Patricia Vonne's Missing Women

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http://www.digitalworkstudios.com/patriciavonne/

This is our second music video that we've done, and of course, we are huge fans of Patricia since she graced EL ESCAPE DE LOS SANTOS with her cool song "Soledad"...

Patricia Vonne is an Austin singer/songwriter whom actually descends from San Antonio.
She has been quite succesful here in the US, but her biggest fan base lies in Europe, where she tours very frequently...

Her new CD FIREBIRD will be out Sept. 25 in the US and in the UK...
It will be available on iTunes as well...

We produced the video for her first single Missing Women, which you can hear at the Amnesty USA website.
It speaks about the tragic "feminicide" going on in Ciudad Juarez, MX... The official numbers from the "government" (I emphasize the quotation marks), are 400 +/- murdered, dismembered women... approx. 100 are still missing... the unofficial numbers vary from source to source and go as high as 600+ women killed.

Visit her website at:
http://www.patriciavonne.com/
or her myspace:
www.myspace.com/patriciavonne

Both of the videos we've done are very documentary style, and accomplish their messages well.

This particular video was filmed in HD 720p and on miniDV.
Patricia was filmed in Piedras Negras and she also took a trip into Juarez herself to shoot some stuff as well... She also met with some of the mothers of the women, and she came back with some incredible experiences... hats off...

Also please support www.mujeresdejuarez.org

We are very proud and we feel very accomplished in having participated in this video, we find ourselves extremely fortunate to make videos for artists that we admire and listen to...

I edited and directed.
Paco Flores produced and even had some camera work in there.
Patricia and Robert LaRoche also lent a hand in producing the video.
Camera: Me, Paco and Patricia herself...

Chicote Video (finally)

From Crackle: Echenme A Los Perros (CHICOTE)

The austere nature of this video was made as the ultimate Anti-video or goes against the stereotypical video... jajajaja
Aren't you tired of seeing half-naked women and shaking it for some mediocre performer singing about smoking crack and pimping ho's????
well, I'm not tired of that... jajajaja I don't even watch it...
Mostly because it reminds me that these half-assed "performers" permeate our society with catchy mediocre tunes that don't offer anything intelligent or clever...
I welcome mediocrity with open arms... It makes all of the talented clever artists look good!

Have you ever wondered why the most prolific artists with long-lasting careers are actually still around????

It's because they actually have something to say. Some are pissed, some are happy, some are depressed (the best!!), jajajaja
For example, the Beatles, eminem, bad religion, billy joel, nirvana, the doors...

Nirvana? their lyrics don't even make sense? They struck a chord with their generation because they were pissed and they did their own thing... They didn't follow the norm and people respected that. They could've cared less if they were a hit or not, they had a lot of passion, not ambition.

Also, weren't you tired of buying a CD that only had 1-2 good songs... I hate that... a real artist would dedicate themselves to the entire album and not just create 2 cool songs for the radio and the rest for filler... Bands like Metallica and Queen thrived on having great solid albums, not singles.

Well, let's segue back to Chicote...
Basi (who writes, sings and composes all of the music) is a friend of mine who has been having quite a chunk of success in his musical venture.
He's well known in Mexico, but especially in Monterrey where he lived for quite some time.
His first CD, Historias del Rancho (which includes Echenme A Los Perros, was distributed in Mexico as an EP by EMI Music in late 2006.
The second CD is still in production but will be released maybe by early next year.
Historias del Rancho is also available on the iTunes store in its original full-length album form.

Chicote for you and me...

(1) Cool wide shot on some ancient stones... (2) At the legendary La Bodega Bar, Basi and many of his friends (If you look closely Lic. Tamayao can be seen as well... fueeeeeeeeego...)

(3) Basi, screaming his lungs off... (4) Very cool lady that was having fun shooting the video. AND she does not sell pirated chicote CD's (jeje)

(5) Another nice wide shot (6) Basi with some dudes that were enjoying his music and lyrics...

It's been a while and we've been incredibly busy... Hence the no new postings on the blog...
:-D

We just finished our first music video (tear drop... ) and we will be posting it really soon...
In the meantime, I've posted some pics...

Chicote is a really cool band from Piedras Negras, Coah. (that's one of my hometowns...) and they are on the verge to becoming huge, huge stars...
Their songs not only stick like glue and catchy but have fun, clever and intelligent lyrics to go with everything...
This video for ECHENME A LOS PERROS was made as the antithesis of the stereotypical music video...
We filmed in Piedras Negras on several sites (the market, some deserted terrain, la bodega bar, salsalita's bar, and more)...
The shoot was fun and was shot approx. 3 months ago...
Since a lot of things have been going here at DWS, we finally got around to finish CHICOTE's video and we are very proud for it to be our first...
Thanks to everyone who helped make this video possible.
Paco and I produced the video, and was shot with 2 cameras documentary style.
For more info on chicote, here's the links:
www.chicote.com.mx
www.myspace.com/chicote2005

ALSO, we have just completed a video for the City of San Antonio's Public Works Dept. in association with APWA (I don't know what that means, but it's like the national conference for public works depts....)...
The video is a demonstration on how the city recycled old pavement to make a new street...
It is a new technology that will hopefully help the environment, and save time and $$ nationwide, so we were very proud to be a part that...


This is the cover of Patricia's new CD out September 25th.

AND last but not least we are in production of our second music video, and this time it is for another of our favorite artists PATRICIA VONNE.
Her new song MISSING WOMEN which will be included in her new CD Firebird, and can be heard at the Amnesty USA website, talks about the sad issue that has been foreshadowing Ciudad Juarez for over a decade, and that is the kidnapping and slaughtering of woman.

Her new CD and video will be released in the US and in the UK, and apparently she has been having a lot of success across Europe, where she constantly tours...
Her stuff is on her website:
www.patriciavonne.com
Expect her video anytime really soon...!!!