{"id":224,"date":"2015-08-15T03:02:18","date_gmt":"2015-08-15T03:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woas-fm.org\/?p=224"},"modified":"2015-08-15T13:58:07","modified_gmt":"2015-08-15T13:58:07","slug":"ftv-video-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woas-fm.org\/?p=224","title":{"rendered":"FTV Video Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If we had a scarf to match the hat, this would be perfect!<\/p><\/div>\n

Okay, the title makes it sound like a bigger deal than it really is – but hey – I have seen sillier award show concepts.<\/p>\n

As of this writing, we are 8 months into 2015 and I have yet to see a video to top either the Moses Brown School School is Closed<\/em>\u00a0video or Puddle’s Pity Party (with Scott Bradlee’s Post Modern Jukebox) version of Lorde’s Royals\u00a0<\/em>. \u00a0The Pentatonix version of\u00a0Royals<\/em> is also very good so it looks like it will round out the top 3 on my list. \u00a0Perhaps it is too soon to be declaring the 2015 winner in this totally unscientific poll, but how scientific can a poll with one person casting votes be?<\/p>\n

The truth be told, I like all three video concepts enough to declare a three way tie, but that would be the coward’s way out. \u00a0Perhaps if I can explain exactly why these three videos appeal to me it will help sort them out:<\/p>\n

School is Closed\u00a0<\/em>is a parody of\u00a0Let it Go<\/em> from the animated feature\u00a0Frozen<\/em>. \u00a0At the time my buddy Ralph Winrich had passed the link on to me, I hadn’t heard or seen the entire clip from\u00a0Frozen<\/em>. \u00a0The production of\u00a0School is Closed<\/em> is very good and the creative team that came up with it should be commended. \u00a0Moses Brown’s Head of School Matt Glendinning did such a masterful job selling the lip synch, I wasn’t at all convinced that it wasn’t him actually singing until I had watched it a few times. \u00a0After exchanging a couple of e-mails, I had gotten a little more information from Matt himself on how the project came about. \u00a0He was gracious in his praise of the team and humble about the part he played. \u00a0I was blown away that he not only let the team run with the idea, he embraced it and did a great job. \u00a0There are a LOT of\u00a0Let it Go<\/em> parodies on the internet, but not one of them is as good as the Moses Brown effort. \u00a0Yep, it would be hard to knock this entry out of first place on my list of 2015 honorees.<\/p>\n

Puddle’s Pity Party was going to make a stop in Milwaukee in the spring and I happened to catch an article about him in the Milwuakee Journal-Sentinel. \u00a0I knew nothing about his origins or the man behind the grease paint (Big Mike Geier) after reading about his upcoming appearance in Milwaukee, so the next natural step was to check him out on YouTube. \u00a0I will soon be accused of living in a box because like the Frozen<\/em> song,\u00a0\u00a0I had not heard\u00a0Royals<\/em> prior to seeing Puddles perform it with Scott Bradlee’s Post Modern Jukebox. \u00a0I liked the group setting, his vocals, his mannerisms, his low key female backup singers and backup musicians. . . I just like the arrangement and how they did it. \u00a0Coming from someone who has never been a fan of clowns, Puddles has to get a few more points added to his score for getting me to not only watch this, but to like it as much as I do.<\/p>\n

Another buddy of mine, John Fischer from Green Bay, had sent me some Pentatonix CDs a while ago so I was aware of them. \u00a0This is probably why I clicked on their version of\u00a0Royals<\/em> when it popped up in the ‘you may also like’ ledger. \u00a0Vocally, it is an outstanding acappela arrangement. \u00a0I do love how they interweave their parts while the vocal percussion and bass parts support the song and keeping it moving.<\/p>\n

As long as I mentioned Scott Bradlee’s Post Modern Jukebox – their involvement in the Puddle’s video puts them on the list. \u00a0I \u00a0was really impressed with the\u00a0A Day at the Office<\/em> mashup they recorded at the offices of Cosmopolitan Magazine\u00a0<\/em>with a cast that only seemed to number\u00a0in the thousands. \u00a0A solid number four with ties to my number two pick for 2015.<\/p>\n

That wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. \u00a0You will find links in previous articles to the Puddles and Scott Bradlee’s PMJ videos mentioned above. \u00a0The Pentatonix video won’t be hard to find and I have a sneaking suspicion that they will become fodder for a future From The Vaults.<\/p>\n

I should also mention that I sent Matt Glendinning a WOAS-FM hat with a note of thanks for brightening up our winter. \u00a0If my budget was a little healthier, I would have sent one to everyone on his crew, but as I mentioned in my note, ‘As the face featured in the video, you will just have to accept this on behalf of everyone involved’. \u00a0With only four months left in the year, I will have to see something pretty spectacular for it to knock\u00a0School is Closed<\/em> out of the number one slot!