Toto - Africa // 6 Trombone Cover Version // Featuring Jeff Harrigan

I MISS THE RAINS DOWN IN AFRICA!!!

Last week’s video was a fun one for sure! Africa by Toto is one of my favorite songs, as I am sure it is many of yours. This classic song makes just about everybody bop their head to the music (or just straight-up get up and dance)! It was impossible not to move around while playing this song. That’s why we decided we wanted to make this video a fun one.

This trombone arrangement of Africa was written for 6 trombone parts. 5 tenor trombones and 1 bass trombone. I made the drum beat in GarageBand. This was my first time making a beat like this in GarageBand and I am super happy with how it turned out! I will definitely be using the drums in GarageBand for future projects. It just adds so much more life to the song! I hope you all like it too.

I have definitely been trying to “up the ante” with my videos. It is always my goal to make each video better than the one before it. This is definitely the most shots I have ever taken for a video (wait… scratch that, my 12 Days of Quarantine video had the most shots)! There were still a lot for this one though! This arrangement of Africa was for 6 trombone parts - so we each took a video for each part both inside and outside and then added in all the extra clips. Hopefully you all got a laugh out of them, haha! I was definitely cracking up when I was editing the video. That is one of my favorite parts about collaborating with other people online. When they send you their videos, you never know what kind of funny stuff you will find in there! Haha, always good for a laugh.

This is my third quarantine collaboration with Jeff Harrigan. What are us trombone players to do while we’re stuck at home?! The answer is easy: make music videos!!!

Jeff and I have played together in the shows Blast, Blast the Music of Disney and One Piece Oto Utage in Japan. Outside of his Japan tours, Jeff has been working for years as a freelancer in the Washington D.C./Baltimore area, on cruise ships, and all over the US with musical theatre productions. He will be moving to Texas soon, so Texas people: HIT. HIM. UP!

Here’s his Insta: https://www.instagram.com/jharrigan77

and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeff.harrigan.58

Check out the other videos we have made during quarantine and let me know which one is your favorite!

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SLIDESHOW BLOOPERS: Funny Outtakes and Behind the Scenes Footage From Our Music Video Shoots

I hope you all got a kick out of my little April Fools’ joke! haha

I figured we could all use a laugh, especially during these trying times. If you haven't seen it yet, here is a blooper video from past SlideShow projects all the way back to 2017. I had a blast (haha, no pun intended) going through and editing all the footage for this video. I am so fortunate to have not only talented, by very funny friends. Enjoy everyone, I hope you have a good laugh today! Special thanks to everyone who made an appearance in this video! Patrick Chappell, Guillermo Ramirez, Jeff Harrigan, Noah Perkins, Tao Guthrie, Josiah Williams, Ben Owens, Seville Jenkins, Collin Ewing, Benji Baker, Kaylie Brooke, Hiromu Yoneso and my cat, Mars.

Here are some of the music videos I showed bloopers from, if you're lookin' to do some binge watching today!

DuckTales: https://youtu.be/sbsHBIY7Wok

Game Of Thrones: https://youtu.be/10J8F0aq6Tc

Lord of the Rings 1: https://youtu.be/7yWS0wlHVi8

Lord of the Rings 2: https://youtu.be/WELo0PM9xLQ

Lord of the Rings 3: https://youtu.be/Sp8Nhx1tvEk

March feat. Hiromu Yoneso: https://youtu.be/C7hVC-k4mF8

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square: https://youtu.be/48MVv0PPY0Y

I Put a Spell on You: https://youtu.be/ZWZ-_wD4lhM

Reflection from Mulan: https://youtu.be/nOHxD5vNQm8

I Want it That Way by Backstreet Boys: https://youtu.be/sVWLaYnrLR0

Koi: https://youtu.be/mTbNKzLPRNI

2019-2020 TMEA ALL-STATE TENOR TROMBONE ETUDE #1: https://youtu.be/KNVe2jB38Dw

2019-2020 TMEA ALL-STATE TENOR TROMBONE ETUDE #2: https://youtu.be/JjlTJBZ-YqI

2019-2020 TMEA ALL-STATE TENOR TROMBONE ETUDE #3: https://youtu.be/Y7Re4xU1fVI

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LIVIN' ON A PRAYER BY BON JOVI 500 SUBSCRIBERS SPECIAL: Trombone Collaboration Cover Version

For those of you who are subscribed to my YouTube channel SlideShow, you know that I have been uploading videos a lot more consistently lately. When I got home from tour last September, I decided I was really going to go all in on this YouTube channel and work really hard to make it grow. Since then, it has been my goal to upload once a week. Once I started uploading more frequently, the channel really started to take off!

On January 27, 2020 we hit 500 subscribers! This is halfway to our goal for the year of 1,000 subs. I had been wanting to make a video of Livin' on a Prayer by Bon Jovi for a long time, as it is one of everyone's favorite karaoke songs. Playing up the line "Whoa, we're halfway there" seemed perfect for the 500 Subscribers Special video. I didn’t want to just do a video for this song... I wanted to make it a special one. I have been talking to other people for a while now about how I can include the SlideShow audience more, and create more interactions and engagement with the people watching the videos. It seemed natural to make Livin’ on a Prayer the video to do just that by accepting video submissions from our subscribers. This was really fun and I am so happy so many people participated in the video (we had 11 total)! I got to play with some old friends and made some new ones in the process. The SlideShow channel, and music in general, is all about connecting with people, and this project allowed us to do just that.

The video for Livin’ on a Prayer by Bon Jovi is on track to be one of our most successful videos yet. I definitely want to make more collaboration videos like this in the future! I want to thank each and every one of our collaborators for their contribution to the video: Paul Blakely, Kaylie Brooke, Adam Byars, Tao Guthrie, Guillermo Montecelo, Ben Owens, Guillermo Ramirez, Emily Rozanski, Peter Tijerina and Josiah Williams.

I hope you have as much fun watching it as I did making it! And please, if you haven’t yet, subscribe to the channel! https://www.youtube.com/slideshowtrombone

See you soon!

-Lisa

2/9/19 Live with ゼロゼロイチハチ (Zero Zero Ichi Hachi)

My next live performance is on Saturday 2/9 with ゼロゼロイチハチ (Zero Zero Ichi Hachi) at Green Apple in Koenji. Zero Zero Ichi Hachi is a trombone ensemble created by Japanese YouTuber Aki-C. At this concert we will be playing many of Aki-C’s trombone arrangements made famous by his YouTube videos. The members will perform in many different combinations from duets, all the way up to a full trombone octet! I am very excited to play in this concert because it’s been a long time since I have gotten to play in a trombone ensemble of this size. The more trombones, the better! Something that makes this group very unique is there are 7 female trombonists! This is the first time in my life that I have ever seen 7 female trombonists in the same room, it's very cool.

Also - I LOVE the music! The arrangements are really fun. We are playing music from Studio Ghibli, Disney, and more. The pieces I am most looking forward to performing are 海の見える街 (A Town with an Ocean View) from Kiki’s Delivery Service and 人生のメリーゴーランド (The Merry-go-round of Life) from Howl’s Moving Castle. We will also be performing I Just Can’t Wait to Be King from The Lion King. This is the live version of the video that Aki-C and I made together last year. You can check out my post about that project here: I Just Can’t Wait to Be King

Below is the event flyer and a video of one of the songs we will be performing. Please send me a message if you would like you come!

Merry Christmas from The Bone Zone

Here is the latest Bone Zone video, just in time for Christmas. I wrote this arrangement of What's This? from The Nightmare Before Christmas for six trombones and of course, jingle bells. The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of my favorite movies. Mostly because my favorite holiday is Halloween, so I really like the idea of a Halloween Christmas movie, haha. Also, I LOVE the soundtrack! Every time I watch the movie I can't help but sing along. Danny Elfman nails it every time.

This was a really fun project to work on, especially because we were experimenting more with acting and adding other elements to our videos. One of the most unique things about The Bone Zone is that we record from all over the world! As you will see in this video, we recorded from Yokosuka, Japan, Boston, MA, Chicago, IL, Dallas, TX, Lancaster, PA, Miami, FL, and Washington, D.C.

Please enjoy What's This and subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more videos. We have a lot of exciting things planned for next year! Merry Christmas!

-Lisa 

Game of BONES

Here is the second video from THE BONE ZONE, Game of Thrones! This is one of my favorite TV shows and I love the original score to the show. I arranged the main theme for 6 trombones and timpani. We had so much fun recording this video because all of us are huge fans of the show. Let's just say you could always hear this theme being played somewhere by someone around the theatre. It's just so catchy and fun to play!

THE BONE ZONE now has its very own YouTube channel, so make sure to subscribe. Also, you can re-watch our first video, DuckTales. We have more new material coming soon =)

Welcome to THE BONE ZONE

Welcome and thank you for visiting my new website. I would love to connect through social media, I am very interested in networking with other musicians both in the US and Japan! You can also send me a message on the contact page.

Let me tell you a little bit about the latest project I've been working on. While on tour with Blast! The Music of Disney, the trombone section aptly named ourselves THE BONE ZONE. We have had so much fun playing together during the show, playing trombone ensemble repertoire, performing and teaching at clinics and mostly making our own arrangements. Here is our debut YouTube video!