Education

John Lennon Educational Tour Bus

Music Merges with Technology

To mark its 11th year on the road, the John Lennon® Educational Tour Bus unveiled a brand new state of the art mobile recording and video production studio at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year. The new bus is now equipped with Sony High Definition video acquisition and production equipment.

Joining Yoko Ono for the event was Will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas, Pat Monahan of Train and Natasha Bedingfield.

The bus provides students with free, hands-on opportunity to make music, produce video projects, and make digital photos.

For complete details on the programs, please visit the official site at www.lennonbus.org.

About

The John Lennon® Educational Tour Bus is a non-profit, mobile recording studio outfitted with traditional musical instruments as well as state of the art computer, audio, high definition video and live production technologies.

2008 marks the 11th year that the Lennon® Bus will provide numerous types of hands-on programs to students through out the country. This year, Sony is proud to be a sponsor by providing high definition video equipment, displays, live content production, and numerous other products.

The Lennon® Bus is dedicated to providing students of all ages with free hands on opportunities to make music and produce video projects.

The Lennon Bus works together with sponsors and local partners to create free events for middle, high school, and college age students to tour the bus, and participate in the production of music, video and digital photography projects reflective of their ideas and concerns, regardless of their levels of expertise.

Bus Programs

The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus offers numerous types of hands on programs for students and educators across the country. These programs include:

• Tours of The Bus
• 1 Day Music Production
• High School Battle of the Bands
• Colleges and Universities
• Concert Tours
• Documentaries
• Assemblies
• Teacher Training
• Essay Contests
• Technology Expos

For complete details on each of these programs please visit the official site at www.lennonbus.org.

Staff

The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus has an exceptional staff. Meet each of the staff members and learn more about them by visiting the official John Lennon Educational Tour bus site at www.lennonbus.org.

Explore Sony Products on the Bus

The interior of the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is divided into two separate recording environments, the front studio and the rear studio. The rear studio can also be easily divided into two separate rooms creating an iso booth.

Outside the bus a stage for performances and tents for product demonstrations are set up.

Use the menu on the left for an interactive tour of Sony Products on the Bus.

Front Studio

The front studio is a cutting-edge audio and video production room. This room features the Sony AnyCast™ live content producer (AWSG500HD). It is configured to catch the action wherever it takes place and to produce a broadcast from the 7 Sony 3CCD High-Definition P/T/Z color robotic cameras (BRCH-700) installed in every room of the bus, and one reserved for outside. These seven cameras can be simultaneously controlled by a single remote control unit (RMBR300).

Editing is performed on an Apple Mac Pro and video is monitored on 4 Sony LUMA® LCD professional HD video monitors (3 - LMD7220W and 1 LMD2450WHD). To complement this immense HD video production power, the Front Studio is also a fully professional HD audio production room featuring the Roland Fantom X6 keyboard, Apogee HD audio conversion and Aphex mic preamps. Also located in this room is a Sony Digital HD Videocassette Recorder (HVR-1500) and 6 Sony HD Optical Multiplex Units (BRUH700) enabling long distance connectivity of the BRC-H700 P/T/Z camera via multi-mode fiber cable.

The front studio is also a large comfortable lounge for viewing HD multimedia on a 40" Sony Bravia XBR4 LCD (KDL-40XBR4) with a Sony Blu-ray Disk™ Player (BDP-S1) or a place to relax and play Sony Playstation® 3.

Rear Studio

The Rear Studio is a professional audio production environment. Featuring an array of equipment from Apogee, Mackie, Roland, Apple, and Godwin this room allows for pro-level recording and mixing at the highest possible resolution. This studio contains two of the Sony HD Robotic Cameras (BRCH-700) and (3) dual 2 X 7 inch Sony LUMA® LCD professional HD video monitor (LMD-7220W).

The Rear Studio is actually two rooms which can be isolated from each other by heavy sliding glass doors. This second room serves 3 purposes. It acts as an ISO room and can also be quickly converted into a green screen video room clad entirely in Reflecmedia Chromatte fabric. Lastly, this room also contains the three bunks the engineers sleep in.

The Rear Studio has 32ch of analog input and 16ch of analog output and can record 64 simultaneous tracks via the Aphex 828 digital snake. Neutrik patchbays form the hub of this professionally designed and built room.

Camcorders and Other Gear

In addition to all the great Sony gear installed on the bus, students have the opportunity to use a variety of Sony equipment off the bus too.

Sony Professional Camcorders

Whether shooting video on the bus or off, students have a choice of Sony Broadcast and Professional video equipment to meet their specific needs.

	2 HVR-Z1U camcorders: These professional camcorders shoot brilliant high definition 1080i pictures with jaw-dropping detail, color and clarity.
	4 HVR-V1U camcorders: These compact professional camcorders were the world's world's first 1080p24 HDV acquisition tool. Not only can this camera shoot standard 60i, students can also shoot progressive scan footage and still edit using regular Sony HDV equipment.
	1 PMW-EX1 HD Solid State Compact Camcorder: This is full high definition tapeless camcorder produces truly exceptional images in 1080p, 720p and 1080i HD using SxS™ Memory Card flash memory.

Sony Professional Audio

	2 PCM-D1 Portable Linear PCM Recorders: The ideal choice for capturing live musical or theatrical performances and for recording sound effects.
	A variety of UWP Series Wireless Microphones are available for students to use. These systems consist of a UWP Series plug-on transmitter to convert a wired microphone into a wireless microphone, a portable tuner, and accessories required for the use of these components.

Sony Professional Displays

2 VPLFE40: This powerful projector boosts 4000 ANSI Lumen brightness, 3LCD technology and SXGA+ resolution. It is the ideal choice for projecting finished multi-media projects outside the bus for everyone to see!

Sony Digital Imaging

To capture digital stills of the day's events students have a choice of using one of the 3 Sony 10.2 megapixel digital single lens reflex cameras (DSLR-A100) or one of 4 12.1 megapixel compact Cyber-shot™ digital cameras (DSCW200).

Video, Music, & Photos

Sit back and enjoy an in depth tour of the brand new bus. Meet the staff, see the gear and see how a project is taken from start to finish.

	Sit back and enjoy an in depth tour of the brand new bus. Meet the staff, see the gear and see how a project is taken from start to finish.
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	View a day in the life of the bus. Watch as Yoko Ono Lennon, The Black Eyed Peas WILL.I.AM, Natasha Bedingfield and Pat Monahan of Train work with talented local students to create the first student project on the new bus.
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	"S.O.S. (Help Us Out)" - First Video Created on New Bus Featuring Yoko Ono, will.i.am, Natasha Bedingfield and Pat Monahan This video was unvieled along with the new bus. Four Las Vegas high school students and three UNLV film students collaborated with Yoko Ono, will.i.am, Natasha Bedingfield and Pat Monahan from Train to create this video.
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Come See the Bus



The official bus schedule is updated regularly at www.lennonbus.org/schedule.


Request the Bus

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Contests



For complete details on each of these programs please visit jlsc.com.