When you are doing music videos through the '90s, which I did, and the 2000s, you were put in the position, really, as an independent filmmaker. You were being financed by a major record company or a minor record company or whatever.
There's a lot of variety in our gigs, our records, our mixtapes, and our videos.
I paid attention to the music industry and watching a lot of stuff on TV, behind-the-scenes stuff on old DVDs, and paying attention to interviews from artists and rappers and just really watching a lot of stuff as a kid.
I began my career as a recording artist, and eventually I started directing my own music videos.
Fueled by Ramen was maybe the first company to see YouTube as a place where music videos would go. The music video, which could never quite find a place on TV, has found its final form on YouTube.
I was doing these music videos online for a couple years, and they'd be doing well to varying degrees. And I released an album, and with the album, I released three new music videos, and one of them was featured on Jezebel.
You have to remember, videos were on the rise back when we did 'Take On Me.'
Videos have to go hand in hand with your music, so that's why, ultimately, they should be created by the artist. And if they're not, it doesn't really add up to me.
I've noticed that a lot of people in film always seem interested in music videos, like it's some, like, really exciting thing they've always wanted to do or something.
I'm in Atlanta all the time shooting and recording. That's why I stayed.
'Shelby Star' is going great. We shot a music video, and I'm building an app and some other things for the project.
First of all, you needed a budget to do the video. The record companies would pick and choose who got videos.
There was a time when country never used to do videos.
You get to actually see the music video on the TV in the pilot and we have the soundtrack playing at this big party. I thought that was sort of a cool moment, to actually have the A-Ha video is pretty cool.
I am a hardcore VH1 lover and always have this dream of featuring in an English music video of VH1.
I don't think any artist has really relied on music videos the way I do. It's almost like my radio.
