Lilygreen & Maguire have their own website, where you can access their music, videos, lyrics, dates and locations of gigs, their personal Youtube, Facebook and Twitter accounts, and a store where you can purchase EPs, singles, and acoustic versions of tracks by Lilygreen & Maguire.
Below is an interview with Lilygreen & Maguire. Some of it is recorded in the boys' flat and there are snippets of them performing. It is quite an intimate interview where they talk about how they got to where they are now and what it means to them.
Here is a playlist of 12 videos, featuring Lilygreen & Maguire in their "Big Welsh Busk" - they went to 12 different locations around their home of Wales, and performed a few songs for free to get themselves known.
Whilst researching, I also found that the duo have a MySpace page and a Soundcloud! Here is a recording of the song that I am using for my music video, found on their Soundcloud profile.
I had made my final decision as to which song I was going to use for my final product, "I Don't Feel It Anymore (Song of The Sparrow), from "The Sparrow and The Crow" by William Fitzsimmons, but I found that the album was released in 2008, and the song that I was going to use was released February 10th, 2008. This means that I had the problem of finding a new artist, a new album, a new song and new ideas, which I was very disappointed about as it set me back and I had my heart set on doing this song.
Luckily, I didn't have to look too far, as I also love a particular cover released by Lilygreen & Maguire, a duo I mentioned in my Potential Album blog post.
The song I have chosen to use is "Come On Get Higher", originally released by artist Matt Nathanson, and recently covered by Lilygreen & Maguire. I am still thinking of ideas for the song as it is a love song, and I don't want to make my music video too cliche.
Here is the official video for the song, starring Lilygreen & Maguire.
Here is the video to "Wetsuit" by The Vaccines.
The main feature of this video that stood out to me was the beats - each picture came up to the beat of the song. This is a technique often used in music videos to make the video more unique and interesting.
I found the video on http://www.hub.tv/2012/05/top-10/, where speaking about the video, they have said:
"Populated entirely by Instagram snapshots, pop-punk indie band The Vaccines are responsible for creating music history with the video for Wetsuit. As the first music video to ever be made entirely from fan-submitted photos, director Poppy De Villeneuve of design agency Partizan utilises the trademark Instagram Toaster filter to maximum effect, portraying a sun-kissed slice of festival life.
Weaving intimate and personal viewpoints into the narrative as the perfect from of fan engagement, De Villeneuve's work is as nostalgic as it is touching."
I have been researching different albums that have tracks on them that I may use for my music video.
Lilygreen & Maguire are a two-man band who are currently recording their first album with Warner Brothers Records UK.
Below is the video to their song, "Ain't Love Crazy", which was released on iTunes on June 10th this year.
Lilygreen & Maguire 'Ain't Love Crazy' from
Mattias Nyberg on
Vimeo.
Another artist I have been researching is Seasick Steve. He is a blues solo artist who is very unique. I have seen him perform live at Reading Festival and there are a few songs on his album, "You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks" that would be good to use for my music video.
Below is a video of Seasick Steve performing one of his songs, 'Treasures'.
Seasick Steve - Treasures from
PIASGermany on
Vimeo.
The final artist that I have researched is American singer/songwriter William Fitzsimmons. I have chosen a particular song from his album, "The Sparrow and The Crow" as a potential song for my music video.
Below is a video of him performing the song, "I Don't Feel It Anymore", also known as "Song of the Sparrow", live in France. The song is originally recorded with a female vocal but as it is a live performance of just William, he sings the whole song alone. It is a video of a live performance as I couldn't find a suitable video of the song.
http://vimeo.com/19738039 from
Bart Jansen on
Vimeo.
http://www.promonews.tv/2012/04/30/the-wanted-chasing-the-sun-by-director-x/
On Promonews, I looked at the interview section and found an interview with the director of The Wanted's new music video to their song, "Chasing The Sun".
"Following the hugely successful videos for Glad You Came and Warzone,The Wanted team up with Director X once again for Chasing The Sun - and more compelling eyecandy for their legions of fans as they conquer America.
The video begins with the boys on top of the roof performing in hues of blue, progressing to a party where all the boys pair up with respective love interests - but then there's a twist..."
Director X said "Great working with the guys again, and this time we caused some ruckus in LA. Very happy to see their star rising..."
After watching the video back, I saw the twist that was mentioned in the website article. As the boys pair up with their love interests and begin to get intimate with the girls, each girl turns into a vampire and bites each member of the band on the neck.
Below is the music video for "Chasing The Sun".
The Wanted
Chasing The Sun (Global Talent Records)
Director: Director X
DP: Joe Labisi
Producer: Michelle Larkin
Production company: DNA Inc.
Art director: Alex Delgado
AD: Jesse Sternbaum
UK Representation: Luti Media"
Artist - Jessie J
Title of song- Who's Laughing Now
Date of Release- August 10th 2011
Director of music video - Emil Nava
Genre - Pop / R&B/ Hip Hop
The video, filmed at King's College School, Wimbledon, is set in a primary school, where a young actress (Adrianna Bertola) plays a younger Jessie J. She seems to be bullied by preppy girls, while Jessie J is seen as different characters during the four minutes in the video - a school teacher, janitor, and dinner lady. The video ends with young Jessie J standing up to the bullies, and empties a fire extinguisher all over the bullying girls.
Speaking of the track, Jessie said "Music is about making a change but also being able to laugh at yourself. I think this song tells a story a lot of people have been through and I hope it will raise awareness to the serious issue of bullying."
Jessie J 'Who's Laughing Now?' from
Pulse Films on
Vimeo.
In groups, we researched different decades of music and created timelines of popular artists, songs and technology of the decades.
With a group I was told to research the 1990s.
On the day that the task was set, unfortunately I was not in the lesson, but Lauren Head, a member of my group, did some research on the decade and shared it on a blog post. You can see the post here.
*Below are the pictures of the timelines produced by our group and the rest of the class, ranging from the 1950s to the present day.
