33 1/3 Street Sound and Video

10/25/2025

We're at the Grand Ledge Opera House today, providing music and lights for a wedding reception.

08/25/2025

Eric Clapton, the guitarist known for memorable rock solos in songs like "Layla", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", and "Crossroads" had a much gentler side, writing and performing thoughtful ballads like "Wonderful Tonight" and this song, "Tears in Heaven", composed after the tragic accidental death of his 4-year-old son in 1991.

If you have an unrecorded song sitting on the shelf and would like to turn it into a personal keepsake, let us know. There are ways to create an affordably simple recording of it, and we can discuss with you the various options for doing so.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUU1GLMdnkM

The iconic installment of the MTV Unplugged series and the greatest-selling live album of all time, 18x Grammy Award-winner Eric Clapton originally recorded ...

08/16/2025

Celebration time for the St. Johns High School Class of 1975!

08/13/2025

We are looking forward to providing deejayed music for the St. Johns High School Class of 1975's 50th year class reunion this weekend at the St. Johns VFW Hall.

Go Redwings!

08/09/2025

We're at the 2025 St. Johns Mint Festival Car Show today, filming scenes for the vocal performing group Singers On The Grand's 2025-2026 show opening video.

08/07/2025

We've decided to declare TWO winners of the free ad production contest!!
And, interestingly enough, they are friendly competitors.
Tina from Redwing Barber Shop and Beth from Courthouse Cuts will each receive a free audio or video ad (their choice).
Thanks to all who entered the drawing!

08/05/2025

We're at St Johns City Park this evening to provide music and announcements for the 2025 National Night Out.
National Night Out is a nationwide annual event celebrating the partnership between communities and their professional law enforcement officers.

07/17/2025

We're at the 40th annual St Johns Mint Festival Pageant as their official archival videographer.
We have produced audio and video for 25 of those 40 pageants.

06/30/2025

My, my, my... Isn't *this* interesting?
And we thought the vinyl record revival was fascinating.

20th Century retro meets 21st Century tech in this gorgeous tape player

06/08/2025

Congratulations to our amazing client, Alissa's Dance Elite on another outstanding recital show!

Bravo!!

05/14/2025

Sometimes, a simple song has a lot more depth to it than there seems to be at first listen:

Billy Joel found himself in a casual conversation in 1989 with a 21-year-old friend who remarked that the world had become a much worse place than it had ever been. Joel, who had grown up witnessing wars, political scandals, and cultural upheavals, immediately pushed back against the idea. His mind raced through the countless chaotic events he had lived through since his birth in 1949. That conversation planted the seed for what would become one of his most ambitious songs, "We Didn’t Start the Fire." Joel decided to capture the relentless momentum of history in a song, using a rapid-fire list of events to show that turmoil had always been part of the human story. The construction of "We Didn’t Start the Fire" was a methodical process rather than a flash of inspiration. Joel began by listing every significant event, pop culture reference, and political shift from 1949 to 1989. He pored over old newspapers, historical timelines, and his own memories to ensure the accuracy of each mention. The song’s structure took shape around a tight, relentless beat, reflecting the nonstop nature of historical events. Rather than crafting a melodic ballad like many of his earlier hits, Joel focused on fitting as much information as possible into the driving rhythm. When Joel entered the studio to record the song for his album "Storm Front," producer Mick Jones, known for his work with Foreigner, encouraged a hard-hitting sound to match the density of the lyrics. Joel’s piano took a backseat to the drums and electric guitars, creating a sense of urgency that carried the song forward. Joel later joked that "We Didn’t Start the Fire" was more of a history lesson set to music than a proper song, but the way it resonated with listeners proved its impact. As the lyrics sped through events like the Korean War, Elvis Presley’s rise, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Watergate scandal, audiences found themselves reflecting on both personal and collective memories. The song avoided giving opinions or blaming anyone for the turbulence it described. Joel remained committed to simply listing events, allowing listeners to draw their own conclusions. This neutrality gave the song a timeless quality and helped it connect across generations. When "We Didn’t Start the Fire" was released, it quickly shot to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Joel’s third number-one hit. Fans scrambled to dissect each reference, with some radio stations even running contests to see who could name the most events mentioned in the lyrics. Teachers across the United States began using the song as a creative tool in history classes, asking students to research the events and create their own versions covering more recent history.

- 70s 80s 90s Nostalgia Jukebox

05/12/2025

It's "free ad production" contest time again! 🙂🎬

Four years ago, during the slow economy caused by the Covid pandemic, we conducted a contest within the St. Johns business community to award free ad production of a 30 or 60 second radio (audio) or TV (video) ad - the winner's choice.

The winner was Old Crow Antiques in St. Johns.

We'd like to have another contest! If you operate a business in the St. Johns community and would like to have an audio or video ad produced at no charge, just comment below here on the 33 1/3 Street page or the St. Johns Community page, sharing with us a little information about your business and what kind of ad you'd like by June 30th. On July 1st, we'll put all of the names into a actual hat and draw out the winner.

We're not going to list a lot of contest rules...
We'd just like to work cooperatively and informally with whoever the winner is to put together a nice 30 or 60 second ad. As you can see by the Old Crow ad, we have a drone and can include drone footage with video ads. If you would like a video that is formatted to be a wide page banner rather than formatted for TV broadcast, that can be done, too!

This will be fun! The contest winner's ad will also be provided to the community's pages for you to see (or hear, as the case may be) at a later date.