"I Believe" Music Video

In November, we began shooting a music video for "I Believe". The video is designed to be shot at 3 different times of year, then edited depicting the fall, winter and spring while the band's location remains static...hopefully it will work. As of February 2006, we have had a very snow-shy winter - factor in the difficulty of actually getting everyone together - on a weekend - while there is snow on the ground...whew, hopefully we haven't bit off more...well, you know the rest.

So, we managed to get the whole gamut of musicians involved in the recording into the video, which is very freaking cool. The energy was awesome that first shooting day, the jamming in the middle of the woods was killer, and overall the creative vibe and camaraderie was unforgettable...

...the only way to live.

These photos were most often taken by Michael which explains his perpetual absence and kooky self-portraits.

Early October: Scopin' out the grounds at Michael's homestead...

Building the cement pads for a permanent tripod location for multiple shoots at different times...

Creating the EOA fire-can for the night shoots...

The little Home Depot torch kit was no match for the grand can, so...

...chill for the rest of the night with an old can, lots of flame, music & beer

EOA Fire Can Part II:

With a heavy duty set up we get down to bid-ness...

...Sweeeeeet

Prep day (November)

Prep day ended with good conversation and anticipation...Would everyone show up???

Shooting day...

As was mentioned before, getting EVERYBODY together who contributed musically to the song was a big deal in and of itself. Especially Mike "Demop" Diamantopolous who wasn't an active member of the band anymore and Señor Chris Refano...who lives in Canada!!!

An awesome, near-perfect (a little under-cast) day to shoot...