It’s true, folks- after a false start a few months ago, Jim Fusco’s Laptop Sessions acoustic cover song music videos will be broadcast in full HD (high definition) on YouTube!
We here at the best music video blog ever created want to keep up with the times an create new, nicer-looking videos that you’ll love to watch.
With Jim’s new higher speed Internet, professional stereo microphone, and HD video capability, you’ll feel like you’re in the room with Jim while he’s recording your favorite songs acoustically!
Look for the first HD cover song in a couple weeks on YouTube and right here on the Laptop Session video blog!
And, stay tuned for more exciting things to come, as the views and popularity of the site are increasing every day!
Welcome, welcome to another edition of the Laptop Sessions with me, Jim Fusco! Tonight, I bring you the classic standard “Stand By Me”, made famous by Ben E. King and then covered by John Lennon years later. And, no, I did not base my pick tonight on the cheesy movie we watched while growing up…
Tonight, as it has been in the past with a couple other songs, the version of “Stand By Me” that plays in my head is a combination of the John Lennon version and the Ben E. King version. I hear the music to the Ben E. King version but John Lennon’s voice. It’s probably because Lennon did such a spot-on cover. Man, watching this video of John performing “Stand By Me” just makes me wish he were still alive to make music today. I know he would’ve still been great today and that he would be coming out with the kind of music that Paul and Ringo are coming out with now (not to mention the great stuff George did before he passed-away).
Anyway, I’ve known this song for as long as I can remember- just listening to the radio growing up. Then, while jamming with the Acai Berries a few weeks ago, we happened upon this tune and were going to do a cover video ourselves. But, I figured I could just do it on my own because it doesn’t require another singer or really any other instrumentation (unless you want to be a purist and have someone play the riff constantly in the background).
As much as I don’t like the fact that my studio is gone, I’m really happy with the acoustics I’ve been getting! You know, it’s terrible to have so much echo and reverb when recording a multi-track song, but it’s the greatest thing ever when recording a solo acoustic video like this. On another note, I’m trying to justify purchasing an HDV video camera for two reasons: to play the high definition video tapes of our wedding into the computer for editing, and the prospect of having the Laptop Sessions in high definition! How cool would that be? We’re getting faster internet next week, too, so my uploads wouldn’t be too painful. I’m watching an auction on eBay- let’s see what the Mrs. has to say…
We just found out this evening that we are CLEAR TO CLOSE on the house this Friday- right on schedule! It was a rough ride getting to this point, but everything is finally ni place and we’re hoping that we’re all moved in and set up by end-of-day Saturday. We bought all new furniture, hired movers, boxed everything up, got the condo rented- what a project. The best part is that we’re doing it all at once and (hopefully) that’ll mean it will be DONE all at once, you know? I hate stringing things out. So, this weekend will be very busy. But, hopefully things will be stable enough that I’ll be back with a fresh new video next Tuesday! Then, the Acai Berries are getting back together to record some more tracks- we’ve got a TON of songs in mind, but we’re ready to do about four of them, so stay-tuned.
Have a great week (make sure to stop back on Thursday for Jeff’s post!) and please, please, please wish us luck with our crazy weekend ahead. It promises to be one of the most important weekends of our lives! Until Tuesday…
Tonight, I just checked my YouTube stats and noticed that I am over 250,000 YouTube video views! This represents a combination of acoustic cover song music videos, how-to videos, and original songs.
I thank everyone for their support. At this rate, I’m on par to reach 500,000 total views by the end of the year- that’s doubling my current total, which took me sixteen months to originally get! Now, I’m looking to double my views in only eight months. And, if our past data shows us anything, it’s that the Laptop Sessions acoustic songs music videos only seem to gain in popularity day after day.
So, here’s to the first quarter-million (wow, that sounds good) and on to the next! It is a life goal to get to 1,000,000 views on YouTube- many people have views in the thousands, tens of thousands, and even hundreds of thousands, but it’s a very small percentage that can get to a million and that’s exactly what I’d expect from myself and the Laptop Sessions over the coming months.
Incredible! It happened by surprise, as Jim Fusco logged-in to his YouTube account and noticed that he had 500 subscribers to his acoustic cover songs and original music videos! Jim’s looking forward to his next milestone of 250,000 views, which he hopes will come within the next couple of months.
It’s been a great run since Jim started recording his Laptop Sessions acoustic cover songs back in November of 2007. In less than a year and a half, Jim has rocketed to popularity with his YouTube videos, which he brings to the world on a weekly basis.
His new album, “Halfway There”, is slated for an April 7th release, and more details about the album are coming very soon.
Jim would like to thank all 500 of his loyal subscribers and here’s to 500 more!
