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Reggie improvised this song a few weeks ago. It was his first video with his electro-harmonix 2880, a looping machine with more flexibility than his normal Line6 DL4.

We shot it at Noah's place; he did the lighting. William helped with the sound. I hope we do more work as a group, just getting together and experimenting.

A production photo:
obeastiality.com/post/6396442

Oh, also, Reggie is going to start working on a new solo album soon. Keep in mind that his Vimeo clips are usually recorded straight into Garage Band and are improvised. Think about what he'll produce when he's in an actual studio and can write out his songs and evolve them.

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Jakob Lodwick
Camera!
Reggie Watts
Action!
Noah K.
Lights!
williamcotton
Sound!

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Richard 8 months ago

He has great hair!
aaannnaaa 8 months ago

he has great talent!
Jacob 8 months ago

Nice, I love Reggie. I saw a guy doing similar live sampling music recently and it was really cool.

I love how the thumbnail of the photo appears in the activity box under "Jakob Lodwick tagged It's Over by Reggie Watts."
heather 8 months ago

are any of the other songs available for download anywhere?
Obar 8 months ago

he has an album on itunes.
im pretty sure he does anyways
Jakob Lodwick 8 months ago

yes, look for his album Simplified on iTunes. It's good though a few years old.
heather 8 months ago

thanks, I will have to get that, but I was talking more along the lines of the other improve stuff on here.
PURENINE 8 months ago

Nice, very talented...
Marc 8 months ago

That was absolutely incredible! He never ceases to top himself with each video.
Mike Merrill 8 months ago

He's going to be in Portland soon for the TBA (the same arts fest UB3 is in).

pica.org/tba/tba07/detail.aspx?eventid=186
Jakob Lodwick 8 months ago

Yes, I highly recommend his TBA show for anyone around Portland. He and his collaborator Tommy Smith are putting together tons of original video and music specifically for the show.
heather 8 months ago

I'm pretty excited I saw this, I just extended my stay in Washington until the 12th and we plan on visiting our friend in Portland some point before the 9th; this is perfect!
Tommy Smith 8 months ago

see some of the DISINFORMATION videos at:

vimeo.com/297448
vimeo.com/295284
vimeo.com/142204
Buck Flashroy 8 months ago

So good.
davidxcarroll 8 months ago

Pro quality.
eric cwiertny 8 months ago

very cool!
goldentouchfarm 8 months ago

Great Stuff Keep it coming.
SaraLily 8 months ago

niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice
3d60 8 months ago

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
bk 8 months ago

How is he not signed/famous/rich yet?
Jakob Lodwick 8 months ago

He is pretty well known, especially in Seattle, where he lived until a year ago.
Joel 8 months ago

Ok, was Reggie on a Soulive album? I just bought a Soulive record with someone named Reggie Watts featured, and I am pretty sure it's him. Either way, bad-ass grooves.
party ilardi 8 months ago

I'm pretty sure its the same Reggie Watts. I saw a bunch of videos with Reggie and Soulive on another video website whose name I care not to mention.
Joel 8 months ago

Oh, cool. That would confirm it then. Thanks!
Eric Lodwick 8 months ago

Wonderful. I can't wait to see more with the Electro-Harmonix
chriskalani 8 months ago

I bought a Reggie album a couple months ago and I love it. What a good/talented guy. I just wish it would have came with an over sized ring like the ones he wears.
Ian Lucero 8 months ago

which album?
chriskalani 8 months ago

simplified
mikedup 8 months ago

amazing!
Knock Knock 8 months ago

Wow.
AA 8 months ago

Never fails to impress.
Erick C. 8 months ago

Jake, we talked about this once regarding music videos. i would love to see more videos that had nothing to do with the person making the music. unless that's actually what the song was about. like, "here i am in front of my electro-harmonix 2880, here comes the bass liiiiiiiine."

it seems that we're all still on level 1 of music video making where the main imagery we see is people playing instruments. so boring! what do those images have to do with the actual songs and what the person is saying?

level 2 which you see every now and then is putting images that kinda maybe fit together with the vibe or some of the words of the song. or it's a very awesome sequence of images put to very cool music. spike jonze and michel gondry do this a lot. still, it's two separate things thrown together. does that one white stripes song have anything to do with legos?

i think the next level is videos with images that are a part of the what the song is saying: words, story, vibe everything fully integrated and complimentary. it's images we're talking about here! let's point the camera anywhere but at the dude making the music. :)
nshack 8 months ago

Yes, but live performances are spiritual experiences that should be documented, well. Watching the sound emanate from that creative soul is incredible.
George Ko 8 months ago

Erick, I find it interesting that instead of categorizing music videos into various "types," you've decided to quantitatively/hierarchically value the "formula."

I live neither in the NW or NYC. I'm glad this video was created because it allowed me to "see" Reggie and "witness" his talents.

Well done Reggie, Jakob, et. al. Thanks for sharing this improv session with us all.
Jakob Lodwick 8 months ago

This is not a music video; it's a video of a live performance. There is a big difference!

Erick, our initial conversation about boring music videos was valid, but I have an addendum. If the performers are naturally interesting, I think they can be the centerpiece of of a video. For example, if I'm about to watch a KISS music video, I want to see Gene Simmons in makeup.

A group like Nickelback is another story. In that case, it's the director's responsibility to fill the four-minute video with something worth watching.
Erick C. 8 months ago

i smell you. i just think that artists can go much further in a video than simply taping a performance.

my point is that since there's already videos on vimeo of Reggie performing, eventually i would love to see a video about what he is SAYING in his music. i think that his music is much more interesting than an image of him pushing buttons. i dunno, i think that Reggie would agree with me. :)
Jakob Lodwick 8 months ago

I think there is another level we could take it to, yeah. We could come up with something elaborate or interesting that could be planned independently of the specific song he improvises. For example, someone could have danced along to this song. I don't necessarily want to translate the lyrics into literal imagery, though... at least not in the case of Reggie's improvised songs. I see value in the live performance, which means we can only complement the music, not literally translate it.
Chris Garcia 8 months ago

Erick... Yeah, I agree that artists can go much further in a video than simply taping a performance, but the beauty of this particular video, besides the clarity and quality of the image and the actual subject, is watching the shit develop, and just marvelling at how Reggie pieces together an intricately layered opus at the top of his head. I find capturing this live, spontaneous creation in vimeo form is much more interesting than editing images over the music. This is the next level shit right here.

I think for fun, you should make a video of this song. With Reggie's permission, of course.
keith 8 months ago

I can see your point, but this performer's main gimmick (not meaning this in a negative way) is the use of the live sampling. Eventually though a combination of the two would be great. I'm actually finishing up a music video of a friend that I hope to be posting soon. Much the opposite of this and maybe more on your version of "level 2"...
Erick C. 8 months ago

awesome keith. let me know when it's done, i'd love to see it. i think the point Jake made about the song being improvised is very good and something i hadn't realized. i think where we differ is that i value writing over amazing improv and narrative imagery over a stellar performance. alas, to each his own. :)
Reggie Watts 8 months ago

All valid points! This was very fun to make because of the resolution and environment. I think there will be some nice surprises in the future. I love imagery that abstractly embodies the mood of a piece of music. We'll see..
Tommy Smith 8 months ago

everyone is wrong.
Jenna Tollerson 8 months ago

That's the hot fire.
Jonathan Marcus 8 months ago

Haha. Hot fire!
nshack 8 months ago

The quality of this image has to be one of the best I have ever seen on the web. I know you are using an amazing camera, but how about your conversion codec? Can this even be in flash? Or is it all camera?
Jakob Lodwick 8 months ago

I exported from Final Cut as a 640x360 video with h.264 compression. I believe the bitrate was 2200kbps for the video track, and 64kbps for the audio (it was mono; otherwise I would have done 128 or higher).

Either way, you can download the original file and inspect it yourself.
keith 8 months ago

Yeah, seriously great compression quality. As I've noticed with experience though, good lighting and fluid slower motion will produce excellent results. Not to mention Vimeo is still using higher quality compression than most (please keep it that way!)
Jelen! 8 months ago

reggie has done it once again. thanks for the mp3! can we get one on that other one that jake recorded ages ago?
Brooklyn Kitchen 8 months ago

This is great. I agree with nshack about the image quality.

Also, I really like the improvised nature of Reggie's music.

I recently noticed his name on a CD that I bought a couple of years ago, a bunch of New York downtowners and jazzers called MYLAB. Is this the same Reggie Watts?

tinyurl.com/34wb5n
Jakob Lodwick 8 months ago

I would be very surprised if it were someone else. I don't know of any other Reggie Wattses, and he's known for doing all sorts of guest appearances. Basically, everyone who makes music or videos wants to work with him.
Don purdie 8 months ago

thats awsome!!!!!
Mike Jones 8 months ago

How much would it suck to have a tiny spark from a flame be tossed in his hair?
Reggie Watts 8 months ago

That has happened before.
John Stoltenborg 8 months ago

"Think about what he'll produce when he's in an actual studio and can write out his songs and evolve them."

Anticipating.
Reggie Watts 8 months ago

Stoked
viewfromthemoon 8 months ago

Excellent! What are you waiting for? come to Montreal!
Patrick Mosby 8 months ago

Great as usual!
Georgie 8 months ago

Reggie sir, you are incredible! FACT!
Marc 8 months ago

Had to comment again. I can't stop listening to this, makes my work day much more enjoyable. ^_^
poolie 8 months ago

that mp3 link brings up a 404 error.
I am david 8 months ago

Amazing!
Clintus McGintus 8 months ago

I need to get his album. Love his shit.
Brett Russell Dougherty 8 months ago

Reggie, you are too cool for school. If you were on American Gladiators, you would be Laser.
poolie 5 months ago

oh noez, the movie is gone!
DaVincicode 15 days ago

Reggie Watts is great in this video. And Jakob you did a great job with the backdrop. The effect worked to bring out the Reggie Watts due.. And to show his true talent. Nice job for all those involved.

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