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Cover Song Challenge #2: Listen To Your Heart, by Roxette

Chris Wallace — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:22:10 +0000

It’s that time again! Think you can handle taking this classic 80s hit to the next level? Give it your best shot, and post a link to your creation on Twitter @TheSuperGroup with keyword #tsgcsc. We’ll post the submitted entries after Thanksgiving, and open it up for public voting.

Upside Down

Nate Scronce — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:06:59 +0000

Another five second animation by TSG. Check out the others here.

Five Second Project – â€œSummer In Spaceâ€

Nate Scronce — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:13:24 +0000

I came across GreyScaleGorilla’s Five Second Project contest the other day and I thought, what better way to brush up on my AfterEffects skills. The concept is as simple as creating a five second animation based on the theme “Summer in Space”. You can check out all the other entry’s here.

Donâ€™t blink after pressing play!

Terence Trent D’SuperGroup

James Abercrombie — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:32:19 +0000

So, a few of us here at The SuperGroup decided to have a cover song challenge, mainly just to share our INCREDIBLE musical abilities with the world (or at least each other). We decided that we’d do one that was a practice round, just to get our juices flowing, so to speak. So of course, we picked the best song of the 20th century from an album that is on par with Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band or Pet Sounds. That’s right, we picked “Sign Your Name” by Terence Trent D’Arby, off of the album Introducing The Hardline. The entrants were Elliott, and yours truly (James).

James’s version of “Sign Your Name”

Elliott’s version of “Sign Your Name”

iPhone Painting a Day

Elliott Rothman — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:36:46 +0000

A couple weeks ago, I got the Brushes app for my iPhone. This incredible little app allows you to make digital paintings by touching and dragging your finger around on the screen. It’s a very simple interface and has three brushes (all adjustable sizes), a color picker, and a way to adjust the opacity. As someone who only occasionally doodles, I quickly fell in love with this app. It’s like carrying around a tiny canvas with you along with a full palette of paints and brushes, and what’s more, is when you are done with your painting, you can grab it on your computer as a hi-res png or jpeg image AND a time-lapsed quicktime video of your work. I decided to try my hand at making one of these every day, and don’t see myself stopping anytime soon. I don’t know if I’m particularly good at painting, but it’s a ton of fun. Check out the iPhone paintings that I’ve created so far.

James Made a Funny Video

The SuperGroup — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:14:04 +0000

The New Pornographers thought it would be funny to have a contest. They asked their fans to re-write one of their songs in the style of Michael MacDonald, and produce a music video for their creation. So, our own James Abercrombie did just that, and here’s what he came up with.

Oh… and it happened to win the contest, become one of YouTube’s featured videos, and receive almost a million views. NBD.