The John Lennon Education Tour Bus

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• Getting Technically Creative with iPad Wireless Control Hello all!  It’s been tooooo long since our last chat!  Warning: excessive use of exclamation points may be used throughout this piece as we have just turned the bus into the wind and are heading west.  Final Destination: California aka HOME!!  The Lennon Bus has officially ended its 2011 tour …
• What Wonders We Witnessed When We Went To South Beach: 2011 How was your weekend? Was it well? Over the weekend, we at the Lennon Bus had quite a bit going on. We really did! Our tour season is winding down with only a few more days to go before we begin the trek back to California and what could be …
• Beam Me Up - Video Light Painting in Motion A really cool looking visual effect is light painting.     In photography, the effect is achieved by using a slow shutter speed, but recently, I wanted to obtain the same effect in video. Turns out it’s a bit more complex than changing your camera’s shutter speed, but if you …
• Codecs: Part II In my last blog post we talked about some basic video codecs and their history.  This time we’re going to talk about a couple of popular post-production codecs, Apple ProRes and Avid DNxHD. Last time we talked about capture codecs like DV or DVCPRO and delivery codecs like h.264.  The …
• The Theory of Making Music Videos- Part 1 (Pre Production) So we on the Lennon Bus produce a TON of music videos and we do it in a very little time frame. This is why it is so important to have a set method for production, with a check list of points that one must hit to make the whole …

The Headlines

• Live with Bootsy at NAMM

  Friday night at NAMM the Lennon Bus hosted an event to commemorate the launch of the 2012 tour, capped off with a funktastic performance by Bootsy Collins and Verdine White. The Bus produced a live webstream of the event using our new TriCaster 850 Extreme and TodoCast satellite connection; if you missed it live you can still catch it on the DVR here: lennonbus.org/live. Stay tuned for future live events, happening regularly!

• JLETB’s 15th Year Anniversary

  The JLETB kicked-off its 15th year of bringing music education to students nationwide, with a special birthday party at the 2012 NAMM Show. The Bus unveiled a new arsenal of equipment for the 2012 year, including Avid® Pro Tools®|HDX, and live streaming capabilities made possible by NewTek and TodoCast that will allow the whole party to be seen live via www.lennonbus.org. Learn more here.

• Best Buy

  The Bus wrapped up the 2011 tour with a stop at Best Buy in Plantation, FL. Thanks to everyone who came out for tours of the Bus and to experience our state-of-the-art Avid audio and video solutions. See you next year!

• Sleepless Night at The Betsy Hotel

  The Lennon Bus and The Betsy Hotel helped dedicate a real live Yoko Ono Wish Tree in Miami Beach, FL.

• SAE Atlanta, Collective Soul, and CNN

  The Bus rolled up to SAE Atlanta to produce an original project with the school's students. Will Turpin and Joel Kosche of the multiplatinum selling band Collective Soul joined them, as did a team from CNN to cover the event throughout the day. Hope you caught it!