Zen's first music video!

Well, 15 years has been long enough I guess. I was a young man when I wrote this tune, that is for sure. lol! 1995 was a sweet year... ahh good times. lol.

This video is for all of the blackface Fender, reanimation, NASA, 1965 Detroit, World Trade Center, Retro motion design, Portishead drum sounds, police brutality and minstrel show fans out there.

You know who you are. /emoticons/default_laugh.png

All kidding aside folks, this song is my heart and soul... it's been with me longer than any woman has and working on it for the last fifteen years has been one long strange trip.

So, check it out, please view it in the 480p resolution setting and keep an open mind.

This is not your average run of the mill music. I am only interested in creating something that has never existed.

it is, Enjoy. /emoticons/default_laugh.png

Very reminiscant of some of the post punk pre goth electronica that was around the underground scene in the UK in the early 80's. Please don't take offence but i didn't think you lot over there had it in you - inspired stuff indeed.

Very inspired! And it blew me away when I read there were no keyboards used. Wild.

Thanks for sharing, ZMB!

zen played me this yesterday, i was blown away!! note how the images follow the vibe of the music;

dark and angry, then later happy and colorful. the atomic bomb on the last powerchord is the shit!

also the lava and fire images perfectly match the ballsy guitar solo tone (his trusty arlington heights scarab). fat synthy tones abound, moving images, this is high art.

zen & my project this fall is to make a pro vid out of live footage edits from the 1st 2 NOT RUSH gigs.

i'm psyched for the experienced help, geoff is psyched to shoot and edit a rush tribute instead of hundred of wedding vids (his day gig). cheers to my boy geoff!!!

You really swung for the fences, very cool stuff! Agreed that the guitar synth sounds are great. I can only imagine how much work that must have been. How did you put the video together?

Interesting. Are you a fan of Killing Joke?

Brooks said:

zen played me this yesterday, i was blown away!! note how the images follow the vibe of the music;

dark and angry, then later happy and colorful. the atomic bomb on the last powerchord is the shit!

also the lava and fire images perfectly match the ballsy guitar solo tone (his trusty arlington heights scarab). fat synthy tones abound, moving images, this is high art.

zen & my project this fall is to make a pro vid out of live footage edits from the 1st 2 NOT RUSH gigs.

i'm psyched for the experienced help, geoff is psyched to shoot and edit a rush tribute instead of hundred of wedding vids (his day gig). cheers to my boy geoff!!!

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We need a video as well. If your are interested, PM me.

Very inspired and cool. That must have been a lot of work!

cool vibe!!!!!!!!!!! great job dude.................. /emoticons/default_laugh.png

Really nice work. Love the editing work on the video as much as the music. thanks for sharing.

What a trip!!!

Yo Zen, great job man... I highly enjoyed that!

+1 on the "are you a fan of Killing Joke" question.

That was fantastic. I think I felt about the same way in 1995. I think. I'll watch and listen to it many more times.

Thanks for sharing it.

Very cool!

Gotta admire the depth and complexity of the project. I might not totally relate to the style but I certainly marvel at the scope and enormity of the project. My hats off to you Zen. I wish I had your tenacity and creative instinct.

tis badass!

You guys have been too kind with your absolutely on the spot reactions. If any of y'all know anyone who would dig these same type of weird music, please pass it on to them, I'd highly appreciate it.

I love you guys and you've all warmed my heart today in a big way. /emoticons/default_laugh.png

burningyen said:

How did you put the video together?

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The video is a collage of various public domain video clips found on the internets. I basically had a big folder full of a bunch of interesting clips and I went through them meticulously and clipped out the cool stuff that I thought would have a vibe that matched the music. Since you are in a Floyd tribute act, you probably are acquainted with the 60's psychedelic liquid light shows that were performed live during that period. I was going for the same kind of flowing collage of shapes but using iconic images instead.

I edit for a living, so the multiple cuts and timing is just a part of what I do. Wedding videos are exhausting and require a great deal of work to look like a fantasy. This video was really a lot of fun to make and didn't take much time. Maybe a total of 30 hours or so spread out between a couple of weeks in my spare time.

I am glad that you mentioned swinging for the fences because that is exactly what I did. Most "at bats" don't last fifteen years though. lol!

Turdus said:

Are you a fan of Killing Joke?

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Crowth145 said:

+1 on the "are you a fan of Killing Joke" question.

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I never got into Killing Joke. I've been asked that by many people over the years. I am from Chicago and they have a strong industrial noise movement and I am no doubt influenced by it. I really I take it as a major compliment to be asked about such a great band and if I am influenced by them. /emoticons/default_laugh.png

My band is in the process of assembling our own background videos for our stage show. I'd really appreciate it if you could point me in the direction of the public domain sources you mention. PM would be fine.

Again, nice work!

Nice work, man! Definitely hear the Chi-town influence (Chicago boy here as well).

Really enjoyed it, and that's sincere. I'm a total no BS dude, if it sucked I would say so, and this was definitely worth the 8 minutes and 27 seconds. Like to hear more....

Very cool. I like it a lot.