Musical Charis has released their first official music video. The video was produced and directed by Ryan Todd and Patrick Egan. The song chosen for the video is the very catchy “East West.” Musical Charis released their CD Ace of Space this past August which included “East West” and to keep things local they shot the video at Beatnik Studios. I sat down with Musical Charis’ Blake Abbey, Jessie Brune and Shawn King to discuss the video release. Abbey indicated the video was being released first on the UK music blog "For Folk's Sake" a few hours before it was released here.  Todd and Egan, who were also at Beatnik, have been producing and directing videos for six years and have worked t

Have you gotten a parking ticket lately? Feeling a little aggression? If so, Nate Weldon's new music video for his song "Ode To The Meter Maid" will help you laugh off a little steam. The music video follows Weldon through the streets of Sacramento encountering meter maids and their trusty ticket books. Take a peek and enjoy the satire. Sea Serpent Records Meter Maid album graphic by Ted Weldon

The Sacramento Film & Music Festival is in its 10th season this year, and it's the 6th season for the innovative Sac Music Seen program which matches local bands/musicians and local filmmakers to make original music videos.  In the past 5 years, approximately 115 music videos have been produced and screened at the Crest Theatre as part of the Festival's regular programming, making it one of the region's largest, collaborative arts programs, counting musicians, filmmakers, actors, crew, etc. As a part of that process, each year, the Festival hosts a "Listening Party" for interested filmmakers to listen to music that has been submitted for consideration.  This year approximately 25 bands ha