, and occasionally writes an article for them.
Gabriel
here's a weird one, "The Dawn of DIMI ", it's about this Finnish guy erkki kurenniemi, who was an early pioneer of electronic music back in the days when analog computers were used for synthesis. He made all these outlandish instruments, like galvanic one called the Sexaphone! It makes all these different sounds depending on who you're touching.
http://www.ubu.com/film/kur_electronics.html (http://www.ubu.com/film/kur_electronics.html)
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Yes, the Tom Dowd docu- is the bees knees, a favorite 'rock film' I must see it again.
+1 on the Erlewine reads. "Guitar Repair Method"..the part about fret re-dressing in particular.
I recommend "Tube Guitar Amp Servicing and Overhaul" I have 2 videos of this series (I think there are only 2) and they're great!
There's a funny guy who teaches you the basic things you need to know about a tube guitar amps, like changing filter caps, checking transformers, changing and biasing tubes and so on... A must have.
Ditto on the Erlewine films, his books are good too. All my guitars gets regular maintenance and occasional pimping, and I learned it all from Dan. And those special tools, well there's several flavours of gerheadism, I just used his nut slot depth gauge to adjust string height at the nut of my daughters guitar - makes a world of difference on a cheaper guitar - open chords are in tune now... Great tool, well worth it if you have a few guitars. Then again you'll need nut files, maybe a piece of fossilized ivory, a string spacing ruler. And so on :)
I liked Fuzz and Moog very much too.
+1 on Moog.
also, not much to do with OUR gear, but the one called "Scratch" is a great one about turntable-ists. i don't even like hip-hop, but this is awesome to watch!
The one I'd love to see is the one they never made. When they showed "Les Paul - Chasing Sound" ( http://www.lespaulfilm.com/ ) on PBS last year (or maybe it was 2008) you got a brief taste of all of the stuff sitting in Les' basement. as he ambles through it, briefly pointing to things and mentioning them. I would have loved to been able to buy a double-DVD set of Les working his way through that basement in more leisurely and detailed fashion, because it is an absolute museum of the history of music technology in the second half of the 20th century. Obviously Les, rest his soul, is not gonna be able to do it, but I wonder if the producers of the documentary have more footage of that amazing basement that they could string together for gearheads who don't need to be educated on Les' accomplishments or stature.
Wow, great stuff folks. I thought I might get a little guff cause this is more of a Lounge topic, but great responses.
I find music DVD a must while working on pedals (you can pay attention or not depends what you are doing but there is always great audio) not like a movie that you miss what is going on.
Some of these have been hard to find in hard copies locally but at least i have a list of what to pay attention to or what to acquire from the internet when funds are better (Damm Shippin)
Thanks, hope others are enjoying this as much as i am.
Quote from: Mark Hammer on January 02, 2010, 09:19:52 PM
The one I'd love to see is the one they never made. When they showed "Les Paul - Chasing Sound" ( http://www.lespaulfilm.com/ ) on PBS last year (or maybe it was 2008) you got a brief taste of all of the stuff sitting in Les' basement. as he ambles through it, briefly pointing to things and mentioning them. I would have loved to been able to buy a double-DVD set of Les working his way through that basement in more leisurely and detailed fashion, because it is an absolute museum of the history of music technology in the second half of the 20th century. Obviously Les, rest his soul, is not gonna be able to do it, but I wonder if the producers of the documentary have more footage of that amazing basement that they could string together for gearheads who don't need to be educated on Les' accomplishments or stature.
on the DVD I believe (if I remeber correctly) there is extra footage of the basement in the "bonus features".
what me to burn you a copy?
i just got the new-ish mellotron doc called "mellodrama", its really cool.
Thanks guys you just ruined my 'quiet night in' with the mrs, now ill be annoying her by watching loads of vids on fuzz and other musical goodies.
.......She should be used to it by now. ;)