Video Time-

Take a break from the flat screen hi-def 1080p world of big time video and come hang out with us at the Mercury Cafe. There are two versions of video here, one formatted for Quicktime and one formatted for Windows Media Player. So all you folks with Quicktime can watch the Quicktime version, and all the Windows Tribe can watch the other one. Join the lo-def devolution!

This was pretty darn simple. We put the camera on a tripod, hit the record button, and let it run. We hoped there would be a minimal amount of folks walking in front of the camera or bumping into the tripod. Still, its a little slice o’ life from a Friday night in Denver, Colorado where we did our folkie thang….feel free to save these to your PC or ipod if you like, and spread the word - and the video

Click on the link - if you already have a media player associated with the file type it will start playing once enough of it downloads. Otherwise, your computer may prompt you to pick what application you want to play the file with. Pick Windows Media Player for the Windows version and Quicktime or iTunes for the Quicktime (Mac) Version. For you tech-savvy folks out there pick whatever you want and know will work. Of course you can right click and save as (PC)or ctrl click and and save (Mac) and directly save the file to your machine.

Depending on whether or not your machine is set to start playing a hinted streamed video (geek talk, sorry) the video might start playing right away or take a bit to download to the machine before it starts. For example, a windows PC might start playing the Windows version right away but take a while to download the Ipod version, or vice versa a Mac machine might start playing the Quicktime version right away but take a while to download the windows version (provided you have the Windows media player installed on your Mac, which some Mac-o-philes are loath to do) Anyway, it all works, its been tested on both platforms. And the files are set as hinted streaming files, so most likely they will just start to try and play. Enough geek stuff- hope you like this little folkie interlude.

Enjoy- Wes and Victoria

All the songs were written by Wes Hamil. Copyright and Published 2007- Babamuse ASCAP

Wes and Victoria: Quicktime Version-Live From The Mercury Cafe- Denver,Co.

Wes and Victoria: Windows Version-Live From The Mercury Cafe- Denver,Co.

This clip’s length is 48:34

Technorati Tags:
Acoustic Music, Folk Music, Americana Music, Singer Songwriter, New Thought Music

Hey Everybody-
This is a posting of a show done down at the Mercury Cafe in Denver, Colorado. The Mercury manages to be bohemian in vibe and upscale in cuisine all at the same time. Poetry readings on the downstairs stage collide with tango lessons in the upstairs section simultaneously, while political activism screams off the walls in poster form at all manner of urban upscale residents drifting in for an evening glass of wine. I saw the gamut from tie-die to evening wear all intersecting in the rooms- brightly painted cinderblock walls with hippie era motifs urbanized into the 21rst century. This all coalescing in a warm, muggy Colorado night, one of the first of this summer….the plaintive cries of the wait staff asking if anyone knew how to turn on the swamp cooler upstairs could be heard as Victoria and I got ready to take the stage.

The evening was an event known as Stage C- a variety show whose mission is to create community and foster creativity, across all age ranges and creative expressions. The hosts, Wayne and Marcella, are wonderful folks and are friends of ours and had asked us to come down and be the featured musical guests for the night.

I had modest ambitions for the evening, play a few new songs, record it for kicks, maybe stick a video camera in the room for a simple Point of View (POV) recording. Modest they proved to be, as I completely dorked up the input levels on the recording off the PA and distorted the sound levels. All those years running a recording studio for a living apparently had little imprint on my engineering chops. Anyway, I had repeatedly opened my mouth about how there was going to be a recording of the evening
posted on this website, and got home later to find I had completely hashed the tracks.

All was not completely lost, however, as the POV video recording did have the room audio as captured by the little stereo mic in the camera. A decidedly lo-fi experience, but what it lacks in fidelity it will make up for in the quaint charm of ambiance and energy. Because nothing adds ambiance like the sounds of dropped salad forks, passing emergency vehicles, and the scraping of wooden chair legs on concrete floors….. this is the world of “modern” folk music after all, with the sound of folks being, well, folks ……its all part of the deal.

The audience was gracious and were wonderful listeners, and Victoria and I truly appreciate everyone who showed up. There will be video posted soon, so check back often, and we will also post some photos. The video is simple, but surprisingly watchable and suitable for webcast at least.

So enjoy, in all its ragged lo-fi glory, the show. Its an mp3 file and feel free to save it to your machine, put it on your mp3 player, share it with anyone who likes this kind of stuff, and send us some email. Just click on the CONTACT link at the top of this page.

All the songs were written by Wes Hamil. Copyright and Published 2007- Babamuse ASCAP

Wes and Victoria: Live From The Mercury Cafe- Denver,Co.

This clip’s length is 48:34

Technorati Tags:
Acoustic Music, Folk Music, Americana Music, Singer Songwriter, New Thought Music