NEW MUSIC VIDEO: High Drama

[Mac Gollehon]

Check out my new video, High Drama, from my new LP “Bite of the Street” on Nefarious Industries:

https://youtu.be/8CEaZQZAEaU?si=hOHC-AE1dNxlEj2-


“High Drama” video was half filmed before the Covid lockdowns, and the second half filmed mid-2023. The cantina sequence was filmed in The Bronx, New York in 2019, with videography/direction by Gene Shaw (R.I.P.), videography by Randy Schull, and editing by Tyler Adams, and sees THE HISPANIC MECHANICS’ Jeanne Carno and Eric Klaastad, as well as Elizabeth Espinal, Ariel Lawler, Maddi Gypsy, and Kristara Alameda, acting/performing alongside MAC GOLLEHON. Additional performance footage and the ending sequence of GOLLEHON was filmed in August 2023 in Pound Ridge, New York with videography/direction by Michael Baumann, and additional direction by David Brenner who handled the final design and edit.

Recorded before the Covid pandemic, Bite of the Street was fully written and arranged by GOLLEHON, and sees him performing trumpet, keyboards, and scat vocals. He’s joined by Eric Klaastad on bass, Jeanne Carno on drums, and Ismael Sanchez performing additional percussion.

Engineer Adan Perez supplies additional keyboards on “Coming At You,” Ariel Lawler supplies background vocals on “Sleepwalker,” and David Brenner (Gridfailure) provides sound effects on “Souled Out.”

Bite of the Street was recorded and engineered by Adan Perez (Ruben Blades, Marc Anthony, Romeo Santos, Dave Valentin, Tito Nieves, Giovanni Hidalgo) at Allerton Studio in the Bronx, and Dan Grigsby (Joe Cocker, Bruce Springsteen, Whitney Houston, Sting, Kool & The Gang, Keith Richards) at SAE Institute of Technology in Manhattan, and mixed and mastered by Bruce A. Miller (Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Rod Stewart). The record is completed with photography by Tyler Adams, and layout/design by David Brenner and Greg Meisenberg.

[deejaymushone]

Wow this is crazy - esp the circular breathing upstairs !? I heard to develop this, you have to practice with a straw & glass of water??
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1924 Besson Rapuwano
1941 Martin HCI / 1949 Committee Deluxe
1947 Chicago Benge
Conn 1929 2B / 1924 22B / 1934 8B / 1956 10B / 1967 20A / 1958 38B / 1952 48B
1965 Olds Recording

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC1993QIK7E

[Mac Gollehon]

Yes the water with straw in glass is Start. But first get comfortable circular breathing effectively in low to mid register. When that improves move to filling the sink with water and put the bell 2 inches below water surface and practice scales underwater with no break in sound. This will develop circular breathing technique as well as power in the lateral walls and masseter while still maintaining gripped but relaxed strength in the orbicularis Oris area. Strengthens and coordinates all components simultaneously. Practice the circular breathing in all registers. In the case on this track I’m holding double B for around 2 minutes loud to soft and back and forth emphasizing control of dynamics for this technique.