the dotmatrix project

A taste of the bands:

Project Tritium: Affectus Incognitus

The Raving Knaves: Big Empty Detroit

Poster by Justin Reich.

Dawn Chorus: Oh Please from Sean Coon on Vimeo.

Dawn Chorus has a music video! A big shout of thanks to Aaron Aadland and Justin Sale for shooting and Jason Pierce for shooting, directing and editing the video. Apparently, it got a bit tricky with the overdubbing, but the final product looks great.

(extra thanks to Andy for framing the open/closing sequences at the last minute)

We at DMP are happy to announce that Tom Beardslee Live at the dotmatrix project is now available at Amie Street… for FREE. Get in quick, because the price will be rising soon.

For those of you without Amie Street accounts, here’s a way to get free money in your new account.

Enjoy!

original photo by macaddict (mashed up w/ permission)

Amie Street has been a big supporter of our efforts out here to document live performances by local artists. They’ve already included one of our music videos in their Amie Street TV feature and are planning on writing a spotlight post about what we’re doing down here.

Now they’ve upped the ante by giving away FREE MUSIC.

If you don’t already have an Amie Street account, but would like to try out our local artist’s music, the staff at AS has made it ridiculously easy to do so.

Here’s what you do:

1. Head over to this URL: amiestreet.com/_l/dotmatrix
2. Enter your email and a preferred username & password
3. Verify the email that’s instantly sent to your email account

Once you finish those three simple steps, your account will have $5 worth of credit and 3 Recs to its name.

Some context about Amie Street’s pricing model: As of this very moment, you could purchase & download three DMP albums for less than $5.

So what do you have to lose?

Some serious looking cats, no?

I’m absolutely stoked that my brother, Micah and Blake are shooting next week’s show. We’ve had some extremely talented filmmakers contribute to the project up til now, but these guys make “visually stunning” sound like a piss poor compliment.

Check out the trailer for their film, Dogs of Chinatown:

DOGS of CHINATOWN new trailer from All Aces Media on Vimeo.

Now imagine Grilled Cheese Jesus shot by these guys.

I can’t wait.

If you’re a fan of Southern Rock, you’re going to love Possum Jenkins.

The live album, free download, is now up on Last.fm. And if you’d like to directly support the band once you try out their sound — my favorite tunes are Carrborro Nights and Someday — head on over to Amie Street and buy the album for a lot less than you might expect.

photo by John Leonard

Possum Jenkins stirred up the crowd real nice last week, all the way to the point that going home wasn’t an option for some. The kids in the front row chanted “encore!” for a good 30 seconds while the fellas played it cool, huddling, visibly, about five feet away from the closest mic stand.

And then the crowd got what they asked for:

Nasty Nate’s Shotgun Blues (live @ DMP)

Workin’ Man Blues (live @ DMP)

If you missed them last week, you can catch Possum Jenkins at The Garage in Winston Salem tomorrow night.

Dudek and crew are the first DMP artists to have to deal with one of Last.fm’s major architectural shortcomings — multiple bands with the same name who share a single profile page.

It’s like the worst form of forced cohabitation you can imagine online.

Anyway, go check out the album for free. And if you get the urge to support the band directly, click the “buy” link to get the tracks from Amie Street for just over $1 (as of right now).

We’re documenting live shows, so along with the memorable moments, we’re bound to capture the hiccups, the warts and the brain farts each band produces. It’s part of the charm of a live show.

But what happens when the song that blows up also happens to be the song being recorded for a music video?

Overdub.

Andrew Dudek and Dan Bayer stopped by dotmatrix hq the other day to overdub the first verse of Oh Please:

He nailed it, even with me shooting a video (just playin’, Andrew).

Here’s the original, live track:

And here’s the overdubbed version:

Remember, you can pick up the album at Amie Street.

We just announced the album release over at our DMP Google Group (feel free to join), so download it while it’s still inexpensive over at Amie Street.

As always, we’ll release the full album, with free downloads, to Last.fm in the near future.