The short version of the infamous original fence plowing clip that made national news. - Hidden Track TV
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Friday, December 28, 2007
Basketball in the Face...Stolen!
This jerkoff named Neil stole our video of our boy getting hit in the face with a basketball during a Huntington league game. He uploaded it to Myspace Videos, and now it's a featured video linking back to his page! This video has been on Hidden Track TV's page (myspace.com/hiddentracktv) and also has been featured under our name on Youtube, Break, and Stupidvideos.com
It's re-titled "Basketball Headshot", and this punk even adds this in the description...
Be sure to check out all my other cool videos and hit Subscribe!
You can add me to your friends if you want too =]
Check it out HERE and add a comment saying that this video is owned by Hidden Track TV!!!! You'll see it on your "Home" page too, it's the number 2 most viewed video on the Myspace Charts Today!
It's re-titled "Basketball Headshot", and this punk even adds this in the description...
Be sure to check out all my other cool videos and hit Subscribe!
You can add me to your friends if you want too =]
Check it out HERE and add a comment saying that this video is owned by Hidden Track TV!!!! You'll see it on your "Home" page too, it's the number 2 most viewed video on the Myspace Charts Today!
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Yak Ballz and Peter Toh - Interview
Yak Ballz and Peter Toh talk about their history and collaborating on the track "A Billion Ways" for Yak's upcoming album, Scifentology II, coming out January 29th on Flospot Records. Subscribe to youtube.com/YakBallzTV and youtube.com/hiddentracktv
Sunday, December 23, 2007
The Killers of Comedy go to Chippendales
The whole Killers of Comedy crew follow Beetlejuice's lead, and go to Chippendales. With The Reverend Bob Levy, Jim Florentine, Shuli, Sal the Stockbroker, and Richard Christy.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Peter Toh - Wildlife Preview
The first official glimpse into "Wildlife", the debut full-length studio album by Peter Toh, coming in 2008. The title of this track is called "Heroes" and you can hear the full version on Peter's Myspace Page at myspace.com/petertohmusic
"We all have super powers. We can use them save the world, or we can use them to destroy it. This was inspired by the relentless polarization of good and evil, the unheard cries of the truth under all of the propaganda, and the seemingly super human ability to betray even your closest family member." - PT
"We all have super powers. We can use them save the world, or we can use them to destroy it. This was inspired by the relentless polarization of good and evil, the unheard cries of the truth under all of the propaganda, and the seemingly super human ability to betray even your closest family member." - PT
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Music For Your Videos Part 2
Go to youtube.com/musicforyourvideos
for Music that You can Legally Use in Your Videos! Music for this video titled "Shoes of a Beast" by Peter Toh, starring Lulu the Drama Prairie Cat.
We have a bunch of songs available already by...
Peter Toh
D.O.T.
Yak Ballz
The Braves ft. Canibus
Chris Glover
Coma
The Sleeping Revolt
Mourning Hour
Altered Beast
Yer Mom
Gizzards
The Downtown Strutters
3 Days Later
The Yucks
And Many More Coming Soon!
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Erin Cupcake Punches Dude In The Face
Erin Cupcake Punches Dude In The Face on tour with Yak Ballz. Look out for Scifentology II coming out January 29th. Go to youtube.com/YakBallzTV and Click Subscribe.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Bob Levy Yells at Richard Christy
The Reverend Bob Levy yelling at Richard Christy backstage on the Killers of Comedy Tour about payment for the show. Go to youtube.com/killersofcomedy and click subscribe.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Beetlejuice Talks About Killing Women
Beetlejuice talks about the women he killed with Shuli and Bob Levy in Boston. Go to youtube.com/killersofcomedy and Click Subscribe!
Top 10 Chuck Norris Jokes
10. If Chuck Norris went to another planet, the atmosphere would adapt to him.
9. Chuck Norris' nationality is Chuck Norris.
8. Chuck Norris is bi-sexual. He doesn't like dudes or anything, he just counts as a third gender.
7. Chuck Norris is not a sports fan. Sports is a Chuck Norris fan.
6. Chuck Norris is so intense, heroin made him hyper.
5. Chuck Norris modeled his entire fighting style after Chuck Norris.
4. There are now festivals where bands gather to see Chuck Norris.
3. When Chuck Norris was a baby, he nursed his mother.
2. Chuck Norris doesn't have to try to come up with Chuck Norris jokes, he instead forces idiots on the web to do so.
1. When Chuck Norris' wife ruined dinner, he kicked her in the face.
9. Chuck Norris' nationality is Chuck Norris.
8. Chuck Norris is bi-sexual. He doesn't like dudes or anything, he just counts as a third gender.
7. Chuck Norris is not a sports fan. Sports is a Chuck Norris fan.
6. Chuck Norris is so intense, heroin made him hyper.
5. Chuck Norris modeled his entire fighting style after Chuck Norris.
4. There are now festivals where bands gather to see Chuck Norris.
3. When Chuck Norris was a baby, he nursed his mother.
2. Chuck Norris doesn't have to try to come up with Chuck Norris jokes, he instead forces idiots on the web to do so.
1. When Chuck Norris' wife ruined dinner, he kicked her in the face.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Ferocious Cat
Another attempt by Mylo the Cat to upstage his sister Lulu, the Drama Prairie Cat. He is not your typical house cat.
New Track by Yak Ballz
New Song added to his myspace page (myspace.com/yakballz) called "YBTV" (produced by Mondee) from the upcoming Scifentology II LP dropping January 29th '08 on FloSpot Records.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Yak Ballz - Making of Scifentology II (Part 3)
A behind the scenes look into the making of Scifentology II by Yak Ballz, available January 29th on Flospot Records. Go to youtube.com/YakBallzTV and Click Subscribe.
Bob Levy on Stage in Akron
The Reverend Bob Levy mixes it up with the crowd on stage in Akron, on the Killers of Comedy Tour.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Monday, December 03, 2007
Gary the Retard Leaves Himself a Voicemail
Gary the Retard leaves himself a voicemail backstage at the Killers of Comedy Tour with The Reverend Bob Levy and Shuli. youtube.com/killersofcomedy
Friday, November 30, 2007
Yak Ballz Interview
Yak Ballz interviewed by Nasty Vaz of http://endlesslybreakingatoms.blogspot.com about the upcoming release of Scifentology II on January 29th, 2008. Go to youtube.com/YakBallzTV and Click Subscribe.
Another One from We Wore Masks
These dudes rule, and are some of the few who fully understands what myself and Hidden Track are trying to do. I can't thank them enough for the posts, so hopefully reposting it here, and all our other blogs will get them some more much-deserved traffic. Be sure to check out their blog at http://weworemasks.blogspot.com becuase they update pretty frequently, and they really do post some cool stuff...
Here's the post, which you can also go to directly HERE
so in case we didn't make it obvious before, we love peter toh. i honestly believe dude's doing something new and different in underground music (and being the tastemaker i am, i'm pretty sure i'm right). i also think that's why the masses haven't caught on yet. well, they will.. or they'll be missing out. make sure you don't miss out, and check out his new track (called "heroes") he posted last week on his myspace page. it's got so much soul, i'm pretty sure you'll run out of your front door and grind on the first person you see. he also posted a blog entry and bulletin post about us, which we pretty much screamed like little girls about. GET EM TOH.
Here's the post, which you can also go to directly HERE
so in case we didn't make it obvious before, we love peter toh. i honestly believe dude's doing something new and different in underground music (and being the tastemaker i am, i'm pretty sure i'm right). i also think that's why the masses haven't caught on yet. well, they will.. or they'll be missing out. make sure you don't miss out, and check out his new track (called "heroes") he posted last week on his myspace page. it's got so much soul, i'm pretty sure you'll run out of your front door and grind on the first person you see. he also posted a blog entry and bulletin post about us, which we pretty much screamed like little girls about. GET EM TOH.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Bob Levy Mispronounces More Words
Shuli, Sal the Stockbroker, and Richard Christy try to get Bob Levy to pronounce quesedilla, robotussin, and two feets backstage at the Killers of Comedy Tour. Subscribe to youtube.com/killersofcomedy.
January, 4 2008 - 8:00P - Avalon Sacramento
805 15th Street
Sacramento , CA
For tickets go to
cleanboxentertainment.com
January, 5 20078 - 7:00P - The Great American Music
Hall in San Fransisco
859 O'Farrell Street
San Francisco , CA
For tickets go to cleanboxentertainment.com
Upcoming Shows
January, 4 2008 - 8:00P - Avalon Sacramento
805 15th Street
Sacramento , CA
For tickets go to
cleanboxentertainment.com
January, 5 20078 - 7:00P - The Great American Music
Hall in San Fransisco
859 O'Farrell Street
San Francisco , CA
For tickets go to cleanboxentertainment.com
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
If Itunes Was the Only Music Store In the World
Since Apple's Itunes and Ipod combination is the music biz's leader of digital music shopping, what would happen if they introduced label owned Ipods? They would be just like a membership card. Any label could buy a place in the Label-pod catalogue. A music fan could go into a store and buy an ipod pre-loaded with the whole entire current (current year) catalogue of that label or multiple labels. You can't remove the media from the ipod. You could view or listen to the media on the ipod through your TV and home stereo. Someone would still be there to hack or record the audio from the audio outputs into a computer to share the file, but the files pre-installed would have special features such as included linked video and communication with label through internet. It would also have update capabilities so that when connected to the web through the Itunes store the label could supply owners with new releases, bonus songs, album artwork etc. If you wanted to get another label on your ipod you would "activate" a membership to that label by attaching your ipod to computer or internet and paying the fee. The media would then be transfered directly to your ipod.
The labels could set their own prices for their catalogue, special features and upgrades. They could also give users the rest of their catalogue as it's released for the rest of the year and then offer a membership extension for the following year. You would also have access to all previous catalogue material for extra fees. A selling point could be something like "buy now and get your selection of any 8 previous artists free!" The illegally ripped versions would not give you Membership status like the ipod would. There are a lot of advantages to accompanying the music file with an electronic device. They can provide play count, other stats, and user trends back to the Record Label through the internet and wi-fi. It would be the new Soundscan. They can also be used as physical keys to enter member areas of websites granting access to more media or even physical goods at the local store like a credit card. A user could remain anonymous and the store or label can use the device to recognize registered members.
Maybe this method could also help create more valuable material by making it easier to develop artists. An artist could supply the label with it's own productions and the label could then "test" the project in the marketplace. The Label owned ipod could supply the new and/or established artist stats and then decide on future of that artist's relationship to the company or that artist's royalties. This could reduce marketing costs for labels and artists, because a label you would be cross promoting every artist on your roster every time you promote just one of them. Or if you promote the label containing all of them.
An artist could have creative control. As an artist you could make a video without your face in it and have all of your songs be 6 or 8 minutes long without having to market them singularly on traditional means like tv and radio, unless you wanted to. You could release a weekly ipod show if you wanted too. If the people don't like it, the label will know. Aren't there musicians out there who produce amazing results without being television friendly or even live friendly? Artists worthy of at least a job if not worldwide fame through publicity and the restraints of those methods? A song/video/show included with the catalogue and tracked to see if people like or dislike? An organic buzz for unknown artists could be attained easier. The Labels would know who is selling the most ipod real estate out of their roster and who is not being listened to at all.
A record label would have to market the whole label and therefore be forced to really consider the sound and identity of their artist roster. What as a company are we contributing to the music world? How can we gain loyalty from our fans? How can we increase the dollar value of our catalogue?
The actual stores would then have the responsibility to provide customers that do not own computers or have internet access the ability to shop for music. They would have to cut inventory and introduce ATM like kiosks that you could plug in and shop with. Also supply any other merchandise that the artists provide. Taking the member ipods and plugging them in like a swiping credit card to actually buy merchandise like clothing.
I think it's like the world ending. It might be up to the powers that be to say, "we're losing everything, you, you and you get in this boat that we built, let's find a new beginning because our home is dying, the stronger of you will row because we'll all sink if you don't."
-Peter Toh
The labels could set their own prices for their catalogue, special features and upgrades. They could also give users the rest of their catalogue as it's released for the rest of the year and then offer a membership extension for the following year. You would also have access to all previous catalogue material for extra fees. A selling point could be something like "buy now and get your selection of any 8 previous artists free!" The illegally ripped versions would not give you Membership status like the ipod would. There are a lot of advantages to accompanying the music file with an electronic device. They can provide play count, other stats, and user trends back to the Record Label through the internet and wi-fi. It would be the new Soundscan. They can also be used as physical keys to enter member areas of websites granting access to more media or even physical goods at the local store like a credit card. A user could remain anonymous and the store or label can use the device to recognize registered members.
Maybe this method could also help create more valuable material by making it easier to develop artists. An artist could supply the label with it's own productions and the label could then "test" the project in the marketplace. The Label owned ipod could supply the new and/or established artist stats and then decide on future of that artist's relationship to the company or that artist's royalties. This could reduce marketing costs for labels and artists, because a label you would be cross promoting every artist on your roster every time you promote just one of them. Or if you promote the label containing all of them.
An artist could have creative control. As an artist you could make a video without your face in it and have all of your songs be 6 or 8 minutes long without having to market them singularly on traditional means like tv and radio, unless you wanted to. You could release a weekly ipod show if you wanted too. If the people don't like it, the label will know. Aren't there musicians out there who produce amazing results without being television friendly or even live friendly? Artists worthy of at least a job if not worldwide fame through publicity and the restraints of those methods? A song/video/show included with the catalogue and tracked to see if people like or dislike? An organic buzz for unknown artists could be attained easier. The Labels would know who is selling the most ipod real estate out of their roster and who is not being listened to at all.
A record label would have to market the whole label and therefore be forced to really consider the sound and identity of their artist roster. What as a company are we contributing to the music world? How can we gain loyalty from our fans? How can we increase the dollar value of our catalogue?
The actual stores would then have the responsibility to provide customers that do not own computers or have internet access the ability to shop for music. They would have to cut inventory and introduce ATM like kiosks that you could plug in and shop with. Also supply any other merchandise that the artists provide. Taking the member ipods and plugging them in like a swiping credit card to actually buy merchandise like clothing.
I think it's like the world ending. It might be up to the powers that be to say, "we're losing everything, you, you and you get in this boat that we built, let's find a new beginning because our home is dying, the stronger of you will row because we'll all sink if you don't."
-Peter Toh
Monday, November 26, 2007
Worst Basketball Player Ever Featured on Stupidvideos.com
Go to stupidvideos.com and check out "Worst Basketball Player Ever" which is featured on the main page!
Samsung Juke Music Video Contest
The Music Video for "Ages" is in the Samsung Juke Music Video Contest, and they are picking the winners based on the number of playlists created on the site. Help my chances of winning by going to samsungjuke.com and Click "Make your playlist now", register (they just ask for your name, email, and password), and add "Ages" to your playlist.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Skanky Stripper Backstage with Beetlejuice
Another clip of the skanky stripper backstage on the Killers of Comedy Tour, hanging out with Beetlejuice, Bob Levy, Yucko the Clown, and Richard Christy. Subscribe to their channel at youtube.com/killersofcomedy
Friday, November 23, 2007
Bleeding Deacons Jamming with Beetlejuice
The Bleeding Deacons jam on stage with Beetlejuice and Shuli at The Killers of Comedy Show at The Avalon Hollywood 11-16-07. Subscribe to us youtube.com/killersofcomedy
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Sal the Stockbroker and Richard Christy Prank Beetlejuice
Sal the Stockbroker Governale and Richard Christy prank Beetlejuice backstage at the Killers of Comedy Tour, followed by Bob Levy warning them not to mess with Beetle, or they'll get their asses kicked.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
hiddentracktv.com
We just released the official Homepage of Hidden Track TV! We're going to constantly update this page with new and old videos, exclusive music, and much more coming soon...
Check it out at hiddentracktv.com
Check it out at hiddentracktv.com
Yak Ballz - Method to Madness Live at CMJ
Yak Ballz performs "Method To Madness" Live at CMJ on October 19th. Look out for Scifentology II coming out January 29th. Go to youtube.com/YakBallzTV and Click Subscribe.
Monday, November 19, 2007
We Wore Masks: Peter Toh
Check out this post from We Wore Masks...
peter toh is straight up about the hustle. the brooklyn native (and former lead singer of equal vision records band the stryder) is constantly updating his myspace, website, and youtube channel with new shit. new demos, videos, and so on.. the man simply doesn't quit. he also co-runs one of the more diverse record labels out, hidden track media. i was going to put up his latest release, the shoes of a beast ep, but instead i'm putting up his hard to come by debut, the cleopatra ep. in addition, i'm posting a few of his recent demos packaged together with the two singles from the shoes of a beast ep. if you like what you hear, i highly, highly recommend going to his myspace page, where you can purchase the ep directly from him for a few bucks. as for what he sounds like, i'll let him tell you:
"i'm not an indie musician, i'm not pop, i'm not hip hop, i'm not rock, or r&b. i'm an artist and i make music that fits into one of two categories: the type you like at the moment or the type that you don't like at the moment. all you need to know about me is i'm never afraid and i promise to always blur the lines, take chances, and grow. forever."
Click Here to go to the actual post, and be sure to check out weworemasks.blogspot.com for their very cool Music Blog, where they tell you what you should be down with in all things music and pop culture..
peter toh is straight up about the hustle. the brooklyn native (and former lead singer of equal vision records band the stryder) is constantly updating his myspace, website, and youtube channel with new shit. new demos, videos, and so on.. the man simply doesn't quit. he also co-runs one of the more diverse record labels out, hidden track media. i was going to put up his latest release, the shoes of a beast ep, but instead i'm putting up his hard to come by debut, the cleopatra ep. in addition, i'm posting a few of his recent demos packaged together with the two singles from the shoes of a beast ep. if you like what you hear, i highly, highly recommend going to his myspace page, where you can purchase the ep directly from him for a few bucks. as for what he sounds like, i'll let him tell you:
"i'm not an indie musician, i'm not pop, i'm not hip hop, i'm not rock, or r&b. i'm an artist and i make music that fits into one of two categories: the type you like at the moment or the type that you don't like at the moment. all you need to know about me is i'm never afraid and i promise to always blur the lines, take chances, and grow. forever."
Click Here to go to the actual post, and be sure to check out weworemasks.blogspot.com for their very cool Music Blog, where they tell you what you should be down with in all things music and pop culture..
Friday, November 16, 2007
Multi-Talented
The many hilarious talents of Hidden Track TV's Adam Schleichkorn...I originally made this video about 5 years. It's a joke, get over it. I didn't leave out that I'm a jerk or an idiot, so save your hater comments, you jerks!
Music by Peter Toh, made available by youtube.com/musicforyourvideos
Music by Peter Toh, made available by youtube.com/musicforyourvideos
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
White Men Can't Dunk
My friends and I attempting to dunk, and failing. Don't even try to say anything against our skills. Each of us that you see in this video will take it too you on the courts, believe that. Featuring the Basketball in the Face Guy, The Boss. Music by Peter Toh
Monday, November 12, 2007
Sal the Stockbroker Falls Off the Stage in Lakeland
The infamous clip of Sal "The Stockbroker" Governale falling off the stage in Lakeland Florida, while on stage with Artie Lange, and Gary Del'Abate, and doing the Bababooey dance. Special thanks to John for supplying us with the clip. Go to youtube.com/killersofcomedy and click subscribe.
The Reverend Bob Levy and Beetlejuice discuss Whores
The Reverend Bob Levy and Beetlejuice talk about the whores that Beetle says are on their way, backstage at The Killers of Comedy Tour. Go to youtube.com/killersofcomedy and click subscribe.
An Exclusive Look into Scifentology II - Part 2
A sneak peak in the studio during the making of SCIFENTOLOGY II, the highly anticipated LP by Yak Ballz coming out on January 29th '08 on FloSpot Records. Go to youtube.com/YakBallzTV and Click Subscribe.
An Exclusive Look into Scifentology II
Behind the Scenes working on a track titled "Hard as Nails" for "Scifentology II", coming out January 29th on Flospot Records. Go to youtube.com/YakBallzTV and Click Subscribe! Subscribing on Youtube is pretty much the same as adding friends on Myspace.
Yak Ballz TV is Here!
Go to youtube.com/YakBallzTV and Click SUBSCRIBE for Live Performances, Interviews, Music Videos, and an Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes look into Scifentology II, coming out January 29th, 2008 on Flospot Records.
Go to youtube.com/YakBallzTV and Click SUBSCRIBE for new videos added every week...
Monday, November 05, 2007
Latest Videos from the Killers of Comedy
Go to youtube.com/killersofcomedy and Click SUBSCRIBE.
Sal the Stockbroker's Stink Cube
Sal The Stockbroker Governale puts an ice cube down his pants, and tries to make The Reverend Bob Levy and Beetlejuice smell it backstage on the Killers of Comedy Tour.
Bob Levy's Footsprints
Bob Levy tries to pronounce "footprints" backstage with Sal "The Stockbroker" Governale, and Shuli at the Killers of Comedy Tour.
Sal and Richard Torture Gary the Retard
Sal Governale and Richard Christy torture Gary the Retard backstage at the Killers of Comedy Tour.
Beetlejuice Talks About Training Boxing Greats
Beetlejuice talks about the time he spent training Muhammad Ali, Joe Fraiser, and Mike Tyson, with The Reverend Bob Levy and Shuli on the Killers of Comedy Tour. He even trained Slyvester Stallone, for his role in "Over the Top".
Jim Florentine - Story About Bob Levy Chasing a Girl, Naked
Jim Florentine tells a story about walking in on Bob Levy, as he was naked and chasing a girl around the room.
Skanky Stripper Claims Richard Christy Sucked Her Breast
A skanky stripper claims that Richard Christy sucked her breast at a previous show, backstage at the Killers of Comedy Tour.
Shuli Handles a Heckler on Stage in Baltimore
Shuli takes care of a heckler in the crowd on stage in Baltimore on The Killers of Comedy Tour.
Sal Governale Compares Marriage to AIDS
Sal "The Stockbroker" Governale compares marriage to having AIDS after the show, on the Killers of Comedy Tour.
Bob Levy Makes out with Hot Blonde on Stage
The Reverend Bob Levy makes out with a hot blonde girl on Stage in Akron on the Killers of Comedy Tour.
Sal the Stockbroker's Stink Cube
Sal The Stockbroker Governale puts an ice cube down his pants, and tries to make The Reverend Bob Levy and Beetlejuice smell it backstage on the Killers of Comedy Tour.
Bob Levy's Footsprints
Bob Levy tries to pronounce "footprints" backstage with Sal "The Stockbroker" Governale, and Shuli at the Killers of Comedy Tour.
Sal and Richard Torture Gary the Retard
Sal Governale and Richard Christy torture Gary the Retard backstage at the Killers of Comedy Tour.
Beetlejuice Talks About Training Boxing Greats
Beetlejuice talks about the time he spent training Muhammad Ali, Joe Fraiser, and Mike Tyson, with The Reverend Bob Levy and Shuli on the Killers of Comedy Tour. He even trained Slyvester Stallone, for his role in "Over the Top".
Jim Florentine - Story About Bob Levy Chasing a Girl, Naked
Jim Florentine tells a story about walking in on Bob Levy, as he was naked and chasing a girl around the room.
Skanky Stripper Claims Richard Christy Sucked Her Breast
A skanky stripper claims that Richard Christy sucked her breast at a previous show, backstage at the Killers of Comedy Tour.
Shuli Handles a Heckler on Stage in Baltimore
Shuli takes care of a heckler in the crowd on stage in Baltimore on The Killers of Comedy Tour.
Sal Governale Compares Marriage to AIDS
Sal "The Stockbroker" Governale compares marriage to having AIDS after the show, on the Killers of Comedy Tour.
Bob Levy Makes out with Hot Blonde on Stage
The Reverend Bob Levy makes out with a hot blonde girl on Stage in Akron on the Killers of Comedy Tour.
Friday, October 26, 2007
The Killers of Comedy are coming to Youtube
Subscribe at youtube.com/killersofcomedy. This is the preview video for the Killers of Comedy Official Youtube Channel. Featuring The Reverend Bob Levy, Jim Florentine, Sal "The Stockbroker" Governale, Shuli, Richard Christy, Yucko the Clown, and Beetlejuice, as heard on the Howard Stern Show. Music by Peter Toh provided by youtube.com/musicforyourvideos
I'm in my last year of grad school, and I'm doing my thesis on the Marketing Potential of Youtube. For that, I'm going to be running Hidden Track TV like always, mixed in with the Killers of Comedy, and our New Channel, Music For Your Videos. I felt like it was neccessary to explain these last few commercials, and to assure you that we have some great new videos coming to Hidden Track TV very soon! I also wanted to give a huge thanks to all our subscribers, and if you get a chance, subscribe to all 3 channels!
- Adam Schleichkorn
Hidden Track TV
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Music For Your Videos
We're making select tracks available to use in your Youtube videos. Copyrighted/Illegally-Used Music keeps your videos from getting featured! Music from Peter Toh, D.O.T., Yak Ballz, The Braves, Coma, Q45, Altered Beast, and many more coming soon!
Subscribe today youtube.com/musicforyourvideos
Monday, October 15, 2007
New Youtube Channel!
Please subscribe to our new channel youtube.com/musicforyourvideos
Forget worrying about copyrights, and getting your video taken down...
We're making a bunch of our tracks available to use in your Youtube videos from Peter Toh, D.O.T., The Braves, Coma, Q45, and more!
Monday, October 08, 2007
D.O.T. and Mysonne - "Da Bronx" Music Video
Music Video for "Da Bronx," by D.O.T. and Mysonne produced by Da Treblemakerz. Video by Hidden Track TV.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Hidden Track TV Announces Content Partnership with Imeem.com
Hidden Track TV has agreed to bring their music and videos over to Imeem.com, as they have just announced a Content Partnership deal with the California-based company, which is currently the #152 most visited site in the world. Hidden Track TV joins partners such as Paramount Pictures, Warner Music Group, and TNA Wrestling to name a few, along with one of their favorites, Will Ferrell's site, Funny or Die.
This is the first spot that we can have all our videos, music, and blogs on one actual page, so basically it's like a cooler version of myspace! So go to hiddentracktv.imeem.com and add us as a friend today!
This is the first spot that we can have all our videos, music, and blogs on one actual page, so basically it's like a cooler version of myspace! So go to hiddentracktv.imeem.com and add us as a friend today!
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Life is Good when...
Life is Good when...Your friends "act" in your videos. This is Hidden Track TV's entry for the "Life is Good when..." video contest.
Hidden Track TV on Metacafe
Check out our channel at metacafe.com/channels/hiddentracktv/ for a bunch of great videos!
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
The Showdown is Back!!!
An old-school dance battle, with some extraordinary dancing. Song titled "War Paint" by The Braves (Chief Sneed, Solo X), check out more from them at http://www.myspace.com/thebravesmusic - Hidden Track TV
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Styles P and Mysonne - "Da Bronx" Video Shoot
On the set with Styles P and Mysonne at the video shoot for "Da Bronx" by D.O.T. featuring Mysonne. Styles P talks about Mysonne's history, cameo by NORE.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
D.O.T. and NORE
On the set with D.O.T. and NORE at the video shoot for "Da Bronx" by D.O.T. featuring Mysonne.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
D.O.T. ft Mysonne - "Da Bronx" Video Shoot
On the set with D.O.T., Mysonne, NORE, Styles P, Sheek Louch, and Murda Mook at the video shoot for "Da Bronx" by D.O.T. featuring Mysonne. - Hidden Track TV
Monday, September 03, 2007
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
The Braves Drop their album!
Our good friends, The Braves (Chief Sneed, Solo 45), released their first album yesterday titled "Reporting Live" featuing - Guest Appearance by: Canibus - Production by: Sneed, Domingo, Kno, Alias & Green Tank. - All cuts by: Total Eclipse of The X-ecutioners. Go to myspace.com/thebravesmusic and buy the album right from their page!
Check out the write-up on their trip to LA to do a couple of shows, Written by Kristin Lee (FFTT Contributor)...
The weekend started off swiftly after delayed flights from New York to Atlanta to Los Angeles. The Braves (of Brooklyn, New York) managed to arrive at Evocal just in time to catch the end of SS Nova’s set and start their own.
The Braves - Brooklyn NYC The extended flight didn’t drain the hip-hoppers of an ounce of energy as they instantaneously rolled into their set with vim and vigor. Drinks were flowing and the crowd was swaying with the beat as the two mesmerized the audience with their microphones. It seemed as if the fun had just begun when they ended with a finale of battling keyboards and drum machines. The world came to a standstill before the room erupted with applause, laughter, screams and whistles. It simmered down, and there were hellos, hugs and drinks all around.
I had the privilege of spending the remainder of the weekend with the two New Yorkers, who go by their emcee names of Sneed and Solo. Amongst the highlights our many adventures in just three short days were forceful groupies, car wrecks, and lots of bubbly. The two were practically chased out of Evocal late Friday night by some young females before saving me from the side of the interstate at three in the morning (long story short: no one was hurt).
We managed to see the likes of the greater Los Angeles area between trips to In-N-Out, eccentric shoe stores, and cocktails. Saturday night, The Braves graced the stage of The Mint in West LA, peforming before a full house. Check their MySpace page in the near future for photos taken by yours truly.
To put a nice cap on a wild weekend in Cali, we suited up for a last supper at In-N-Out before catching a flick. On our way out the door, I was awarded a private concert in the foyer of my house, as the two went back and forth beatboxing and freestyling amongst themselves. I sat back and watched the pair play off of one another, and realized that the synergy between these two was the key to their imminent success. Finding humor along the road only sends them soaring further.
“Solo, you want a piece of gum man?”
“Nah, I swallowed mine while beatboxing.”
Smiles all around. Don’t miss The Braves next time they roll through your town.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Xgobobeanx and Hidden Track TV Collaboration!
Check out xgogobeanx's (another one of our favorite channels on Youtube) latest video - "Lucky vs. Chronic Valvular Heart Disease" featuring music by Peter Toh titled "Indian Summer". Thanks so much to Jill for using Peter's music, and for helping Hidden Track TV keep growing!
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Blunty3000 and Hidden Track TV Collabo
Blunty3000, one of our favorite channels on Youtube, used "Ages" by Peter Toh in his latest video!!!! We can't thank him enough! Check it out...
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Some New Spots to find Hidden Track TV
I'm always trying to find new sites to post our videos, so here are a few of the new ones. Check them out, you might find your new favorite...
Myspace TV
Motiono
Metacafe
Flix55
Sharkle
Also the Drama Prairie Cat Exclusive Interview is featured on Motiono.com! . Check out Motiono's Featured Pets Videos.
Myspace TV
Motiono
Metacafe
Flix55
Sharkle
Also the Drama Prairie Cat Exclusive Interview is featured on Motiono.com! . Check out Motiono's Featured Pets Videos.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
D.O.T. - "Haters" Music Video
The music video for "Haters" by D.O.T. For more tracks from D.O.T. go to myspace.com/dotbx. and for more videos, go to youtube.com/hiddentracktv. Beat by Al Streets, filmed and co-directed by Peter Toh, edited and co-directed by Adam Schleichkorn. - Hidden Track TV
Monday, August 06, 2007
Exclusive Interview with The Drama Prairie Cat!
An exclusive interview with the Drama Prairie Cat was scheduled, but due to tight booking she cancelled. Thankfuly we were able to interview the Drama Prairie Cat's real-life brother, Mylo! This is a very exclusive interview, hosted by Adam Schleichkorn.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
It's been a while...
What's up to my 3 readers! If you've been looking for all the new stuff, I've been posting all the new videos from Hidden Track TV at petertoh.com, but here they are to catch you up! We're now responsible for over 2.5 million views over the web, and counting! Here's everything from the past 2 months...
In August 2006, while Samuel L. Jackson was fighting "Snakes on a Plane", 30,000 feet below there where "GOATS ON A BOAT". This is a sketch done completely by our long-time friends at 3rd Floor Productions (Michael Maccarone and Anthony Ragazzo) and we're posting it here to get them the attention they truly deserve! Check out their other great sketches at youtube.com/3rdFloorProd and myspace.com/145571271.
Coma performs a cover of Doin' Time (Summertime) by Sublime. Check out myspace.com/comachaser for some tracks, and check our channel for more from Coma.
Ask Galz is an on-going advice segment made for Youtubers, by Youtubers. Ask Galz your questions via video response or message, and he will answer you back right away, with the best advice you will ever receive.
Highlights from Pedros Fest 2007 Biking Competition. Clips supplied with full permission from Gary of pedalpushersonline.com. Music by Peter Toh. 1st Track - "Dance Under the Stars" Main Track - "That's the Way it Goes".
Hidden Track TV's "Shoes of a Beast" response to the Drama Prairie Dog video, Drama Prairie Cat.
Hidden Track TV's Kill Bill response to the Drama Prairie Dog video, Drama Prairie Cat.
Hidden Track TV's response to the Drama Prairie Dog video, Drama Prairie Cat. We know that we'll never compare to the original, but we had to do it.
Another commercial about marijuana that shows you its very dangerous effects.
Peter Toh's music video for his first single, "Shoes of a Beast" Check out more at myspace.com/petertohmusic and subscribe to youtube.com/hiddentracktv.
D.O.T. and Peter Toh perform in the hallway in Brooklyn. This song is brand new, and they are still deciding on a title.
A commercial for a candidate running for mayor of Long Island's coolest town, Huntington.
We wake up our friends by throwing wet American cheese in their faces.
Peter Toh performs "When we were a team" acoustic in his kitchen in Brooklyn.
Zach Botham aka Botham City performs a crazy trumpet solo live at a show with The Braves (Chief Sneed, Solo 45). For more of Zach's trumpet performances, check out all of Peter Toh's live videos.
Peter Toh performs "Brand New Start" with Zach Botham aka Botham City in their apartment in Brooklyn.
We wake up our boy by throwing wet sliced ham at him.
An acoustic version of "Grey" by Coma. This is a member of Hidden Track TV's extended fam...
A while back, a kid walked directly into my apartment and asked "who's the kid with the studio." When I reluctantly answered that that was me he sat down in it and demanded that a mic be set up and a beat get played. This being totally out of the ordinary I obliged. He just let his voice go over whatever came his way. Giving me chills every few bars. He picked up an acoustic and played Deftones songs better than any acoustic Deftones performance I've heard.
Here is the first official Hidden Track TV broadcast of Steve Hall AKA Coma. Let this be a similar introduction that I had to this emmense raw talent. You can here his recordings at myspace.com/comachaser or see more of his vids at youtube.com/saintjudesteve ENJOY!
The boss gets nailed with a basketball in the face. Featuring a cameo by The worst basketball player ever, James Catusco.
Peter Toh and Botham City perform "Only Chance" acoustic in their kitchen.
Hidden Track TV's entry for the Quiksilver contest...Music - "Shoes of a Beast" by Peter Toh (used with full permission and rights) and video supplied by Quiksilver.
Weed commercial about why marijuana can hurt you in the bedroom.
Peter Toh creates a song and video simultaneously in his Brooklyn apartment. Starring Allie LaPorte, and James Catusco's cat Milo. This is Peter's first self made video...Even though I have two music videos under my belt I feel like this is my first one. I shot and edited this video myself with Adam's handheld camcorder. That's ADAM SCHLEICHKORN. The idea came to me as a video and the song was made for the video. I filmed all of my vocal takes in my bedroom so I could use the actual footage for the video. I used Logic Pro 7.2 to record it. I used imovie which is the free mac program to edit it. The pretty lady is Allie LaPorte. I couldn't thank her enough for believing in me.
The images are memories. I left the lyrics open ended without finishing sentences, there is no hook or verse. The song has three meanings to me personally, has three repetitions in each line and ends on the three minute mark. At least it did before youtube compressed it. Also, I posted a blog when I finished at 4:34 but the computer posted the time as 3:33 for some reason. wtf.
Some people might notice that "It's my lucky day," is the famous Bush quote when he refered to 9-11 by saying, "it's my lucky day, I hit the trifecta." The song is not political, but the number three is widely known as lucky, but also widely known as being closely linked to tragedy.
There's always a 3rd part of the story though, which is not tragic or lucky. Just true.
James Catusco is still...The Worst Basketball Player Ever. Featuring The Basketball in the Face guy, The Boss.
Goats on a Boat
In August 2006, while Samuel L. Jackson was fighting "Snakes on a Plane", 30,000 feet below there where "GOATS ON A BOAT". This is a sketch done completely by our long-time friends at 3rd Floor Productions (Michael Maccarone and Anthony Ragazzo) and we're posting it here to get them the attention they truly deserve! Check out their other great sketches at youtube.com/3rdFloorProd and myspace.com/145571271.
Coma - Doin' Time (Sublime Cover)
Coma performs a cover of Doin' Time (Summertime) by Sublime. Check out myspace.com/comachaser for some tracks, and check our channel for more from Coma.
Ask Galz - The Best Advice on Youtube
Ask Galz is an on-going advice segment made for Youtubers, by Youtubers. Ask Galz your questions via video response or message, and he will answer you back right away, with the best advice you will ever receive.
Pedros Fest Biking Competition
Highlights from Pedros Fest 2007 Biking Competition. Clips supplied with full permission from Gary of pedalpushersonline.com. Music by Peter Toh. 1st Track - "Dance Under the Stars" Main Track - "That's the Way it Goes".
Drama Prairie Cat - Shoes of a Beast
Hidden Track TV's "Shoes of a Beast" response to the Drama Prairie Dog video, Drama Prairie Cat.
Drama Prairie Cat - Kill Bill
Hidden Track TV's Kill Bill response to the Drama Prairie Dog video, Drama Prairie Cat.
Drama Prairie Cat
Hidden Track TV's response to the Drama Prairie Dog video, Drama Prairie Cat. We know that we'll never compare to the original, but we had to do it.
The Marijuana Series Part 12
Another commercial about marijuana that shows you its very dangerous effects.
Peter Toh - Shoes of a Beast
Peter Toh's music video for his first single, "Shoes of a Beast" Check out more at myspace.com/petertohmusic and subscribe to youtube.com/hiddentracktv.
D.O.T. featuring Peter Toh
D.O.T. and Peter Toh perform in the hallway in Brooklyn. This song is brand new, and they are still deciding on a title.
Muchnik for Mayor
A commercial for a candidate running for mayor of Long Island's coolest town, Huntington.
The Cheese Incident
We wake up our friends by throwing wet American cheese in their faces.
Peter Toh - When We Were A Team
Peter Toh performs "When we were a team" acoustic in his kitchen in Brooklyn.
Botham City - Crazy Trumpet Solo
Zach Botham aka Botham City performs a crazy trumpet solo live at a show with The Braves (Chief Sneed, Solo 45). For more of Zach's trumpet performances, check out all of Peter Toh's live videos.
Peter Toh - Brand New Start ft. Botham City
Peter Toh performs "Brand New Start" with Zach Botham aka Botham City in their apartment in Brooklyn.
The Ham Attack
We wake up our boy by throwing wet sliced ham at him.
Coma - Grey Acoustic
An acoustic version of "Grey" by Coma. This is a member of Hidden Track TV's extended fam...
A while back, a kid walked directly into my apartment and asked "who's the kid with the studio." When I reluctantly answered that that was me he sat down in it and demanded that a mic be set up and a beat get played. This being totally out of the ordinary I obliged. He just let his voice go over whatever came his way. Giving me chills every few bars. He picked up an acoustic and played Deftones songs better than any acoustic Deftones performance I've heard.
Here is the first official Hidden Track TV broadcast of Steve Hall AKA Coma. Let this be a similar introduction that I had to this emmense raw talent. You can here his recordings at myspace.com/comachaser or see more of his vids at youtube.com/saintjudesteve ENJOY!
Basketball in the Face
The boss gets nailed with a basketball in the face. Featuring a cameo by The worst basketball player ever, James Catusco.
Peter Toh - Only Chance Acoustic with Botham City
Peter Toh and Botham City perform "Only Chance" acoustic in their kitchen.
Quiksilver Contest - Hidden Track TV
Hidden Track TV's entry for the Quiksilver contest...Music - "Shoes of a Beast" by Peter Toh (used with full permission and rights) and video supplied by Quiksilver.
The Marijuana Series Part 11
Weed commercial about why marijuana can hurt you in the bedroom.
Peter Toh - Trifecta
Peter Toh creates a song and video simultaneously in his Brooklyn apartment. Starring Allie LaPorte, and James Catusco's cat Milo. This is Peter's first self made video...Even though I have two music videos under my belt I feel like this is my first one. I shot and edited this video myself with Adam's handheld camcorder. That's ADAM SCHLEICHKORN. The idea came to me as a video and the song was made for the video. I filmed all of my vocal takes in my bedroom so I could use the actual footage for the video. I used Logic Pro 7.2 to record it. I used imovie which is the free mac program to edit it. The pretty lady is Allie LaPorte. I couldn't thank her enough for believing in me.
The images are memories. I left the lyrics open ended without finishing sentences, there is no hook or verse. The song has three meanings to me personally, has three repetitions in each line and ends on the three minute mark. At least it did before youtube compressed it. Also, I posted a blog when I finished at 4:34 but the computer posted the time as 3:33 for some reason. wtf.
Some people might notice that "It's my lucky day," is the famous Bush quote when he refered to 9-11 by saying, "it's my lucky day, I hit the trifecta." The song is not political, but the number three is widely known as lucky, but also widely known as being closely linked to tragedy.
There's always a 3rd part of the story though, which is not tragic or lucky. Just true.
Worst Basketball Player Part 3
James Catusco is still...The Worst Basketball Player Ever. Featuring The Basketball in the Face guy, The Boss.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Worst Basketball Player Ever Part 3 Featured on Youtube!
I uploaded it yesterday, and it's featured today! James Catusco is on his way to superstardom...
http://www.youtube.com/categories_portal?c=17&e=1
http://www.youtube.com/categories_portal?c=17&e=1
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Friday, April 13, 2007
Ages video featured on Grouper.com
We just got word that the Ages video is now being featured on Grouper.com! Check it out...
Many thanks to the folks at Grouper! Click Here for the direct link.
Many thanks to the folks at Grouper! Click Here for the direct link.
Shoes of a Beast Video Featured on MVSPY
MVSPY.com is a site that showcases music videos exclusively, and they recently featured the new video for "Ages". So we wrote them an email to send our thanks, and they wrote us back saying that they decided to now feature the video for "Shoes of a Beast"! Go to MVSPY.com and the video is on the main page. We need as many people to click "put it on tv" for a chance to get on tv! Thanks again to MVSPY!
Saturday, April 07, 2007
Vote for Peter Toh on MVSPY
Go to MVSPY.com and click "Put it on TV" to give us a chance to get the "Ages" video on tv!
More sites featuring the Ages Video
Check out all these other great sites featuring the "Ages" music video by Peter Toh...
1. ifmv.blogspot.com
2. music.blogdig.net
3. mydirtylies.blogspot.com
4. whudahexup.blogspot.com
5. 4musizlovers.blogspot.com
6. http://www.clipstijl.nl
7. paulenator.blogspot.com
Many thanks to all of them for posting!
1. ifmv.blogspot.com
2. music.blogdig.net
3. mydirtylies.blogspot.com
4. whudahexup.blogspot.com
5. 4musizlovers.blogspot.com
6. http://www.clipstijl.nl
7. paulenator.blogspot.com
Many thanks to all of them for posting!
Friday, April 06, 2007
Ages on Musicglob
The following is a post from musicglob.com...
"I hadn’t heard of Peter Toh until this week and I am really impressed. This video is first of all extremely well done. The cinematography is beautifully in sync with the song. The song itself is infectious. I can’t help but listen to it. It’s gotta be the beat or something - or everything.
I may be a douchebag for saying this, but this song/video + Peter Toh have all the qualities to be the next Justin Timberlake. Sick beats, the lyrics/voice, and the subtle hint of pop to set mtv and all the kids on fire.
I’ll most likely be writing more on Peter Toh in the future so keep a look out."
Many thanks to Dan at Musiglob for a great write-up and for posting the Ages vid. Be sure to check out his page at musicglob.com.
"I hadn’t heard of Peter Toh until this week and I am really impressed. This video is first of all extremely well done. The cinematography is beautifully in sync with the song. The song itself is infectious. I can’t help but listen to it. It’s gotta be the beat or something - or everything.
I may be a douchebag for saying this, but this song/video + Peter Toh have all the qualities to be the next Justin Timberlake. Sick beats, the lyrics/voice, and the subtle hint of pop to set mtv and all the kids on fire.
I’ll most likely be writing more on Peter Toh in the future so keep a look out."
Many thanks to Dan at Musiglob for a great write-up and for posting the Ages vid. Be sure to check out his page at musicglob.com.
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Ages Video featured on MVSPY
The new music video for "Ages" by Peter Toh is currently being featured on the main page of MVSPY.com. Check it out!
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Ages Video featured on Sharkle
The new music video for "Ages" by Peter Toh is now being featured on the homepage of Sharkle.com. Check it out!
Monday, April 02, 2007
Ages Music Video by Peter Toh
The "Ages" music video by Peter Toh. This is the highly anticipated follow-up of "Shoes of a Beast". Check out more at myspace.com/petertohmusic.
Friday, March 30, 2007
My video featured on Stupidvideos.com
One of my oldest videos, "The Ham Attack" just got featured on the main page of Stupidvideos.com. Check it out!
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Chief Sneed Rubik's Cube Freestyle ft. Peter Toh
Chief Sneed is going down in history as the first person to ever freestyle and solve a rubik's cube simultaneously, with Peter Toh on the guitar.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Monday, March 12, 2007
Ypulse.com - 'Fence Plowing': The Term Paper
(from ypulse.com)
Adam Schleichkorn, the creator of the original "fence plowing" video, wrote to me to share his story about what really happened with the video. It's funny because his story reads like a "totally wired" marketing case study. While Adam and his friend may have deliberately posted the video to attract eyeballs and attention to their record label, I still feel like the essence of my post the other day holds true, especially for the kids who copied him. Adam's note is very long (he included a term paper he wrote about the whole experience) so I'll start it here and continue it in the extended entry.
Also, just a reminder, I'm en route to SXSW tomorrow (Friday) leaving on a 6 a.m. shuttle so I won't be posting again until Monday morning....
From Adam's email:
I just wanted to give you some background on fence plowing. I feel as if there is no possible way to clear my name, but at least I can attempt to give my side of the story. I am a 25 year old grad student, and the record label mentioned, was co-founded by myself and Peter Toh a little over a year ago. I absolutelty do not promote vandalism, and I never meant to cause it either. If you could take a look, the following is a rough draft of a paper for grad school, regarding the entire situation. I am presenting this to you because I respect your opinion, as well as an attempt to let people know where I'm coming from.
You can read Adam's paper in the extended entry...
About 4 years ago, I started creating videos with the sole purpose of making fun of my friends. I made a dvd of about 20 bits, and passed it out to 30 of my friends. I was entirely self-taught every step of the way, and I enjoyed the fact that I was capable of learning on my own. As the time went on, people started to see vast improvements in my writing, filming, and editing, and I suddenly felt the constant need to expand my audience of 30 friends. So I started to expand my material, to attempt to appeal to as many people outside my circle of friends. The next dvd I made was for about 50 of my friends, and the third I passed out to 86 people. For me, the fact that 86 people were watching my work was so cool. I then thought that if each of them showed one friend, I'm at over 170 viewers, and I really am getting myself out there.
Fast forward to a year and a half ago. At this point in time, we started to see numerous amounts of user-created video websites. I now had about 80 videos under my belt, and I originally thought that this is a great way to direct my friends, and no longer have to make a physical dvd. Although people still don't realize it, I saw a year and a half ago that these sites had the potential to do to dvds what iTunes and MySpace did to cds, make them obsolete. I never really thought about the "random" people that could possibly view my work as well.
At this point in time, YouTube was nowhere near the powerhouse that they are today. I started by uploading a bunch of my videos to iFilm.com (which was by far the leader at the time, just after it was bought out by Viacom) and also on Stupidvideos.com. I would frequently check iFilm to see my views, and in my mind, each video getting over 100 plays was a huge success. I basically forgot about Stupidvideos.com, it seemed as if iFilm was my greatest concern. I even signed up for a YouTube account, and just never uploaded anything because it didn't even seem worth the time back then. Why worry about any other but the "big dog", ifilm. After about 6 months, I checked out my videos on Stupidvideos.com, assuming that I would have about 20 total views. Much to my surprise, I had over 250,000 views, all made possible by 5 of my videos getting featured. This totally blew the door open, and made me really start to think about this still new phenomenon.
Now we're at about 10 months ago. A couple months before, I co-founded a record label (Hidden Track Music Group) with Peter Toh and I took on all the internet marketing responsibilities. My main focus was MySpace for months, but all that was going on with my videos made me start to make the shift of our company to YouTube. I started by putting my work on my channel and Peter Toh's on his own channel. Eventually Peter's music video for "Shoes of a Beast" ended up on the"top-rated of all-time" list, driving more traffic to it than we ever imagined, and we sat down to really discuss the future of our label.
The conclusion we came to was to combine all of our videos, and attempt to generate as much traffic as possible. Our channel on youtube started growing, with the help of myspace, our original content, and word-of-mouth, but we still needed another "YouTube hit" to really give us a name.
We are now at February 2nd, 2007 and I turn on the tv, and see the headline, "Fence Plowing is the Latest Teen Craze" and then see them play my video! All I could think was, is this really happening? Kids were mocking my video and getting arrested? My first reaction was to change the keywords, and make all my serious work for the record label come up, and it was the best thing I could've done. I then started to see this story and my video on every single news channel, and then the next thing I know, Newsday is calling me for an interview! When they called tried to develop the story into what it actually was, "a marketing ploy by I attempted, that actually worked." They weren't too interested, but nevertheless, they wrote a very positive article about me starting a very negative thing. I was able to strongly speak against vandalism, and doing so lead me to FOX News, and The NY Times among others.
I knew the whole story was news-worthy, but the media was no having it. It then seemed like my 15 minutes of fame was winding down, until ABC News called my and came to my house for an interview. Although they made it like I'm the person responsible for all internet violence, (the media at it's best) they finally put the spin on it that this is a new form of marketing. The interview that put it over the top though was on 20/20, where myself, and the reporter were able to make these points legitimate. I was able to say that "this video was made for 30 people, and due to the power of the internet, it was viewed by tens of thousands". That really is the bigger picture. Also that this new for of marketing exists, and so many people still have no clue.
This whole experience really taught me a lot. First of all, be EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA careful what you say. I was extremely careful, and still several of my words were manipulated and taken out of context. Second, you never know what one thing will lead to. When I was live on FOX News, a part of me was dying to yell out "Bababooey" or "Howard Stern" but I now see if I did, I never would've been considered to do any other interviews. I had one chance to secure myself in Howard Stern history, but now I'm going to have to be content with the news and the others. People don't understand that for a 25 year old guy from Long Island, there are much bigger things than national news. My friends don't watch the news. Cute girls don't watch the news. The coolest thing to me was my clip played on The Jimmy Kimmel Show and The Tom Green Show. The fact that these people that I looked up to, are they are commenting on my video, is absolutely unreal.
Third, there is an old saying, "The luckiest people are the hardest workers." I know that for all of this to happen to me, I just caught some of the best luck ever, but it was not like I was sitting around waiting for it to happen. I've made over 100 comedy bits, and over 50 music pieces. Yes, some are mediocre, some are worse than mediocre, but some are just good, no matter what way you look at it. I feel that if this one didn't attract that attention, it was only a matter of time.
Fourth, I have realized that I love the hate. I am referring to all these idiotic comments surrounding my idiotic video. I just love reading people's irrational takes on my work, and the few lucky ones get put in their place by my responses. The fact that I am pissing them off so much, that they have to take even more time to express their anger with words, is what makes it all worth it. The fact that this did warrant such a response means I did something right.
A month ago people were telling me to get a new "hobby" referring to YouTube. Today, I've already been in contact with 3 production companies, and I have the possibility after all this time to actually start getting paid from this. Established acts are contacting us to put their material on our YouTube channel. Regarding the fence plowing story, many people have pointed out that today's youth are just looking for their 15 minutes of fame, however they can get it. I think it's human nature to want to be in the public eye. The vast majority of our society goes through life without even making a small blip on the radar, so if I could get on tv or in the newspaper, I'm doing it. I'm especially going to do it to promote or divert any attention possible to my record label (which ended up happening!) The fact that I've been accused of single-handedly dumbing down America, and starting the trend of people taping their mischief for others to see couldn't be more inaccurate, or flattering.
Sources:
1. CBS
2. MSNBC
3. NY Times
4. Newsday
5. Ypulse.com [yeah baby!]
6. FOX News
7. ABC News
8. ABC 20/20
9. The Jimmy Kimmel Show
10. The Tom Green Show
11. Fence Plowing Video
Adam Schleichkorn, the creator of the original "fence plowing" video, wrote to me to share his story about what really happened with the video. It's funny because his story reads like a "totally wired" marketing case study. While Adam and his friend may have deliberately posted the video to attract eyeballs and attention to their record label, I still feel like the essence of my post the other day holds true, especially for the kids who copied him. Adam's note is very long (he included a term paper he wrote about the whole experience) so I'll start it here and continue it in the extended entry.
Also, just a reminder, I'm en route to SXSW tomorrow (Friday) leaving on a 6 a.m. shuttle so I won't be posting again until Monday morning....
From Adam's email:
I just wanted to give you some background on fence plowing. I feel as if there is no possible way to clear my name, but at least I can attempt to give my side of the story. I am a 25 year old grad student, and the record label mentioned, was co-founded by myself and Peter Toh a little over a year ago. I absolutelty do not promote vandalism, and I never meant to cause it either. If you could take a look, the following is a rough draft of a paper for grad school, regarding the entire situation. I am presenting this to you because I respect your opinion, as well as an attempt to let people know where I'm coming from.
You can read Adam's paper in the extended entry...
About 4 years ago, I started creating videos with the sole purpose of making fun of my friends. I made a dvd of about 20 bits, and passed it out to 30 of my friends. I was entirely self-taught every step of the way, and I enjoyed the fact that I was capable of learning on my own. As the time went on, people started to see vast improvements in my writing, filming, and editing, and I suddenly felt the constant need to expand my audience of 30 friends. So I started to expand my material, to attempt to appeal to as many people outside my circle of friends. The next dvd I made was for about 50 of my friends, and the third I passed out to 86 people. For me, the fact that 86 people were watching my work was so cool. I then thought that if each of them showed one friend, I'm at over 170 viewers, and I really am getting myself out there.
Fast forward to a year and a half ago. At this point in time, we started to see numerous amounts of user-created video websites. I now had about 80 videos under my belt, and I originally thought that this is a great way to direct my friends, and no longer have to make a physical dvd. Although people still don't realize it, I saw a year and a half ago that these sites had the potential to do to dvds what iTunes and MySpace did to cds, make them obsolete. I never really thought about the "random" people that could possibly view my work as well.
At this point in time, YouTube was nowhere near the powerhouse that they are today. I started by uploading a bunch of my videos to iFilm.com (which was by far the leader at the time, just after it was bought out by Viacom) and also on Stupidvideos.com. I would frequently check iFilm to see my views, and in my mind, each video getting over 100 plays was a huge success. I basically forgot about Stupidvideos.com, it seemed as if iFilm was my greatest concern. I even signed up for a YouTube account, and just never uploaded anything because it didn't even seem worth the time back then. Why worry about any other but the "big dog", ifilm. After about 6 months, I checked out my videos on Stupidvideos.com, assuming that I would have about 20 total views. Much to my surprise, I had over 250,000 views, all made possible by 5 of my videos getting featured. This totally blew the door open, and made me really start to think about this still new phenomenon.
Now we're at about 10 months ago. A couple months before, I co-founded a record label (Hidden Track Music Group) with Peter Toh and I took on all the internet marketing responsibilities. My main focus was MySpace for months, but all that was going on with my videos made me start to make the shift of our company to YouTube. I started by putting my work on my channel and Peter Toh's on his own channel. Eventually Peter's music video for "Shoes of a Beast" ended up on the"top-rated of all-time" list, driving more traffic to it than we ever imagined, and we sat down to really discuss the future of our label.
The conclusion we came to was to combine all of our videos, and attempt to generate as much traffic as possible. Our channel on youtube started growing, with the help of myspace, our original content, and word-of-mouth, but we still needed another "YouTube hit" to really give us a name.
We are now at February 2nd, 2007 and I turn on the tv, and see the headline, "Fence Plowing is the Latest Teen Craze" and then see them play my video! All I could think was, is this really happening? Kids were mocking my video and getting arrested? My first reaction was to change the keywords, and make all my serious work for the record label come up, and it was the best thing I could've done. I then started to see this story and my video on every single news channel, and then the next thing I know, Newsday is calling me for an interview! When they called tried to develop the story into what it actually was, "a marketing ploy by I attempted, that actually worked." They weren't too interested, but nevertheless, they wrote a very positive article about me starting a very negative thing. I was able to strongly speak against vandalism, and doing so lead me to FOX News, and The NY Times among others.
I knew the whole story was news-worthy, but the media was no having it. It then seemed like my 15 minutes of fame was winding down, until ABC News called my and came to my house for an interview. Although they made it like I'm the person responsible for all internet violence, (the media at it's best) they finally put the spin on it that this is a new form of marketing. The interview that put it over the top though was on 20/20, where myself, and the reporter were able to make these points legitimate. I was able to say that "this video was made for 30 people, and due to the power of the internet, it was viewed by tens of thousands". That really is the bigger picture. Also that this new for of marketing exists, and so many people still have no clue.
This whole experience really taught me a lot. First of all, be EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA careful what you say. I was extremely careful, and still several of my words were manipulated and taken out of context. Second, you never know what one thing will lead to. When I was live on FOX News, a part of me was dying to yell out "Bababooey" or "Howard Stern" but I now see if I did, I never would've been considered to do any other interviews. I had one chance to secure myself in Howard Stern history, but now I'm going to have to be content with the news and the others. People don't understand that for a 25 year old guy from Long Island, there are much bigger things than national news. My friends don't watch the news. Cute girls don't watch the news. The coolest thing to me was my clip played on The Jimmy Kimmel Show and The Tom Green Show. The fact that these people that I looked up to, are they are commenting on my video, is absolutely unreal.
Third, there is an old saying, "The luckiest people are the hardest workers." I know that for all of this to happen to me, I just caught some of the best luck ever, but it was not like I was sitting around waiting for it to happen. I've made over 100 comedy bits, and over 50 music pieces. Yes, some are mediocre, some are worse than mediocre, but some are just good, no matter what way you look at it. I feel that if this one didn't attract that attention, it was only a matter of time.
Fourth, I have realized that I love the hate. I am referring to all these idiotic comments surrounding my idiotic video. I just love reading people's irrational takes on my work, and the few lucky ones get put in their place by my responses. The fact that I am pissing them off so much, that they have to take even more time to express their anger with words, is what makes it all worth it. The fact that this did warrant such a response means I did something right.
A month ago people were telling me to get a new "hobby" referring to YouTube. Today, I've already been in contact with 3 production companies, and I have the possibility after all this time to actually start getting paid from this. Established acts are contacting us to put their material on our YouTube channel. Regarding the fence plowing story, many people have pointed out that today's youth are just looking for their 15 minutes of fame, however they can get it. I think it's human nature to want to be in the public eye. The vast majority of our society goes through life without even making a small blip on the radar, so if I could get on tv or in the newspaper, I'm doing it. I'm especially going to do it to promote or divert any attention possible to my record label (which ended up happening!) The fact that I've been accused of single-handedly dumbing down America, and starting the trend of people taping their mischief for others to see couldn't be more inaccurate, or flattering.
Sources:
1. CBS
2. MSNBC
3. NY Times
4. Newsday
5. Ypulse.com [yeah baby!]
6. FOX News
7. ABC News
8. ABC 20/20
9. The Jimmy Kimmel Show
10. The Tom Green Show
11. Fence Plowing Video
Ypulse.com - 'Fence Plowing' Is The New Cow Tipping
(from ypulse.com)
I grew up in the South, but I'll admit, I've never tipped a cow. Talked about it, laughed about it, heard stories of kids who tried to do it (and mostly failed), but never did it. Still, it was one of those things - scary, crazy and seemingly funny to do as a teen or college student (I love animals, please don't be mad PETA). If you were going to tip a cow, it's not something you would attempt alone. Not because cows are huge and could potentially wake up and maybe chase you or just moo really loudly. It's because you wanted your friends there to do it with you and so you and your friends could then have a great story to tell all the kids who weren't there. You see where I'm going...
Now that teens can post video online, they can record crazy stunts for posterity. Part of the reason Jackass is so popular with teen boys is because it taps right into their impulsiveness, love of gross out humor and daredevil nature and desire to impress their friends. The rise of online video has empowered teens boys to create their own stunts and record them (see Dare Junkies). And just as there have always been Jack Ass copycats (some who met very bad fates), if some teens do something other teens think is h-i-l-a-r-i-o-u-s, it will be copied.
Such is the case with "fence plowing." According to a local ABC affiliate site:
One of the most recent rise-to-fame stories is that of Adam Schleichkorn, self-proclaimed inventor of the sport of "fence plowing."
Schleichkorn was visiting family in Florida, happened to see a fence in the post-hurricane aftermath, and thought, "We could run right through it." And run right through it they did.
The "first guy runs through -- just barrels through," he said. "The second guy, my cousin John, gave up halfway, got stuck midway through. I think that was another twist to the comedic aspect."
Their horseplay on Schleichkorn's family's property was initially meant to be seen by a list of maybe 30 friends, but those 30 friends sent it to their friends, and so on. At one point, he retitled his video from "Guy Runs Through a Fence" to "Fence Plowing," garnering thousands more hits on YouTube.com.
It wasn't long before Schleichkorn and his cronies were being mimicked by other boys who saw their video. The difference is, those boys crossed the line between horseplay and public vandalism, resulting in their arrest.
"It really took off around the end of January, when the five kids in Deer Park [N.Y.] got arrested," Schleichkorn said. "They were basically copying my video. & They were doing it to public property, to property not owned by them. I was doing it on my cousin's property and of course & I really have to put it out there: I really don't promote vandalism at all."
Just in case you were wondering, Schleichkorn is now starting his own record label.
You can watch the 20/20 report on "fence plowing" here
I grew up in the South, but I'll admit, I've never tipped a cow. Talked about it, laughed about it, heard stories of kids who tried to do it (and mostly failed), but never did it. Still, it was one of those things - scary, crazy and seemingly funny to do as a teen or college student (I love animals, please don't be mad PETA). If you were going to tip a cow, it's not something you would attempt alone. Not because cows are huge and could potentially wake up and maybe chase you or just moo really loudly. It's because you wanted your friends there to do it with you and so you and your friends could then have a great story to tell all the kids who weren't there. You see where I'm going...
Now that teens can post video online, they can record crazy stunts for posterity. Part of the reason Jackass is so popular with teen boys is because it taps right into their impulsiveness, love of gross out humor and daredevil nature and desire to impress their friends. The rise of online video has empowered teens boys to create their own stunts and record them (see Dare Junkies). And just as there have always been Jack Ass copycats (some who met very bad fates), if some teens do something other teens think is h-i-l-a-r-i-o-u-s, it will be copied.
Such is the case with "fence plowing." According to a local ABC affiliate site:
One of the most recent rise-to-fame stories is that of Adam Schleichkorn, self-proclaimed inventor of the sport of "fence plowing."
Schleichkorn was visiting family in Florida, happened to see a fence in the post-hurricane aftermath, and thought, "We could run right through it." And run right through it they did.
The "first guy runs through -- just barrels through," he said. "The second guy, my cousin John, gave up halfway, got stuck midway through. I think that was another twist to the comedic aspect."
Their horseplay on Schleichkorn's family's property was initially meant to be seen by a list of maybe 30 friends, but those 30 friends sent it to their friends, and so on. At one point, he retitled his video from "Guy Runs Through a Fence" to "Fence Plowing," garnering thousands more hits on YouTube.com.
It wasn't long before Schleichkorn and his cronies were being mimicked by other boys who saw their video. The difference is, those boys crossed the line between horseplay and public vandalism, resulting in their arrest.
"It really took off around the end of January, when the five kids in Deer Park [N.Y.] got arrested," Schleichkorn said. "They were basically copying my video. & They were doing it to public property, to property not owned by them. I was doing it on my cousin's property and of course & I really have to put it out there: I really don't promote vandalism at all."
Just in case you were wondering, Schleichkorn is now starting his own record label.
You can watch the 20/20 report on "fence plowing" here
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Monday, March 05, 2007
Fence Plowing on 20/20
The creator of fence plowing discusses how he turned his sudden infamy into a positive outcome on ABC's 20/20...
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Fire by Lil Mama with Peter Toh and The Royal Tease
Lil Mama performs "Fire" with Peter Toh and The Royal Tease and Gunnar of The Exit live at Sin-e.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Friday, February 23, 2007
Show me what you got by Lil Mama
Lil Mama performs "Show me what you got" live with Peter Toh and The Royal Tease, and Gunnar of The Exit.
D.O.T. Live featuring Peter Toh and The Royal Tease
D.O.T. performs the remix of "Criminal" live with Peter Toh and The Royal Tease, and Gunnar of The Exit.
Sweaty Night Live at Pianos
Peter Toh and The Royal Tease perform "Sweaty Night" live at Pianos, with Gunnar of The Exit.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
NY Times - Teenagers Misbehaving, for All Online to Watch
This article came out in the New York Times Today! The picture had a caption of "A youth hurling himself into a fence in a YouTube clip by Adam Schleichkorn." They also gave a direct link to my video, and another to my youtube page in the online version of the article...DEER PARK, N.Y., Feb. 8 — Dozens of teenage boys
hovered outside Deer Park High School Thursday
afternoon, some holding schoolbooks, some holding
skateboards and some holding camera-equipped
cellphones to record the proceedings.
“There’s going to be a fight,” said one boy with
shaggy hair over his eyes. “Anything funny or crazy
that people would want to see and talk about, we tape
it and post it online.”
School officials shooed the boys away, and at a
Starbucks nearby, 17-year-old Gary Buley-Neumar
explained: “Kids beat up other kids and tape it, just
so other kids will see it and laugh. Or they just post
stupid things they did online so other kids will look
at their Web page.”
The police are watching as well. On Feb. 2, Deer Park
officers announced that five teenagers had been
arrested for fence-plowing — a recent fad that
involves youths taking a running start and hurling
themselves into a fence, sending slats flying. The
authorities said the teenagers may have been imitating
a popular YouTube video posted last year that received
three and a half stars and had nearly 70,000 viewers.
Last month, after viewing a video of the beating of a
13-year-old girl that was broadcast on Web sites
including MySpace, Photobucket and YouTube, the
authorities arrested three freshman girls from nearby
North Babylon High School.
Such sites are flooded with teenage-fight videos, and
there are many sites, like PSFights.com, devoted
solely to similar acts. In response to such
cyberbullying, Steve Levy, the Suffolk County
executive, recently asked school districts to
designate a staff Internet monitor to watch for
Web-posted misbehavior among students.
Schoolyard scraps, spectacular skateboard spills,
puppy-love quarrels, goofy antics like placing a slice
of American cheese over the face of a snoring buddy,
and bruising stunts like hurling one’s body through a
neighbor’s wooden fence — these and other staples of
suburban teenage life have taken on a new dimension as
online cinéma vérité. Instead of being whispered about
among friends and then fading away, such rites of
ridiculousness are now routinely captured on video and
posted on the Internet for worldwide perusal, and
posterity.
“Teens have been doing inappropriate things for a long
time, but now they think they can become celebrities
by doing it,” said Dr. Andrew Adesman, chief of
developmental and behavioral pediatrics at Schneider
Children’s Hospital at Long Island Jewish Medical
Center.
“In the past, you’d brag to your friends in the locker
room about doing something stupid or crazy or daring,”
Dr. Adesman said. “Now the Internet provides
additional motivation. But these things can just as
easily lead to criminal prosecution as broad
celebrity.”
In the classroom, in the cafeteria, in their bedrooms
or on the street, teenagers are quick on the draw with
the camera phone. They flip, click and post, then hope
Web users will watch them.
Most suburban teenagers, it seems, can rattle off a
litany of the latest teens-gone-wild offerings as
though they were the local multiplex listings: boys
holding cellphones under the lunch table to photograph
up girls’ skirts; an innocent kiss at a party posted
out of context on an ex-boyfriend’s Web site; someone
bursting in on friends who are in the bathroom or
sleeping, drinking or smoking; students goading
teachers into tantrums; assaulting homeless people.
“Teens always do crazy stuff, but it’s just that much
more intense and fun when you can post it,” said
Nathaniel Visneaskous, 18, of Deer Park. “When you
live in a boring town, what else is there to do?”
Parry Aftab, a New Jersey lawyer whose Web site,
WiredSafety.org, offers parents help on issues like
cyberbullying, noted that “you have girls at slumber
parties taking pictures of each other in their bras
and panties, and somehow the shots wind up on a porn
site.”
“Anytime a teen is around friends now, anything they
do can be filmed and put online,” Ms. Aftab said.
“They say, ‘I can become a movie star or at least make
it onto “The Montel Williams Show.” ’ I tell them: ‘Be
careful, because what you do now is forever. When
you’re applying to college or an internship or that
dream job at MTV, people are going to look at what’s
been posted of you online.’ ”
YouTube says it reviews videos posted on its site and
removes those that violate guidelines. “If your video
shows someone getting hurt, attacked or humiliated,
don’t post,” the Web site warns.
Mr. Levy, the Suffolk County executive, said the
authorities’ Internet focus has expanded from stopping
sexual predators to making “sure the child is not
being humiliated by his or her peers on online video.”
“Some kids want their 15 minutes of fame by holding
other kids up to ridicule,” he said. “A premeditated
attack is assault, but how about the friend who plots
with the perpetrators to film it? When does that
become a crime?”
Chris Marotta, a high school junior from Huntington
Station, not far from here, said that with so many
camera phones and digital cameras around, “at any
given time, someone’s taping you.”
“Kids put their fights online for street cred,” he
noted. “If it’s a bad fight and their face is in the
video, they can get arrested.”
Nancy E. Willard, author of the 2006 book
“Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats,” said that adults
“might not consider it a great idea to post online a
video of yourself committing a crime for all to see,
but a lot of teens have this idea that life is a game
and it’s all just entertainment.”
“In doing this, they’re jostling for social position
and status, or establishing themselves in a certain
social group, or just attracting attention,” she said.
“To them, this is defining who they are and what
people think of them. The idea that ‘people know my
name’ is an affirmation of who they are.”
Indeed, Adam Schleichkorn, 25, of Huntington, has been
proclaiming himself the godfather of fence-plowing,
since his seminal 3 ½-star clip, popularized on
YouTube, was cited by the news media in reporting the
Deer Park fence-plowing arrests. Mr. Schleichkorn,
admittedly a bit old for teenage tricks, said he never
meant to promote vandalism; the video, he said, shows
his cousin hurling himself through a segment of fence
that relatives owned and that needed to be torn down
anyhow.
No matter. The fence-plowing frenzy, Mr. Schleichkorn
said, has driven tens of thousands of visitors to his
YouTube page, where his more serious projects — he is
a producer of films, videos and advertisements — can
also be found.
“A week ago, no one knew who I was — now my name has
been on every news and talk show,” Mr. Schleichkorn
said. “I don’t care that it’s for something stupid. I
was on Fox News cracking jokes. Maury Povich called me
today.
“So I’m known as the fence-plowing kid,” he added. “At
least I’m known.”
Click here for the actual article
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Fence Plowing on The Tom Green Show
This is just too hysterical. He plays the clip like 5 minutes in, and after going off on a tangent, he talks about it for a couple of minutes. Unbelievable. You would think that I would be more excited about it being on the National News, but being on Tom Green blows those reports away. He is a guy who I used to sit around with all my buddies and watch in college instead of going to class, and now he's commenting on my idiot video. "Freddy got Fingered" and "Road Trip" might have been the two most watched movies of my college career, and probably learned me more than any of them there books. "I only see one Lebarron here, Freddy."
I've also heard that Jimmy Kimmel played this on Friday, which is equally as cool, but I can't find it anywhere. If I do, it'll be up here as soon as I get it. Either way, with the exception of any discussion about this by the great Howard Stern, this is the coolest thing ever.
I've also heard that Jimmy Kimmel played this on Friday, which is equally as cool, but I can't find it anywhere. If I do, it'll be up here as soon as I get it. Either way, with the exception of any discussion about this by the great Howard Stern, this is the coolest thing ever.
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