An Emerald featured in a music video...

Captain Jim · #1 08-12-2020, 06:33 PM

Well, our first shot at a music video production...

Mark and I have been friends and making music for over 50 years. I have mentioned him here before... he is a musician, I am an old rock 'n roller. We are still having fun making music, after all these years.

This video sprung from our lives: the Blonde and I are out and about in our motorhome right now; Mark and his wife have been staying close to home. We are all doing our best to enjoy life.

That is my Emerald X10 in my parts. Mark plays a bunch of electric guitars of some brand or another.

And, bass, drums, and piano (his main instrument).

Mark did the music production, I did the video production. Our wives handled the camera work. My first shot at being a director... my favorite part was saying, "And that's a wrap!"

Please feel free to comment and share - we can't "monetize" this, but we can expand our audience.

Thanks for watching!

Ruppster · #2 08-12-2020, 07:56 PM

Well, that brought a smile...thanks.

steelvibe · #3 08-12-2020, 08:30 PM

Love it! Great way to bring some light in our lives and share it here with us. And an Emerald in a music video?! MTV wishes they were a fraction of that level of cool.

Danz567 · #4 08-12-2020, 09:39 PM

Thanks for that Jim. Just what I needed to make me smile.

JimCA · #5 08-12-2020, 10:33 PM

Delightful! Thanks.

new2guitar_eh · #6 08-13-2020, 06:23 AM

A great way to start the day!

CRM · #7 08-13-2020, 08:39 AM

Thanks Jim we needed that, put a big smile on my face.

David Eastwood · #8 08-13-2020, 08:50 AM

Two thumbs up - just splendid!

#9 08-13-2020, 08:55 AM

Very, very nice! Good vocals, play, visuals, and production. Good job and thank you for the pleasurable look/listen.

So what are you going to do for us next?

mikealpine · #10 08-13-2020, 09:21 AM

That was a pleasure!

esimms86 · #11 08-13-2020, 10:31 AM

That was a hoot, with great lyrics to boot! Jimbo, fantastic videography and editing(and Willie himself could not have done a better job with the vocals). Now, don’t go and get any crazy ideas to relic your X10 to look like Trigger!

Earl49 · #12 08-13-2020, 10:48 AM

That was very enjoyable! Congrats to you and Mark. I noticed that Rufus got a credit, but no camera time. He IS a good boy, after all.

Frettingflyer · #13 08-13-2020, 06:07 PM

Enjoyed that Capt. Looked like we may have been in the same area’s this summer, I recognized a lot of the black hills stuff. We got out in the motorhome for the last 5 weeks or so and hit that area too.
Great stuff, great guitars and made my whole family smile. Thank you.

zeeway · #14 08-13-2020, 08:20 PM

Yep, a good one. Well done on all fronts...the smilin box is my friend also.

Expect a call from some cigar smoking record label guy offering you both big contracts...

Captain Jim · #15 08-14-2020, 10:19 AM

Thanks for the kind words, folks. When Mark sent me the lyrics, I said, "This one needs a video." Joan and I were already out and about with the motorhome; Mark and his wife were staying home (although she does teach "Yoga in the park" with plenty of distancing, and Mark gets a good bicycle workout daily).

I set up a shot list and coached the participants. Mark and I started working on the music tracks... I am limited to what I can do in the motorhome (the X10 is a champ), but the Spire Studio sure helps. Mark added more tracks and a mix with LogicPro X, and I started editing video clips.

A "labor of love," but still a labor. I appreciate the comments.