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And then there's
Amber--- better known as
'mediagrl07' at YouTube.com.
Amber joined YouTube about a year
ago when she was 22. In all, she produced only a handful of video
clips, which she describes as "some of my projects from
school--- and maybe a few other random things ." One
of her video clips that attracted my attention was the one she
produced on Plumb's--- "Real Life Fairytale."
Amber describes her production this way:---
"It
was my final project for Senior Practicum--- A music video of
the song, "Real Life Fairytale" by Plumb. I got a 'B' for
it."
Over the past
year, a total of 5,214 others have watched
Amber's 4:40 minute production, where
Amber herself stars as
'Plumb' singing her song, accompanied by a
make-believe band featuring some of Amber's college friends on drums,
guitars, and a keyboard. The band shots, along with
Amber's "singing," are particularly well
done. And especially so is Amber
herself, playing the lead role of
'Plumb,' for she shows such a
deep feeling for the music as she ever so lightly bounces her shoulders,
accompanied by an ever so subtle shaking of her head, sending her long,
flowing hair every which way--- all to the beat of the underlying
music. And this music of a "Real Life
Fairytale," with its unmistakable beat, continues to wend
its way through the 'telling' of the ensuing
'fairytale' of
Amber's own creation, where
Amber plays the role of the
princess, with a college friend playing the
role of her prince charming. And then
about half way through the entire production,
Amber and her prince, now transformed into
'real life,' have their own chance
encounter in a hallway at school. But even in her real world,
Amber continues to see him as her
come-to-life prince charming--- as they dance
the two-step together--- only to walk away, hand-in-hand, as the
music comes to an end. All in all Amber's
is a very cute production of a beautiful song with an engaging story line
of Amber's own creation. I'd have given
her an 'A' for this one.
...Bruce********* |
'Plumb' is the stage name of
Tiffany Arbuckle Lee, one of the hottest
Christian Contemporary Music Artists around today. She began her
career with Michael W. Smith who helped her in
the late 1990's with her first three albums. Then there was a hiatus
for a time when she got married and had some children, but now she's
back. And she's written and produced a song titled,
"Real Life Fairytale"--- a song about a time in
her own life when she experienced her own 'real life
fairytale.' She was 18 at the time, and she was in a
dating relationship with a guy who for her was 'Mr.
Everything...'
And so Tiffany sat down and
wrote her song, "Real
Life
Fairytale." In commenting upon the song's
release, she said this about it:--- "It's important for
me to be very real and very honest, writing about stuff that's really
happened." And when she sings her songs, she sings about
life's struggles, and never compromises the underlying truths. And
so there's always a certain honesty and
genuineness about her songs, even those that feature a
"real life
fairytale."
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