Ten Great Low Budget Music Videos

I decided to add a link to a YouTube playlist for each list because I just got a Smart TV and I'd rather watch music videos than television. Adding YouTube playlist links to previous lists will be another new long term project. TEN GREAT LOW BUDGET VIDEOS YOUTUBE  PLAYLIST

1. Taylar Elizza Beth - "Daisies" 2016  SEATTLE MUSIC  Can't say enough good things about this woman and her video debut. With one video she's been able to show us what she's all about and leave us wanting more in a way that a strictly Soundcloud release cannot. I have no doubt "Fresh Cut Flowers" will be worth waiting for. @taylizzabeth




2. DoNormaal - "Let That Thing Go" 2015 (Prod. by Roach Carter)  SEATTLE MUSIC  Her beauty and talent shines from the inside out. DoNormaal's progression as an artist is a beautiful thing to witness. Here's hoping a new DoNormaal album is coming soon. @donormaalright 




3. The Last Artful, Dodgr - "Pestilent Intestines" 2013  PORTLAND MUSIC  Since The Last Artful, Dodgr released this low-budget gem, she's been working with the uber-interesting EYRST crew and making some big moves including being named one of the "5 Female MC's Leading The Charge" by Milk Studios. It would be in your best interest to follow @TheLastArtful on Twitter.




4. Stevo The Weirdo - "LUNCHTIME X LIKE ME REMIX" 2016  PORTLAND MUSIC  I haven't yet delved into Stevo The Weirdo's catalog but this song is dope. I get infinite inspiration from the goldmine of great music in the Pacific Northwest. @StevoTheWeirdo




5. Able Fader - "The Wind And Rain" 2015  SEATTLE MUSIC Can't say enough great things about this dude. He is a true professional in everything he does (Graphic Design, DJ, Producer, Sound Engineer, Father, etc.) and a joy to work with. @AbleFader




6. Macklemore feat. XP "Brad Pitt's Cousin" 2016  SEATTLE MUSIC  The adventures of Macklemore and his crew are not low-budget, they still made this video on an iPhone. This song is not that tight but I love how they're showing us what we can do with the tools we already have. I'd love to work for this crew because they understand that music can be used as a tool for social change.  @Macklemore




7. DonMonique - "Kendall, Kylie, Miley" 2015  I've never followed the moves of Kendall, Kylie, or Miley but DonMonique seems coo. Here's a video about the Brooklyn artist via Noisey.  @DONMON1QUE




8. Jorja Smith - "Where Did I Go?" 2016  This UK artist further proves that one great low-budget video is all you need to capture the attention of the world. The simplicity of the video shows us that she doesn't need flashy gimmicks because her "Personal Sunlight" alone can carry the video. I've been overplaying this song since I first heard it a few days ago. @JorjaSmith




9. DoNormaal - "Standing" 2015 (Prod. by Brakebill)  SEATTLE MUSIC  She's amazing because she's being herself 100%. One of my favorite DoNormaal moments was when she performed with Nu Era at their "Armadilla Lexus" Release Party at Sunset Tavern. @donormaalright




10. Lady Leshurr - "Queen's Speech Ep. 4" 2015  I'd love to see my girl Z3LLi make videos like this. It's simple and low-budget but showcases the personality of the artists well. The rap/walk multitask is a classic music video skill...I sense a new list coming on. @LadyLeshurr




*Use what you've got! If you or one of your friends has a smartphone, you can make a music video. A YouTube presence is vital if an artist wants to be taken seriously. The only thing holding you back is yourself.

Ten Music Videos featuring Senior Citizens

1. Budo - "Fremont" 2013 (SEATTLE MUSIC) *This gem of a human being and music video could also fit in with the rest of the moving machinery, kid, singing into the camera, balloon, and sped-up city scene videos.




2. Deltron 3030 feat. Jamie Cullum - "Do You Remember" 2014  *Dan The Automator remains to be one of my superheroes. 



3. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - "Irish Celebration" 2011  *These dudes are winning at life.

4. Major Lazer feat The Partysquad - "Original Don" 2011  *This song does not do it for me, but I still can't seem to look away.

5. The Bangles - "Walk Like An Egyptian" 1986  *I love the Princess Diana special effects.

6. LCD Soundsystem - "Home" 2010  *There is also train tracks, street-walking, public transportation, graffiti, and a house party in this one.

7. Caribou - "Sun" 2010  *So great and so uncomfortable to watch at the same time. This would fit in very well with the other slow-motion music videos.

8. Soul Asylum - "Runaway Train" 1992   *They made a big nineties splash, didn't they. I wonder if they ever found these kids, they should have their own "Where Are They Now" Special.

9. Modest Mouse - "Dashboard" 2007  *Epic fishing adventure video.

10. How To Dress Well - "Face Again (Part 2 of 3 "What Is This Heart?" trilogy) 2014  *Heavy shit mang.

Ten More Music Videos with Bicycles

Here's all the bicycle music videos I've found so far on a YouTube playlist. #YouTubeNchill

1. Flume and Chet Faker - "Drop The Game" 2013  *A few bicycle cameos in a video that is all about the dance moves.




2. Duke Westlake feat. VerBS - "Geyser" 2013  *This bicycle has a starring role in the video, with close-ups and everything; courtesy of Mello Music Group.




3. Latyrx feat. Forrest Day - "Exclamation Point" 2013  *I hereby resolve to stop overusing exclamation points.




4. Isaiah Rashad feat. SZA - "Ronnie Drake" 2013  *One of my favorite things about SZA is that she is not afraid of getting dirty. She's playing with a pile of leaves in this video and can be seen wading in a dirty pond after putting her white sweater in the dirt on Ten Music Videos featuring Reflections.




5. KMD - "Peachfuzz" 1990  *MF Doom's first crew has been down with bikes since 1990.




6. Rocky Rivera - "Ain't No Way" 2014  *This video also has skateboards, playgrounds, bubbles, and dogs.




7. Dag Savage feat. Blu - "Don't Stop" 2014  *Synchronized dance routine for the win.




8. Kwamie Liv - "Follow You" 2014  *It's a blink and miss it bicycle, at 0:45. She is from Copenhagen, Denmark and she is awesome.




9. Mick Jenkins - "Jazz" 2014  *He gives some great advice in the first line of this song. Mick Jenkins is opening up for Method Man and Redman (cue giddy squeals) at The Showbox on November 3. Bonus points for having balloons.




10. Fences feat. Macklemore + Ryan Lewis - "Arrows" 2014 (SEATTLE MUSIC) *This is a truly amazing music video. It has a double bicycle as well as a tiger, some Wes Anderson shit on a train, a bunch of taxidermied (not a real word) animals and a ladder.




*The first installment of Ten Music Videos with Bicycles can be found here. It has LL Cool J, DJ Shadow, En Vogue, J Dilla, Naughty By Nature and five more.

Ten Great Stephan Gray Productions

***All these videos have appeared on this website before, this post is to showcase the mad skillz of Stephan Gray all in one place. This list also turned out to be a compilation of some of Seattle's most exciting artists. Thank you to Gray Matter Productions for making so many great videos.

1. Thadwick Tristen Trevor lll and Swan Coltrane - "Brain Champagne" 2011  *This is Tay Sean (of Kingdom Crumbs) and Thaddeus David, I hope they make music together again someday.




2. The Physics - "The Goodbye" 2013  *Don't be that girl, mkay?




3. Metal Chocolates - "Opium Of Love" 2011  *OCnotes and Rik Rude collaboration.




4. Sol - "This Shit" 2011  *Sol might take over the world, we shall see.




5. Fresh Espresso - "Big Or Small" 2009  *I nominate this video for best placement of a dj.




6. Grynch - "My Volvo" 2010  *I think that since this video has more than a million views, Grynch deserves a free Volvo.




7. Don't Talk To The Cops! - "Gimme That 80's Butt" 2013  *This album was released in a mini cereal box with all marshmallows for the cereal, awesome.




8. Katie Kate - "Uh...No" 2012  *She is "unabashedly filthy" for sure.




9. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - "Irish Celebration" 2011  *Have you ever heard of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis? I think they might be Justin Bieber famous.




10. OCnotes - "Walk" 2012  *The special effects made this walk with OCnotes so wonderful.

Ten Music Videos featuring Boats

Here's a YouTube playlist of ALL the Boat Music Videos I've found so far. #YouTubeNchill


1. DJ Vadim - "Black Is The Night" 2007  These people are on a boat and seemingly on drugs. This is one of those songs that I always put on mix cds when I want to show how much great music isn't played on the radio.



2. The Notorious B.I.G. - "Hypnotize" 1997  Biggie and Puffy immediately come to mind when brainstorming videos with boats in them.



3. Jennifer Lopez - "Jenny From The Block" 2002  I love the Beatnuts sample. She pretty much kicks ass, get it J. Lo.



4. The Lonely Island feat. T-Pain - "I'm On A Boat" 2009  This makes me cringe a lot. Andy Samberg is definitely cool though. Fortunately, this is supposed to be ridiculous...because it is. T-Pain is NOT COOL (all caps to be clear).



5. Depeche Mode - "Precious" 2005  Computer animated boats still count as boats. This is one of those new era Depeche Mode songs that is actually as great as their older stuff.



6. U2 - "Pride (In The Name Of Love)" 1984  My mom and uncles loved U2, so I got to listen to this a lot when I was a kid.



7. Angie Martinez, Lil Kim, Left Eye, Da Brat, and Missy Elliott - "Ladies Night" 1997  Ladies night starts out on the water of course.



8. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - "Can't Hold Us" 2013  Whoa, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are taking over the world.



9. George Michael - "Careless Whisper" 1984  In the song, he is talking about dancing. In the video, PEOPLE ARE DOING IT!



10. Culture Club - "Karma Chameleon" 1983  We may never know why they chose to make this video a period piece on a paddle boat.

Ten Music Videos featuring Fur

1. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - "Thrift Shop" 2012  *Congratulations to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis! You have already been able to help change the world for the better with your music. Seattle is very proud.

2. White Town - "Your Woman" 1997  *This is a near perfect late nineties song, I'm still not really sure what the song is about though.

3. Estelle feat. Kanye West - "American Boy" 2008  *This song is so great, Estelle overshadows Kanye, but they have good chemistry. The shots with Estelle's long shadow are awesome.

4. Jay-Z feat. Chrisette Michelle - "Lost One" 2006  *The lady's fur coat is the best in the ten. This is one of my favorite Jay-Z songs. Chrisette Michelle's incredible voice and female presence make the song.

5. The Human League - "Don't You Want Me" 1981  *She may have worked as a waitress in a cocktail bar, but now she works in film.

6. Moby feat. Gwen Stefani - "Southside" 1999  *This video also has flowers, chains, wind, unsafe convertible passengers, shiny things, shirtless males, singing into the camera shots, water, fire, and food. Whoa.

7. Mayer Hawthorne - "Henny and Ginger Ale" 2012  *This is one of the best commercials I have ever seen.

8. Digital Underground - "The Humpty Dance" 1990  *At least they edited it with interesting sounds.

 

 

9. Neneh Cherry and The Thing - "Accordian" (Madvillain Cover) 2012  *I feel like I should like this because it is an MF Doom/Madvillain cover. It makes me feel like I am not hip enough to understand its greatness, but, I think it sucks. It is still My Definition Of Cool because it was filmed in complete darkness with night vision and because it is Madvillain related. Sorry Neneh :(

 

 

 

10. John Lennon - "Jealous Guy" 1971  *I love that they went on a boat ride wearing really great outfits.

 

 

 

 

***Conclusion: videos featuring fur are some of the best videos.

 

Ten Music Videos featuring Seattle

1. Dark Time Sunshine - "Doom / Go Team / Wrong Kids" 2010

2. Jake One feat. Vitamin D, Note, Maneak B and Ish - "Home" 2009

3. OCnotes - "Walk" 2012

4. Macklemore - "The Town" 2009

5. Blue Scholars - "Freewheelin" 2004

6. Brothers From Another - "No Shirt" 2010

7. The Physics - "I Just Wanna Beat" 2010  *University of Washington libraries.

8. Grieves and The MC Type  - "My Girlfriend Beats Me" 2007 

9. Eighty4 Fly - "Cool Kids" 2012

10. Don't Talk To The Cops! - "Guess I'm Strange (DJ BlesOne BBoy Remix)" 2011

Ten Videos featuring a Storyline

1. Prince Paul - "A Prince Among Thieves" 1999

 

 

2. Guns n' Roses - "November Rain" 1992

3. Little Dragon - "Crystalfilm" 2012

 

 

 

4. Madonna - "Papa Don't Preach" 1986

 

 

 

 

5. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - "Wings"  2011

 

 

 

 

6. Keith Sweat - "Twisted" 1996

 

 

 

7. Pink Floyd - "The Wall" 1979

 

 

 

 

8. 'Til Tuesday - "Voices Carry" 1985  *Basically this video is about a rocker chick who is dating a douchebag who can't handle that she is way cooler than she is.

 

 

 

 

9. Kanye West - "Runaway" 2010

 

 

 

10. Cyndi Lauper - "Time After Time" 1984

 

 

 

Ten Music Videos featuring Bathtub Scenes

1. George Michael - "Freedom 90" 1990  *This is some iconic bathtub scene shit. The video also qualifies for Music Videos featuring Supermodels.

2. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Featuring Fences - "Otherside Remix" 2001  *I have a hard time driving by the lake just past Snoqualmie ski resort on I-90 without mentioning this video. I am totally into lakes with tree stumps in them. Macklemore deserves to be famous (for much more than the stumps).

3. Atmosphere - "Shoulda Known" 2008  *This video leaves me with that "I'm not sure how much I really like Atmosphere" feeling. Plus, it's weird watching people freak out on drugs.

4. The Cars - "You Might Think" 1984  *This is one of the most memorable 1980s videos. I like when the band is floating on the soap in the bathtub, however, Ric Ocasek's invasive bathtub actions could probably be classified as stalking in 2013.

5. Fiona Apple - "Criminal" 1997  *It's funny that this is a song called "Criminal" and that the second scene is of a stuffed animal. Maybe its there to remind us that she was barely legal when this video was shot.

6. Beach House - "Wild" 2012  *Warning, this is not a sexy bathtub scene.

7. Morrissey - "Suedehead" 1988  *Morrissey does intellectual stuff when he is in the bathtub.

8. Toro Y Moi - "So Many Details" 2012  *One can't help but wonder if this is an ironic turtleneck scene or if he is actually into turtlenecks. I love this guy yet I slacked on buying tickets for his sold out February 27 show at the Crocodile.

9. The B52's - Love Shack" 1989  *There is a lot of quirky stuff going on in this video but the bathtub scene is around 1:55. I always thought this video had a Flintstones thing going.

10. Radiohead - "Just" 1995  *Dang, this guys bath made him really depressed.

Ten Music Videos featuring Horses

1. Fleetwood Mac - "Little Lies" 1987



2. SWV - "Right Here (Human Nature Mix)" 1992

3. Juvenile - "Back That Ass Up" 1999  *Horse @ 1:31

4. David Bowie - "Let's Dance" 1983  *Horse can be seen at very beginning of the video

5. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - "And We Danced" 2011

6. Azealia Banks - "Liquorice" 2012

7. Bell Biv DeVoe - "When Will I See Your Smile Again?" 1990

8. The Black Keys - "Howlin' For You" 2011

9. Santigold - "L.E.S. Artistes" 2008

10. Pharcyde - "Runnin" 1995

Ten Music Videos featuring Piano Scenes

1. Clutchy Hopkins - "Verbal Headlock" 2010

2. James Blake - "Lindisfarne" 2011

3. Lykke Li - "Little Bit" 2007

4. Biz Markie - "Just A Friend" 1989

5. John Lennon - "Imagine" 1971

6. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert - "Same Love" 2012

7. When In Rome - "The Promise" 1988

8. Alicia Keys - "You Don't Know My Name" 2003

9. Michael McDonald - "I Keep Forgettin'" 1982

10. Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody" 1975

Obligatory Favorite Albums of 2012 Post

In no particular order, my 4 favorite albums of 2012 were:

The XX - Coexist


I can listen to this album on repeat for hours on end, the entire album is incredible. Further proof of their genius can be seen in their KEXP studio performance.

Grimes - Visions



Her KEXP performance and her show at Neumos made me appreciate her even more. After initially being drawn in by Genesis and Oblivion, my favorite became Be A Body.

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city



In an album full of gems, I overplayed The Art of Peer Pressure the most. When I got this cd I had to go on a road trip so I could listen to it a few times without interruption.

Kingdom Crumbs - Kingdom Crumbs  (SEATTLE)



These guys are making some of the most exciting music coming out of the city right now, they have great energy onstage and are constantly improving as artists. I enjoy Pick Both Sides Of My Brain and Red Cups the most, however, the album as a whole is worth paying full price for. You can find the album HERE. The video for Evoking Spirits is very well done and I look forward to hearing what these guys do next.

* Honorable Mention goes to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - The Heist. Even though I don't enjoy listening to the album that much, I do appreciate what they have done for the city of Seattle and the music industry in general.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

These guys are blowin' up, their hard work and great attitudes are paying off. I just hope that they are able to profit from thier success.

Check out their new video for "Thrift Shop".

Concerts at School!

Today was the Unity Fair at Seattle Central. Last year The Saturday Knights played and this year Macklemore and Helladope played, among others. These are some pictures of the cool people that were there.




I love Helladope, they will get their own post soon. They have such a great stage energy. Thanks to Geo and Macklemore for letting me take their picture. Those guys are cool.

Macklemore

Macklemore is a Seattle artist who truly seems to care about the messages he is sending. He knows how to entertain his audience and keeps things interesting. These are some of his solo projects:


He recently put out a collaboration album with Ryan Lewis (cool) called VS.

I went to the album release show at Nectar Lounge. They killed it. Here are some videos of him kicking ass.

The Town video just came out today. This guy is killin it, good job Macklemore.