Singer Clara C released the music video for her song “Fish” off her upcoming album. Once again she collaborates with director Ross Ching. The folksy love single has her strumming her guitar as she dreams about her significant other played by Harry Shum Jr. As she plays film footage through a projector, her dream becomes reality that she’s found the person to fill the void in her heart.
The video was shot throughout Los Angeles over a span of 4 days in warehouses, on streets and different iconic places in Los Angeles. One of the most challenging aspects of the shoot was that each scene had to be shot twice. Once at day and once at night.
so this is it, my search is over
you fill the void, i wasn’t aware of
every wrong door and its wrong exit,
i finally accept it
‘cause it led me to you
oh, my heart’s home is you
the fiction i’ve dreamt of is finally reality with you
and you make me so happy that i’m scared to move
honey, i love you
so this is love, i must not have known it
I don’t know what I have done to deserve it
before when i said it, must’ve been too rehearsed
so let’s get married tomorrow, i can’t stop trembling
done enough waiting, wanna be there with you
my heart’s home is you
the fiction i’ve dreamt of is finally reality with you
and you make me so happy that i’m scared to move
honey, i love you
The Slants give a sneak preview of several songs from their third full length release, The Yellow Album. Set against footage from the films Kill Bill, The Chinese Connection, The Big Boss (aka Fist of Fury), Game of Death, Enter the Dragon, and Return of the Dragon, listen to snippets of their songs including:
1. Con Kids
2. Just One Kiss
3. Love Letters From Andromeda
4. Sour Love
5. Rescue Me From My Own Heart
6. Yellow
Kollaboration returns to the Houston area on July 21, 2012 at the Stafford Centre for the 2012 Kollaboration Houston competition. Contestants battle it out to take the title in Houston. Among those competing include:
All of them come together to give their mashup track its own unique flavor. Watch this clever mashup of N SYNC’s “Girlfriend” with Justin Bieber’s “Boyfriend” for the 2012 Kollaboration Houston promo video.
In the Powerhouse episode “Life’s a Beach”, the guys enjoy a day of fun-in-the-sun when they head to the beach to celebrate the beginning of summer. While Rick tries to catch up on his summer reading, Tim and Pedro have a fun filled day of pranks and sunscreen fights. See what life on the beach is like for this trio of friends.
Rappers Dave Bak x Manifest x Lyricks released a lyrics video for the collaborative single “Compromise” off David Bak’s Voices album. The trio dwells on the the divisiveness of their Christian faith and the desires of the world. How much do you sacrifice of your faith to chase earthly desires? They reflect on this difficult balance. It’s a deep song that will cause you to reexamine your own spiritual life. How much have you compromised? Or better yet what have you NOT compromised?
Lyrics to Compromise by Dave Bak x Manifest x Lyricks
Vs 1 (Dave Bak)
Feeling like I’m living in a prison of my own ambition
Do I do this for myself or do I speak for those who listen?
Do I do this music to prove to myself that I am more?
Could I do this music if I never received your applause?
What is it that makes me write this music to expose all my flaws?
Is it to expose myself or to expose Christ to yall?
Why do I hate so much to be labeled as a Christian artist?
Shouldn’t I be proud to rep all the good works that God has started?
Shouldn’t I desire to glorify my loving savior?
But I rather talk about myself and about Jesus later
I rather be like Peter following Him at a distance
Hiding myself under the shades of a Sunday going Christian
When the world exposes me and asks me just who I am
I look straight up at Jesus and say, “Surely I don’t know the man
The supposed Savior, the prophet these people state as Lord
Take a close look at my life! I never seen the man before!”
And that’s when I hear the rooster crow
That’s when I hear the rooster crow
That’s when I hear the rooster crow
That’s when I hear the rooster crow
How much have I
Compromised, compromised?
But better yet
Oh what have I
Not compromised, not compromised?
Vs. 2 (Manifest)
Nevermind the sound of my vocals, hoping you’re hearing the voice of my heart now
Been doin this so long, that I’ve mastered pretending that everything’s all smiles
But it aint though, sometimes forgot what i came for
When I know my God shouldn’t take “no”
For an answer, turning to pleasures and living unfaithful
If the Lord aint everything then he’s not anything
Shouldn’t be embarrassing,
I’m a child of my God but live the same as the perishing
Strip away my so called “status”, if i’m using it for my advantage
Keep playin’ around with this God thing then to which kingdom do I bring that much damage?
’04 receiving this platform knowing exactly it’s He that I rap for
Learned to drop seeds in a rap form, then it got easy to plateau,
Started getting weak falling deep in a blackhole
Misplaced the King.. like I only needed the Nat Cole
You know how that goes
Now my heart really needs that heat man it’s that cold
I’m a two-face. is it too late? Everyday man I fall like I’m loose change
So all about looks I don’t mind that I’m living in the gray, as long as it’s cool gray
I’m indifferent, and I’m ignorant.. but Lord if you’re listening
Destroy this predicament, once again God make me your instrument and I’m asking…
How much have I
Compromised, compromised?
But better yet
Oh what have I
Not compromised, not compromised?
Vs. 3 (Lyricks)
Right off the bat, from the start: I could sense disappointment,
Here comes the man who forgot the mission and the reason of his own deployment
His talks of God got avoided. He fell for the worldly enjoyment,
The Word doesn’t matter, what matters to him is the power of herb and how fatty the joint is.
Given the fact: he’s anointed, and that he raps on a Nuemann,
if he’s not spittin the truth and lacks love than all of his raps become annoying,
Hiphop is small, it’s more than it. I forgot i’m not talking, I’m recording it.
I got the ears of the youth for 4 minutes of a song. Why would I promote wrong if I’m not supporting it?
They believe that I forfeited: He’s the prophet that lost it,
Used to praise God at his concerts. Helped me defeat my monsters,
Now he’s a guy to take shots with. Smoke pot with.
Coward, loser. quitter. liar. backslider.
Oh my dear God
I’m so sorry…
I think I’m falling…
I think I’ve fallen…
When i meet a good person. There’s nothing more powerful to me, cuz it’s so rare to find a good person!
They wanna read me verses, on fire and they still so thirsty.
I take it personal then I’m cursing ’em cuz I’m mad cuz I remember the time I was a good person!
Who spit good verses. have mercy! Through you we saved many!
When I wrote third man, you were sad because you knew that soon I became benny…
Only to live it up, avoiding my Nineveh.
Now I feel further then a murderer that’s never heard of ya.
Lord I’m burning up with a question…
How much have I
Compromised, compromised?
But better yet
Oh what have I
Not compromised, not compromised?
Nerdcore rapper Adam WarRock dropped his debut music video “This Song,” which celebrates his life as a struggling indie artist. The track, off his Longshot mixtape, talks about the ups and downs since he turned to following his passion. As part of the release of the music video, he also doing a donation drive. Every year around the anniversary of the quitting of his job to do music full-time, he does a donation week where he releases a ton of free, exclusive stuff and ask for donations! Here’s his message about why he does donations:
I believe very strongly in releasing free music, and releasing a ton of it for everyone to enjoy. I believe the Internet is a place where we should all share in our enjoyment of awesome sh*t without constantly having to pay money, without throwing everything behind a paywall. I love making this awesome shit for your ears, and hopefully you understand that at a certain point, a brother’s gotta make a livin.’
I pay for everything out of pocket, from music production, to travel, to merch production, to running the entire Adam WarRock business out of my living room with a team of one = me. I’m the guy who books my shows, does my PR, answers the email, ships my merch, and keeps the trains running on time. On top of that, I gotta live, I have school loans, I got bills. But you knew all of this, and yes, this is the one time of the year I ask you to look into your hearts (and wallets) and donate some money. That means I never do a kickstarter, I don’t fundraise, I don’t ask for donations any other time of the year. I work my ass off to throw up free music as fast as I can, while still making professionally mastered albums, great merch, all of that, from the money I have sitting in my bank account. It’s all on me.
Beyond that, I believe that independent music is the last bastion of creative freedom in today’s market, frankly in a music industry that produces a lot of crap. I’ve had numerous discussions with people who work at labels, agencies, who are part of the big machine who say that they like my music, but they don’t believe there’s a place for my music on a bigger stage. That it wouldn’t succeed. That it’s a losing proposition, from the bottom line perspective. I don’t believe that, and I don’t believe they have the right to decide that for you. And to compete on the level of people who have corporate backing, huge sponsors, and gigantic machines of promotion, I need your help.
I love making music, I love it with every fiber of my being. The first thought in the morning and the last thought I have before falling asleep is about music. And I want to keep doing this as long as I possibly can, and without your help, quite simply, I won’t be able to. There’s a point, way sooner than everyone probably assumes, when the money will run out, when I can’t do this anymore, when this website will become a dusty relic of someone who once tried to do something a little off center, and inevitably failed.
But what’s the old thing we say to inevitability? Not today? Something like that.
So please, consider donating, I’ll give you a bunch of exclusive, awesome stuff, and we can keep this machine running for another year.
Learn how you can participate in his donation drive here.
