With the help of our friend Billy Sugarfix,  Pete and I have spent the last two weeks working on our very first music video for our new song “Pride of Lions”.  That’s right a music video……Since 1983 I have been hoping to one day have my very own video to air on MTV (music television).  Some of my first memories are sitting there, glued to the set, hour after hour, waiting for Micheal Jackson’s “Thriller” to come on…..as for Pete he was watching at the same time but across the country, waiting for the next Tears for Fears video, so he could make sure his hair was up to date with the latest super cool 80’s fashion.

which one is Roland Orzabal?

But now, almost 30 years later, MTV (music television) no longer plays music videos so….YouTube it is!
But, there is still a lot of work to be done.   We started the video by incorporating a few things Billy does best, finding cool old stock footage and a little bit of stop motion.  Pete and I are new to the world of stop motion but, we had to come up with a sequence.  At first, all we could think of was recreating Peter Gabriel’s Sledgehammer.  But finally, we came up with the idea to use an old dear skull we found last summer in the woods near our house.

We all got together at Billy’s house and called in the “big guns”, friend and photographer Adam Dodds, to help us make this idea come to life.
Five hours later…..with 20 seconds of footage to show for it, we were extremely happy with the results.  Here are a few photo’s from the session.

Can you guess what’s underneath?…..

It’s not magic it’s Adam Dodds……

Two hours in and Pete’s totally over it!

But, Billy’s not!

So, stay tuned for more on this project.  We plan on keeping you updated through our blog on our continuing adventures with Billy Sugarfix. All leading up to the BIG RELEASE on July 16th!

Were we will be selling the new vinyl 7in. with B&A’s new tune on one side and Billy Sugarfix’s Carousel’s new tune on the other. the event is at our label 307 Knox’s new space in Durham.  In addition to live performances by B&A, Billy’s Carousel and our friends Schooner, there will also be art by Pete, Billy and myself and it will coincide with Durham’s 3rd Fri. ART WALK .  Hope to see you there!

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1. Brian, June 15, 2010:

   My excitement levels to see this are off the chart!

2. shannon, June 15, 2010:

   wow! i can’t wait wait wait to see it. the pic of pete is beyond amazing.