cmgoodin Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 I don't know how many of you bothered to go to the website Squarespace setup to go with a Superbowl commercial for Jeff Bridges. Very weird. It is kind of funny to watch Jeff Bridges traipsing around in the dark in Temescal Canyon with a bag rig and fishpole Recording his "relaxing Sounds for his album "Dreaming with Jeff" Some of the tracks are mildly amusing and certainly interesting in an audio perspective. Can't figure out if it is sincere and on the level or just a viral video designed to promote SquareSpace. Fun for a little diversion. And if you download it and donate the donations go to Jeff's favorite charity. http://www.dreamingwithjeff.com/#!/jeffstutorial The Album for streaming or download: http://www.dreamingwithjeff.com/#music-section Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfisk Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 Looks like an ad for Squarespace. Pretty creative. They invested a lot in that, looks like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze Frias Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 I loved the Squarespace ad that played yesterday at the Super Bowl: Very creative IMO. Love that Squarespace took it even further with this campaign. Great service/product IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 Big campaign. Some of the Jeff sync dialog is very heavily noise-reduced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmgoodin Posted February 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Big campaign. Some of the Jeff sync dialog is very heavily noise-reduced. And if you listen to the Temescal Canyon track you can hear a lot of cable noise rattling in the fishpole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Reineke Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 FWIW, Jeff Bridges is friends with recording engineer, audio electronics/monitor designer Chris Pelonis, who also plays guitar in Jeff's band, The Abiders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Weaver Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 The dude abides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blas Kisic Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 The track "Hummmmmm" is creepy - not sure it would help me relax and fall asleep… Great campaign, though BK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpaul215 Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 The point is for SquareSpace to post an interesting website during the Super Bowl and show that their magic can keep your site online, even if 40,000,000 people may hit it all at once. That said, this is fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze Frias Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 The point is for SquareSpace to post an interesting website during the Super Bowl and show that their magic can keep your site online, even if 40,000,000 people may hit it all at once. Bingo. That, and to show that you can have a presence online for your business, no matter what it is, without any technical knowledge (HTML, PHP, CSS, JavaScript, etc.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 I like Jeff Bridges and think it's an interesting concept, but question how many people would opt to listen to sleep recordings during a Super Bowl -- if that's their game plan ( pun intended). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
engaudio Posted February 8, 2015 Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 I used to have an email address from my internet provider: thedude@... The funny thing was the amount of call center ops that laughed and quoted lines from the movie whenever I called up with billing issues. Grant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpaul215 Posted February 8, 2015 Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 I like Jeff Bridges and think it's an interesting concept, but question how many people would opt to listen to sleep recordings during a Super Bowl -- if that's their game plan ( pun intended). Even just a million people hitting the website in the same 30 second window is an incredible surge that would take down many servers.... Or your server cuts your traffic off till your next billing period. That's one place SquareSpace shines. If your website/product/whatever became an overnight hit, they will keep serving the pages. They also have what appears to be a really good WYSIWYG site builder, e-commerce tie-ins etc, so it's easy to sell a product. Physical or digital. I'm not a customer of theirs, but they let you build a site without a credit card, and it will stay up for a month or something. I tried it a few years ago just to see what they were offering, and it was definitely interesting. just nothing that I needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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