Author: Clifford Maske

The most important part of a skate video is obviously skateboarding, but the second most important is one that may go unnoticed by some, music. When videographers and editors sit down to put together a three-minute video part, one of the biggest decisions to be made is song choice. Scoring a video is quite a… Continue reading Music Supervision in Skate Videos

Consider mixes a strange hallway point between being a radio DJ and a club or party DJ, just without the need for any of the expensive equipment. Now, you can share long-form compilations of all the music you like online with just a DAW and your computer. These mixes are a lot like the tapes… Continue reading Mixes: A Free and Democratic Way of Sharing MUsic

After a five year hiatus Indiana-based Shoegaze/Indie rock band Cloakroom has released their new concept album, “Dissolution Wave.” The album tells the story of a space western and helps facilitate a conversation about just what exactly Shoegaze is. The name shoegaze, often intermingled with dream pop, was originally called shoe-gazing, and got its name from… Continue reading Cloakroom’s “Dissolution Wave” and Shoegaze