I'm "Officially" Good At Something!

That Darn Racket has won "Best Music Video" at AIMF/Tarzana International Film Festival

With all the insane crap that happened this week, a cool thing for me kind of got drown out. The music video for Overwhelmingly Positive, the title track from my That Darn Racket album, won an award.

I am not used to winning things based on stuff I make. Often, what I make is downplayed to avoid “that person with the opinion that isn’t fun” from getting any traction. I point out things that are not exciting or validating and are agnostic to political “sides.” I see art as Fancy Communication, and I see editing and choice to be the “true” creativity. I think AI can’t replace people and is thus an amazing tool waiting to be used creatively.

This was exciting to win something that I have no “in” at, though. I am just some random person as far as anyone there was concerned. It’s honestly an excellent feeling just to make something I consider cool to the best of my ability and win something with it.

I don’t want to write a long post here, but I do want to ask you to listen to the TDR album on Spotify or watch the video on YouTube. I’m really proud of it and I think it’s a lot of fun.

Also, a huge thank you to the AIMF at the Tarzana International Film Festival! And thank you all for your support!

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