LISTEN TO "GREEDY" HERE: www.songsfromthefrontyard.com
THE JOURNEY OF “GREEDY”
Backstory:
Taylor Simone is a seasoned singer, songwriter, and pianist. She
specializes in Soul/Jazz, but through her work with CUSH (Columbia University Society of Hip-Hop), she has incorporated hip-hop in her style as well. She’s spent the past 7 years honing her
craft, enhancing her experience through various programs like Grammy Jazz Ensembles and NFAA Young Arts, and
performing countless shows in both New York City and her hometown of Los
Angeles, California. Taylor Simone just released her latest EP entitled “Songs
from the Front Yard,” available at www.songsfromthefrontyard.com
Soleil has spent the past 6 years
engulfed in multi-media projects, music, and dance, with a passionate focus on
Hip-Hop artists and culture. Her natural appreciation for an artist’s personal
story and career vision has helped her polish the skills necessary to develop
unique, creative ideas that are both marketable and respectable for a
successful brand. After a slew of music industry internships and consulting for various independent artists and
projects, she’s focusing on her own worl-- comprised of DJing, choreography, and
multi-media art.
Fast Forward:
After this school semester's move-in day, somewhere around the beginning of
September, Taylor and Soleil, both seniors at Columbia University in New York City, roommates, naturally started a conversation that landed on their music
ambitions. The story is quite simple from here…
Taylor played Soleil the song “Greedy.” Soleil loved it.
Soleil asked Taylor if she could provide Creative Direction
for the music video. Taylor said absolutely.
After pulling together an amazing production team, Erica
Rose-Director & Dreamtiger Productions, it was official. We’ve been putting
in hours of work each day to make this music video happen.
AND IT’S HAPPENING!
HUSTLIN IN SOLIDARTY
Everyone on our core production team, Taylor Simone, Soleil,
Erica Rose, Dreamtiger, and Sam Baumel, are all 100% committed to this project
for FREE. They are all full-time
students or working professionals and have been keeping up with the following
tasks out of pocket:
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Aggregating resources
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scouting locations all over the greater NY area
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casting dancers & rehearsing choreography
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booking rehearsal space
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hosting meetings
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shopping for art/wardrobe/props
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reserving production equipment
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applying for equipment insurance
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applying for location permits
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hiring paid
crew members
Meanwhile, we still
need to:
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Buy & rent wardrobe for 6 dancers &
Taylor
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Rent Lenses
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Rent Kit & Lights
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Rent Hard Drives
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Rent Transportation
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Buy Food for our crew – 23 people (Two 15 hour
days)
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Pay for Equipment Insurance
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Pay our Production Crew
- Camera
-Assistant Camera
-Gaffer
-Key Grip
-Hair/Make-Up Artist
-Film Editor/Colorist
Our goal is to shoot a professional video, both technically
and artistically, which requires excellent equipment, reliable crew, and
talent. Most people are not getting paid to be on this project, but there is
still a lot of hardware that needs to be bought/rented and insured.
YOUR IMPACT
By donating to our Indiegogo Campaign, you’re included in this exciting, artistic process, and making our dreams come true. Your support will push an authentic, extraordinarily talented singer to the forefront, and to give high-quality
music inspired art a platform.
At the same time, your contribution
will help bring Taylor Simone’s music and specifically, the music video
“Greedy,” to the masses. This music video conveys a story worth telling. Without giving anything away, we want you to know that you can expect an intricate plot,
suspenseful action, and a clever and unforgettable ending. Your support will
provide mobility and exposure to a music video that incorporates original choreography, a
dying art of the music video world, as well as an empowering story with an all
women cast exhibiting strength, risk, boldness, audacity, confidence, and wit.
Not only will your investment better
prepare us to execute a great video, but it will also help mobilize “Greedy” as a springboard to enhance Taylor Simone’s audience and
network. This will, in turn, create the same
mobilizing ripple effect for all of the creative contributors involved.
HELP US MAKE SOME
NOISE!
If contributing money is not feasible for you at this time,
you can still help!
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Share this page & video www.songsfromthefrontyard.com
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Download the Song & EP
· Come to see Taylor Simone LIVE 11/21 (details @ www.taylorsimonemusic.com)
· Tell a friend
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Tell a friend to tell a friend
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Use Indiegogo Share Tools
THANK YOU THANK YOU
THANK YOU
Thank you so much, we really appreciate your love and
support! We’ll be updating this page regularly so stay tuned!