NEW RELEASE: Regina Spektor "Fidelity"

Regina Spektor
"Fidelity" (Sire/Warner Bros.)
Marc Webb, director | Michael Angelos, producer | DNA, production co | Matthew Santo, DP | Lenny Mesina, editor | Description: Regina Spektor's surroundings are virtually colorless — the video isn't black & white, but the set is decorated in only blacks and whites — and her awfully proper relationship with an invisible man seems doomed in this video for "Fidelity." Things change for the brighter and better, however, when Spektor decides to let her heart literally break. A heart-shaped pendant that she wears on a necklace comes crashing to the ground, exposing the colorful sand that was hidden inside it and exposing the real man that was previously unseen. All in all a clever clip that manages to give Spektor a major label caliber sheen, while still preserving her quirks and personality (kind of like the song itself). -- watch "Fidelity" in Quicktime or Windows Media

NEW RELEASE: OK Go "Here It Goes Again"

OK Go
"Here It Goes Again" (Capitol)
Description: If this rock 'n' roll thing doesn't work out for the guys of OK Go, they could enjoy potentially lucrative careers as dancers, or marketing executives, or insane fitness instructors, or mimes. OK, the mime work probably doesn't pay well. But, this homemade viral video for "Here It Goes Again" is ridiculously impressive, surpassing the routine from their similarly silly dance  video for "A Million Ways." This time they incorporate several treadmills and many dangerous, elaborate moves that make you wonder how many hours went into perfecting it. As an added bonus, the video coincides with a contest which challenges you (yes, you) to create your own dance for their last single, "A Million Ways." And if you're a real completist, you can read this article on the new video from the L.A. Times, or listen to an NPR story that features singer/guitarist Damian Kulash and his sister/choreographer Trish Sie on the old video. -- watch "Here It Goes Again" (YouTube link)

SHOT: Sierra Swan - Frank Borin, director

artist: Sierra Swan
song: "Copper Red"
label: Interscope
director(s): Frank Borin

BOOKED: Rocco DeLuca - Frank Borin, director

artist: Rocco DeLuca and The Burden 
song: "Colorful"
label: Ironworks
director(s): Frank Borin

SHOT: Nights Like These - Andrew DeYoung, director

artist: Nights Like These
song: "Scavenger's Daughter"
label: Victory
director(s): Andrew DeYoung
production co: MNJ Productions

SHOT: Waking Ashland - Andew DeYoung, director

artist: Waking Ashland
song: "Julian"
label: Immortal
director(s): Andrew DeYoung
production co: MNJ Productions

BOOKED: Trivium - Nathan Cox, director

artist: Trivium
song: "Anthem (We Are The Fire)"
label: Roadrunner
director(s): Nathan Cox
production co: Merge @ Crossroads
rep: Labuda Management

BOOKED: Trivium - Dale Resteghini, director

artist: Trivium
song: "Entrance Of The Conflagration"
label: Roadrunner
director(s): Dale Resteghini
production co: Raging Nation Films

NEW RELEASE: Paramore "Emergency"

Paramore
"Emergency" (Fueled By Ramen)
Shane Drake, director | Brandon Bonfiglio, producer | Labuda Management, rep | Johnny Ching, DP | Porter Browning, editor | Description: The battered and bruised members of Paramore lollygag in an abandoned warehouse until director Shane Drake wanders in and leads them out into the light. His crew bandages them up and Paramore start rocking out for the cameras. -- watch "Emergency" (YouTube)

NEW RELEASE: Flyleaf "Fully Alive"

Flyleaf
"Fully Alive" (Octone/J Records)
The Brothers Strause, director | Rocky Bice, producer | Tight, production co | Claudio Miranda , DP | hy*drau"lx, editors | Description: Singer Lacey Mosley and her Flyleaf bandmates perform in the a world that's on the verge of crumbling to pieces. Smashed apart and partially de-limbed statues scattered around the band seems to be an indication to their eventual fate, until the sun comes out and things settle down. -- watch "Fully Alive"

PHOTO: On Set with Viva Voce

Factory Features executive producer Steven Johnson (left) and director Moh Azima (bottom right) learn the fine art of hotel room destruction from Barsuk rockers Viva Voce on the set of "From The Devil Himself." This first video in support of the duo's forthcoming release, Get Yr Blood Sucked Out was commissioned by Jill Kaplan/Skyway Productions.

NEWS: HGM Repping Ramaa Mosley & Aaron Ruell

Heidi Gregory/HGM is now representing the directors Ramaa Mosley and Aaron Ruell for music videos. Both directors are signed with commercial house Uber Content. Mosley has directed spots for such brands  as  Adidas, Toshiba and Rockport, in addition to music videos for Tonic, Creed and other acts. Ruell's work includes the opening titles to Napoleon Dynamite, plus spots for Virgin Mobile, McDonalds and Kellogg's.

SHOT: Plain White T's - Jay Martin, director

artist: Plain White T's
song: "Hate"
label: Hollywood
director(s): Jay Martin
production co: DNA

SHOT: Trinity Stone - Nzingha Stewart, director

artist: Trinity Stone
song: "Move A Little Closer"
label: Brightside/SonyBMG UK
director(s): Nzingha Stewart
production co: DNA

PHOTO: Lenny Bass on set of "Chicken Noodle Soup"

DNA director Lenny Bass with Young B and DJ Webstar on the Harlem, NY set for  the "Chicken Noodle Soup" video.

Photo courtesy John Ricard.

MTV Adds for the Week of 8/14/06

Adds:
Diddy f/ Nicole Scherzinger "Come To Me" (Bad Boy)
JoJo "Too Little Too Late" ( Blackground/Universal)
Panic! At The Disco "But It's Better If You Do" (Fueled By Ramen)

MTV2 Adds:
Diddy f/ Nicole Scherzinger "Come To Me" (Bad Boy)
Hawthorne Heights "Pens And Needles" (Victory) 
Three 6 Mafia feat. Bow Wow "Side 2 Side" (Sony Urban/Columbia)

MTVU Adds:
Arctic Monkeys "Fake Tales Of San Francisco" (Domino)
Anberlin "Paperthin Hymn" (Tooth & Nail)
DMX "Lord Give Me A Sign" (Columbia)
Gogol Bordello "Not A Crime" (Side One Dummy)
Jose Gonzalez "Crosses" (Mute)
The Living End "What’s On Your Radio?" (Adeline)
Mew "The Zookeeper’s Boy"  (Columbia)
M Ward "Chinese Translation" (Merge)
Ok Go "Here It Goes Again" (Capitol)
Paramore "Emergency" (Fueled By Ramen)
Regina Spektor "Fidelity" (Sire/Warner Bros.) 
Talib Kweli "Listen" (Warner Bros.)
Thom Yorke "Harrowdown Hill" (XL) 

MTV Jams Adds:
Diddy f/ Nicole Scherzinger "Come To Me" (Bad Boy)
Monica feat. Dem Franchize Boys "Everytime Tha Beat Drops" (J Records)
Omarion "Entourage" (Epic)   
Outkast "Idlewild Blues" (LaFace/ZLG)
Talib Kweli "Listen" (Warner Bros.)

VH1 Adds for the Week of 8/14/06

Adds:
Audioslave "Original Fire" (Epic)
Melissa Etheridge "I Need To Wake Up" (Island Def Jam)   
Stone Sour "Through Glass"  (Roadrunner)    

BET Adds for the Week of 8/14/06

Adds:
Busta Rhymes "In The Ghetto" (Aftermath/Interscope)
Diddy f/ Nicole Scherzinger "Come To Me" (Bad Boy)
Mary J. Blige "Take Me As I Am" (Geffen)
Monica feat. Dem Franchize Boys "Everytime Tha Beat Drops" (J Records)

Rap City Adds:
Busta Rhymes "In The Ghetto" (Aftermath/Interscope)
Cadillac Don & J-Money "Peanut Butter & Jelly" (35*35/Asylum) 
Lil Scrappy f/ Young Buck "Money In The Bank" (BME/Reprise)

BET J Adds:
Avant "Lie About Us" (Geffen)
Joe feat. Papoose "Where You At" (Jive/ZLG)
Kirk Franklin "Imagine Me" (Fo Yo Soul/ZLG)

FUSE Adds for the Week of 8/14/06

Adds:
Audioslave "Original Fire" (Epic)
Chingy "Pulling Me Back" (Capitol)
Justin Timberlake "SexyBack" (Jive/ZLG)

Oven Fresh:
Audioslave "Original Fire" (Epic)
Ciara "Get Up" (LaFace/ZLG)
Every Time I Die "The New Black (Ferret)
Mayday feat. Cee-Lo Green "Groundhog Day" (Southbeat)
Monica feat. Dem Franchize Boys "Everytime Tha Beat Drops" (J Records) s
Outkast "Idlewild Blues" (LaFace/ZLG)
Shareefa "Need A Boss" (Disturbing Tha Peace/Island Def Jam)

IMF Adds for the Week of 8/14/06

Adds:
10-Feet "Lion" from Japan
Angel Ho "Ni Bu Guai" from Taiwan
Audioslave "Original Fire" (Epic)
Bedouin Soundclash "Shelter" from Canada
Butch Walker "Bethamphetamine (Pretty Pretty)" (Epic)
Cheyenne Kimball "Hanging On" (Epic)
Every Time I Die "The New Black (Ferret)
Falguni Pathak "Aiyo Rama" from India
The Futureheads "Worry About It Later" (Vagrant) from England
Hozef "Na Na Na" from India
L5 "A Ta Liberte" from France
M. Pokora "De Retour" from France
Magtens Korridorer "Nardhavn Station" from Denmark
Matt Boroff "No Meaning" from Austria
Muff Potter "Alles Was Ich Brauch" from Germany
Pato "Nighthawks" from Denmark
Sharlene "Sweeta Sweeta" from Trinidad & Tobago
Shareefa "Need A Boss" (Disturbing Tha Peace/Island Def Jam)
Sofia Essaidi "Mon Cabaret" from France
Tahiti 80 "Big Day" from France
Virginio "Davvero" from Italy

Music Choice Adds for the Week of 8/14/06

Adds:
3LW  "Feelin' You" (Jive/ZLG)
All That Remains "This Calling" (Prosthetic)
Black Stone Cherry "Lonely Train" (Roadrunner)
Brad Paisley "When I Get Where I’m Going" (Arista Nashville)
Buckcherry "Crazy Bitch" (Eleven Seven/Lava/Atlantic)
Clipse feat. Pharell Williams "Mr. Me Too" (Re-Up Gang/Star Trak/ZLG)
Cobra Starship "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)" (New Line)
Daz "Daz Thang" (So So Def/Virgin)
Dem Franchize Boyz vs. Korn "Coming Undone Wit It" (Virgin)
DMX "Lord Give Me A Sign" (Columbia)
The Early November "Hair" (Drive-Thru)   
Hawthorne Heights "Pens And Needles" (Victory) 
Jagged Edge "Stunnas" (Columbia)
Janet Jackson feat. Nelly "Call On Me" (Virgin)
Jessica Simpson "A Public Affair" (Columbia)
Joe feat. Papoose "Where You At" (Jive/ZLG)
Lil' Keke f/ Paul Wall & Bun B "Chunk Up The Deuce"  (TF/Swishahouse)
Los Lonely Boys "Diamonds" (Epic)
Megan Mullins "Ain't What It Used To Be" (Broken Bow)
Niyoki "He's Here" (D2G)
Outkast "Morris Brown" (LaFace/ZLG)
Phil Vassar "Last Day Of My Life" (Arista Nashville)
Sleepy Brown feat. Pharrell & Big Boi "Margarita" (Virgin)
The Strokes "You Only Like Once" (RCA)

CMT Adds for the Week of 8/7/06

Adds:
Eric Church "Two Pink Lines" (Capitol Nashville)
Kenny Chesney "You Save Me" (BNA)

Much Music Adds for the Week of 8/7/06

Adds:
Hinder "Lips Of An Angel"
New Found Glory  "It’s Not Your Fault"
Rich London "The Answer"
Snow Patrol "Chasing Cars"

SHOT: Robin Thicke - Benny Boom, director

artist: Robin Thicke
song: "Lost Without U"
label: Star Trak/Interscope
director(s): Benny Boom
production co: F. M. Rocks

SHOT: Penelope - Fat Cats, directors

Shooting today in Los Angeles...

artist: Penelope 
song: "No Matter What They Say"
label: Motown/Universal
director(s): Fat Cats
production co: F.M. Rocks

SHOT: Buju Banton - Troy Antonio, director

Reggae kingpin Buju Banton was joined by Assassin, Mr. Vegas, Mr. Lex and other performers at the Kingston, Jamaica video shoot for this track off  the forthcoming compilation album Excalibur Sound Volume One: 100 Watt Riddim.

artist: Buju Banton
song: "100 Watt Riddim"
label: Gargamel Music
director(s): Troy Antonio
production co: Gargamel Music

NEWS: Minnesota Snowbate Production Incentive

Minnesota has restored funding to the Minnesota Film & TV Board’s “Snowbate” production incentive program, which will provide a 15% reimbursement of below the line production costs incurred in the state. In order for music videos to qualify, the overall budget must exceed $100,000 and 60% of that must be spent in Minnesota. Full details on the program — and on producing in Minnesota — can be found at the Minnesota Film & TV Board’s site.

NEW RELEASE: Powerman 5000 "Wild World"

Powerman 5000
"Wild World" (DRT)
Jeff Stewart, directors | Sarah Mihalec, producer | Sugarshock Imageworks, production co | Johnny Ching , DP | John Jack Webb, editor | Description: Powerman 5000 returns with this punkish song that shares a title with a classic Cat Stevens hit. Performance takes place in a dilapidated shithole — that's actually an honest-to-goodness Pasadena crackhouse — while B-roll shows some of the human wild life that prowls the streets of Los Angeles.*On the first night we shot all of the documentary street footage. When we were shooting the two models acting as prostitutes they attracted a lot of attention from passersby. We had to get the entire crew to act as bodyguards because they kept getting propositioned while we were setting up the shots. - Jeff Stewart, director
-- watch "Wild World"

BOOKED: The Stills - Associates In Science, directors

artist: The Stills
song: "In The Beginning"
label: Vice/Atlantic
director(s): Associates In Science
production co: 1976 Productions/Partizan

BOOKED: Nemesis - Honey, directors

artist: Nemesis
song: "Number 1 In Heaven"
label: Curb
director(s): Honey
production co: Partizan 

BOOKED: Happy Endings - Ryan Smith, director

artist: Happy Endings
song: "Miracle"
label: J Records
director(s): Ryan Smith
production co: Merge @ Crossroads
rep: Labuda Management