#545 Lief Thomason Director of Underoath Observatory
Songs & Stories Podcast
Emeryland
4.3 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2021
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Leif Thomason is a film maker and director who oversaw and directed Underoath’s Observatory live specials and also directed Emery’s two new specials which air Jan 9 and Jan 27th. The UO Observatory shows were a massive success. We talk with Lief about the pressure of making these new online venues quickly for live music and pulling off audio and visuals in ways that haven't been done before.
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| 0:00.0 | Toby, what's your favorite moment in the upcoming Emory Special? |
| 0:04.6 | Now I need a quick answer. |
| 0:06.1 | Top of your head, go. |
| 0:08.0 | Well, probably when it was over, because I was so nervous. |
| 0:12.4 | No, musical moment. |
| 0:13.9 | What's your favorite musical moment of only a man? |
| 0:16.9 | Quick answer. |
| 0:17.9 | Okay, I'm 44 and I was really impressed that live. |
| 0:23.0 | Josh and I pulled off the screens. |
| 0:24.8 | All night, rise, all travel, rise, jump now, the time, now, and all the time, I die, I die. |
| 0:34.8 | Never more, I die, I die, I die, I die, I die, I die, I die, I die, I die, I die. |
| 0:43.5 | The thing about that song too is it starts off so goofy. |
| 0:47.1 | Like when we recorded that song in the studio, we died laughing at the beginning of it, but |
| 0:51.8 | the song's serious and dark and then there's really heavy screaming at the end. |
| 0:57.6 | So I was a little bit worried about that one especially because I wanted to make sure |
| 1:01.1 | my voice still sounded good the rest of the special one. |
| 1:03.7 | It did, it held on. |
| 1:05.2 | I'm in shock, but it did. |
| 1:07.5 | I mean, how do you look at stuff? |
| 1:09.6 | Okay, you're on the more of the technical side of audio. |
| 1:13.4 | You go away ahead, I just needed some intro music from you. |
| 1:16.2 | That's all. |
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