Yesssss!! I could use one of these...

Ping Pong Door

Beautiful!!! ...... just watch.

Pi Kappa Alpha - Anchorsplash 2009 (Virginia Tech)
by videos22

Man, today was rough watching the memorial....

But I bought this T-shirt and it made me feel better. Such a cool design.



By the way, I listened to this song non-stop in high school on my walkman cassette player. At lunch, on the bus, sometimes in class..ha!.. and at home...so perfect for a dance party. And that intro to the song.....soooo goooood!!




And this is fascinating... just watch. Behind the scenes of recording Michael with Bruce Sweiden...








Recording and Mixing "Billie Jean"....
The year is 1982. The song is "Billie Jean". The sonic image of Michael Jacksons' "Billie Jean" is a perfect example of what happened, when I sat around dreaming awhile, about combining different recording techniques to produce a unique musical canvas with a tremendous 'sonic personality'.
Of course I was comfortably ensconsed in Westlake Audio’s beautiful new Studio ‘A’ on Beverly Boulevard, with my good friends Quincy Jones, Micheal Jackson and Rod Temperton. We were doing our favorite thing... We were making music!!! We had just started recording Michael Jackson’s album “Thriller”...
We were recording Michael’s song “Billie Jean”.....
I recorded the drums,(played by the fantastic drummer, N'Dugu) with as tight, and powerful a drum sound as I could come up with. Of course I put N'Dugus' drum set on my plywood drum platform. Also at this time, I had a special kick drum cover made that covers the whole front of the kick drum. There's a slot with a zipper in it that the mike fits through. When the kick drum mike is in place, in the slot in my drum cover, I zip the opening tightly shut around the mike.
I brought in my old pal George Massenburgs' spectacular sounding, portable, 12 channel recording console and used it to record the rhythm section. With it I recorded the bass, drums and guitars on my analogue 16 track, with no noise reduction equipment in the way of that fantastic sound!
In my estimation, the the result of the song “Billie Jean”, is a perfect example of what I call “Sonic Personality”. I don’t think there are many recordings, where all you need to hear is the first few drums beats, and you instantly know what song it is.
Great albums always start with great songs....
"Billie Jean" is just such a superb song! Of course, Michael wrote "Billie Jean"..
Quincy says that the lyric that Michael wrote is highly personal. I’m sure that’s true. Michael told us... it was about a girl, that climbed over the wall at Michael’s house, and was lounging out there, by the swimming pool.... she was laying out there, near the pool , lounging... hangin’ out... with shades on, her bathing suit on. One morning she just showed up! Kind of like a stalker, almost. She had accused Michael of being the father of ONE of her twins... Is that possible? I don’t think so....
When it came time for me to mix "Billie Jean", it was business as usual... When I am working with Michael, Quincy, Rod, Jennifer, Sergio and so on..... I am allowed total ceative freedom with the sonics of the music... In other words, I am always left to myself when it is time to mix. My mixes can take hours, days or even weeks.... I firmly believe that a mix is not finished, until it is on a Record for sale at Tower....
So I had been mixing "Billie Jean" for a day or two. I’d do a mix. ..... Say I was up to mix number 2.... (At that time I was mixing onto 1/2” analogue.) I thought it was killer!!!
I called MJ, Quincy and Rod into the control room and played mix 2 for them. They loved it!!! They were all dancing and carrying on like crazy!!! Smiles all around! Then Michael slipped out of the control room, turned around and motioned to me to follow him... Then he whispered to me, “Please Bruce, it’s perfect, but turn the Bass up just a tiny bit, and do one more mix, please....” I said to him...”OK Smelly, no problem”...
(When we were recording “Off The Wall”, Quincy gave Michael the nickname of “Smelly” because when Michael liked a groove, he’d call it “Smelly Jelly.” Also Michael doesn’t curse, and when MJ wants to say a bad word he’ll simply call it “Smelly”... The name has stuck...)
Then I went back into the control room to add Michael’s tiny bit of bass to my mix... Quincy pulled me over into the corner and said “Please Svensk... “(Svensk is Quincy’s nickname for me. It means “Swedish Man” in Swedish... When you have a genuine Quincy Jones nickname like ‘Svensk” - You are truly honored....) Q said to me.... “Add a little garlic salt to the snare and the kick. Just a squirt!!!”) so I went back into the control room and added a little garlic salt to the snare and the kick. Just a squirt!!! Now I was up to mix 20 on "Billie Jean".
Well, this went on for about a week. Soon I was up to mix 91!!! I had a stack of 1/2 inch tapes almost to the ceiling!!! I would do a few mixes, we’d listen... Then do a few more. We had it PERFECT!!! We thought we had a really ‘HOT’ mix on “Billie Jean”. I played Mix 91 for the boys... Everybody smiled... but Quincy had one of his funny looks on his face...
I thought.... Hmmmm.... Oh, Oh....
Quincy said “You know Svensk, just for the fun of it, can we listen to one of your earlier mixes???” My heart jumped because I knew that my earlier mixes were dynamite!!! Then Quincy said, “Let’s hear mix number 2!!!” Oh WOW!!!! Hallelujah!!! I love mix 2!!!!
We listened to mix 2... IT WAS SLAMMIN’!!! EVERYONE IN THE STUDIO WAS GROOVIN’ AND DANCIN’ and HAPPY, and actin’ IGNORANT!!!!
Well, here’s the deal. When “Thriller” was released to the Whole World by Epic Records, on Tuesday, November 30, 1982, it went to Tower Records with MIX 2 OF "Billie Jean" on it!!! AND, when the single of "Billie Jean" came out it was MIX 2!!!
The REAL Story of "Billie Jean"...
Bruce Swedien

New trailer AND new poster!

Here it comes!!

Michael

Found this photo online and it makes me smile. You'll be missed Mike.



I found another great clip too. Check out how slick this moonwalk is and holy moly bamohley....the pop lockin'..... simply amazing.

Imogen Heap's new album is coming....

I can't wait for this!

A legend is Gone. RIP Michael Joseph Jackson

This is one of my favorite performances from the BAD tour.




And here he is with James Brown. Incredible dancing!

I Love Pencil and Paper

This is a great little video about the return of hand drawn animation ... and my Cal Arts buddies Mario Furmanczyk, Eric Fountain and Joe Pitt make an appearance as well! And where's Jen Hager? Jen, you should complain!

" Reci Reci Reci " or " Words, Words, Words" By Michaela Pavlatova

Nominated for an Oscar in 1991.



www.michaelapavlatova.com

Little Boss Drunk

For the Daft Punk fans.

My Pops

Watching ' Seinfeld'...or as my Dad likes to call it, "Steinfeld".

I wish I worked on this commercial... it's so goood!!

Comic-Con Nerds try and protect Cincinnati! HA-HA!

"They surely won't recognize us because he's blind, BUT...
I'm sure he'll recognize the taste of a good meal."

- Shadowhair

James Jarvis

I need to go for a run now.

It's rainin' burgers!

Another image Sony's released from "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs". C'mon Sony Marketing!!! Let's show more of the goods!!




You can also go to the website.

Fun

to listen to while you work.

This Drawing

is sick! So good! It's by Dick Briefer. Found it on John K's blog. I love how you can feel the energy in the pull of the alligator's mouth.




And this one has such great caricature.



Wow.

Not yet!

I wish I could show you a scene from this movie!! But I can't! It's top secret private none of your beeswax before the release date shtuff! Wow. It's looking gooooooood! Mouth watering goooood! Ok...that was kind of lame! But seriously...you're gonna want to eat the screen after you see this movie!






P.S.

I'm working on the opening sequence right now with the main character, Flynt.

I laughed so hard at this.

I am now obsessed with Mr. ChiCity3. Wow. Thank you Aziz for introducing Mr. ChiCity3 to me.

It has arrived!! The trailer for Cloudy awaits you...

Click below.

Cloudy Web Site!!!





P.s. I'm animating on this movie.

work work work

Work work work
I'm here all day
I never sleep
I work work work.

I never shave
I'm such a slave
I work work work

Up all night
drinking Coke
I youtube lots and lots
of jokes.






I'm animating on a movie based on this book below.

Cheese rant.

When ordering a burger today, I was asked if I wanted Cheddar, Swiss, or American cheese on it.
I had to pause and think...that's like asking me if I wanted boring, boring, and boring on my burger.


I like cheese. I like good cheese. I'm bored of those cheeses.



One more thing...unrelated to cheese.

Garfield is real.



Well...actually Garfield does love Lasagna.So it kind of relates.

Just Amazing!

Kid Cudi!

I like this quote...

From Neil Gaiman ( creator of Coraline )

“Someone asked me last week if Coraline would be an appropriate film for their six-year-old son. I don’t know. That’s like asking me if their six-year-old would like mushroom soup. I don’t know the kid and so I have no idea what is appropriate for him.”





Brilliant!

YES YES YES......I CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE THIS!!!

Coraline opens Feb. 6th!

New Paintings at Littlebird Gallery

Opening Saturday evening at Littlebird Gallery.





A Star is Born
Acrylic, Ink, and Prismacolor pencil on brown paper
9" x 12"

New Paintings By JJ Villard, Morgan Kelly, and Jeremy Bernstein

And why not one more dance to study, copy, practice, and embarrass yourself at the upcoming holiday party you're attending this weekend.

Chicka-booka chicka-booka-ahhyehhhy!

In the beginning there was greatness...

And then there was this....

Yessssssssssss Please!!!

Yes I want one! Yes I would love you forever! Yes my Birthday is on December 28th, YES YES YES PLEASE!!

Greece 2007

Can I get the bill?

It's such a rare treat to get a combination of CUTE, SAD, and HILARIOUS all in a 1 minute youtube clip. This my friends, is my favorite clip of the week.

Banannarama

ghettogloss.com

Playin' around with my new Cintiq...

Chieftains 2

I grew up listening to my Dad's Chieftains 2 cassette tape all the time. I think we even wore the tape out on long road trips. One of the songs was called 'Banish Misfortune'. So I youtubed the song and found this. I want to buy a tin whistle now. This guy is so good.

Haha!! I love this!! Pure Soul!!

Homemade Halloween Costume 2008

Inspired by, of course, Daft Punk.








Eric Deuel, as a NASA astronaut.



Sean Szeles, as a dapper 20's gentleman.


Behind the seams.... ( get it? ha...good )






Hoot hoot!

I didn't want to post this!!!

Ugh! I didn't want to post this....but what the hell, here ya go. My 2d animation reel I came out of Cal Arts with. It's wayyy too long and there are lots of mistakes and things I would never put on my demo reel today. But you live and learn...right? So please be kind. Also, a lot of this animation was done straight ahead. It took me awhile to get used to the pose to pose method...and I'm still learning.

I have so many other tests that never made it to this reel. One day, when I'm 75, I'll have to digitize them and put them on my invisible 3d hologram future watch. One day.....




By the way, the animated big Ogre in the short clip of " I have a cunning plan..." was inspired by the talented Dan Holland. He's now doing Visual Development at Pixar. I stole a drawing of a hand he drew out of his trash bin one day. It was for one of his films....it was beautiful! Ha! Hey Dan! Did I ever tell you that??

Oldies from Cal Arts

Hi everyone! I've been taking a break from blogging but I feel like I need to start posting again. I've got so many doodles to share that it's overwhelming. Here's some oldies from Cal Arts. Drawn in Mike Mitchell's class.

Click the image! Get one now while supplies last!

AND IT BEGAN....

Beholdddd.....the new book is coming!!!

'And It Began'

A boy's discovery of his new helmet. Not just any ordinary helmet...but DAFT PUNK'S helmet.
All images were produced without the aid of a computer. All hand drawn and colored! Prisma colors, oil pastels, pen, ink, marker, and water color. Hardcover, 100 pages, 9.25 x 9.25 in. , full color, only 200 copies available as of now. $ 20.00

To the San Diego Comic Book Convention we goooo! JJ Villard and I will be grabbing onto a lizards' tail and having it drag us down the 5 freeway to the comic con tomorrow.... we'll end up in a pool of sweat, dirt, and grime at table A04. Come visit us if you're down there, and watch us attempt to be professional bizzzzznessss men! It's gonna be greaaat! Oh yes, the name in the schedule is under my name...Jeremy Bernstein. JJ will be selling his first book as well....you know you want both!!


I'll also be selling last year's book....
' Say Havarti. This, that, and the other.'
A collection of illustrations, caricatures, doodles, and poems.
Soft cover, 8.5 x 11 in, color and black and white, $ 20.00



And hopefully I'll have the patience to set up a paypal button on here so that everyone can purchase my books.

Cheers!!

p.s.

I know I still need to post my Kung Fu Panda shot list...I'll get back to you on that!!

NEW BOOK. DETAILS SOON............

Locked away in a cave upon a dark blue hill for a week and a half...I worked on this book. Through wind and fog and serpents blood I managed to create something new. Here is the cover.

Bernstein News...all the news all the time....

Sorry for the lack of posts. Things are a littel weird lately. I've been busy working on a book! Coming soon to a theatre...um....some sort of establishment near you. If you're at Comic Con, in San Diego, I'll be selling last year's book (Say Havarti) and the new book, which has no title just yet. I'll be selling at a table with none other than J.J. Villard.

This is what I look like now....the past few weeks have been pretty rough on me.