Cello Bandit Super Storm Sandy from William Hamilton on Vimeo.
I was visited by a cello bandit this last week. His visit was unannounced and brief.
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Well, I want to thank everyone who came to our show. I had a wonderful time. Performing for people is something very new to me. The show helped me gain some confidence around playing for others. As promised, here is the full 1 hour 20 minute concert video.
Thanks to the East Bay Media Center for hosting, promoting, and filming our show.
Would not have been posible if not for Bekah Barnett creating the show with me.
Oakland Interactive Art Show with Cello from William Hamilton on Vimeo.
A community art peice by Minneapolis based artist, Alison Nowak, at the Temescal Art Center. With original music composition by Ben Hamilton and Bekah Barnett.
This is an impromptu cello loop concert that I played for some friends in Mt. shasta. All the music is 100% original and improvised on the spot. I use a Boss RC-300 loop station to do my looping. Looping with the cello is something still very new to me. It opens up so many different possibilities and gives me the ability to accompany myself.
I studied with composer Matthew Goodheart, he is the one who introduced me to the “symphony of place”
Matthews website: matthewgoodheart.com
My website: poweredbybike.com
A day without sunshine, cello+Mt. Shasta from William Hamilton on Vimeo.
A short piece inspired by my latest visit to Mt. Shasta. I shot the video while going up on Amtrak, and then later on the mountain. The music was improvised on my cello (with looping machine) while looking at a Quaking Aspen.
Dedicated to Chuck.
This summer my friends recorded their set live at Expression music college in the Bay Area. I have played cello with them before, but instead of bringing my cello, I filmed them. Look forward to more music videos. This is my first time doing multicam.
Their website: www.thelittlestillnotbigenough.tumblr.com
Their music: www.soundcloud.com/thelittlestillnot/sets
My Website: www.poweredbybike.com
Created by Gabriel Perko-Engel during Media Camp
I taught at www.eastbaymediacenter.com media camp.
This is a video made by one of the students, I helped Gabriel create the soundtrack for this silent film. The video was edited by Gabriel on Final Cut Pro X, then played for me. While watching the video, I improvised. Did this a few times, then recorded audio for various scenes in the video.
Meet Bekah, a wonderful musician with an enchanting voice. A collaboration between fellow artist Anthony Yousko, and myself. This is the first artist video that we have done as myhearbeats.org
Bekah has written 13 songs that can be found in her album, Find Shelter Here.
I play cello on a few tracks in the album and regularly play with her.
Bekah’s site: urbanminstrel.com
Ben’s site: poweredbybike.com
Anthony’s Site: yousko.tumblr.com
This video features a song by me. I improvised 4 parts, 2 Plucking, 2 bowed. I walked around Berkeley during the evening and saw a raccoon. I recorded video on Canon Vixia hf m40. Audio was recorded onto a boss rc-300.
I played and recorded cello at the East Bay Media Center. I shot the footage at the Albany bulb in the East bay. The Albany bulb is a very interesting place, it used to be an industrial landfill, then a green waste dump, now its a place where people make lots of art and many people live there.
Filming and music By me.
I made this video as a test to show my friend Anthony, final cut. Sometimes I make funny faces when I play cello. Usually when I am out of tune…
Wood Mask Carved by Sheri Tharp. Music by Swimming. Filmed/animated by me.
A short carving by woodcarving teacher Sheri Tharp. Filmed and edited by me.
Carving by Sheri Tharp. Animated by Me.
Made in 2007, This is the first stopmotion animation I made with my woodcarving mother. This is the first project that her students must complete in order to take her woodcarving class in Berkeley, California.
In order to create the illusion of the wood carving it’s self, sheri would carve a small amount, then move out of the frame {snap}, take a picture… then repeat. This project took 3700 pictures and 20 hours.
-Animated by Me.
-Carved by Sheri Tharp.
-Music by Phoebe Carrai
-Video equipment supplied by the East Bay Media Center in Berkeley
