Something happened recently. Something exciting. I met a lovely lady, Jen at my last Genghis show. She is a photographer. She asked about shooting some pics for me sometime and one day I intend to take her up on that offer. She took my Sometime In Morning CD. Her husband, Ric contacted me and asked if I’d be interested in making a music video with him. They’ve been playing my CD and Ric and Jen fell in love with the music. I checked out his portfolio and thought, why the hell not!? I’ll confess, I’ve been down this road before. I had a producer/director combination get all excited about a music video when I released Sponge Brain. We spent two days shooting two videos…lots of time, money, volunteers, energy obtaining permits etc. To this day, I have nothing to show for that. The producer never saw it through. Good intentions all around, I’ve no doubt. You see, it’s all fun and games to get a creative group of people together to shoot for a few days, but to actually sit down and sift through the footage and create something great takes more vision and grunt work, more time and energy. So alas, nothing ever came of it. Suffice it to say, I was skeptical (and graciously told Ric so), but thought, what do I have to loose.

Well…..OMG! What a fabulous day of shooting. Easy, quick, professional. Other than buying lunch, I wasn’t asked to do anything but perform. Ric is a-m-a-z-i-n-g. I’m convinced that this guy one day will be a well-known name in his field. Efficient, professional, honest, creative, realistic and thorough! He brought a crew with him, (and not just anyone, I mean guys who know what they are doing!) awesome equipment and great attitudes all round. I have no doubt that I will see a final cut very soon. I’m very excited. It’s quite thrilling.

Oh, what song? As the title states, he chose I Live In Hope. (One of my personal favourites, if I’m allowed to say so). Ric even submitted it to the producers he knows on The Good Wife. (fingers crossed). The song is also to be featured on the soundtrack for The Seven Rays by Jessica Bendinger in the coming weeks and of course, it’s part of The Secret’s Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott for Random House.

How cool. YAY!

I Live In Hope video shoot

In a way, this ties in a little with my last post about Cinespace – you can read it here. You see, Genghis wasn’t a huge gig for me…it was a small gig that I didn’t overly promote, but more or less treated as a test for new material. I had a good turn out but I didn’t go “all out” if you know what I mean. You see, I know that JT at Genghis knows how to run a venue. One good sounding room and one good act at a time, and each act compliments the following act. There is no risk…do a show, play for people, and things like this happen! Thank you Ric! Thank you Genghis Cohen!