He's on Peak, I'm on Heads Up, and the president of the company pretty much came to us and said, "You know, I think it would be great for you guys to collaborate on something, what do you guys think?" Norman and I throughout the years would always say, "We need to get together and do something," so this was kind of like the bridge to allow us to do that.
How four guys were able to collaborate on a single narrative is an interesting story, but not as interesting as the way "Draculas" is being released.
Editing video is tedious enough on its own, but it becomes a whole new world of pain when producers, editors, audio guys, and others are trying to collaborate on a single project.
"But then again you have the opportunity to collaborate with a guy like Dick Wolf, to build a character from the ground up and establish a world and spin it out.
The guy even managed to get Pharrell Williams to collaborate (well, at least stand around and look cool in sunglasses in the video) on his new single "Sing".
Vandross was a really in-demand backing vocalist for people like Chaka Khan, David Bowie, Diana Ross, Barbara Streisand, but c'mon, who wouldn't want to collaborate with this guy?
Then I went to a studio to collaborate with a few guys to make music, and after I met them they wanted me to do an internship there as well.
He had been talking to me about wanting to collaborate with the OFF! guys for a while, so when the video was finally in the can I called him to get the goods on what may be his favorite band that's still making records.
"I'd really like to collaborate with some grime artists," Aaron interjected, "Guys like Skittles, Chimpo, and Flowdan would be great.
Although the guys had never met before and had distinctly different musical styles, we challenged them to collaborate and create an EP together.
The Haiku Guys + Gals will be onsite creating personal and exhibition related poems, giving us another opportunity to collaborate across disciplines.
