We Grew Up So Well is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules:
1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
We Grew Up So Well, by Jack Conte
Lyrics: Staring at a trash can, thinking about the things you've thrown away. You love our pretty planet, yeah, but not enough to stay. No, please don't go! You always took care of your hands. How could you break them like you did? Like a bug on a window. Is that what you wanted to be? A moment's pause? All you see is madness. Nobody can show you the method. No please, wait, no! So I remember you in lyric, recycled soul reborn as ink from a desperate pen. Is that what you wanted to be? Just a topic of mine? Oh, I dream of your soul, I wish you could know that we grew up so well. Oh, you didn't know. You didn't know that soon you'd be okay. Echoing bellows, so slow like gallows. Is that what you wanted to be? A still life's pose? A photograph? A story told? A friend I had?
We Grew Up So Well is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules:
1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
We Grew Up So Well, by Jack Conte
Lyrics: Staring at a trash can, thinking about the things you've thrown away. You love our pretty planet, yeah, but not enough to stay. No, please don't go! You always took care of your hands. How could you break them like you did? Like a bug on a window. Is that what you wanted to be? A moment's pause? All you see is madness. Nobody can show you the method. No please, wait, no! So I remember you in lyric, recycled soul reborn as ink from a desperate pen. Is that what you wanted to be? Just a topic of mine? Oh, I dream of your soul, I wish you could know that we grew up so well. Oh, you didn't know. You didn't know that soon you'd be okay. Echoing bellows, so slow like gallows. Is that what you wanted to be? A still life's pose? A photograph? A story told? A friend I had?Jack Conte Live StreamJack Conte2017-01-26 | ...Avicii - Wake Me Up - Conte RemixJack Conte2013-10-29 | My EP is FREE at: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte This Song on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/ConteWakeMeUp
This is a 3D projection mapping music video for my remix of Avicii's Wake Me Up. I used Final Cut Pro 7 to line up all the images, and I built the 3D screens and surfaces out of foam core (the kind we used to use for science fair projects....). I didn't use any custom software or non consumer products to make this video - the projection mapping was done empirically by lining up images on foam core board and then cutting the board down to the appropriate sizes - no math or algorithms or projection mapping software.
100% original sound design - no samples used. Filmed in one take, start to finish with an iPhone, two Canon Vixia home video cameras, and a Canon T3i. Recorded, mixed and mastered with Ableton Live 8.
How I made the main bass sounds: I started with live guitar (my Nelson Coquette), pitch shifted it an octave down using the Electro Harmonix POG pedal, and ran it through the Big Muff Germanium. Then I used Ableton's Saturator to square off the waveform. I added three layers of Native Instruments Massive to add some breath and cracking to the top end of the spectrum, giving the bass a fuzzy "broken speaker" flapping sound. I also added a sub bass (pure sine wave) that doubled the live bass take. More info and in-depth tutorials for my patrons at: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
If you'd like me to keep making videos, please support me on Patreon! http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU'RE NOT A FAN: Sorry for the disclaimer - but I want to filter out the riff raff! I hope you like this video. I poured my HEART and SOUL into the sound design, mixing, projections, and set building. It took me more time than I even feel comfortable divulging in public! The point is this: I LOVE MAKING STUFF, and I want to make more. You might think that ad revenue has us YouTubers rolling in copious sums of filthy green - after all, people get rich and famous by getting millions of views on YouTube, right? Like for instance, my Daft Punk Skrillex mashup, that recently crossed 5 million views. I got BALLS RICH from that video, right? I bought a boat with a jacuzzi on top, filled it with Don Perrignon, and hired Tiesto to dj my private yacht party....right? Actually... I didn't get a single penny from that video. Not a cent! It took me 30 days to make the audio and two weeks to animate the visuals - and I didn't earn enough to pay for a gummy bear. I'm not talking about a 32 oz bag of gummy bears on Amazon for $12.99 - I'm talking about A. SINGLE. GUMMY BEAR. And by the way, I'm not complaining - I know that online content is free. But PEOPLE are not free - it costs money to live on planet Earth! Here's what I'm asking you to do: even if you don't want to become a patron of me, please check out Patreon.com, and find a couple of artists that you LOVE, and help them make more beautiful things to put into the world. Here are a few recommendations to get you started: check out Smooth McGroove, who does incredible a capella covers of video game music: http://patreon.com/smoothMcGroove . Or check out Yotam Perel who makes hilarious animations: http://www.patreon.com/lazypillow . Or try Peter Hollens, whose voice makes anybody melt: http://www.patreon.com/peterhollens . It's getting harder and harder for creators to make a living these days - music is available for free now. Videos are free. Blog posts are free. If you enjoy someone's art, please consider becoming a patron and helping them make more. Thank you for reading this and for caring! When you are ready to join a community of the most generous and creative people on the internet, we'll be waiting for you!
Become my patron on Patreon! http://www.Patreon.com/JackConteLaunchpad Played on Sideways TVJack Conte2013-07-31 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
With custom animations and a robotic camera crane.
Song: I Know Better Artist: Conte
The song is called "I Know Better" and it's on my new EP, which is available for FREE download here: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
"I Know Better" Music and Video by Conte
Film crew at the SF and LA Shows: Jeff Orlowski Marcus Karlberg Kevin Maxwell Ugo Rox Martin Mikitas Kyle Parker Seth Peterson Kellen Balla Rob Rippberger
Lyrics: I'd like to scream it. I'd like to shout it. But I know better.
I'd like to kill you. I'd like to fuck you. But I know better.
I'd like to be it. Don't wanna fake it. But I know better.
100% original sound design - no samples used. Filmed in one take, start to finish. Recorded and performed with Ableton Live 8 Performed on a QuNeo and Launchpad S
Special thanks to Ableton, Keith McMillen Instruments, and Novation for their support. In the interest of full disclosure, KMI and Novation sent me some free gear recently, but they are not paying me. I'm linking to the companies and products below not because I'm contractually bound to, and not because they asked me to, but because I believe in their products and I want to. They are making the tools of our music making generation, and they are keeping them affordable and deep. Again, I'm not getting paid to say any of this. I just like their products and they deserve a serious shout out. Here's what I used in this video:
By the way - a lot of folks are asking how much of this is original, and how much is samples from Daft Punk and Skrillex. I did an analysis of my track: There are 4059 clips in the Ableton session. 18 of them are Daft Punk and Skrillex Samples, the rest are original sound design. All of the bass sounds, the strings, guitars, pianos, synths, are all original. The Skrillex and Daft Punk samples are almost entirely vocals, with only a couple of obvious exceptions.
Samples Used:
Vocals from Weekends by Skrillex Vocals from Harder Better Faster Stronger by Daft Punk Vocals from Robot Rock by Daft Punk Vocals from Rock n Roll by Skrillex Vocals from Technologic by Daft Punk Vocals from One More Time by Daft Punk
The only non-vocal samples used were: One string slide sound from Rock n Roll at 1:53 Some Daft Punk hits and squeaks at 1:55 and 00:11 from Harder Better Faster Stronger The elephant ish sound at 1:56 from Skrillex's Rock n Roll
But all of the other sounds, like the basses (including talking basses), guitars, synths, string sounds, and everything else about the sound design is all original.Thrift Shop - Conte RemixJack Conte2013-03-20 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
The S4 Midi Controlled Lauchpad Performer is a custom-made, 4-solenoid hardware controller, running on an Arduino. The Arduino was setup and programmed by Rich Humphrey, and the hardware chassis was designed and built by Conte.
I'm a huge fan of this band. It was an honor to have them over to my studio to record! I hope you guys check em out and give their tunes a listen. Here's the video I mentioned in the vlog:
VIDEO CREW: Riki Feldmann Adam Willumsen Peter Varshavsky Max WeinbachI Wonder Where the Moments Go - Jack ConteJack Conte2011-10-08 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
In my last video, I asked for you guys to send me photos - your response overwhelmed me! Thank you so much for sharing your memories with me. I got such wonderful stories, emails, and photos from you. It was an incredibly moving experience for me, so I hope you enjoy seeing the photos that received.
Because there were over 700 photos, I had to quadruple up, otherwise the video would have been 45 minutes, and I didn't want to exclude anyone. I apologize if your photo is smaller than you were hoping, but I only did it in an effort to be fair to everyone.
Even with quadrupled photos, the video was about 15 minutes, so I laid down some VS4 B Sides and other unreleased tracks as the audio for the slide show. My gift to you, in return for your incredible photos, is the collection of songs in the video:
Holy cow! I've gotten over 700 photos from everyone in just a few days. I have way more photos than I was expecting, but I'll figure something out! I really don't need any more photos at this point - but THANK YOU MILLIONS for the incredible stories and images. It has been a great experience for me to actually SEE you guys and the people//animals/instruments you care about. I feel truly blessed having you all as fans!
"I Would Be Happy" is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
I Would Be Happy, By Jack Conte
Lyrics:
I don't see you.
I would be happy just to see you raw with nothing to hide your face, nothing to set the stage.
I would be happy just to see you plain. You can throw out the box. You don't need it at all.
I don't see you.
I would be happy just to have you here. We don't need plans at all, we don't need painted walls.
I would be happy just to see you raw. Nothing to hide your fears, better to see you clear.
I don't see you.
Nothing to hide your face, nothing to set the stage.
I would be happy just to see you raw... I would be happy just to see you raw... I would be happy just to see you raw...Get It Out - Jack ConteJack Conte2011-08-17 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
"Get It Out" is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
Lyrics:
It might be rage. It might be bait. It's everyday.
Get it out! Get it out! Somehow I got to get it out! Get it out! You know I got to get it out! Get it out! Somehow I got to!
It might be haste. It might be pace. It's everyday.
Get it out! Get it out! Somehow I got to get it out! Get it out! You know I got to get it out! Get it out! Somehow I got to!Jack Conte - Only DreamingJack Conte2011-08-02 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
"Only Dreaming" is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
Lyrics:
Drink this holy water, it will make you better. You're okay, you're only dreaming.
Keep me where I'm happy. I don't care what's happening. I'm okay, I'm only dreaming.
I don't care what's in my input. No...
Breathing underwater. It feels so much better. I'm okay, I'm only dreaming.
I don't care what's really happening. No...
Drink this holy water, it will make you better. You're okay, you're only dreaming.
I don't care what's in my input! No...Away - Jack ConteJack Conte2011-07-18 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
"Away" is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
Lyrics:
Away we go, away we float. Time to lift away.
Away we rise, away we fly. Time to drift away.
And time will tell if all is real. Time's been right all my life, through all my mistakes. Time to slip away.
Away we burn, away we turn. Time to lift away.
Away we rise, away we fly. Time to drift away.
And time will tell if all is real. Time's been right all my life, through all my mistakes. Time to slip away.
Away we go, away we float. Time to lift away.Jack Conte Plays Various GroovesJack Conte2011-07-11 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
I felt like I needed to practice some new miking and mixing techniques. I've also been listening to the Black Keys record, Brothers, a lot, and I love the sounds they're able to get. So for this video, I tried to get into some nitty gritty details of groove and production to practice my time, mixing, and general music-making skillllzzz. I hope you enjoy the grooves. It was fun making a non-song but still music ish kind of video.
"Mercenary" is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
"Mercenary," by Jack Conte
Lyrics:
If you don't want to, then you don't have to. If you don't need it, then just don't take it. We are the mercenaries, the revolution babies.
You take the one road, and I'll take the other. You take the payload, and I'll duck and cover. We are the mercenaries, the revolution babies.
Mercenary. Mercenary.
We got a switchblade, they got machine guns. We got sore legs, and they're coming to get us. We are the mercenaries, the revolution babies.
We are the mercenaries, the revolution babies.
If you don't want to, then you don't have to.
Mercenary. Mercenary.Fruit ExplosionJack Conte2011-06-15 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
Animation, story, editing, sound design, cinematography by Jack Conte
"Long Long Time Ago" is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
Long Long Time Ago, by Jack Conte
Lyrics:
He lived down by the farmhouse where the stray cats sleep at night, just a deck of cards, two fold out chairs, and the ghost of his wife. And the devil lived in his doorway, kept out the love and hope. He lived a long, long, long time, a long time ago.
He lost one yellow Sunday, when he reached into his throat and pulled out all the people that he had been and tried to choke. But together they overwhelmed him, and he couldn't help but explode. He lost a long, long, long time, a long time ago.
Asked a man in town, and they said he's lawless. Said he was strange, and he was all alone. No place to go, he went up in smoke.
Well he left in a hurry when the cops kicked in his door. He jumped out the second story, limped down the road and hijacked a car. He stuck his head out the broken window, and he howled like the devil's own. He left a long, long, long time, a long time ago.
Asked a man in town, and they said he's lawless. Said he was strange, and he was all alone. No place to go, he went up in smoke.
He flew right past the border, he ditched the car and dyed his hair. He took out his deck of cards for a couple last rounds of solitaire, and he slept just like a baby, though the night was hard and cold. He flew a long, long, long time, a long time ago.
When he passed through the devil's doorway, well he knew just where he was. He threw back his head and howled as he resigned himself to dust. And they found him in the Rio Fuerte. His body was still afloat. He passed a long, long, long time, a long time ago.Poor Mans 3D with Mystery Guitar ManJack Conte2011-06-05 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
"Off with His Head" is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
Oboe - Jocelyn Bentley-Prestwich Clarinet - Troy Steinmetz Trombone - Matt Payne Trumpet - Andy Wilke Violin - Anton Patzner Cello - Lewis Patzner
"Off with His Head," composed and orchestrated by Jack Conte Lyrics:
Off with his head, it's all for the best, my eyes hang down with sorrow. I moan and bellow for lost tomorrows, gone away.
Off with his head, you lose what you bet. Your will reigns down with terror, oh feel the horror, oh see the fury upon us all.
Lie in the sun - I keep my guard on -- cuz nothing ever comes when you expect. Shoot all our guns, let's kill off our sons! We've too much time, and too much life, too many precious days.
Off with his head, it's all for the best. Your will reigns down with terror, oh feel the horror, oh see the fury upon us all.
Lie in the sun - I keep my guard on -- cuz nothing ever comes when you expect. Shoot all our guns, let's kill off our sons! We've too much time, and too much life, too many precious days.
Off with his head, it's all for the best, my eyes hang down with sorrow. I moan and bellow for lost tomorrows, gone away.Daft Punk - Inception MashupJack Conte2011-05-09 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
A Mashup of Daft Punk's "Derezzed" and some themes from Hans Zimmer's "Inception" soundtrack.
This mashup is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
"The Time Has Come" is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
"The Time Has Come," by Jack Conte Lyrics:
The time has come for all good men to sink or swim or die. The boats are broke and the bow is stuck, and the waves are crashing high.
Oh! Wouldn't it be nice to have a bit more time? Yeah. Wouldn't it be nice to have a bit more time?
The time has come for all good men to jump or float or fly. The cockpit cracked and the captain croaked and the wind is tearing by.
Oh! Wouldn't it be nice to have a bit more time? Yeah. Wouldn't it be nice to have a bit more time?
The time has come for all good men to want or wish or try. Our brains are blank and our bones are breaking and the years are blowing by.
Oh! Wouldn't it be nice to have a bit more time? Yeah. Wouldn't it be nice to have a bit more time?Judas - Lady Gaga (with Fireball)Jack Conte2011-04-25 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
This cover of "Judas" is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
note: there is one guitar bit that i couldn't find in my footage, but it was only two chords, and it's the same shot as the other guitar bit, so I still consider it a VideoSong in spirit!
Quick side not to all my fans: coming back to YouTube after the time it took to record VS4 has been rewarding for me beyond belief. You guys have just been so supportive and welcoming, and I am so grateful for all your encouragement. Thank you for giving me the life I've always dreamed of! Being able to make music for a living is as good as it gets.
Sinking Feeling is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
Sinking Feeling, by Jack Conte Lyrics:
Maybe I'll come true, but I got this sinking feeling that nothing's real anymore.
But I don't care, do you? I got this sinking feeling that nothing's real anymore.
Tell your friends about it, maybe they'll love it, maybe they'll hate it. You never know, it could be a lie.
You get what you choose, and I got this sinking feeling that nothing's real anymore.
Tell your friends about it, maybe they'll love it, maybe they'll hate it. You never know, it could be a lie.
Maybe I'm just blue, but I got this sinking feeling that nothing's real anymore.
Tell your friends about it, maybe they'll love it, maybe they'll hate it. You never know, it could be a lie.
Maybe I'll come true, but I got this sinking feeling that nothing's real anymore. Yeah I got this sinking feeling that nothing's real anymore.Super Mario Bros Theme SongJack Conte2011-04-11 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
Time of Your Life is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
Time of Your Life, by Jack Conte Lyrics:
Still searching, still guessing, still lurching, but are you having the time of your life?
Still waiting, still pacing, still playing, but are you having the time of your life?
Help me! I don't know what to be anymore!
Still checking, still chasing, still dressing, but are you having the time of your life?
Same faces, same stories, same places.
Help me! I am salt in the sea.
Still searching, still guessing, still lurching, but are you having the time of your life? Are you having the time of your life?Stevie Wonder Superstition - SFJAZZ CollectiveJack Conte2011-04-01 | Another video from this recording session: http://youtu.be/2t2xRcS5Q9o SFJAZZ Collective plays Stevie Wonder's Superstition http://www.sfjazz.org
SFJAZZ Collective are: MIGUEL ZENÓN - alto sax MARK TURNER - tenor sax AVISHAI COHEN - trumpet ROBIN EUBANKS - trombone STEFON HARRIS - vibraphone EDWARD SIMON - Piano MATT PENMAN - Bass ERIC HARLAND - Drums
Superstition by Stevie Wonder Arranged by Miguel Zenón Cinematography by Jeff Orlowski Audio Production & Video Editing by Jack Conte Event Production by Randall Kline, Laura Evans, Cecilia Engelhart Recorded in Sonoma County CA, Feb 2011Make the Grade - Jack ConteJack Conte2011-03-23 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
Make the Grade is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
(Note: some of the VideoSongs for this album were filmed a year ago, and that makes it difficult to be certain about some audio/video syncing questions. The intention was to be 100% accurate and to follow the VideoSong rules, but I thought I should add this disclaimer in an attempt to be completely transparent)
Somewhere at the bottom of the ocean I am floating past the algae, the whale bones, so pretty, but my body still didn't make the grade, still didn't make the grade.
Somewhere in the basement I once had a good idea but I can't find it. My mind is drawing blanks to fill the page, but I still won't make the grade, still won't make the grade.
I'm regaining patience in the better half of man, and the stories we'll remember are from a different hand.
Somewhere at the bottom of my brain I just don't care and I don't want to. But I do, anyway... anyway, I still won't make the grade, still won't make the grade.
I'm regaining patience in the better half of man, and the stories we'll remember are from a different hand.
Somewhere at the bottom of the ocean I am floating past the algae, the whale bones, so pretty, but my body still won't make the grade... still won't make the grade... still won't make the grade.Here VideoSong - Jack Conte and Wade JohnstonJack Conte2010-01-14 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
"Here" is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
This week's awesome album art is by Tõnis Tootsen, check him out here: http://www.myspace.com/demineerija "Here" by Wade Johnston and Jack Conte Lyrics:
I feel like I'm on fire. I feel like I've grown taller. I feel like I'm no longer here. I feel like I'm all wired. I feel like I'm still tired here. Wait so long, waiting, waiting for another day.I Know - Jack Conte VideoSongJack Conte2009-11-18 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
I Know is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
This week's album art by:
Nemorov Nemorov lives in Cleveland, Ohio, where she pursues comic art and experimental musings. The design team she pilots, Casual Misanthropy, plans to release their first comic Winter 2009.
I Know, by Jack Conte Lyrics: I can't be in the sky. I can't stay out at night. I can't stay in the cold. I know. I can't forget my health. I can't be by myself. I can't be all alone. I know. I can't be out of touch. I can't throw out my watch. I can't just up and go. I know. I can't be on the moon. I can't be feeling down. I can't belive in ghosts. I know. I can't be wasting time. I can't be wasting time. I can't be wasting time.Gulf - Jack Conte VideoSongJack Conte2009-08-13 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
Gulf is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
By the way, the bullet time effect is achieved by filming and recording the guitar track 8 times in an arc, then switching between the angles at about 2-3 frames per second. All of the layers are still in the audio mix, so it still follows all the VideoSong rules.
Gulf, by Jack Conte Lyrics: Stay still, soldier. Follow orders. Load up, lie low, and pray for water. I watch us come undone. I watch us come undone. Live for morning and dirty magazines. I took it all the way. I took it all the way.On Planets - Jack ConteJack Conte2009-07-21 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
On Planets is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
if you have artwork that you'd like to submit to be the album art for one of my future songs, send an email with a 1500x1500 picture file attached to:
10,000 ft/sec: Album Art by Linda van der Plas, from The Netherlands. Linda, if you're reading this, please send me a link where others can see more of your artwork!
Bloody Nose: Album Art by Nick Bohl. His email is ahughman@live.com if you want to get in touch.Panic at The Disco Cover - Jack ConteJack Conte2009-06-29 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
Nails for Breakfast, Tacks for Snacks, by Panic at the Disco.
The guitarist for Panic writes most of their lyrics, and I'm of the opinion that the kid is brilliant. Check it out:
Watch your mouth Because your speech is slurred enough That you just might swallow your tongue I'm sure you'd want, want to give up the ghost With just a little more poise than that
Or was it God who chokes In these situations, running late? No, no, he called in He called in
Or was it God who chokes In these situations, running late? No, no, he called in He called in
The hospice is A relaxing weekend getaway Where you're a cut above all the rest Sick and sad patients On first name basis with all the top physicians
Prescribed pills To offset the shakes To offset the pills You know you should take It a day at a time
That's when you st-st-stutter something profound To the support on the line And with the way you've been talking Every word gets you a step closer to hell X2
Prescribed pills To offset the shakes To offset the pills You know you should take It a day at a time
Prescribed pills To offset the shakes To offset the pills You know you should take It a day at a time
I am Alone in this bed, house, and head And she never fixes this But at least she...
I am Alone, in this bedroom She never fixes this But at least she...
Prescribed pills To offset the shakes To offset the pills You know you should take It a day at a time
Prescribed pills To offset the shakes To offset the pills You know you should take It a day at a time
The hospice is A relaxing weekend getaway Where you're a cut above all the rest Sick and sad patients On first name basis with all the top physiciansIncubus Green Day Mashup - Jack ConteJack Conte2009-06-22 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
Thanks to everyone for your artwork submissions. We are no longer accepting submissions, but please feel free to send art anyway! Sometimes we post them on the facebook page. JackConteAlbumArt@gmail.com
Lonely Ghost, by Jack Conte
Lyrics: And on this casket's back sits a little lonely ghost. He misses his old lungs and wishes he had his throat, those good old days! Daylight will wash away. It's going to fade, yeah it will fade, and the darkness will take it's place. It's going to come, yeah it will come, so I'm grateful for this consciousness oasis that paints the darkest carpet with a sudden streak of white. We burn so bright!
I will swallow it whole, I'm going to run, yeah I will run until my body breaks down. I'm filling up, yeah fill me up. Fill me up!
Don't look back: you'll turn to salt. So just march on, let moments melt.
I'm awake. Wake up! Wake UP! I'm awake, I'm AWAKE! And I'll never piss that away. Let's be loud, let's love, let's make some sound! Let's make some sound!Impression VideoSong - Jack ConteJack Conte2009-06-11 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
"Impression" is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds). --------------------------------------------
Thank you to everyone that sent in album art! We are no longer taking submissions, but please feel free to send art to JackConteAlbumArt@gmail.com. Sometimes we post them on the facebook page!
--------------------------------------------- This week's artwork is by Megan Miller: http://www.momentrance.com
Make sure to check out her site, she makes all kinds of crazy music and art. --------------------------------------------
"Impression," by Jack Conte
Lyrics: You got a lot of plans, it doesn't make you gold. You got a lot of breath, it doesn't give you a soul. Cuz maybe I'm awake, maybe I'm asleep. You got a second half, it doesn't make you whole. You got a lot of thoughts, well you got nothing at all. Cuz maybe I'm a mind, or maybe I'm a brain. You got a humble heart, it doesn't mean you kneel. Continuous from the start, it doesn't make it real. Cuz maybe I'm alive, or maybe it's an impression.Trains and Window Collection (aka Marvin in the Dark) - Jack ConteJack Conte2009-05-27 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
The sheet music is v1.0 beta. If you have suggestions that would make the score better, email me: jackcontemusic@gmail.com
Trains and Window Collection by Jack Conte: It was a tired morning, and the sky yawned as I bought a one-way ticket to Salt Lake City and boarded the 8:05 Amtrak headed Northeast. The train dipped in and out of the empty gorges whose walls were still black from the dynamite blasts that once dug them out of the ground, and the window collected the broken images outside (whose only purpose left in the physical world was to entertain the endless parade of Amtrak voyeurs passing hour after hour through the valley): a dead sofa, a gasping tire, and a hoodless Dodge with no wheels that sat sunken in the red California clay. Unimpressed, the train marched forward with a pointed tenacity, matched only on occasion by a sad artist or an unemployed father of three who planted themselves firmly on the tracks and surrendered quietly as the train delivered them back to the City of Ashes, where we're all from, and where we're all eventually going. Then in an instant the sun set, and the yellow dusted shadows froze grey, and dusk swallowed the whole valley without remorse, because of course there's nothing really to swallow. It's just motion: the motion of a steel train and its wide-eyed passengers who watch the moments collect one by one on their windows, blending seamlessly into an animation, fleeting and fictional.Out of Nowhere VideoSong - Jack ConteJack Conte2009-05-18 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
Out of Nowhere is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
Lyrics: Born of the sun, still cold. Born of the race, still slow. I can't complain, I'm alright. I'll take the blame, it's alright. Born of the clouds, still down. Born of the lost dogs, still found. I had enough. I'm all done, but here it comes again. It's all done. We'll wail it out, we'll wait it out. There's still time. We're fine for now. We're fine for now. Then, out of nowhere:VideoSong - Get Happy - Jack ConteJack Conte2009-05-12 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
This is an old song that I wrote a long time ago! But it's still true, I suppose. Don't ask me why I decided to record it again, nataly already tried that and I don't know! But I hope you enjoy it!
Get Happy is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
Get Happy, by Jack Conte Lyrics:
Sometimes I'm happy, sometimes I'm sad. Sometimes I feel good, sometimes it's bad. But when I am happy, and I'm holding your hand, nothing can stop me, not the sea or the sand. But when I am sad, and my head's in a whirl, I just can't get happy, not for diamonds or peals.
Bloody Nose is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
Bloody Nose, by Jack Conte
Lyrics: Count your bones one by one. Lie awake at night. Underground, boxed and glum, left you there for rot. All my fears are overgrown, will someone burn this grove? Those August nights.... They burn hot as hell, and you wake up sweating dreams. It casts a spell. Welcome home! It's been a while. Do you miss your head, with your tattered clothes and your bloody nose? Aren't you glad to be rid of the smell? Not at all? Not at all! I'll miss the fog through headlight wash and bed and breath and touch, but I'll brave it out! Yeah, I'll brave it out! There's no use getting down.Ten Thousand Feet per Second VideoSong - Jack ConteJack Conte2009-04-29 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
Thank you to everyone who is helping with the music store, you guys are incredible. I'm blown away by your continued support! thank you millions!
Ten Thousand Feet per Second is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
Pedals in this video: Electro-Harmonix Tube Zipper Electro-Harmonix h.o.g.Flavors (Acoustic) - Jack ConteJack Conte2009-04-27 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
yoho and a bottle of chocolate milk! for those of you who missed the webcast, this is what i played live!
the rest of the time we talked about VideoSongs and how to make them. thanks to everyone who was there!
This Disaster is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
Lyrics: All this guessing! It's backwards. Science moves us forwards, but we forget ourselves. I forget myself. Call the maker. Save us! Save us from this disaster: nothing. No space. No light. No love. No time.Freaks and Clowns - AcousticJack Conte2009-02-27 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
A quick acoustic song! I don't have time for a full VideoSong this week, cuz I'm leaving for the tour!! Woohoo! Leaving tomorrow!
THANKS TO EVERYONE who offered to help me cart stuff around! You guys are amazing, many thanks! I'll be emailing you soon.
Lyrics: Watch as I turn from a man into a hopeless, savage beast. Ladies and Gentlemen, step right up! Put your money at my feet. I'm a magician, I'll say it's real. I got nothing up my, nothing up my sleeve. I hope they never find me out. I'm just a faker and a cheat. I don't know how I got into this place, but I must get out before I lose my face. The freaks and clowns, they got their bag of tricks, and then they're down, they're out, just like a little itch. My money is on the kid wit nothing but an empty cardboard box. He wants to fill it with some pretty sounds and colors of his choice. He keeps a knowing eye on everyone. He knows they're just a hoax, cuz they tell him all at once, "You got to find the way. You got to find the way." I don't know how I opened up my throat, but I did somehow, and it all came spilling out. And the critics, the clowns, they try to shut me up, but I won't come down. I'm happiest when I sing out loud. I'd like to make a promise to all my past and future selves. I am, I was, and will be an outcast from the caves where silence dwells.Kitchen Fork - VideoSong - Jack ConteJack Conte2009-02-19 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
Kitchen Fork is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules: 1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
Special thanks to Stephanie Albert, the wonderful violinist!!! Isn't she awesome?!?!
Kitchen Fork, by Jack Conte
Lyrics: Wake from a dream where I was stuck losing my teeth. Lucky for me it was all fake or not what it seemed. Where, oh where do we go next, haunted pillow beneath my head? Where does it go? Pick out her heart with a kitchen fork, pin down her arms. And wake from the scar still feeling sick. Where did it get started? Where, oh where did this come from? Oh my God, my head's a gun. I let myself go. Who's this kid who wakes each night? And takes me on these wretched rides? Once I flew above the cars, and the wind blew gratitude through my heart. I let it all go. Save us from our own two heads. Can I keep just one and ditch the rest?Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Tchaikovsky Cover by Jack ConteJack Conte2008-12-25 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
More music: http://jackcontemusic.comJames Bond 007 Movie Theme - Jack ConteJack Conte2008-11-10 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).Anti VideoSong - Jack ConteJack Conte2008-10-23 | Download My NEW EP: http://www.Patreon.com/JackConte
This is an Anti VideoSong, a format conceived by a friend of mine.
An Anti VideoSong is a new Medium with two rules:
1. What you see is not at all what you hear (complete lip-syncing for instruments or voice). 2. If you hear it, you probably won't see it (all hidden sounds).