Nick and I got together again on Wednesday and recorded a trombone trio he composed for our RPM Challenge album. I wasn’t totally convinced when he first played the idea for me on a MIDI keyboard. It sounded sort of interesting, but the harmonies seemed kind of random. As soon as we started recording it on trombone, though, it instantly made sense and sounded fantastic.

Nick’s original intention for the piece was to give me a musical base to write something over. But it stands alone so well, I almost don’t want to add anything to it. Take a listen for yourself:

Jeff Schwinghammer was inspired to make this comic-book style film after seeing this graphic design video about “stickout photos.” I think it’s a pretty clever way to incorporate green screen without having contrived backgrounds. Jeff’s secret ingredient? Green tagboard. The man is a DIY master.