When I released my new album, Clothe Yourself in Righteousness, last Fall, I promised to myself (and to you!) that I would edit all of the footage I had taken during the recording process and turn each song into a videosong.
I got through 8 of these videosongs, and then decided to take a step back and rethink the way I was approaching them. Video editing is an entirely new skill for me, though there are some aspects that are akin to audio.
Anyway, here I am returning for the last two videos! This is the new and improved Jon-the-filmmaker! Enjoy!
Last week I performed with violinist Marina Vishnyakova at the Greenline Cafe in West Philly. We were opening for Hope for a Golden Summer, to celebrate the release of their new CD and it was super fun!
Last week I performed with violinist Marina Vishnyakova at the Greenline Cafe in West Philly. We were opening for Hope for a Golden Summer, to celebrate the release of their new CD and it was super fun!
When I was recording A Few Songs Occasioned my senior year at Guilford, I had a moment where I was driving to the Meetinghouse which housed my studio and a song came on the college radio station. I only got to hear the last half of it, but by the end, my fists were pumping in the air and tears were streaming down my face.
I made a point to look up the artist, and spent the remainder of my senior year being obsessed with that band, hours sitting in my room at the Keiser house studying their album “A Heart Made of of Art”. Hope for a Golden Summer, a sister duo out of Athens, GA (with a rotating third member) is a deep and deeply creative songwriting group.
I am lucky enough to be sharing a stage with them here in West Philly in a couple of weeks!
