Not so long ago, I was telling you in "My Song "Mad World" is out Today, 10 years in the making, This Blockchain & Its People Played a Major Role in It, Find Out Why" about my latest release that took a very, very long time to be released.
The concept for the music video was simple, recording a bit daily, and making a time-lapse video, over a period of 100 days.
I started filming on the 28th of December 2022, and finished today on the 13th of April 2023. It took 107 days to shoot, and I kept the rules simple to make sure that I don't go crazy:
- Shoot daily, whenever it's possible.
- Don't change the clothes that you were in on the day
- No reshoot
- Don't miss a day
The last one was difficult because I went to do a gig in Paris on the 3rd of March and missed 2 days of shooting, but other than that, I managed to respect the rules that I'd set.
The first few days, were quite difficult, I wasn't comfortable in front of the camera and was too "fidgety". In retrospect I would like to go back in time and tell myself to relax a little. It's also the coldest days of the year, so it's hard to relax when it's your freezing your balls of.
The morning of the 1st of January 2023 we cheered for the new year!
First Day Of Shooting (28th Dec)
Last Day Of Shooting (13th April)
Wow, such a babyface without a beard haha...Also now that I am done shooting and I don't care about continuity anymore, I can shave it all off again!
I am now a little bit terrified that I did all this for nothing, I know how the internet works, you gotta pay for everything, even to get views, or you gotta be a girl, what if I did all this, and in the end, nobody watches the video, nobody understands the concept, what's next then?
My wife tells me to visualize the goal, but I can't help but let the doubts creep in right now, it's so typical of me.
Anyway, no one will be asking about the meaning of what I am holding in my hands in the music video, and some things have an importance, others don't.
For example, the book that I am reading is George Orwell's 1984. I am also holding in my hand a sword, that represent justice, a scythe that represents death, and the watch that my wife's dad gave to her before his passed away, to represent time.
There are many little meaningful moments in the music video that I forget, it goes so fast anyway, some days are just a split second, a little bit like in real life.
The last 3 days, I am walking off "to the sunset" and I wanted to kids to walk with me, starting with the youngest one, to the oldest. Of course there is a meaning behind it, and I think it's quite obvious.
I am happy to be done with all this, and also proud that I've accomplished what I had in mind, and stuck with it.
What am I expecting from this video? I don't know, I probably need to invest in an ad running up until the of the month, and hoping that it takes off.
Suddenly, after uploading the song, I am feeling sick. All the pressure that I felt on my shoulders is slowly lifting, and I caught a cold in 24 hours! Lol!
Anyway, cheers to my first music video, it took 20 years of career before having one, and it's done with a Xiamomi phone! Hopefully there is someone out there that understands what I tried to accomplish!
It's going to feel weird tomorrow not to shoot anymore, I got really used to it.
