Music videos have seen their better days in being able to help a song get a foothold in the marketplace, with only a few recent examples of ones that can be directly attributed with a song’s success (“Single Ladies”, anyone?). In most cases, the videos just seem like an afterthought or a mandatory exercise in futility. That’s why when a video comes along that stands out, it really stands out. Here are two such videos…
– Randy Houser “Boots On” – It’s a country video, so you’ve been forewarned, but the 3 minutes to watch it is completely worthwhile. Pay close attention to Dillon Dixon, the kid in the backseat who is a born rock star.
-Ryan Star “Breathe” – Ryan has opened for the majority of David Cook’s tour this year, and it seems like he’s made a good number of fans in the process. In addition, he was a member of the group Stage, who were signed to Maverick Records in the early part of this decade. Here is his current video “Breathe” from his upcoming debut CD on Atlantic Records, which highlights the plight of actual jobless Americans, acting as a virtual want ad. To check out his efforts to get them jobs, go to breathe4jobs.com.
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ADORABLE. I want a kid like that. Do you think they’d let me borrow him for a day or something?
More seriously, it’s a good example of making a video enjoyable on a low budget.
The kid is pretty impressive. i guess my parting thought is if you can’t do anything to push the song along or make it more memorable, why bother?
ditto on the rather charming child 😛
And i love it when support acts turn out to be quite good actually. And the Cookie! Almost but not quite forgot him and my little brush with him at Disneyworld. Five finger shufflingly good 😛
I do love the surprise opening acts as well. One of my all-time favorites was eastmountainsouth, who opened for Tracy Chapman several years ago.
awwww!!!!!!
Yeah…no kidding!