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I Have a Band?

2013-11-15 · collab / interview · Hank, Andrew Huang, Joe DeGeorge, Rob Scallon, a guest · 3:34 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Projects · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: guest or collab, self promotion, calendar ritual

Hank, recording with a towel over his camera, says he is making an album with Nick Jenkins, Rob Scallon, Joe DeGeorge and Andrew Huang, who introduce themselves; he now kind of has a band. He closes on the last day of Pizzamas.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Hank is making an album; towel over the camera, sacrificing video for audio

  • ★★★ Hank tells John he is making an album. — 00:00:00
  • ★ Hank is sacrificing good video for good audio (the description says a towel is over his camera) because he is talking about his album. (playful) — 00:00:07

00:00:23 — The collaborators: Nick Jenkins, Rob Scallon, Joe DeGeorge, Andrew Huang

  • ★★★ Hank is making the album with some of his favorite musicians: Nick Jenkins (who films, edits and directs Crash Course Chemistry), Rob Scallon, Joe DeGeorge of Harry and the Potters, and Andrew Huang of Songs To Wear Pants To. — 00:00:23 · Crash Course

00:00:53 — The musicians introduce themselves: weirdest music, ruling ancient cities, the fastest clapper, weird skills

  • ★★ Andrew Huang says his channel Songs To Wear Pants To is where many musical adventures happen; the weirdest request was a sexy song about airplane terminology. — 00:00:55
  • ★★ a guest: A voice in the band asks viewers to say in the comments what super weird skill they have, for a montage of the weirdest skills. — 00:02:07

00:02:37 — Recording is going well; known songs, new songs and covers; Hank has a band for the first time

  • ★★ Hank says recording is going really well; the musicians are really talented and he is really lucky to work with them. — 00:03:03
  • ★★ Hank says the album will have some songs viewers have heard and some they haven't, and they will be covering some songs. — 00:03:07
  • ★★ Hank says he kind of has a band now, which he has never had before. (hedged) — 00:03:09

00:03:14 — Thanks to the towel and the band; sign-off; last day of the 12 Days of Pizzamas

  • ★★ Hank says this is the last day of the 12 Days of Pizzamas and tells viewers to buy their pizza things now. — 00:03:23 · Pizzamas
  • ★★ Hank says the Pizzamas items will never be available again, except maybe the number one top-selling one; he is not sure. (hedged) — 00:03:28 · Pizzamas

In the description and comments

Humor (significant)

  • Hank covers his camera with a towel to improve the sound. — 00:00:07

    “And today I'm sacrificing good video for good audio.”

  • Asked the weirdest type of music he has made, Andrew Huang answers. — 00:01:06

    “Someone told me to make a sexy song about airplane terminology”

  • Rob Scallon says he rules Giza, so the pyramids are his; Hank asks how he feels about slavery there. — 00:01:28

    “Obviously heavily pro.”

  • The band members show off weird physical skills, such as flipping eyelids up. — 00:02:33

    “This one's for the ladies”

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Mentioned

Central: Andrew Huang · Joe DeGeorge · Rob Scallon

Also: Crash Course · Harry and the Potters · Pizzamas

Only in the description or credits: Nick Jenkins

Also centred on Andrew Huang: Punk Friends

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