And the winner is…Delta Rae’s “Bottom of the River”
I was fortunate enough to be a panelist and judge this past weekend at the Memphis Music Video Showcase, a great festival put on by Live From Memphis. My presentation, “Shoot the Singer, Cue The Horse: Adventures in the Golden Age of Music Video”, explored the cinematography that influenced the Police’s “Every Breath You Take”, the fascinating back story of the Kinks’ “Come Dancing”, the French Romantic art in R.E.M.’s “Drive” video, and the significance of Guns N’ Roses post-Illusion trilogy video “Garden of Eden”.
My fellow panelists were Bob Moczydlowsky, VP Product and Marketing for TopSpin and Jon Small, legendary music video director and head of Picture Vision Pictures. We saw a lot of great videos from the Memphis community and from all over the world.
Bob, Jon and myself in the photo booth trailer at this year's Memphis Music Video Showcase
The grand prize winner was the captivating and arresting “Bottom of the River” video by Delta Rae. Both the band and director Lawrence Chen are talents to watch for in the future.
I’ve also included three other videos from the showcase that I really enjoyed. I hope you dig them as much as I did.