Wes Plate

PacWest 2012 Performance Company Showcase

wplate — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:58:32 +0000

This DVD contains the 2-hour Pacific West Performance Company Showcase from January 7, 2012. Order from here and we’ll mail your DVD(s) to you. Jessie is also taking orders when she’s at PacWest for $25, if you order from her she will deliver your DVD to you.

PacWest 2012 Company Showcase

$30 including shipping

PacWest 2011 Winter Showcases

wplate — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 01:14:52 +0000

On January 15 2011 two showcases were be performed: the Winter Showcase at 1:30pm and the Performing Company Showcase at 5:30pm. You can purchase each performance for $30 each or get both for $50.

PacWest Winter Showcase 2011 (January 15, 1:30pm)

$30 including tax and shipping

PacWest Performing Company Showcase 2011 (January 15, 5:30pm)

$30 including tax and shipping

both PacWest Winter 2011 Showcases (1:30 and 5:30) 2-DVD set

$50 including tax and shipping

Promotional video for blues band

wplate — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:29:04 +0000

I recently worked with a local blues band on a promotional video package.

The CD Woodbury Band plays the blues at bars and festivals around the Pacific Northwest. The musicians in the band are all quite excellent and experienced, but this arrangement of personnel is relatively new so they’re still working on getting gigs from local venues. A video would really help them convince a bar owner to book them, so that was what we set out to make.

Three cameras were used to shoot this project: a Canon HF20, Canon 5D Mark II and a Panasonic HPX-170. Audio was recorded using a Zoom H4N, which was a lot better than trying to use the camera mics. The three cameras certainly don’t match each other perfectly, but they still look good, especially when viewed online which is how most people will see this video.

The YouTube version of the video has the band’s phone number and web site displayed the whole time, so when bar and venue owners switch from viewing to booking they’ll have the contact info right in front of them. The DVD has the DVD packaging to provide the info for contacting the band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZNCVmOUtHI

The band is really happy with the video and how it turned out, and we’re all anxious to see how it affects bookings.

Harder Is Better women’s Ts

wplate — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 05:14:41 +0000

Snohomish Boot Camp is a fantastic workout group, I joined in January and had a great time having my ass handed to me a couple of times a week. I wanted to make a shirt that communicated the difficulty of the training group, but was also playful, because Boot Camp is fun too.

Thus was born the Harder is Better shirt. My friend liked her’s so much she made it her Facebook profile pic, how rad is that?! I printed the simple design on Asphalt American Apparel 2102 women’s short sleeve Ts, size XL.

PacWest 2010 Spring Showcase

wplate — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:19:17 +0000

PacWest Spring 2010 Showcase Combo Pack

This 2-DVD set contains both the June 13 and June 20 performances.

$50 including tax and shipping

PacWest Spring 2010 Showcase June 13 only

This DVD contains only the June 13 performance.

$30 including tax and shipping

PacWest Spring 2010 Showcase June 20 only

This DVD contains only the June 20 performance.

$30 including tax and shipping

Visuals for Helios live performance

wplate — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:37:42 +0000

February 27 2010 Wes and Jessie Plate hosted at their house a “livingroom show” featuring one of Wes’ favorite artists, Helios, AKA Keith Kenniff. One of the things that made the show even more special was that Wes projected visuals to accompany the live music performance. The effect was quite seamless and all of the attendees had a good time.

We got a nice writeup in The Stranger too, though he was off on his attendance guestimate, we had 50 guests!

PacWest Company Showcase 2010

wplate — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:21:55 +0000

PacWest Company Showcase 2010

This single DVD contains the entire performance from the January 30 2010 company showcase.

$25 plus tax and optional shipping

PacWest 2009 DVDs

wplate — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:37:43 +0000

PacWest Spring 2009 Showcase

This 2-DVD set contains both the 2pm and 6pm performances from the May 31 2009 showcase.

$50 plus tax and optional shipping

PacWest Winter 2009 Showcase

This single DVD contains the entire performance from the December 12 2009 winter showcase.

$25 plus tax and optional shipping

Thomas Guitars

wplate — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:20:43 +0000

A friend of mine in Illinois who is a very talented musician and graphic artist has started making guitars in the last couple of years, and I worked with him to create a bunch of Thomas Guitars shirts for he and his wife to give to friends and relatives.

Tom designed the four color artwork, four shades of gray, and we printed it on a variety of shirts but my favorite was the Slate-colored American Apparel tee.

You can see some of Thomas Neal’s custom guitars online at http://s270.photobucket.com/home/tkn42

Pinewood Villa promo video

wplate — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:47:06 +0000

Pinewood Villa is a beautiful 15-unit condo building in Snohomish, WA for adults 55 and older. We partnered up with the builder to help promote the place since there are a few units available. We interviewed five current residents then used their comments to weave a narrative for what Pinewood Villa is really all about. This video will appear on the condo’s informational web page and is also distributed to interested buyers on DVD.