ArtLoveMagic - Our first video experiment
Written by ArtLoveMagic Thursday, 08 September 2011 21:04
So a few months back, we told you about the video experiment we were shooting with Blue Pill Entertainment, and some local musicians. Blue Pill is headed by Teddy Cool, a local director who is tearing up the Dallas music scene this year. The musicians we enlisted were local rapper Playdough, and local drummers Valenti and Captain Ron Davison.
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I wanted us to try and capture something with some spontaneous energy, and I definitely wanted to pair artists that otherwise might not cross paths and work together. Making videos of pre-existing tracks is cool, but there’s a lot of people who are already good at that. Since ArtLoveMagic is known for live creation, I wanted to find a way to make something on the spot, and then shoot it documentary-style.
For it to work spontaneously, and be caught well on film, I figured we needed to make it as simple as possible. The people involved, from the film and sound crews, to the musicians, all had to be really good at what they did.
A hip hopper and a few live percussionists seemed like a safe bet to try this for the first time. Playdough’s a seasoned freestyler, so I knew he wouldn’t feel pressure making music on the fly. I first met Ron Davison at Open Mics where he was backing up poet after poet, creating live beats and ambiance to whatever they performed. And Valenti works with Ron in the band Melody Memory, so they’re real comfortable playing together. Seemed like a winning team.
I asked Playdough to bring in some lyrics and told him he would meet two drummers who were talented enough to just jump in and collaborate live. I told Ron and Valenti that they would work with a rapper who wrote positive, intelligent lyrics and had a clean delivery. In retrospect, everyone trusted me a lot. Heh. (thanks, guys)
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