The music video for my song "Hey You" is nominated in the Best Music Video category this year. Very excited and thrilled that more people get to see this piece which I'm still very chuffed to be a part of.
The marvelous director of the video and my good friend and collaborator, Michelle Muldoon, talks about it in her blog here.
Yay team!
It's out! Click here or on the photo below to watch my new music video, "Hey You":
I am so proud of this video. Conceived and directed by my long-time collaborator and friend, Michelle Muldoon, she took my song and created something beyond my imagination.
“Hey You” is about connection and space. Using dance as the visual medium to illustrate a relationship we explored the idea of reaching for another person both emotionally and physically. The principal characters of the dance are two women and their relationship is deliberately ambiguous.
The singer is separate from the dancers so allowing us, the audience, to share her perspective as we watch the relationship of the two characters evolve. The dancers are seen as if in rehearsal, so we are witnessing a moment that is private between them.
Both Michelle and I are keen to show relationships not often seen in the mainstream media. This project was an opportunity to examine human connection as well as create something beautiful to watch. I love it!
I am eternally grateful to the cast and crew:
Michelle Muldoon for her creative and directorly genius, (click here to read her blog post about her creative choices for the film)
Thomas Billingsley for his beautiful work as DP,
Maxine Chadburn and Kelly McInnes for their delicious performances and Maxine's choreography,
Mauri Bernstein for her gorgeous editing,
Michelle Lamberson for her stills photography prowess,
Michelle Carrington for her make up excellence,
Jo Pipes for pushing that dolly around and making it look so effortless,
Eric Carbery for superb gafferness,
Lisa Ovies for her generosity and humour,
Rebecca Hales for her hard work before and during the shoot,
Neil Menard for keeping us all in focus,
Marc Baker for keeping digital things organized and numerous other activities I didn't see.
It takes a village and I'm so glad you were in mine!
Big lurve to you all!
x
Out of 7 nominations for Best Music Video we won runner up at the Action On Film Festival! Wow!!
Congratulations to everyone who worked on the video, especially the captain of this ship, Michelle Muldoon. So proud of your work and to have this as a music video to one of my songs.
How many times can I scream "WOW!" and jump up an down with glee? Infinity. That's how many.
Two huge announcements:
Not only that the music video to my song "Hey You" (from the upcoming album "Teeny Tiny Friends") is premiering at the Action On Film (AOF) international Film Festival in California (WAHOO!!)...
...we also got nominated for Best Music Video! (WAHEY!)
It's screening 3 times during the festival and I'm thrilled about it. Director/Producer Michelle Muldoon - who conceived the video - is down there to represent us. She really is quite fabulous. Click here for her blog post about the screening.
Much gratitude to Del Weston and the gang at AOF for their support x
This is so cool! The lovely folks at the legendary Kitsilano Showboat put my photo on the cover of this year's souvenir brouchure. Wow!
I had such a blast playing there as always. Huge thanks to Barry, Kosta and the gang for always making me feel so rock 'n roll :)
Photo courtesy of Kitsilano Showboat
Photo courtesy of Candice Foster
One of the many things I love about my job is playing shows in unusual places. This past weekend was the North Vancouver Community Arts Council's annual "Art In The Garden Tour" and what lovely weather we had!
Musicians and visual artists get the opportunity to show their work in the garden of a North Van resident. A great way to meet local artists and build community. The gardens and gardeners were lovely hosts and made me feel so welcome. What lovely gardens they were!
I was so happy to be part of it again this year. Thanks NVCAC x
From the upcoming album "Little Stories" the LOD Tourism Bureau brings you "Show Me"!!!
Filmed around Vancouver this gives you a little flavor of this beautiful place that I call home and also what it might be like to hang out with me for an afternoon as I run around the city!
Directed by Angel McNamara, who also directed the vid for "Happy", the idea was to have Vancouver be the backdrop in a way not ordinarily seen. I think it looks marvelous :)
Click here or on the pic below to watch:
Enjoy!
I was recently invited to be interviewed by the lovely Karen Liscomb for KliffsEdge.com: A great blog about a band's songwriting journey. She asked me about my decision to be a working musician, my music and the process among other things...
Click here to read the interview. I'm thrilled! Thanks Karen!
(May 27th 2015: The link no longer exists sadly, but here's proof I was on the site!)
It's all happening in The Land...
The video for "Show Me" from my upcoming band album, "Little Stories" is almost done! Yeay!!!
And we just shot the vid for "Hey You" which is a tune on my upcoming acoustic album, "Teeny Tiny Friends":
Yep. Life is interesting (understatement).
Yeay! Here's the video for my performance and interview on On Da Grine TV a while back. Click here or on the photo below to check it out:
Huge thanks to Valentine Henderson, Debbie Walker and the On Da Grine crew. A lovely bunch!
Finally! I got the pics sorted from the Trees show last month, and what a show it was! So many folks came down - thank you so much for your support.
I put together a collage so you can get a sense of the vibe. It was my first show playing only piano so many songs had not been heard before. Of course there were the Land of Deborah Frisbee and CD Giveaways... It was a blast!
This is most excellent! My music video for "Happy" was shot in Port Moody, BC and as a result their local community website/blog did an interview with me.
Click here or on the picture below to check it out:
I still can't believe it! It's my first mention in this publication and it's something I've dreamed about. Now, as part of an article for this year's Make Music Vancouver festival there I am! I'm humbled and honored by the whole thing. Wow!
Click here or on the picture below for the full article:
Yes, it's here!!!
The song is called "Happy" and it's from my upcoming album "Little Stories" to be released in the Fall of 2013.
Shot in the lovely city of Port Moody, it was directed by Angel McNamara. Much fun was had!
Enjoy!
Over Christmas I was in the UK. It's fun being a tourist in your own country, so I decided to share some of my trip with you. I made a short video showing some of the things I loved.
It's only 3 minutes long and it will give you a little taste of Blighty.
Enjoy!
I'm thrilled to share that I was in 24Hours yesterday. Thanks to Sarah Rowland for her lovely words: "... the sweet acoustic musings of The Land of Deborah..." :)
Oh much fun was had at The Backstage...
Here's a vid of our performance of "Home" from the upcoming album "Little Stories". Click on the pic below or click this LOD link to watch. Enjoy!
This Sunday September 30th I will playing at The Backstage Lounge with my wonderful band. I'll also be joined by Ranj Singh and Sillken for an evening of singer-songwriter grooviness.
As always, I will be doing The Land of Deborah CD giveaway, although this time it's a little different. Click here or on the picture below to get a sneak peak:
Doors: 7pm
Show: 8pm
Cover: $7
The Backstage Lounge is on Granville Island (by the Public Market and behind the Arts Club Theatre)
See you there!
[LOD UPDATE: This blog page no longer exists. You can find my video blog here]
So I started a video blog. It's the same blog I had before, but with a vid instead of pics!
You can find it here http://thelandofdeborah.com/blog/
Here's the first installment:
Enjoy!
Join me on Monday August 27th at Section (3) to support conservation and research for marine megafauna off the coast of Mozambique in Africa.
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