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Betamax music video
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Created: 08/08/08
Last Edited: 08/08/08
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From: 2720's Portfolio
There is a little funny back story about this video. I first heard betamax in Sagujio very early this year. There was no album or single yet at this time. They were trying out their new material during their gigs. Automatically I fell in love with the song. Ever since, that became my favorite song in their new set. Months went by and I could not keep the song out of my head. I guess the song has a nostalgic and sentimental meaning for me, since I left the Philippines back in 85 at an early age of 9. (great now you know my age) Although I may not relate fully with some of the names mentioned in the verses, it still stuck a chord. Maybe it was the fact that I was not able to fully relate to it, “literally” that gave it a deeper meaning for me. As if finally, somehow, someone understood how I felt not experiencing the middle part of my life in the Philippines. So every time I see sandwich I would tell them how much I love the song and that it was my favorite, but never really elaborated to them why. So a couple more months passed and I had an idea for a music video for it. During the album launch of “s marks the spot”. I told Raimund about my idea for the song. If ever they plan to make it a single, that I had an idea for it. After telling my concept, he told me that the band already had an idea for the song. At that moment I thought, “oh shit that sucks”. But I said, “Well maybe we can somehow combine both concepts”… Of course I was not really sure if it was going to work. Then 2 days later Raimund calls and says if could present to the band my idea. Of course at this time I already thought I was not going to do any video for them so it was a bit of a shock and I was not prepared to present. But I presented anyway with the same stuff I presented 2 days before. After I presented they told me they were also looking at 2 other directors which will be presenting in the next couple of days. And again after they told me that, I just let go of the project, cause I did not want to get my hopes up. I know the other directors and I really thought I did not stand a chance. At the same time I was set to do the cambio video but nothing was confirmed yet everything seemed to be a go. About 2 weeks later, I get a morning wake up call. Took me a while to answer the phone, I just wanted to sleep. So I answered the phone and it was Raimund. He says, “Ano pare game na tayo sa video!”. I was excited that I’ll get to do a Cambio video. So we chit chat a bit. But in our conversations about the video he kept saying that I should just contact Jamie for the details and stuff. Little background Jamie is sandwich’s road manager. So I was wondering why should I coordinate with Jamie? I mean from what I know Leigh was the manager of Cambio. So after 10 minutes on the phone,( I guess I finally woke up) I asked why do I have to talk to Jamie, “diba si Leigh yun manager”. Then Raimund answers, “ay pare di to Cambio para sa sandwich video!”
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