Late last week I got my first dose of shooting a music video where I’m being choreographed for movement. That was a very different experience. Yesterday afternoon I got a message from the video director that the footage came out ok. I was a little worried about it, but alas I’m likely worrying about nothing. One thing that was fun and hard was learning to do some dance moves and making it look like I’ve been doing for years – and singing at the same time. New experience.
I’ve got a Touch teaser trailer for you as I’m excited for getting the song Touch out with a music video when the song launches. Thus if it ends up taking a little more time to get it all done, then the release date will wait until it’s all set. Until then, enjoy a little bit of video from the behind the scenes of the making of the Touch teaser music video.
Enjoy and stay tuned, more video and the release of the song is coming soon!
Having just shot the video for Touch last night and being that there are elements of Touch that sound like they were inspired by Gorillaz, I had to throw in today’s Throwback – Stylo by Gorillaz. One it’s a cool tune. Two, it’s got that indie but high budget feel. I really like how they took the previous elements of their animated characters and moved them into a more “real” world, rather than an animated world. I’m excited to see how Touch turns out, however we have more shooting we’ll have to do. Much like how Bruce Willis gets out at the end of Stylo to check and make sure he has to shoot ’em dead if he finds ’em.
Stylo
[Mos Def:] Love, electricity, shockwave central Pummel on the motherboard, yes Push up, overload, legendary heavy glow Sunshine, thunder roll, keep it all together Yes the lantern burn, burn it easy And broadcast, so raw and neatly Thunder roll, sunshine, work it out
[2D:] Overload, overload, overload Comin’ up to the Overload, overload, overload Comin’ up to the Overload, overload, overload Comin’ up to the Overload, overload, overload Comin’ up to the
Oh Stylo… (juice) Go forth, blossom in your soul When you know your heart is right Electric is the love When the mako flies (a giant fish) Up from the bottom in your eyes Then I know the twilight skies, not so broken hearted (from the end of the line)
[Bobby:] Yes, this love is electric It’ll be flowing on the street Night after night Just to get through the week Sometimes it’s hard Right now
[2D:] Sing yourself (juice) Out of depression, rise above I’ll be searching if I know your heart Electric is the love
[Bobby:] There’s only one way Let it pray a little while longer It’s got a way of passin through man and woman In another world In another world, in the universe Right now Here’s what we got to do Yes, this love is electric It’ll be flowing onto the street Night after night Just to get through the week Sometimes it’s hard
[Mos Def:] That’s what I’m talking about Love, electricity, shockwave central Pummel on the motherboard, yes Push up, overload, legendary heavy glow Sunshine, thunder roll, keep it all together Yes the lantern burn, burn that easy And broadcast, so raw and neatly Thunder roll, sunshine, work it out
Moving forward with the digital age a vital part of the recording process got lost along the way. The part was the whole thing with who did what. Sadly it’s likely the easiest thing to add and it got left behind. There is now a strong push by NARAS a.k.a. Grammys to bring this into the future. Yes, adding liner notes is getting a nice lift to go digital.
I took some time yesterday to go through all my music and lyric pages to update them with some simple liner note information. Thus now you can learn who wrote what, who played what, who mixed what, and who mastered what on all my released recordings.
Beyond the simple liner notes I added a couple of extra bits of information for fun. The extra bits are also to answer some of the questions I’ve been asked about particular songs.
As the actual standard for liner note information gets finalized, I’ll likely add additional bits of information to keep it current. Right now there is no standard, thus it’s what I currently imagine it to be.
Why?
For future recordings my liner notes will get much more detailed. Detailed to the point of geekdom. Which means I will include things like what guitar I used. What kind of strings, pickups, etc. Same with vocal mics, DAW, drums, bass, synths, etc. Essentially I may include the whole darn shebang into the liner notes. Plus I’ll add thank you’s and other acknowledgements. Much like you would see on printed materials that used to accompany Vinyl and CDs. Of course they’ll likely get split between liner notes that are specific to a song, and those that are general to the release. Details, details, details. All to satisfy the ubër fan and of course myself. I love to read about the who, the what, the where and the when of recordings.
Head on over to the music pages and delve a little further if you dare!
