this is the first tune i’ve produced a song without some sort of video inspiration in some months. it was indeed fun, fun, fun.
the video came quickly. i’ve found that a deadline is the mother of focus.
"monday songs" video #4: "the weather"
a torch song for depressives.
"monday songs" video #3: "fading to grey"
hat’s off to a 25-year-old orson welles for a top-notch performance.
illness in the rear-view mirror, i’m planning to have something original next week.
til then…
"monday songs" video #2: "nadine"
another video i made for my album, “monday songs.”
"monday songs" video #1: "being with you"
i never shared all the videos i made for the “monday songs” album. so i’ll use them as a stopgap when i run out of time on a given weekend.
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monday underground #8: "alchemy"
the video is an idea i’ve had for about thirty years or so: take identical shapes in different settings and blend one into the other. while putting together “now you see it” a couple weeks back, i realized how cool a slow dissolve is between two rich images.
whites get preference, causing uneven in-between states. these transitions are where the magic happens.
monday underground #7: "the power of not knowing"
this song is the end product of an improvisation. i sat at the piano, without any ideas, and started playing and singing. the result is quite faithful to the original.
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monday underground #6: "now u see it"
an experiment in songwriting: creating a video and writing the song to it.
i shot the footage ten days ago on a sunny afternoon. i knew i wanted to make a video to inspire a song, but i had no idea how the pieces would fit together.
family closet #4: "mr. blue sky"
working on a video/music experiment, so nothing new this week for the monday underground. hoping to stretch the parameters a bit going forward…
i put this video together for our 12th annual holiday song a few weeks back.
monday underground #5: "the 10 o’clock news"
this song has been a favorite of mine since i posted it back in august of 2010.
i tried to make a video for it the following year as a follow up to my first “ghost story” video (monday song #1), but i kept grinding to a heavy-handed halt.
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