Wedding Video - Phil and Tracy Higgins in Coronado, CA

This was my first official wedding gig. Still photos by Ryan Rivera. Shot on a JVC HM-100u at 720/60p with a DIY lens adapter. Used Canon 50mm and 100mm set to f/2.4 i believe. Also used a circular polarizer and black frost diffusion filters during ceremony shots.

Phil is a musician an audio engineer and he recorded him and his wife singing their first dance song so I turned it into a music video of sorts. I had them sing the song at double speed on location so that when I slowed down the 60p footage it matched up with the actual speed of the music. This is a cool trick to get a slow motion effect for added drama in music videos.

Phil & Tracy - The Wedding Music Video from Walker Hicks on Vimeo.

Atomic Tom performing on the B Train in NYC

A lot is said about the Apple marketing machine. Love them or hate them, there’s no denying that their ads are effective. But someone just one-upped them — with their own products.

Apparently, the band Atomic Tom was just riding the New York subway yesterday and got a little bored. So all four members decided to whip out their iPhones and put on a little impromptu concert for everyone else on the train. The result is fairly amazing.

Alright, so clearly all of this was planned — I’m not buying the “band had their instruments stolen” angle. The band had their iPhones hooked up to to some sort of speaker system — oh, and someone was clearly filming and got it up on YouTube awfully fast (under their official account). But still, the end result is what matters, and this is a brilliant. The video only has 300 or so views right now, but I get the feeling it’s going to have a lot more shortly. And the band was smart to link to their song on iTunes from the YouTube page.

The band also posted an account from an apparent bystander who was on the train when they started rocking:

“I saw Atomic Tom perform on the B train today… at first i thought they were going to bomb the train, but then they started playing and i was like ‘i love new york!’ liked them so much, i asked a stranger for the band name.” – Brittany Tucker

If I were Apple, I would buy this video and put it on television. Like, tomorrow.

The Sidekicks @ On Broadway - "Seven Nation Army"

The Sidekicks LIVE @ On Broadway - April 23, 2005
San Diego, CA
Phil Higgins - guitar/vocals;
Matt Hughes - guitar/vocals;
Seth Imming - bass;
Steve Williams - drums

THE SIDEKICKS - BAND PROFILE

The Sidekicks @ On Broadway - "Say It Ain't So"

The Sidekicks LIVE @ On Broadway - April 23, 2005
San Diego, CA
Phil Higgins - guitar/vocals;
Matt Hughes - guitar/vocals;
Seth Imming - bass;
Steve Williams - drums

THE SIDEKICKS - BAND PROFILE

The Sidekicks @ On Broadway - "Run Around"

Live @ On Broadway in San Diego - April 23, 2005

Phil Higgins - guitar/vocals
Matt Hughes - guitar/vocals
Steve Williams - drums
Seth Imming - bass

THE SIDEKICKS - BAND PROFILE 

The Sidekicks @ On Broadway - "For the Longest Time"

The Sidekicks LIVE @ On Broadway - June 5, 2004
San Diego, CA

Phil Higgins - vocals
Matt Hughes - vocals

THE SIDEKICKS - BAND PROFILE

The Sidekicks @ On Broadway - "Karma Police"

The Sidekicks LIVE @ On Broadway - April 23, 2005
San Diego, CA
Phil Higgins - guitar/vocals;
Matt Hughes - guitar/vocals;
Seth Imming - bass;
Steve Williams - drums

THE SIDEKICKS - BAND PROFILE

The Sidekicks @ On Broadway - "Under the Bridge"

The Sidekicks LIVE @ On Broadway - April 23, 2005
San Diego, CA

Phil Higgins - guitar/vocals
Matt Hughes - guitar/vocals
Seth Imming - bass
Steve Williams - drums

THE SIDEKICKS - BAND PROFILE

Tokeli LIVE at Anthology

Tokeli- Vocals
Leonard Patton- Vocals
Nate Jarrell- Guitar
Harley Magsino- Bass
Steve Haney- Percussion
Mark Lamson- Drums

TOKELI - BAND PROFILE

Tokeli LIVE at Dizzy's

July 9, 2006 Dizzy's San Diego Concert with Peter Sprague, Ed Kornhauser, Pat McKee, Steve Haney, Paul Ingram, Kelsea Little, Joe Lorge and Tokeli.

TOKELI - BAND PROFILE