Jim Fusco Reaches 110,000 YouTube music video views!

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Definitely not meant to show up Chris Moore’s acoustic cover song tonight, but I just found out that I reached 110,000 YouTube video views.  I’m very excited about it and hope that this number continues to rise somewhat exponentially.  It’s only been about 20 days or so since my milestone of 100,000 acoustic cover song and original music video views on YouTube, so it’s exciting to get another 10,000 so quickly.

I’ve said it before that I won’t feel like the “big time” until I get to 1,000,000 views.  It’s going to take a while.  But, whereas it took me nine months to get 100,000, I don’t think it’s going to take 81 more months to get to a million.  I sincerely believe that I’ll be staring a half million in the face sometime next year.

Thanks to all who watch these videos and, to echo Jeff’s sentiment, come back on a daily basis to keep viewing more.  I’ll keep you posted on new milestones as they arrive!

Music Video Blog Milestone: Jim Fusco reaches 300 YouTube subscribers!

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Doesn’t it seem like milestones come in bunches?  We can only hope this is the beginning.  With Chris and Jeff nearing 50,000 YouTube views and Jim just over the 100k mark, there seems to be a a trend towards new records and a great success.

Just days after Jim reached the 100k YouTube view plateau, he received his 300th YouTube subscriber.  Actually, last night the count stood at 298 and this morning the number was at 301.  We’d like to formally thank you for the support and Jim can’t wait until he reaches 1000 YouTube subscribers.  It seemed so far out of reach before, but in early May, Jim only had 100 subscribers and now has tripled that in just over four months.  If he triples this number in four months, we should be talking about 900 subscribers by January!

That’s why they started this music video blog.  They knew the possibilities were endless; that there was no ceiling to how many views or subscribers they could get.  And now that the numbers are pouring in, it just makes everyone at the Laptop Sessions want to work harder and achieve even more.

Congrats to Jim on his latest milestone and everyone at the Laptop Sessions can’t wait to see Chris and Jeff reach their next goals, as well!

Jim Fusco Reaches 100,000 YouTube Views!

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

That’s right, folks!

Jim Fusco has reached a tenth of a million collective views on his YouTube videos!

Jim’s popular “Laptop Sessions” videos are a mix of cover songs and original music that he releases every three days.  The other days are split between friends Chris Moore and Jeff Copperthite, and brother, Mike Fusco.

He has 115 Laptop Sessions videos so far and a few “How To” videos, as well.

At this pace, Jim is on par to reach 175,000 views by the end of 2008, shattering previous predictions made earlier on in the year.  We hope that you’ll stay tuned to the Laptop Sessions to keep track of Jim’s progress, as we’ll be announcing all of the milestones that we’re sure to reach here on the best music video blog online!

FMP Live concert mp3 Download: George’s II on May 16, 2008 - 3 hours of music!

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Click HERE to download the 3-hour show for only $4.95 at the FMP Store!

A big three-hour show was planned for May 16, 2008.  What a busy month it was- the band barely practiced together as a group before the show.  But, the four members practiced constantly on their own, so the friends of now more than ten years came together just fine when they got on stage.

Mike, Jeff, Chris, and Jim after the show

The crowd was sparse at times, but during the height of the night, there was a great group of people hanging on every word and chord of the FMP touring band of Jim Fusco, Chris Moore, Mike Fusco, and Jeff Copperthite.

The show was recorded in its entirety on the ZOOM H2 portable recorder.  The original idea was to record the entire show in surround sound, but the length of the show prevented it.  Instead, the show was recorded at 320 kbps mp3 in stereo.

Jim, Jeff, Chris, and Mike outside after the show.

Over three months later, Jim Fusco mastered the 35-track concert album by bringing out the vocals, widening the stereo image, and applying his trusty adaptive limiter to get the most volume out of the concert as possible.  This process took hours upon hours.  Then, the tracking process took place- splitting the three hour show into separate tracks for ease of navigation on an mp3 player.  Finally, the show was put online and brought to you for the low price of $4.95!  That’s about $1.65 an hour for a great live concert that you’ll listen to again and again.

Highlights include an interlude of solo acoustic performances by each band member between the second and third sets.

Click HERE to download the 3-hour show for only $4.95 at the FMP Store!

FREE Live Concert mp3 Download: Testa’s 04-12-08

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

During the months of April and May 2008, the touring band of FMP Music was as busy as it’s ever been.  Playing one of their first ever paid gigs, the group of Jim Fusco, Chris Moore, and Jeff Copperthite played a little dive in Southington called Testa’s.

The interesting thing about Testa’s is that it’s both a classic hole-in-the-wall bar…coupled with a fancy wedding banquet hall attached to the building…

Of course, the boys played at the bar…

Yes, the drink prices were hiked up and the only patrons that night were about five regulars (who loved the band, by the way) and the rest friends and family of the band, but that made it a really personable, good time.  There were only a few instances of a drunken patron heckling and “getting to know” the fans of the band.

The entire concert of two and a half hours was not taped- less than ten were recorded on Jim Fusco’s digital camera.  The video quality is poor, at best.  Even using the latest in professional video editing equipment, we can’t get but an outline of each band member, so we’ve decided just to use the audio instead.

As with many of the live shows, the absence of drums is felt, but the playing and the atmosphere made up for the loss.  The audio was cleaned up by Jim Fusco using his professional mastering techniques, so you can actually hear the band instead of mostly the talking from the crowd.

We hope you enjoy this little slice of Fusco-Moore history with this free mp3 download of five songs from the concert.  Just remember, whenever there’s a live concert show, we’ll be there with cameras and microphones to catch all we can.  The plus side is that with each time out, the quality and the professionalism goes up and up…which is a relief for Jim Fusco because each time he has to do less and less work cleaning everything up!

Click HERE to Download the FREE Live Concert mp3s!

FREE Live Concert mp3 Download: George’s II Open Mic Night 04-17-08

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Chris, Jim, Mike, and Jeff rocked the Open Mic Night at George’s II Restaurant in Wallingford, CT on April 17, 2008. The exercise was an audition of sorts for the quartet’s upcoming solo show in May. Well, the band passed with flying colors.

Highlights of the 1/2 hour set include the rocking extended version of “Where Are We Now?” which included Jeff playing so hard, he blew his bass amp! We always knew the FMP Live shows were “smokin”, but we never meant it literally before this show.

Unfortunately, the video portion of the concert is way too dark to make out anything but two flickers of light for the entire set. So, we just offer the mp3 version for your listening pleasure!

Click HERE to download the FREE Live Concert mp3 at the FMP Store!