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The Concept
When I saw that Christian was considering “Food on the Table” as a
second single, I sent him an email with this initial description of what I
had in mind:
We should discuss next steps and video ideas. I want to explore what
kind of public domain footage there is out there that we can overlay on
top of studio shots. I’m thinking just you playing guitar under the dangling
light* with a black blanket or tarp hanging behind/around you...
very minimal and dark (at least two angles). Maybe even black and
white, too?
(*The dangling light refers to a literal dangling light bulb in Christian’s
studio that can be seen in the “Highway Sun” video. It wound up being
a bit problematic, but more on that later.)
Oddly enough, here was Christian’s reply:
Hey Brian it’s so interesting that you mentioned the video idea for
Food, and it’s exactly what I had in mind. Public domain footage and
overlay of playing. I must have been sending out brain transmission to
you. In fact I was going to ask you about the idea. Very strange.
So I knew right then we were on the same page.
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