Update time - so here we go! By way of an amazing blessing, I received a call from my good friend Anthony Rudolph (Film/Video Director). He offered to create a treatment for my next music video. I met Anthony 2 years ago, we were trying to get together to shoot a video for my "Alright" single that I released in October of 2010. Nonetheless, with some scheduling issues it never happened. Of course without hesitation I accepted to do this video and it was time to put some more music out there. It would be an amazing artistic collaboration for the two of us to work together. But, there is a "but" in this equation... I thought to myself... "Hey! What song am I going to shoot with?!" Feeling suddenly reluctant and a little worried. I headed towards my crate full of music and lyrics from the past and there I stumbled upon a set of lyrics from a song called; "All Around The World" . After reading through the lyrics, it seemed fitting to record this song as a single and to shoot a video for it. It's about the world, the one you and I live on, and what I felt was right to do was express the state of how I hope the world will one day turn out to become. All for the betterment and the peace it deserves to have, that we deserve to have.
Tsunamis', tornados, earthquakes, catastrophes and the despair that I've been reading about and seeing on the news these days, got me inspired. And so I made a call to my producer and good friend Chris Wilson. I said; we gotta make this happen! Chris was on board and I thank God for that. I had this urge deep in my soul that spoke to me. It said; you've got to do your part to spread this message. You have to contribute to the efforts of creating peace in this world. Whether it be little or a big step forward in the right direction, I want to give back through artistic expression. Surely I can only hope that it would be enough? You see the world is pretty massive for me to do it all by myself - seems impossible. However, I'm pretty optimistic so I think once I get this video shot and the song set for iTunes. Then I can only hope that my supporters will help me campaign the message, which I'm working on conveying to others out there. I think the only thing I would hope for is that everyone who hears the song and checks out the video will send the link to a friend or two.
That's the #1 goal here, spreading the message.
For now, I'm very elated that I get this chance to do something greater with my music. Making sure this song serves a greater purpose. I will keep you posted on the video release date and the single release date as well. Thanks for hanging out - till next time everyone!
