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Phew, been having a terrible time of getting the internet lately. The Chicago heat must be affecting my router. I’ve wanted to post the deadline for this music video contest for some time now, but I’ve been buried in projects (which is a good thing). Now that I’ve wrapped up a couple, it’s a perfect [...]

Ooo, this was brought to my attention from a reader. Apparently this Morning Musume video has been done before. Looks like it’s a direct knock off of a Pharell video. The similarities are almost identical. Seeing as they’re trying to market to an American audience, how could they not suspect that this would be discovered? [...]

Up Front Agency just released the music video for the Morning Musume song “3,2,1 Breakin’ Out” . This is their official release; not the winner of the contest. They’ll announce the winner in July when they perform in L.A. It’s a really nice video, much better than what they usually put out. I’m guessing they [...]

Just finished my contest entry for Morning Musume’s new song “3,2,1 Breakin’ Out”. I gotta say I had a lot of fun making this. I felt like I was back in art school, being able to tackle the project any way I wanted. Even with that said, I went in knowing the target audience and [...]

There have been a lot of amazing entries from very talented bands to the “3 free music video” contest. The most frequent question we get is “what kind of music are you looking for?” The answer to that is, “all kinds”. It’s funny because a lot of my friends are second guessing what kind of [...]

A new video to add to my inspiring yet creepy music video collection. I don’t know much about Kerli, but she has a Bjork influence which I like. This video is directed by Aggressive a company made up of Alex Topaller and Dan Shapiro. Here’s some more of their music videos and commercials. This one [...]

I’ve been hard at work doing the motion design for Morning Musume’s music video contest “3,2,1 Breakin’ Out”. I just wanted to update with a few “before and after” images. I’ll be using the same software for my own music video contest. The final footage you see above is still rough. As you can see [...]

Some exciting news! Japan’s very own Morning Musume are coming to America to release a new single called “3,2,1 Breakn’Out”. To help promote it to an American audience they’ve created a music video contest and invited everyone to participate. Morning Musume used to be (or maybe still is) THE biggest Japanese pop girl groups in [...]

***This is a sticky post. Newer posts will appear below*** Alright, here’s one of the mystery projects that I’ve been talking about! I’m offering three free music videos to bands that submit songs to dannyjive@dannyjive.com! I’m trying to build a stronger music video portfolio and I’m reaching out to all my Facebook friends and their [...]