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As I reported several weeks ago, our good friend Glenn Sweitzer recently shot a video with another friend of ours Rissi Palmer performing her new (and soon to be a Hit!) single, “No Air” .   Rissi has always been one of our favorite artist.  If you’ve never heard of Rissi - you should get to know her and her music - and definitely pick up her cd!

Friday, June 13, 2008

Rissi Palmer leak video

I was lucky enough to work with Rissi Palmer on a video for her new single “No Air”. The label wanted a simple behind the scenes look music video, which also included a cameo of her producer, Nathan Chapman (Taylor Swift’s producer). This is not the main video, but a video to “leak” it out to work with the song at radio early on. I think it is so smart to do it this way.
I had a very short time to shoot this, since Nathan had to be on a plane and Rissi had to leave. Had a lot of fun doing this. Rissi is a very charming person… so was her little pooch.
The crazy thing with this song, is that this is the 4th version of it. There is now a version in POP, Rock, Christian and now country. I think Rissi nailed this, and will be around for quite a while!
shot and directed by glenn sweitzer

We’re thrilled to be able to present this video to you -

Rissi Palmer - NO AIR - Shot and Directed by Glenn Sweitzer

As an aside, I’ve recently been talking with my friend Jesse Lee, who as we reported, signed with Atlantic Records and is also working with producer Nathan Chapman.  Jesse tells me that her album is coming along well and she only has three more songs to sing and then add background vocals to.  There’s no release date for a new single yet, but expect one in the not-so-distant future.  Her album will follow soon thereafter.  As always, NashvilleHype! will keep you informed.

And last but not least, one more Nathan Chapman / six degrees of seperation story  –

If you happened to watch Nashville Star with our good friend Ashlee Hewitt performing (remember to vote for Ashlee this week!) then you know Taylor Swift was the featured performer for the week.  My old roommate Grant has been her guitar player for over a year now and I’ve also talked to him about the possibility of him coming on site to talk about his life now - being on the road, playing on the Tonight Show (as well as every other show) and being in the limelight.  I hope to get something worked out with his schedule in the near future.