As some of you may or may not know, Roger Taylor, drummer/songwriter of Queen, has been sponsoring a North American search for the best talent to put together for a touring band of musicians to perform Queen's music across the country starting in May. (Queen Extravaganza: http://www.queenextravanganza.com). I found out about it a couple of weeks ago and, being a huge Queen fan, was determined to submit video auditions for one of the vocal spots and the lone bassist spot. I had wanted to submit 1 video featuring both vocals and bass, but the rules wouldn't allow it. So off we go.
Then I'm inundated with a ridiculous series of mishaps, starting with the snow storm that rocked New Jersey and left us without power or heat for a week. When I finally get power back, it continuously goes on and off every f*'in time I'm in the middle of recording! Long story short: I FINALLY get these done and submitted hours before the deadline, only to find out my files didn't encrypt properly so the receiver got some lovely videos of me performing with NO sound!
I wish I had a some fanfare for the common man success story telling of how I overcame great adversity and hardship to rise above all this, but alas I don't. Some unseen force obviously didn't want me to be participating in this, though when all is said and done I'm just thankful the damn things got done. One can only speculate how far I may have gone in the competition, which is now in round 2, so these will have to serve as a couple of elaborate demos until the next opportunity for world domination arises.
Vocals:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc14zAAGDQo
(I left the chroma key background green, so feel free to add your own background. Free prize to whomever can come up with the best background.
). Bass (Featuring the '73 P):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwDJ1kxMaPA
) has over 4 million views already and he was one of the first to send in a video.