Haley and others in Casey's new video

[john]

ProblematicAndroid 2 days ago
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All of those people are actors. Lame. I hate it when they try to make situations like this look organic.
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CashewsLightlySalted
CashewsLightlySalted 2 days ago
I hope you're joking. The young woman next to Casey is Haley Reinhart, they've performed together many times. The girl next to her is Bianca, a singer/songwriter from Chicago that Haley, another Chicago girl, befriended in the last year. Next to her is a friend of Casey's from Idyllwild Arts Academy. Jackie Tohn, who was on American Idol prior to Casey and Haley, is among the group. Casey's worked with her before. There are other singer/songwriters among the gals too. See the credits for names.
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^ Comments on the music video. I would take the first comment as a complement to Casey. The video is of professional quality.

[john]

Some of the people on the video...

Mike Bray


Aubree Dieckmeyer


Caitlin Linney


jackie tohn




Nina Storey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaT9JGtflXE

Joel Eckels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTusjNnTCiM

Stephanie Daulong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UdNVJCelbc

[Babbs234]

Casey's up to 8750 views! pretty good!

[Tusk]

It was supposed to debut tomorrow, but the latest of Casey's backyard video with friends, "Great Bright Morning" is posted a day early in this exclusive Billboard article.

(straight hair)Haley sings harmonies with Casey at the beginning and end of the video

Exclusive: Watch 'American Idol' Alum Casey Abrams Host a Backyard Jam

Also in the video are Dani Knights, Elliiot Yamin, Blake Lewis and Nina Story

[john]

It was supposed to debut tomorrow, but the latest of Casey's backyard video with friends, "Great Bright Morning" is posted a day early in this exclusive Billboard article.

(straight hair)Haley sings harmonies with Casey at the beginning and end of the video

Exclusive: Watch 'American Idol' Alum Casey Abrams Host a Backyard Jam

Also in the video are Dani Knights, Elliiot Yamin, Blake Lewis and Nina Story

Casey does it again. All warm and fuzzy. The dog is a nice touch - for a Casey backyard video. Haley looks great.

[Tusk]

Watching this video really reminds me of Haley's SMYM 'strategy' with Yahoo's exclusive. Casey had been posting that it would debut tomorrow, then suddenly Billboard has an exclusive. I think the thinking might be to get paid for exclusive rights, so they don't have to go through an unknown quantity, especially as there is no real promotion behind it, and many people will just download for free anyway.

I think that's what Haley did for SMYM video instead of trying to 'sell' it on iTunes. It's cash up front for exclusive premiere?

Or am I 'overthinking' it ?

[john]

I think the strategy is publicity -- for the song and for Casey more generally. SIL is a nice video, released in Oct. 2013. It has 119,000 views in 16 months. I think he is trying to attract bigger numbers and more iTunes sales.

It seems the issue is losing YT views. But what's a YT view worth anyway?

[Tusk]

But what's a YT view worth anyway?

There are many many people out there making a living or at least supplementing their income based on views and subscriptions, Scott Bradley being one. A TON of his videos have been uploaded on bogus channels who steal others videos for their own. I see "Habits" pop up everywhere now

At least for now, as part of the Google machine, a Youtube view doesn't matter, millions/100s of thousands of views, well that's another story

[Tusk]

Casey Abrams @CaseyBassy · 37m 37 minutes ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eodywF2BJsk …

this is a video for friendship and love.
We built a fire and sang around it

Casey Abrams-Lead vocals
Haley Reinhart-Lead high Harmony
Elliot Yamin-Lead low Harmony
Rockee-Dog

Bayan Joonam- Director / Editor

Mid Harmony-----
Alyson Stoner
Nina Storey
Asjha Cooper
Katie Welch
Bree Essrig
Alaina Blair
Megan Tibbits
Dani Knights
Aubree Dieckmeyer
Taylor Kayes
Randi Fleckenstine
Alexandra Greene

High Harmony------
Lexie Galante
Devyn Rush
Bianca Minniti
Blake Lewis
Lea Madda
Shannon Estabrook
Audrey Karrasch
Ibnbal Ranan

Low Harmony-------
Chet Dixon
Joel Eckels
Shawn Eckels
Michael Doman
Karim Dainé
Andrew Perusi

Enrique Lara-shaker
Quinton Zigler-Trombone
Jacob Scesney-Saxaphone
Zack Lodmer-Clarinet

Melinda West-Accordion
Zac Greenberg-Bass


Alex Gaynor- DP
Steve - Camera and Lighting

Matt Neth-Sound/ Mixing/ sound editing
Mitch Allen-sound

Ira Abrams-Food
Pam Pierce-Food
Ben Idom-Fire

[Babbs234]

That was a great video by Casey! Rockee the dog made it special! Put a big smile on my face! Casey's got a good thing going with his backyard videos. Doesn't it make you wish you were one of his musical friends?