I'm a firm believer that while the concept of seeing an artist at work isn't new, it doesn't really get old-especially when done right.Ī few platforms are doing pretty well: the COLORS series is entertaining, and of course NPR's Tiny Desk is good. I grew up watching my favorite artists drop bars inside the booth on BET's Rap City and show vulnerability during live tapings of MTV Unplugged. It's one thing to hear them be interviewed, he says, but "we wanna see them ball." Fairfield’s Tah-Hir spits a verse of life perspective over a sample of the classic Black Rob track “Whoa." The Alameda-bred vocalist and model Zharmila sends her soulful voice floating on a track named “Honey.” East Bay artist Jazs pleads with a partner to get out of the same old routine in the acoustic-soul track "Riot."įrom the audience perspective, LaRussell looks at artists like they're professional athletes. So far, LaRussell's short videos feature mostly Bay Area artists. ![]() ![]() It must be the way the LED lighting accents the pure talent of the artists who aren't household names. But there's something that's unique, refreshing, and kind of intimate about the clips coming from Good Compenny. We're a year into a whole pandemic, and I can't think of too many artists who haven't done some sort of video performance.
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