Beneath The Broadcast

A few months ago Something Shows (https://somethingshows.com) and Big Boat Records (https://www.bigboatrecords.com) approached me to collaborate with them on a live recorded music video - the likes of which The Yukon has never seen!

Over two days we filmed and recorded 9 live bands in the basement of the iconic CBC Yukon building. The resulting film “Beneath The Broadcast” exists in two separate formats: one as a complete full-length 55 minute film, and the other as nine individual videos featuring each act. 

From Something Shows Website: “Capturing a variety of genres – folk, rock n’ roll, alternative, sacred harp/doom, soul, hip-hop, and grunge – the film creates a collaborative piece highlighting the music and the filmmakers of Whitehorse at a specific moment in time. A collaboration between Yukon-based organizations Something Shows, Big Boat Records, local filmmaker Brendan Preston, and musical acts Jona Barr, The Sputnik Experiment, Paris Pick, Cryptozoologists, Calla Kinglit, LOCAL BOY, The Sweeties, Groan Boy, and Soda Pony, Beneath the Broadcast represents a variety of experience, perspective, and reflections on life through art in the Yukon capital.”

***Shout out to my camera team:

Gaffer/1st Ac - Marty O’brien /// B-Cam/BTS Videographer - Brett Elliot

The first video: Jona Barr

(future videos will be posted here upon their release)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-6b7LjuEhQ

jona 2.jpg
jona 1.jpg
crypto 3.jpg
crypto 1.jpg
local 1.jpg
local 3.jpg
local 2.jpg
paris 2.jpg
soda2.jpg
soda3.jpg
sputnik 1.jpg
sweeties 2.jpg
calla 2.jpg
calla 1.jpg
groan 1.jpg

"Northern Lights" Nominated for CBC Indigenous Music Award!

Our music video "Northern Lights" has been nominated for a CBC Indigenous Music Award! The competition is steep but it's an honour to be nominated amongst such legendary artists as Buffy Saint Marie. Many thanks again to Cody Coyote & Vision Quest for trusting me with their art and bringing me on board for this awesome project!

Check out the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpGmH88lSp8 

cbc indigenous awards
cbc indigenous awards.jpg
Sequence 08.00_02_37_23.Still008.jpg

"Gone Means Gone"

Grand Boy Productions got in touch last fall with an interesting project. They brought me on board as Director of Photography and Camera Op for a short video which was part of a non-profit #notmyscoop campaign.  The aim was to raise awareness of the Sixties Scoop in Canada and the impact it had on the lives of those affected. To find out more visit notmyscoop.ca

Cody Coyote Music Video

Cody Coyote, a First Nations Hip Hop artist based out of Ottawa was in the Yukon last week to shoot his new music video "Northern Lights" with local collaborators Vision Quest. We decided on a  concept that would show the beauty of the North (Cody had never seen a real mountain before coming to the Yukon) and highlight some of the Yukon FN youth in their traditional regalia. Our first location was Emerald Lake (a 45 minute drive from Whitehorse), known for the emerald-like soil that shimmers below the surface. I suppose it could just as easily be called "Northern Lights Lake" as it fit pretty nicely with the title of the song. Here are a few BTS pics from the shoot. The final video should launch in a few weeks.

***An article on Cody Coyote for CBC News "Aboriginal hip-hop artist Cody Coyote visits Yukon for music video shoot": http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/cody-coyote-yukon-video-aboriginal-hiphop-1.3604571?cmp=abfb

****Interview with Dave White for CBC Radio: https://soundcloud.com/cbcyukon/coyote-brings-urban-indigenous-hip-hop-north 

National Geographic Magazine

My wife and I were recently at the grocery store checkout when I started flipping through the latest issue of National Geographic Magazine and came across my photo of Dr. Oakley: Yukon Vet!! It was being used in a full page advertisement (page 2) for the Nat Geo Wild TV show!! Pretty exciting to see my photo printed in Nat Geo as this had long been a goal of mine. It's not a feature spot but I'll take it!