Ahhhhh, Chicago in the WINTER. There is nothing better, and I got to experience it all with one David Nail for his first music video (and one of my favorite songs of late) “I’m About To Come Alive.” Of course, I did fall and bust my arse on a sheet of ice the morning of the shoot, but other than that everything went well!
It was cold. We froze. We ate great Italian. There was snow. I could see my breath. Other than not having a sled on hand, it couldn’t have gone better and the final piece turned out great. Pedro Castro, whom I lovingly refer to as MY SPANIARD, was on hand as DP and the crew was simply awesome . . . which isn’t easy when it’s freakin’ freezing!
I also had a brief interlude in out hotel elevator with more than a few lovely ladies . . . I still think David and his manager Brian are still a little jealous, but you can ask them about that one. Hehe. All in all, it was a truly fantastic time, and I had a freakin’ blast with David and everybody involved!
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It looks like I now know enough American Idol peeps to start a really great game of “Red Rover Red Rover!” And who doesn’t love “Red Rover?” Come on!
I recently finished the music video for Phil Stacey’s “If You Didn’t Love Me” and even though I was crazy sick during the shoot, we had a great time and the video captures everything we were going for. Phil and his wife Chandra could not have been nicer and Chandra even made an appearance at the very end of the piece and I even learned a few very important things along the way. Number one . . . Nyquil is for nighttime and doesn’t make for a good daytime medicine unless you’re keen on walking around like a zombie all day. Hehe. I’d love to thank Sherri for this little tidbit of information (which really should have been obvious, but come on . . . I had a fever!) I also learned that The Drake is not “where the stars stay” anymore . . . just tourists that you want to desperately save as the sun goes down, but it IS an awesome place to shoot and they were incredibly helpful!
It was a great experience from beginning to end, shooting both at the Drake and at the infamous Ruby Guidara’s place in Watertown. As always, the entire crew worked, and I can’t wait to work with Phil again . . . but hope I’m not hopped up on Nyquil.
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