Carla_Sintonia Retro, originally uploaded by kx0101.

Great show showcasing new talent. This 2nd heat featured bands like Sarox, Siloé and Industria Satelite competing head to head for a spot at this year’s Indie Rock Fest. Guest band for the evening was Sintonia Retro hailing all the way from San Juan. Each band had their own style ranging from reggae roots to melodic-metal to phychedelia after 3 hot performances from the bands each filling up a 20 min set now it’s up the people to decide, so cast ur vote. Follow the challenge in Facebook or via TelemundoPR/proyecto indie.

May the best band win or at least the one with the most family members, Just Kiddin’.

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Turbofruits, originally uploaded by kx0101.

check out the rest of the pics here or listen to some samples from the show

Icaro Azul EPK 2009 from Karlo X Ramos / KX0101.com on Vimeo.

Icaro Azul talks about their upcoming album “Amarrame” sharing their experiences in the process

Just some random clips from the event. Sorry no Fabulosos Cadillacs footage if you wanna see them check out the photos on the previous post

“Not even the rain can stop us” that was the battle cry from the bands that played on the indie rock fest yesterday.  music started at 2pm and lasted until 3am in the morning. All the bands played awesome sets against the weather. International bands like Los Fabulosos Cadillacs returning to Puerto Rico after almost a 10 year hiatus. From Mexico Pastilla and from Australia The Death Set headlined the event bill as well.

check out the pics here and a slideshow hereTechnorati Profile

Atrum Orbis Showcase 2009 @ Hard Rock Cafe from KX0101CreativeArts on Vimeo.

Record Label AtrumOrbis presenting their artists. Aurasonico, La Mancha del Jardin, Somvazio,Van Valentine, El 8vo dia , Icaro Azul Many many thanx to Mikey Figueroa-Camera B and additional shots (Van Valentine, E8D) Enjoy

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Xtreme Gel 2k9 Rock Fest from KX0101CreativeArts on Vimeo.

Backstage antics and a sample from some of the artists performing in the event

Los melancolicos de marte__0253, originally uploaded by kx0101.

Just a pleasant evening with Los Melancolicos de Marte right in the epicenter of the Isabela Music Club at Cano’s. Cool grooves great times and photos to watch.

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Habitat Promo ’09 from KX0101CreativeArts on Vimeo.

Project: Habitat Promo ’09
Artist: Habitat
Dir. Karlo X. Ramos
www.kx0101.com

Recently finished editing this promo video for Puerto Rican rock band Habitat . Shot during one of their live gigs last week using the d90 and a 50mm f1.8 lens. Footage was edited in Premiere and color corrected using Red Giant’s Magic Bullet Looks plugin inside After Effects. The audio track was done using Ableton live. to mix the 3 songs used in the promo.

One lesson i learned during this project was that you can’t color correct every clip in Premiere’s timeline because it will make your project chunkier (it will add a filter to every clip!). I found the best way is to color correct using an adjustment layer inside after effects and start adding toggle hold keyframes from shot to shot to make the color variations change accordingly within your composition. This will save rendering times, cpu and would help you work leaner and meaner with big file sizes.

Regarding the audio it was really simple. I started with 3 songs from the artist in mp3 format. I load them on Ableton and chopped until i got the power intro from the first song and the choruses form the last 2 songs. Then i sequence the clips in the order i wanted (power intro-laidback chorus-outro chorus) overlap them a bit crossfade beween tracks and export as aiff.

Photos here