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"Bad Dreams" Performance, 2020 May

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Scope and Contents

Video recording of a rendition of "Bad Dreams" by DoubleTake, an all-gender a cappella group founded at William & Mary in 1993. Colin Carmody '22, DoubleTake member and mathematics and music major, shared the recording and following description.

Carmody: “DoubleTake a cappella's virtual performance of Bad Dreams by Faouzia. Arranged by Francis Reilly '21. Soloist Natalie Yanni '22. Vocal Percussion by Nate Redmount '22. Video and Audio edited by Colin Carmody '22. Members Featured: Hannah Bloom '23 Colin Carmody '23 Robbie Collie '20 Elizabeth Flatt '20 Ali Larkin '21 Kyle Mahoney '23 Sebastian Radecki '22 Nate Redmount '22 Francis Reilly '21 Caleb Streat '23 Tori O'Connor '23 Margot Vanyan '22 Kyle Vasquez '21 Natali Yanni '22 Stephanie Zielinski '20 About the process of creation (also applies to previous upload Rivers and Roads): Colin (Music Director and Recording Chair) sent out a computer generated backing track of the song. The group listened to it through headphones while singing their own part and filming it using whatever devices they had (phones, laptops, etc.). They sent it to Colin who sorted, synced, and edited the videos using Adobe Premiere Pro (currently free through William and Mary IT) and then imported the audio files into Avid Pro Tools (Colin's private subscription). In Pro Tools, Colin used the accusonols ERA 4 noise remover and de-clipper (as necessary). The audio was the edited, tuned, and rhythmically-aligned using Melodyne. The audio was then mixed and mastered in Pro Tools. There were a couple different different formats of the video, including a standard 4k video (attached here and used on Instagram and Facebook), a YouTube video (with an extra 20 seconds at the end to promote our upcoming EP release, Take Two), and a TikTok video (which required a complete reformat in order to comply with TikTok's vertical video format). All in all, the editing process took roughly 24 hours for each video.”

Dates

  • Creation: 2020 May

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Extent

From the Collection: 3068.9 Megabytes : Extent as of 2020 May 29

From the Collection: .42 Linear Feet (1 Hollinger box)

Language

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository

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