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hitrecordjoe: In partnership with Levi’s®, I’m very proud to...

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:41:09 -0500

In partnership with Levi’s®, I’m very proud to present our stop-motion music video entitled “GOOD NIGHTS” — a piece that captures the essence of our collaboration RE: THE ROAD.

Watching “Good Nights” immediately gives you a complete sensory experience of what it’s like to be on a physical journey and far apart from the one(s) you love. ”Good Nights” also embodies the creative collaborative process that hitRECord uses to create art. Thousands of image, video and audio records were contributed to our collaboration RE: THE ROAD, and a handful of RECorders edited them together creating this patchwork-quilt video collage. ”Good Nights” started out as an instrumental guitar piece by TheTenant (Cyprus). theboxsets (USA) added music, lyrics and a vocal performance. xobreexo23 (USA) shot a series of self portraits to create a visual through-line. tori (United Kingdom) and IrmaVep (United Kingdom) tied the entire piece together physically and stylistically by providing art-direction and stop-motion video editing.

As you may or may not know, Levi’s® has partnered with hitRECord this year to empower our community to create the art we make — short films, music, writing and images. Levi’s® has a rich history of empowering great artists and innovators. It means a lot to me that Levi’s® has come on board to recognize the artists at hitRECord by supporting the art we make together.

And, thanks again,

<3

J

hitrecordjoe: themadeshop: So we made another (tiny) book...

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:49:27 -0400

hitrecordjoe:

themadeshop:

So we made another (tiny) book :)

Pre-order your copy today! :oD

hitrecord: Tickets for our mini-tour are now ON-SALE! :oD For...

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:33:27 -0400

hitrecord:

Tickets for our mini-tour are now ON-SALE! :oD

For more info WATCH THIS VIDEO!

hitrecord: RE: loops (we can go back) Song by ppeppina == You...

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:04:28 -0400

hitrecord:

RE: loops (we can go back)

Song by ppeppina

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You can contribute to the RE: Loops collaboration HERE!

hitrecord: Ladies and Gentlemen, we are very pleased to...

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:56:05 -0400

hitrecord:

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are very pleased to announce the dates and cities of our upcoming mini-tour!

NOVEMBER 13 — WASHINGTON, DC: WARNER THEATER

NOVEMBER 14 — RICHMOND, VA: THE NATIONAL

NOVEMBER 15 — DUKE UNIVERSITY: PAGE AUDITORIUM**

NOVEMBER 17 — UNIV. OF RHODE ISLAND: EDWARDS AUDITORIUM

NOVEMBER 18 — CORNELL UNIVERSITY: BAILEY HALL

NOVEMBER 19 — PHILLY, PA: MERRIAM THEATER (PRE-SALE TOMORROW — code: HITTHEHEART)

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TICKETS ON-SALE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5!

Check out: hitRECord.org/tour for ticket details and pre-sale information! :O)

**onsale: October 22

hitrecord: LET’S START MAKING ART AROUND THE THEME OF THE...

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:22:15 -0400

hitrecord:

LET’S START MAKING ART AROUND THE THEME OF THE ROAD!

This is a classic theme that could mean a lot of different things to different people. What does it mean to you? Check out the video HERE.

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Here’s how YOU can contribute to this collaboration:

EVERYONE: Get out your cameras & film footage of The Road or RECord your thoughts.

WRITERS: Write a story or an essay.

ILLUSTRATORS: Draw a picture.

MUSICIANS: Make a song.

VIDEO EDITORS: Find footage from the hitRECord community & cut together a Short Film.

ANIMATORS: Add motion to images.

CURATORS: Go through all the different records in this collaboration & make an Album of all the stuff that you think is good.

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And, as you may or may not know, we recently announced a really cool partnership with Levi’s®. They are going to support our upcoming tour, distribute some of our videos across the Internet, and they’re going to help us pay our contributing artists way more than we’ve ever been able to before!

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Contribute your records to the RE: THE ROAD collaboration HERE!

Going through some old photos… Summer In the City, NYC.

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 23:01:40 -0400

Going through some old photos… Summer In the City, NYC.

themadeshop: HITRECORD X LEVI’S

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:38:01 -0400

themadeshop:

HITRECORD X LEVI’S

hitrecordjoe: hitrecord: Click here to take a listen and for...

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:56:38 -0400

hitrecordjoe:

hitrecord:

Click here to take a listen and for more info! :oD

I am SUPER excited to release this RECord of awesome music we made together.

Please visit the page for the album and sample the tunes. IT’S AWESOME! :O)

hitrecord: LET’S ILLUSTRATE THE CHARACTERS & SETTINGS OF...

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:46:06 -0400

hitrecord:

LET’S ILLUSTRATE THE CHARACTERS & SETTINGS OF THIS HILARIOUS STORY!

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CALLING ALL ILLUSTRATORS: We need you to illustrate the Main Characters & Settings of the very funny Unicorn.

We need illustrations of: The Narrator (a teenage girl w/ a rifle,) her Ma & Pa, a dead Mermaid, and - of course - The Unicorn.

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Give a listen to Take 2 of this “Unicorn” Voice Over to get a sense of the story’s tone.

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You can contribute all of your illustrations to the Unicorn Collaboration HERE!

hitrecord: LET’S ILLUSTRATE THE CHARACTERS & SETTINGS OF...

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:26:01 -0400

hitrecord:

LET’S ILLUSTRATE THE CHARACTERS & SETTINGS OF THIS HILARIOUS STORY!

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CALLING ALL ILLUSTRATORS: We need you to illustrate the Main Characters & Settings of the very funny Unicorn.

We need illustrations of: The Narrator (a teenage girl w/ a rifle,) her Ma & Pa, a dead Mermaid, and - of course - The Unicorn.

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Give a listen to Take 2 of this “Unicorn” Voice Over to get a sense of the story’s tone.

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You can contribute all of your illustrations to the Unicorn Collaboration HERE!

hitrecord: COME & MEET OUR NEW RESIDENT...

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:26:23 -0400

hitrecord:

COME & MEET OUR NEW RESIDENT CURATORS!

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EXCITING NEWS! We’ve added 8 new Resident Curators to the team!

Several months ago we assembled a team of 8 Resident Curators from the community to assist in featuring records. We were so pleased with how well this initiative went we decided to add more Resident Curators to our team.

These new Resident Curators are not only awesome artists in their own right, but their recommendations have helped us collectively gravitate toward records that our production company can use. They’ve demonstarted a solid understanding of the direction our company is headed.

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So, without further ado, I introduce to you hitRECord’s 2nd round of Resident Curators:

Metaphorest (Text & Audio)

ppeppina (Audio)

12:42 (Video)

Pamagotchi (Audio)

TheSerpentTheCharmer (Text & Image)

mirtle (Image)

TanjaTHEAwesome (Video)

sojushots (Image)

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Thanks Again!

<3

J

hitrecord: MUSICIANS: COME WORK W/ US ON OUR NEW ATMOSPHERIC...

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:15:58 -0400

hitrecord:

MUSICIANS: COME WORK W/ US ON OUR NEW ATMOSPHERIC LOVE SONG “REMAINS!”

Here’s how YOU can contribute to the collaboration:

FEMALE VOCALISTS: Come sing the other side of this love-lost story! There’s an Intro & 2 Verses that you can perform on - so let’s hear what ya got!

PIANO PLAYERS: Let’s hear some keys really build the atmosphere till the grand finale.

ELECTRIC GUITARISTS: There’s an existing guitar line that we need re-created for this new remix. Then when the end of the song comes along, let it loose!

EVERYONE ELSE: ANYONE can contribute to the track w/ Spooky Sound FX, Spoken Word Samples, or DJ Cuts & Scratches.

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USE THIS VERSION as a reference track when you RECord your contributions! :oD

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Please contribute your high-res isolated .WAV sounds to the collab HERE!

hitrecord: LET’S WRITE A POST-APOCALYPTIC MONOLOGUE FOR OUR NEW...

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:15:42 -0400

hitrecord:

LET’S WRITE A POST-APOCALYPTIC MONOLOGUE FOR OUR NEW SHORT FILM!

CALLING ALL WRITERS: We need you to write a futuristic cautionary monologue that this creepy “Voyager” character might impart upon its viewers.

Once we have some great text written, we can RECord Voice Overs & Animate the character into a NEW SHORT FILM!

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You can contribute to the RE: Voyager collaboration HERE!

Photo

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:27:06 -0400

Photo

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:11:49 -0400

hitrecordjoe: Treat yourself or the one you love to something...

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:02:59 -0400

hitrecordjoe:

Treat yourself or the one you love to something pretty!

themadeshop: Hello all RECorders! As you’ve surely noticed by...

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:24:18 -0400

themadeshop:

Hello all RECorders!

As you’ve surely noticed by now, we’ve launched a new version of hitRECord with a lot of improvements, new functionality, and user interface design work. Our small team has been working really hard on this since before Sundance, and we’re very excited to release it. We hope you like it and find it much improved in many areas.

It’s still a work in progress, and we’ll be rolling out a lot of bug fixes and tweaks over the rest of the week, plus a number of new features (like new collaboration pages, ability to “hide” records, new album layouts, etc.) over the coming weeks.

We’re very interested to hear feedback as you guys start to use it. Let us know things you like, dislike, or any bugs or errors or problems you run into.

Here’s a list of some of the headline improvements:

Brand new Record Creation process, with improved uploading, tagging, pre-set tags, and a vastly improved resource citing interface that allows you to search full thumbnails as well as quickly check your recent recommendations and downloads (as these are most often the records we all want to resource)

Completely redesigned and re-written Dashboard. It still shows the same six notification types under the same two tabs as the previous site, but now all records display full size, recommendations are collated together so you don’t see repeat recommendations, and you can also easily switch between the mingled feed of all activity or select individual streams (like just seeing new records from people you subscribe to).

New Homepage Layout to more easily browse through the Featured Records, and to highlight the Featured Collaborations we’re focusing on. More improvements and adjustments are already planned for this.

New Browse & Search page. Now with the ability view records in thumbnail format (with playable content!) and full notecard view. Also, this is where the old homepage sidebar links (recently recommended, latest records, most recommened, and greatest hits) live, which makes more sense.

Brand new User Pages! (this is one of my favorites). A much cleaner view of your records, featured records, recommendations, and collaborations. Plus, the ability to search, filter, and sort within any users records.

Also, we now track downloads and subscriptions so you can quickly see the records you’ve downloaded in the past and see all the people you subscribe to. (note: these are private categories that aren’t visible to other users)

New Footer with quick links to all areas of hitRECord (note: this is where the old “Conversations” page link is. I know a lot of people really enjoy that page, and we have a lot of new improvements to conversations coming soon, which is why it’s hidden down there now)

That’s a short overview of the new improvements. Again, we’re really interested to hear what you all think and how it’s working for you.

Thanks to all of you for the love and care you have for this website and community. We keep trying to make it better for you, and hope you enjoy the new features we’ve built.

Thanks again,

Marke

Creative Director

hitrecordjoe: We got 3 red buttons at the #TDKR premier....

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:44:39 -0400

hitrecordjoe:

We got 3 red buttons at the #TDKR premier. @jaredgeller @dr_gory @hitrecord

Tuning in! themadeshop: Artists Against Fracking The Made Shop...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 22:54:40 -0400

Tuning in!

themadeshop:

Artists Against Fracking

The Made Shop has been working feverishly the past two weeks with Sean Lennon and Yuka Honda and Jared Geller and Yoko Ono and an innumerable list of other artists in New York to put together a campaign to urge New York’s Governor Cuomo to ban hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in New York State.

Sean & Yoko will be on Jimmy Fallon tonight which I’m told is going to be amazing. Please help spread the word, check out the website to learn more about fracking and why it is a dangerous and terribly bad idea, and contact Governor Cuomo to voice your opinion.