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Music Video Project
The Stylus Symphony
by Emmy-award-winning Composer
Stephen Webber
The four music videos for the Stylus Symphony, composed by Berklee professor Stephen Webber, are set to be released in February and March, 2012.
The first three videos are available: Movement 1, "Symphonic Scratch," on the Video Jester home page, Movement 2, "Na Pali" (a mellow Trip-Hop), and Movement 3, "One for the DJ" (Hip-Hop). The last movement — Movement 4, "Dubstep Symbiosis" — will be released later in 2012.
The trailer below talks a little bit more about the project.
The Stylus Symphony is a ground-breaking composition that combines the traditional instruments of a symphony orchestra with turntable scratching and rap, bringing together classical and hip-hop in a very cool way.
I started this project when Stephen told me about his plan to make a CD of the symphony by recording individual musicians and mixing them all together. This is common in a lot of music production, but unusual for a symphony orchestra — but then, a symphony doesn't usually include a turntablist either. :)
I thought it would be fun to video the recording sessions and mix them all together into a music video, much like the audio recording was being made. I've been videotaping the sessions, as well as interviews with the musicians to get their impressions of being a part of this project. Most of them have had very little to do with anything "hip hop" in their musical careers, so they have some great insights.
I've included some screen shots of the raw video files below. This doesn't show any of the editing gymnastics that make the music videos really rock, but it does give you an idea of the talent that will be on the recording.
At the very bottom is a highlights video of the premiere performance of the Stylus Symphony at the Berklee Performing Arts Center in 2007.
Stylus Symphony Music Video Musicians
Harp
Trumpet
Violin
Rap
Percussion
Violin
Cello & Viola
Bass
Woodwinds
Cello & Viola
Tuba
Cello
Trombone
...and, of course,...
Turntables
Stylus Symphony Highlights Video
Premiere Performance, Berklee Performing Arts Center, Boston, MA
Go to the top of the Stylus Symphony Music Video project page.
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