West Seattle music: Alki artist’s New Year-season video

On Christmas Eve last year, we featured a locally shot music video by Simone Bruyere Fraser, a former professional ballet dancer whose “Nutskracker” rap was about getting some respect for those who practice that art. This holiday season, she’s back with the spoken-and-sung video above, also shot in West Seattle, “Lost at Sea,” with a theme she says is intended for the New Year’s season. She explains:

It is the new year, a time of renewal, a time of rebirth, and with that there is sometimes a letting go of the old and a bringing in of the new, or in a more metaphorical version, losing the old self and a bringing-in of the new self, and that’s what this piece is about for us.

“Lost at Sea” was shot here locally off West Seattle (in Puget Sound), and as an Alki resident I have wanted to try to capitalize on our gorgeous natural surroundings and create art with it since I moved here two years ago. I am the writer and spoken-word artist on the piece, Esy Casey was our director/dp, the original music was done by Carl Clark, and it features singing vocals by Melanie Granger. It was recorded and mixed locally at Jack Straw Productions. This is the same team that worked on our first local piece “Nutskracker,” which was released last Christmas and shot at Salty’s on Alki.

This is a more soulful piece as I wanted to try to stretch our team into new territories and express what I felt about Seattle and Alki specifically when I first moved here and how rejuvenating it was to get lost in the beauty of the ocean and find my next step in that pondering. In our next videos, I’d love be to able to get some local kids involved. I wish everyone the most blessed and wonderful new year; may you be reborn as your truest self!!

5 Replies to "West Seattle music: Alki artist's New Year-season video"

  • toni stafford January 6, 2015 (1:16 pm)

    Just Awsome! Loved it, was very well done and want to watch it again! Thanks for sharing it.

  • Billy January 6, 2015 (9:07 pm)

    Thanks for creating this. it is beautiful. Helps remind me of the beautiful place we live in, and of who i want to be.

  • WSB January 7, 2015 (8:57 am)

    Hi – just one screen name per IP per story, please – subsequent ones won’t be approved. Thanks!

  • Sarah January 7, 2015 (1:59 pm)

    What a fantastic video–they are amazing artists! Wow! Happy New Year!

  • Erin January 8, 2015 (11:44 am)

    Thanks for the music video. It was calming and hopeful–they are really doing some thoughtful work. I really enjoyed it.

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