Tag: Independent artist creative process

  • What It’s Like to Be Choreographed for the First Time in a Music Video

    What It’s Like to Be Choreographed for the First Time in a Music Video

    Touch-Behind-the-Scenes

    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.

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    Enjoy and stay tuned, more video and the release of the song is coming soon!

  • How Gorillaz’s “Stylo” Inspired My Latest Music Video for ‘Touch’

    How Gorillaz’s “Stylo” Inspired My Latest Music Video for ‘Touch’

    Stylo-Gorillaz

    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

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    [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

    [Bobby:]
    Right now

    Enjoy!