Saturday Video: Chrissi Poland - Possible (2012), First Single from Forthcoming EP, Reckless Ones




When she's not zig-zaging around the globe, singing with the Scissor Sisters, this year Chrissi Poland has been writing, arranging, and recording songs for a new EP, Reckless Ones, financed via Pledgemusic. The first single, "Possible" was released last week to pledgers and, if it sounds a little different from her last album, well, you don't spend the last two years singing the Scissors' ultra-infectious party music every night, without a little of that magic seeping into your blood. Here's the video.



About her new EP, Chrissi writes:
As we all know, with everything in life there is a balance that needs to be found in order to be truly present and give the best parts of ourselves to the world and to one another. Creating this music has helped me to move closer in finding balance and offering up the truest corners of my heart.
Photos and production stills from the video shoot are courtesy of Chrissi Poland.



The video was directed by Dylan Steinberg and choreographed by Brad Landers for Dream Machine Creative Choreograpy. Brad choreographed the Scissor Sisters' video for "Let's Have a Kiki". Here are the video and recording credits:
Filmed at Windmill Studios, Brooklyn, NY.
Producer/Creative Consultant: Christina Morelli, The CEO Artist
Featuring: Brad Landers and Felix Hess
Daniel Wills - Assistant Camera
Paul Dickover - Gaffer
Alex Nelson- Grip
Stylist: Mia Tucker
Hair: Kim Gueldner
Make Up: Samantha Lau
"Possible" Track Production: Matt Pendergast
Recorded at Q Division Studios, Somerville, MA
Mixed/Mastered: David Little, David Little Productions, Brooklyn, NY







For a bonus video this week we dip into the archive to celebrate the re-election of President Obama with this exclusive video (not available on Youtube) from election night 2008, Chrissi live at the Living Room in NYC. Chrissi's band for this show was Steve Elliot on guitar, Richard Hammond on bass, Henry Hay on keyboards, and Tony Mason on drums. The air was electric with anticipation, hope, and excitement for Obama's impending win. Chrissi was reporting election returns between songs. She ended the set with "Yes We Can" covering Allen Toussaint as done by the Pointer Sisters, a tune she dedicated to Obama.



Chrissi Poland's Website
Chrissi Poland's Facebook

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Remembering the Main Point, 1964 - 1981

Image
WXPN Most Memorable Musical Moment #5 Begining in 1964, The Main Point in Bryn Mawr provided the Philadelphia area with one of its most enjoyable venues for live music. Although it started as a folk based coffeehouse, all styles of music were presented over the years. Financial problems continually plagued the Main Point, and in spite of frequent benefit shows by artists who loved the place as much as the audience, the club finally closed in 1981. The following brief history is contained in an obituary of Jeanette O. Campbell, one of the founders and owners of the Main Point who died on October 22, 2006, written by Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer Sally A. Downey as reprinted on the Save Ardmore Coalition website. Jeanette Orndoff Campbell, 89, former owner of the Main Point, a music hall in Bryn Mawr where young talents including Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and James Taylor were introduced to local audiences, died of complications from hip surgery Oct. 22 at Stap
Read more

Cream and Blind Faith at the Spectrum, Philadelphia, 1968 & 1969

Image
WXPN Most Memorable Musical Moment #3 (L-R) Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, & Eric Clapton I could not have foreseen it at the time, but looking back on a concert going history now entering it's fifth decade, my first three concerts were absolutely formative in the development of the music obsession that has driven life as we know it from that point forward. Attending a rock concert pre drivers license was no small feat, that I even got to these shows is the first indication that I knew I was onto something even if I couldn't quite explain it. I've already detailed my first concert (The Beatles at JFK Stadium) in my MMMM#1 . My second and third concerts took place at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, they were less than a year apart, and due to the fact that concerts never end at the time predicted, these concert experiences both ended with a very angry driver stuck waiting in the car outside the venue until the last encore had finished. I shot both concerts with the same starter
Read more

And We Danced - Filming the Hooters Video, 7/27/85

Image
WXPN Most Memorable Musical Moment #4 "And We Danced" (picture sleeve above) was released in 1985 as the second single from the album, Nervous Night , the Hooters' major label debut for Columbia Records. Here's the video. The call went out to the Hooters' mailing list the last week of July 1985 that an audience with cars would be needed on the coming Saturday for a video shoot. Participants would report to the Exton Drive-In by late morning and be prepared to stay all day until after dark. This stage set, early in the day, was a warm-up for the crowd and probably a dry run for the production team for the night-time performance to be filmed later. The banner backdrop does not appear in the video. Some of the antique and custom cars that were on hand for the shoot. The production crew prepares the ticket booth for its shot. This is the film crew shooting the acoustic intro part of the song. The acoustic intro was shot twice, first with t
Read more