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The Whitebox VIP Lounge uses realtime production techniques to create unique, contemporary real-time documentaries of technologically oriented performers. As audio and visual artists collaborate on stage, their work is captured by a team of videographers. This media is mixed and projected during the show, functioning both as a reference to the collaboration being documented and as a performance in its own right.
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What is a relationship between Drum Machines and Whitebox VIP Lounge?
We think drum machines are core instruments of all electronic Music. These instruments changed the way we compose music. Electronic music has its influence on lifestyle and culture. DMM want to cover not only the instruments but the related lifestyle and electronic music culture. Of course we would also like to support the musicians and artists. There are so many amazing live electronics music and visual shows being produced in San Francisco after we formed DMM, so we decided to document some of the events which we feel are artistically and technologically important for the future generation. In order to do this, we started curating our own events and worked on developing the most exciting way to document them.
What is the uniqueness of Whitebox VIP Lounge event?
Whitebox VIP Lounge is focused on musicians and artists who are very unique in engineering and play style such as building their own tools and have very distinct sounds or visuals. When curating for the performers, we aim to pair up an audio and visual artists that best fit the theme for the event.
What is a difference of Whitebox VIP Lounge's real-time documentaries and other music video production or live broadcasting event?
We can see that all music videos are done with extensive post production. Whitebox VIP Lounge uses real-time production which is similar to live TV broadcast. Post-production enables more freedom and infinite choices during the editing process and it is capable of more complex editing methods. On the other hand, real-time production requires a lot of on the spot decision making and spontaneity to be creative with the multiple live footage feeds. Having the flexibility to absorb everything is key. You concentration is definitely tested in order to capture whatever that is happening at the moment. The White box VIP Lounge photographers are asked to shoot the performance as if they are also creating a sort of an art piece with their cameras. As an "photographer artists" such as constant steady shots (we rarely use tripods at all and we frown on uninteresting shots). They are encouraged to capture creative and artistic frames of the event.
At every show, Mickey T. mixes all the video sources in "real-time documentary" at every show?
That's right. So the audience are able to see the live performance and the documentary of it at the same time. Mickey T. incorporates effects from the video mixer, so what is being projected in an experimental documentary piece of itself. Our events are showcasing a unique community of audio and visual performers. It is an amazing experience for our audience, as they are placed in this multimedia environment where they are able to see the entire production process along with viewing the performers.
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Drum Machine Museum related articles on the net. (Used be a lot more but seems like media company are not keeping their archive for longer. Too bad! We found two below are still available online.)
SF bay Guardian
http://www.sfbg.com/AandE/34/41/human.html
G4TV(formally TechTV)
http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/23248/The_Beat_of_a_Different_Kind_of_Drummer.html
We are also looking for Drum Machine Museum members and crew.
If you are an audio or visual artists and/or into the electronic music and VJ-ing scene and can lend us a hand, please contact us.
Drum Machine Museum
142 Taylor Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
www.drummachine.com
Mickey T
mickeyt@drummachine.com
Doris Fong
doris@drummachine.com
Thank you!
