Gooooo Phillies!

Thank you for an awesome Game 1!!

(This photo is from the game where the Phillies clinched the NLEast title....)

Day 3!

Monday was day 3 of our video shoot for "I Miss You."

We started out the day at Mugshots Coffee House where we filmed some performance shots as well as some lovely "Mary drinking tea" shots. :) Thanks to everyone at Mugshots and to all of our willing and enthusiastic extras!

(A little inside story on Mugshots - it's actually where I had my first date with my fiancee, Nick...and it's the coffee house I wrote about in the song "Clark Kent"....

"I went for coffee tonight with Clark Kent

He wasn't raised in Smallville, but a small town in Ohio

It wasn't anything romantic like a cafe by the sea

Just a little shop for coffee 'cross from Eastern State Pennitentiary..."

So we were in one of my favorite sections of Philadelphia, Fairmount, but in the video it will appear to be a coffee house far far away... :)

A little later I really got to put my actor hat back on as we filmed the scenes with Tim Weinert, who plays my on-screen boyfriend.

(An inside story on how I know Tim...I met Tim on the set of "The Matter with Clark," the independent film written and directed by Jonathan Rola and filmed by Michael Leary...who are also filming my music video! Tim played Jack and I played Linden - but in that movie my love interest was Jack's best friend, Clark. If you want to check out the trailer or behind-the-scenes clips from that visit www.myspace.com/thematterwithclark)

We ended up filming until midnight - just as the Phillies/Dodgers game came to the bottom of the 9th inning...what an ending! I'm fairly positive that we scared the crap out of some tourists when Jimmy Rollins hit that ground ball to right field - 4 people in a parked car, windows up, radio blaring, CHEERING HYSTERICALLY as the announcer screamed THE PHILLIES HAVE WON THE BALL GAME!!! We jumped out of the car chanting "Let's Go Phillies!!"

Ah, I love this town :)

(I have to note that while I'm not the type to push for a political candidate on my blog, I have no problem voicing my Phillies Pride)

Special thanks to Caitlin and Derick for opening up their home to for filming!

At Mugshots Coffee House (21st and Fairmount Ave, Philadelphia, PA)

On set with Tim


("Relaxing on the couch and laughing all about the day...")


Wrapping up the day's shoot - Jon, Mike, Tim and Mary!
Celebrating the Phillies win...after 14 hours of filming it's no wonder we were punchy...

Day 2!

Day 2 of the "I Miss You" started out rough - all clouds and no sunshine, so no outdoor filming...

Our night shots for the bar scene, however, went swimmingly!

First of all, thank you to 2nd Street Annie's for having us there to film - we had a great time and the footage is looking great! www.2ndstreetannies.com

Secondly, thank you to all of my awesome extras - Mom and Dad, Nick, Zack, Bonnie, Matt, Alec, Chris and Caitlin - you rock!

We wrapped up shooting for the night (well, mostly) just as we were getting into the 8th inning of the Phillies/Rockies game...what an ending!

Here's the Day 2 Behind-the-scenes video - it's a bit longer than the last one. Enjoy!

My lovely extras requested a performance of Susanna - and so they got it!




(plus Laura and George, missing Alec and Chris)

Here's my unplugged performance of "Susanna" -

Day 1 video

Got it! Enjoy our day 1 video!

Day 1 - Video Shoot!

Yesterday was Day 1 of our video shoot for the "I Miss You" music video - and it went great!

First of all, I'm filming with Jonathan Rola and Michael Leary, director and director of photography of "The Matter With Clark," the indie film I did two years ago.

We met up in Newtown, PA to scout out places to shoot. Generally the concept of the video is pretty true to life - me leaving Philadelphia to tour, and missing my man at home!

So we drove around a bit and found this great farm and after poking around a bit found a couple of perfect spots for filming.

Thank you to Carl and Brenda at Slack Road Farm and Milk House Market for letting us film on their beautiful farm! I'm having a hard time getting my videos to cooperate, so here are some photos from the day!

Jonathan and Mike getting the camera ready:


The lovely setup at the Milk House Market and the BEAUTIFUL sky!






The AWESOME road we found - this is pretty much what I originally intended for the cover of "The Beauty of It All..."



Goofing around:

More tomorrow (if I can get my computer to cooperate!)

Music Video!!

Hey y'all! (Yeah, I typed y'all)

Tomorrow is day one of the video shoot for my first music video and I've picked a fan favorite - "I Miss You!"


I have an awesome flip cam now, so stay tuned for behind-the-scenes footage!!