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Filed under: Odds and ends, Found Footage

MacBook Pro, music video star

by Michael Rose (RSS feed) on Feb 2nd, 2009

We tweeted this last week, but it seemed worth a second mention: New York-based hip-hop artists DeScribe and Y-Love have released their video for the new single "Change," prominently featuring a trio of MacBook Pro machines. While many computers appearing in videos are idle or showing mocked-up graphics, these machines are in active use -- Y-Love is apparently busy monitoring his Twitter feed via the Adobe AIR-based client TweetDeck.

For more Mac & PC appearances on film and TV, check out Starring the Computer (via Ars), a compendium of technology cameos. You can also see the first music video recorded on an iPhone and a tour of Mac OS in song via past posts... but if you love your Mac as much as this woman does, maybe you should record your own video.

Tags: hip hop, HipHop, music video, MusicVideo, tweetdeck, twitter

Filed under: Video, iPhone, Jailbreak/pwnage

Music video shot entirely on an iPhone

by Dan Fellini (RSS feed) on Dec 9th, 2008

Behold, what is claimed to be the world's first music video shot entirely on an iPhone.

This gem comes to us from GOSHone, A self-described "mad scientist with computers, gadgets, and musical equipment and stuff," G1 used his jailbroken iPhone and a copy of Cycorder to produce what I can only describe as a little slice of wonderful. I can't verify with any certainty that this is, in fact, the "world's first," but I'm going to go with it.

GOSHone says that, while making the video was fun and relatively pain-free, he did struggle with the lack of a preview screen, and "tried to rely on the shiny black back and the chrome Apple logo for reflection." That's a simple, clever trick I hadn't thought of, mostly because I always have a case on my iPhone.

Have a look at his video, then download his free album. It's good stuff.

Thanks to Valerie for sending this in.

Tags: iphone, music video, MusicVideo

Filed under: Humor, Multimedia, Video, Odds and ends

The OS X desktop as music video

by Joshua Ellis (RSS feed) on May 10th, 2008

A digital filmmaker named Dennis Liu has made an amazing video for The Bird And The Bee's lovely song "Again & Again". The set? His Mac desktop. You sort of have to see it for yourself to understand; luckily, Dennis has dropped it on YouTube so that the world can see it in low-res glory:

Innovative, and definitely cool. It doesn't seem to be an "official" video for the song...but if it isn't, it oughtta be. (Hey, Bird! Bee! Y'all paying attention?)

Thanks, Ted Roddy!

[via MacRumors forums]

Tags: music video, MusicVideo, tweet-this

Filed under: iTS

TuneCore offers iTunes Music Video sales

by Erica Sadun (RSS feed) on Nov 16th, 2007

Earlier this year, I posted about TuneCore, a service that allows you to sell your music on iTunes. Now TuneCore has given us the heads up that the service has expanded to include Music Video sales. You can upload your music videos to iTunes and sell them alongside all the normal music labels.

Selling your music video is kinda pricey. Expect to pay $125 plus $20/year for a 5 minute-or-less video. Compare that with the $20 you'd pay to upload an album with eight tracks that I priced out in my original post.

Unfortunately, the service I'd really like to see isn't there yet. You can't use this feature to host non-music videos. TuneCore writes that iTunes has a different set of standards for short films, shows and movies and that you can only sell music videos at this time. Hopefully regular videos will soon follow because I know of a lot of wedding videographers, ballet and karate schools, and other for-profit and not-for-profit organizations who would love to get access to the iTunes store to sell their products.

Tags: Music Video, MusicVideo, TuneCore

Filed under: Rumors, MacBook

MacBook (PRODUCT) RED already in production?

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Oct 24th, 2006

Color me crazy, but the MacBook in this music video looks a lot like it could be one of those (PRODUCT) RED MacBooks that have been rumored before. Of course, it could also just be a ColorWare job to stir up some hype - though who exactly is doing the stirring is anyone's guess. You'll know more as soon as we do.

Tags: macbook, macbook product red, MacbookProductRed, music, music video, MusicVideo, product red, ProductRed, red, red macbook, RedMacbook, rumor, rumors, video

Filed under: iPod Family, Video

Free Music Video Content for your iPod

by Fabienne Serriere (RSS feed) on Jan 26th, 2006

It's always cool when bands release free music videos as promotional material. I remember last year when The Decemberists released the music video for 16 Military Wives via Bittorrent. Many bands now release promotional material in download-able formats.

This leads me to my current point: the Texas-based band SOUND Team has released a music video as a preview to their upcoming full length album Work EP due out in March. What is so amazing about this music video that I must post about it on TUAW you ask? Well, they have released an iPod ready version. That, dear readers, is good marketing. Free music videos that are formatted to play on an iPod (and therefore in Quicktime as well) are always a good thing.

Incidentally, my favorite site to grab free music videos is videos.antville.org. They may not be iPod ready, but there are a few ways to take care of that.

[via iLounge]

Tags: Free, iPod, MusicVideo, SOUNDTeam, Video

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