NEWS
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1. New CD coming out
2. Jesse Jones Jr.
3. Quit Cryin'
4. My New MUSIC VIDEO!!!
Hello Folks, well it's been a while since I've written on this blog. So, time to catch up! What's been happening...
My new CD will be released relatively soon and will be called Hugh Jarvis Hitchcock: Funkmeister. You can hear our current mixes either on my website at www.hughjhitchcock.com or on my MySpace page at www.myspace.com/hughjarvishitchcock.
We were very lucky also to have Jesse Jones Jr., local Miami jazz icon and cultural legend, play sax and flute tracks on the CD. A veritable treasure of talent. Plus the wonderful Latin percussionist Joe Collado also has contributed and we hope to have him back to do some more tracks soon.
The new mix on Quit Cryin' didn't quite work out either, I decided there is no point in trying to put lipstick on a pig, asitwere... what I mean is, the original track I was attempting to remix was done in 1994 and I no longer had the ability to remix that original rhythm bed so I was basically stuck with the flaws in that recording, so I decided to dump that mix and start over from scratch. However, the good news is, we will be producing a new album for Jesse Jones Jr. this season and he has agreed to record the song Quit Cryin' hisself, so it is going to be totally funky and cool :) I can't wait to hear it! Go Jesse! and Quit Cryin'!!!
My new music video has been finished and is available for viewing right here: Make No Mistake. Check it out!
actually it doesn't show up so good here on this blog, so please click here to see the video.
Make No Mistake
composed, arranged, performed, engineered by Hugh Jarvis Hitchcock
Video by Jay Surrell
Jesse Jones Jr. on saxophone
Joe Collado on timbales and Latin Percussion
What can I say about this elixir, errr... movie? Well... Jay Surrell, of videobillboards.org, the guy who did the video for me, did an excellent job of not only encapsulating my regurgitation of the last eight political years in this country (which he gleaned from the music itself) but he also took it several steps further and added some very nice touches, like the sheep running one way on elevated terror and then the other way on low terror. Love it!!!
I don't personally feel the president is a liar, I think he believes in himself, but people seem to like the part where his nose grows so I figured I'd leave it in. It's too bad we feel to make videos like this in the first place, but I think the video guy did an incredible job for a very small budget so let's hear it for Jay.
This video is not a big Hollywood production, obviously. It is one of those YouTube videos. However, the music track is solid at 192k mp3 and should sound great through a good set of speakers if you have your computer hooked up. The video itself is meant to amuse and not to abuse. If I had done the vid myself I might not even have taken it this far, and those who know me realise that would be some restraint on my part, but I think Jay just about said it all. I hope you enjoy it, and please leave me detailed comments if you are so moved.
