Live Rock Critic 52: I respond to my critics:

Much more critical than I am of ...well , virtually everyone , are those who trash, dismiss and dishonor my efforts to write, compose, perform, record , video, and publish my work.

I perform live and even record live, using the Stax Studio system which is to put all effects on the instruments, amps and voices and to balance sound using VU and Decibel meters and to then record in stereo using best possible gear. I recorded literally thousands of performances using a Sony HX Pro on new studio quality tape. I find the quality good and useable with Alesis Tapelink.

 When I started making video live, I was faced with the single microphone fake 5.1 or stereo which provided fast, synced but low quality sound. I tried numerous methods, H4N Zoom for instance, to add better sound but I had difficulty. Last night I was excited to use my new stereo & movie camera the Sony MV 1, inexpensive but supposed to work but the SD card was incompatible. The Sony MV 1 is supposed to wi fi to my computer, I hope it works.  I have a new RolandGR707 and sequenced Kurzweils version of "Hillbilli", "Marijuanaville" theme which I am desiring to film .

I have tried to produce video of many types since about 1992. Most of my youtube is '08 to '12 when I made a concentrated effort to publish my work. I had a friend,Tony Robertson, who would at times have writing sessions with me, Vaqueros lead hand and mc at some jams and played with Sue Medley, great going for a graduate of a Blues Music School.{ I originally posted without Tony toured Europe with "Long John Baldry".    My girlfriend who knew the lyrics to all songs. Karioke girl, had some appreciation of my musical ability from having heard my harmonica with a live band. I took her to see Baldry and Robertson and after that she had a less dynamic idea of musicians I knew and me. She thought the performance was old and lame. She dumped me not long after. I never did like Baldry, I attended because Tony told me he was in town. }

    I received a call from one of my oldest friends where he maintained that Tony Robertson videos were applauded but people he showed my videos to `Laughed at me`. I nervously checked my Lindon Collard.com website. Everything was in order, I clicked on music videos and there was Darling Space Girl and 6 more animated shorts. Check them out, on a computer, so data on the phone is not a cost issue, the data cost per second factor has damaged the posting of videos.   Scroll down to my live performance videos, all performances filmed live with sequenced basic song platform of Bass, Drums and Keys. The two Kurzweils will also do real sampled winds, strings and horns. Laughed at or other blanket dismissals, I simply cannot accept that type of criticism. I hope my blog has accurately criticized.

I am proud of my compositions and performances and my producers`animations which are on:

Lindon Collard.com,  or Google Lindon Collard    lindoncollard@gmail.com.   Lindon Collard WEBSITE: 3 Menus: Music Videos - Blogs - Political Satire.  

You be the critic. Check out Tony Robertson Vaqueros, find more than four videos if you can. Check out my website  and  google plus and Youtube for hundreds of mine. You can post commentary or e-mail me a critique or comparison. I will post a Live Rock Critic of the live Robertson performances later,  possibly, I am sure I would offend people with my views on confusion, pitch awareness, covers of songs not sounding like the tunes, no scintilating leads, lack of proper relationship to the melody with leads, monotone guitar and lack of inventiveness . I will not air my views at this time. I am guilty of railing and raving about weak vocals and off pitch vocals and lack of stage presence. No I will not go there. I do not wish to shove any sacred cows or shovel out Bull Chix today. Bye for now .