Last night was truly an amazing, unique, exciting, and creative experience. We were flying by the seat of our pants (as we usually do). It all began on Wednesday when I received a call from my friend Keith. Apparently, they were hired to film a rap video so they had rented a space and some equipment. They would have some time remaining so they thought they would shoot videos for their friends as long as they had the equipment and time. Of course I jumped on the opportunity and sent over a cut from the upcoming EP. The song we chose was Midwestern Child. Although it's not representative of what we do, many of you like this tune and it's still us, so we rocked it.
We originally had booked Saturday, but ended up moving towards 8-midnight on Sunday. Marcos had an early call the next day and he was in the band making a video just before us too. As you can imagine the man was exhausted by the time we got up to film. Unfortunately, Roberto was unable to make it, but it was the four of us; Marcos, Shane, Cass, and me.
I got there at 6. About a block away from the studio I realize I left my camera back home! GO FIGURE! Typical Luis-move. When I got there I was asked to pick out a back drop. At this point we had NO IDEA what we were going to do. As the other band was taping, we brainstormed. It was different, but the directors took it as a challenge and really took off with it! Something about productions that involve different creative talents working together always gets me going. The bandmates, me, and our friends Mike, Keith, and Jayden (who were filming and editing) were all bouncing ideas. It was never a matter of, "this can't be done" it was always a matter of "how can we make this work." Everyone was in their element. The concept was different than the ideas they were working with all day long, so it definitely posed some challenges.
The crew had been there since 7am and at the point we started filming they had already put in about 15 hours with their other videos they shot that day. Not to mention the day before. It was STILL a great vibe though and everyone was still excited and giving 100%.
All the way until the end of the shoot I was like a kid in a candy store. I was checking out all the rigs, lights, platforms, sets, and people running around. In the video I wanted you guys to get a glimpse of it, so I can't wait for you all to check it out! Watch for it, it's gonna be something new, creative, and fun!
