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Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Friday, April 18, 2014
WAR! Teaser // Season of writing.
"WAR!" is debuting on April 22nd on ISAtv, but here's a quick teaser courtesy of Conrad, the director.
I've been transitioning back to a season of writing, and the whole thing feels slightly off-kilter for me. I've learned that the best way to get into creativity is to find a sense of calm. A lot of the time, this means that normally minor distractions can start to feel like frustrating ones. That doesn't mean they aren't good distractions - I just played the songwriter's round that I host at Renaissance Hotel last night, and am gearing up for a showcase I'm playing with my publishing company in a few weeks, not to mention I'll be MOH at my sister's wedding in 2 weeks - but my first goal is to be more productive with songwriting. So hyper-focused am I at getting to this goal, that I often forget that the trick is sometimes just to let it go (cue that song from "Frozen" that I'm not actually a big fan of. Sorry.)
So far I've averaged a song per week. That's OK, the gears are just warming up. More scratches to come soon...
By the way, here is the flyer for the showcase I am playing next month. It is hosted by Gas Can Music, which publishes "World Go Blue," and is open to music supervisors looking to license. If by happenstance you are a music supervisor who's stumbled onto my blog and would like to join the event, you can email Licensing@GasCanMusic.com.
I've been transitioning back to a season of writing, and the whole thing feels slightly off-kilter for me. I've learned that the best way to get into creativity is to find a sense of calm. A lot of the time, this means that normally minor distractions can start to feel like frustrating ones. That doesn't mean they aren't good distractions - I just played the songwriter's round that I host at Renaissance Hotel last night, and am gearing up for a showcase I'm playing with my publishing company in a few weeks, not to mention I'll be MOH at my sister's wedding in 2 weeks - but my first goal is to be more productive with songwriting. So hyper-focused am I at getting to this goal, that I often forget that the trick is sometimes just to let it go (cue that song from "Frozen" that I'm not actually a big fan of. Sorry.)
So far I've averaged a song per week. That's OK, the gears are just warming up. More scratches to come soon...
By the way, here is the flyer for the showcase I am playing next month. It is hosted by Gas Can Music, which publishes "World Go Blue," and is open to music supervisors looking to license. If by happenstance you are a music supervisor who's stumbled onto my blog and would like to join the event, you can email Licensing@GasCanMusic.com.
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Shooting the War! Video
Two weekends ago, I had the immense pleasure of gathering some friends together to help me shoot my video for "War!", which will debut on April 22nd. I can't actually properly express how much fun this whole thing was, so here's a GIF to give you an idea. Photos shot by Red Lebrun:
As you can see, we are decked out in face paint and some interesting costume choices. We got together one Sunday for a massive pillow fight in the park. We will be pairing these shots with some band footage we gathered at The Great Company in downtown LA.
The idea for this video was born out of a small idea I had a long time ago to pair the song "War!" with some kind of fight. I ran over the list in my head - zombie fight, paintball fight, water fight, and eventually pillow fight. After approaching a couple directors and running into small hiccups left and right, I put the idea on the back burner while doing my travels in the Fall and Winter. Eventually, I brought the idea to my friend and director Conrad Lihilihi, running the idea of a zombie fight past him. He instantly got excited about the concept and came back with some of his own input. I was getting a really good feeling that we were on the same page, and also felt that the video would need the kind of comic timing that Conrad is naturally great at. Eventually, we fleshed out the logistics and realized the zombie fight would get costly and might seem too violent (I wanted to move away from anything controversial - like in last year's "Blue" video). We opted for the pillow fight instead, and I'm super happy with the way it all came out. Stay tuned - the video will be officially out soon, but in the meantime, you can listen to it on Bandcamp!
As you can see, we are decked out in face paint and some interesting costume choices. We got together one Sunday for a massive pillow fight in the park. We will be pairing these shots with some band footage we gathered at The Great Company in downtown LA.
The idea for this video was born out of a small idea I had a long time ago to pair the song "War!" with some kind of fight. I ran over the list in my head - zombie fight, paintball fight, water fight, and eventually pillow fight. After approaching a couple directors and running into small hiccups left and right, I put the idea on the back burner while doing my travels in the Fall and Winter. Eventually, I brought the idea to my friend and director Conrad Lihilihi, running the idea of a zombie fight past him. He instantly got excited about the concept and came back with some of his own input. I was getting a really good feeling that we were on the same page, and also felt that the video would need the kind of comic timing that Conrad is naturally great at. Eventually, we fleshed out the logistics and realized the zombie fight would get costly and might seem too violent (I wanted to move away from anything controversial - like in last year's "Blue" video). We opted for the pillow fight instead, and I'm super happy with the way it all came out. Stay tuned - the video will be officially out soon, but in the meantime, you can listen to it on Bandcamp!
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