Upon Wings Release New Music Video for ‘Bad Habit’
Last Friday (Aug. 4), I released a new song with my band Upon Wings, “Bad Habit.” Now, I’ve released a new music video for “Bad Habit,” as well. So, what’s it like to film a music video?
Since Upon Wings is pretty much my personal project, I do a lot of the music and promotion myself. This is really true with the music videos. Only a few times have I had an outsider film or edit my music videos. There are pluses and minuses to this, of course. The positive is that I can have total “creative control” over the process. I can shape the music video to tell the kind of story I’m trying to tell. But, of course, the negative is that hiring someone with real music video expertise would be helpful. Still, I enjoy doing these music videos, and I hope you enjoy watching them.
So, here we go. This is the official music video for “Bad Habit.” I filmed the indoor scenes in a room in my place with cool, blue lighting. The outdoors scenes were shot on Michigan Avenue in downtown Lansing. I have to give props to my mom for filming the outdoor scenes. She’s great. She also helped filmed the outdoor scenes for a bunch of my other music videos.
I’ve had a few people actually say that this is one of my best music videos! I like that it tells a story. I also had another Upon Wings listener say, “Wow. Some guy really did you wrong!” Haha. All of my music is written from personal experience, but don’t worry, it’s a dramatization. But, I felt like I could kind of “act” in this music video, which was fun. It was nice to feel like I could act out a part, almost like a play. I hope you like it! Find Upon Wings online here and here.
If heavy metal is more your thing, check out my music video for “Last Love”: