looking forward to reading this since I happen to be in a few shots of the "Ra" video
Great show, was front row the whole time and the shots of Jordan signing a stack of albums is me
Love the video too, thought it turned out great even though i would have loved for a dvd of that tour
Oh hey dude! I actually have a special video planned of that footage of Jordan signing your albums. That was the first time Jordan had seen the LP box set cover. It's a pretty cool piece of film. I'll have it out shortly. This guys signed DT album collection is spectacular to say the least!
To answer the question about a full DVD release:
I did this with one camera over two nights. While I do have a full, unreleased, audio recording of the Philly show, the track used in the video is from New York two nights later, I do not have full streams of video. As you can see I ran my ass off all over the venue to make it look like I used multiple cameras.
I do not have the full recording of New York. The recording we captured in Philly was great, but Gianluca, Jordan's long time tech and Pro Tools guru, got a better recording and then created the master that was used in the final version of the video.
Random trivia:
I ended up mixing the Philly version at the
other Les E. Claypool's post studio, not the Primus bassist, the legendary sound recordist for
Akira, in L.A., which also houses the space ship set that was used on the new Billy Ray Cyrus, rap, Achy Breaky Heart video, with the stage manager, who runs the place, being a former Dream Theater employee. The complex also houses the green screen used by College Humor, and Sofia Coppola for the car accident scene in Bling Ring.
If anyone has any questions about the video or feel free to ask!