Oh my goodness let’s start with this…after all if a picture speaks a thousand words, a moving picture must speak volumes!
This past February my talented team of dreamers and I took to the banks of the muddy Fraser and filmed this music video for my song A Common Bird.
Cindy Rose imagined and directed the video, Graeme Morgan of Orange Cat Creative shot it and Emily Mason Flinchum of Tousled Dolly fussed with the set dec all day in the snow!
The sneaky and charming woman tip toeing through the leaves is artist Katana Barnett. And my blue eyes were made more enticing by the miracle of make-up and Christohper Auger.
The birds of course, play themselves.
I also went to Toronto recently for NXNE and was fortunate enough to take part in a picnic series called LIVE IN BELLWOODS put on by HUMBLE EMPIRE and YOUNG LIONS MUSIC CLUB. They have just begun to populate their youtube channel with treats from this years picnic. My performance of my song “Orchard” is amongst the offerings. I’m told there are more to come, so stay tuned into them by subscribing!
I am also now officially in the market for a baritone ukelele. My lil’ collaboration with my good friend and ukelele enthusiast Martin Lunatech has sold me on the wonders of these sweet little four strings. For those of you that haven’t heard yet Martin and I won the contest the Vancouver Folk Festival was holding and we will be singing our lil’ ukelele tune on the Main Stage at the festival this Sunday. Much dreamy love to all of you who shared and liked our video and helped us win the slot. See you at the festival!
Here’s the song we will be singing – do please sing along – especially with the outro – if you are there! 🙂
Well I think that about brings us up to date.
In dreamy times and places and sincerely yours,
Jess Hill
Jess Hill 