AFTER HOURS : Console Mixing Board (Part 1) TYPE: After Hours ABOUT: Welcome to our most recent installment in the "Plug-In: After Hours" video series. This will be the first of two videos about the console mixing board. SPECIAL : Studio Tour - Part Two TYPE: Studio Tour GUEST: Dave Taub ABOUT: Part Two of the popular "INSIDE SHOWPLACE" segment offers viewers the unique opportunity to learn more about the vintage gear Ben uses in his recording sessions. He is joined by DAVID TAUB (of NEXT LEVEL GUITAR). AFTER HOURS : Setting Up A Recording Session TYPE: After Hours GUEST: Ben & Hubby ABOUT: Welcome to our new 'BEHIND THE SCENES' video series entitled "Plug-In: After Hours." This first installment is about what goes into setting up a recording session at Showplace Studios. SPECIAL : Plug-In Holiday Message 2009 TYPE: Holiday Message ABOUT: This Holiday Video was made by the cast of Plug-In with special guest, Ben E. King. We also released a Holiday Game called Doorbuster Dash where you help Ben race Hubby to get in line for the "Limited" Doorbuster specials to build a home recording studio. As you win each level you will be able to download FREE music featuring Ben. E. King, Nasty Ned, and Aster Pheonyx. Click here to play Doorbuster Dash. Platinum Sponsor: Next Level Guitar EPISODE 4: Aster Pheonyx's House TYPE: All Mixed Up! GUEST: Aster Pheonyx ABOUT: Ned and Ben are teleported away from the studio to join 22 year-old singer/songwriter Aster Pheonyx at her home. Aster has just composed a new song, and Ben is going to help her to record it... while the inspiration is still fresh. The track is NOT a reference track, but an actual vocal to be used on the finished CD. The other instruments are to be added later. Ben will demonstrate the best ways to mic the acoustic guitar and the vocal artist to get the best separation using 2 close mics. Backstage Pass Backstage Pass Backstage Pass Platinum Sponsor: Empirical Labs EPISODE 2: Dave Derr Meets The Mixed Signals TYPE: Listen To This GUEST: Dave Derr, The Mixed Signals ABOUT: In this episode we join the urban rock trio, The Mixed Signals, at the studio. Ben and Ned are also accompanied by Dave Derr, inventor and designer from Empirical Labs. Ben uses Dave's "distressors" and "fatso's" to get a huge room sound, similar to Led Zeppelin. Backstage Pass Backstage Pass Backstage Pass Platinum Sponsor: Moog Music EPISODE 1: Father Divine's Garage (Session One) TYPE: Sounds Good To Me GUEST: Joe Ferrara ABOUT: In this episode we meet Joe Ferrara, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist for the band, Father Divine. Joe demonstrates the overdubbing of the theremin, a unique instrument used in classic sci-fi films, as well as songs by Led Zeppelin and the Beach Boys. Backstage Pass Backstage Pass Backstage Pass