Archive for the ‘News’ Category

My Improv 301 Show

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Come to the UCB Theatre and see my Improv 301 final class performance!
Saturday February 28, 2009, 1pm

Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
307 W. 26th Street
New York, NY 10001

Facebook Event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=63888894544

Improv 301 at UCB

Warner Music Group, Stevie G, Sharp Dressed Man

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

A few years ago a 24 spoof I created was pulled down from YouTube due to copyright infringement. One of my oldest video was pulled down last month by Warner Music Group due to audio copyright infringement. The video entitled “Stevie G” depicts an unusual moustached fellow (played by myself) taking a stroll to the supermarket set to the 80’s ZZ-Top hit Sharp Dressed Man. Fortunately YouTube now offers “Audio Swap” which lets you swap out the audio with one of their approved music tracks. Unfortunately for Stevie G this really changes the vibe.

Original Video:

New Video:

Excerpted from email from YouTube:

“…A copyright owner has claimed it owns some or all of the audio content in your video Stevie G. The audio content identified in your video is Sharp Dressed Man by ZZ Top. We regret to inform you that your video has been blocked from playback due to a music rights issue…”

“This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by WMG.”

My First Improv Show

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Saturday, September 20th 20082:30pmUpright Citizens Brigade Theatre307 W. 26th StreetNew York, NY 10001Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre 101 ClassFacebook:http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=25783159021

i’m an ant

Monday, May 5th, 2008

I recorded a few drum tracks on Ezra’s new album. Download the “i’m an ant” album here:

http://www.puddletownhop.com/imanant.html 

Thanks!

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Blue Album Group show at Glasslands. It was great!

(clip by Lawrence)

StSanders R.I.P.

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Sometimes you come across something brilliant on YouTube that makes you think, “Why didn’t I think of that?” So you become inspired and make your own. StSanders is  a true video remixing pioneer who has been denied Fair Use .

“In what has to be the lamest copyright-related takedown in the history of YouTube, someone or something has removed those excellent parody videos that paired video footage of famous guitarists “shredding” with expertly-done amateurish guitar buffoonery.”

read more – Copyright Vampires Delete Guitar ‘Shred’ Videos from YouTube , by By Eliot Van Buskirk

Valleywag.com

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Valleywag.com happened to grab my clip “Morning Commute” as an example of “Vimeo’s Beauty”.

YouTube Copyright Infringement

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

YouTube Copyright Infringement
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I guess you can only get away with remixing copyrighted material for so long. Last year I made a few remixes of the Fox television show depicting “MySpace Tom” as a criminal. I thought they were rather humerous. I reposted the video YouTube is referring to here.

No Licking Required

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

The first of hopefully many spec ads to come. Check it out!

Bleepin Awesome

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Gleaming the Cubicle has been nominated for Virgin Mobile’s Bleepin Awesome Awards