Isn’t this demonstration by K3 more for the dads in their TV audience? The kids don’t look very interested, but Pirate Pete sure seems happy. Maybe K3 should go back on Robert Jensen’s show. The dirty Dutchie would love to see Kathleen, Kristel and Karen do some more of this.
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K3 in HD! If you’ve been paying attention, and you’ve got a really good ear, you’ll recognize a snippet of a piece of music that’s been heard previously here on DogRat, and it’s not by K3. I’ll point it out later.
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Which K3 video are these outfits from?
This is an easy one. They’re phoning in the answer.
[audio:https://s3.amazonaws.com/dogratcom/Audio/K3/Tele-Romeo.mp3|titles=Tele-Romeo by K3]If you didn’t know, that’s all right. I won’t tell them. K3 MP3 @ 256 Kbps. Crank it up!
This song is called “Grandma’s at the Top,” and it has what sounds sort of like Christmas bells, so I’ll go with that.
http://youtu.be/AwPyy-S-JQU
I’ve just made a visit to the official K3 website…
… and look what I found there. At last, a high quality copy of “Kusjesdag” that blows away what’s on YouTube, and it doesn’t even need the aspect ratio corrected. I’ll scale it up from 480×270 to 640×360. Even the best of the Belgian brewmeister monks can’t bottle something this good.
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This is more like it! If it were in stereo I’d say it’s as good as can be for streaming FLV. But, sad to say, not all of the K3 music videos that Studio 100 has posted in flash format are of this technical quality. Most are unwatchable. Why? For that matter, this is the size of the player they used for “Kusjesdag”.
Why reduce it? The bandwidth required by the video stream is the same regardless of how big the presentation.
A YouTube user who goes by the handle zazazebra has been my primary source for videos by K3. It would seem that Studio 100 is now turning the screws and zaza’s videos, and those posted by others, are starting to disappear.
Dear Studio 100: PLEASE get a clue! Don’t squash guys like me and zazazebra. We’re just trying to help promote K3 and Studio 100. Zazazebra had 2.5 MILLION hits on his post of “Kusjesdag”, and while my coverage can’t match that, I’m the lone voice in America pushing K3. To increase interest in your own posted videos, get high quality versions of “Kusjesdag”, “Hart Verloren”, “Tele Romeo” and “Verliefd” in stereo on YouTube. I’d love to link to those. “I Love You, Baby” too, because it has some English. Think about it. Please. The songs are wonderful, but it’s not just the format that makes it all work, it’s Karen, Kristel and Kathleen, one of the best pop music trios I have ever enjoyed.
Addendum: Now here’s something interesting. Studio 100’s UK account, that had the UK3 audition, has been suspended by YouTube (or perhaps shut down by Studio 100?). Click the link and see for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/user/studio100UK
Noticed on Jan 1: The Studio 100 UK account is back.
March 23: It’s over. Kathleen has quit. K3 is done.
