Gillian Grassie - Singer Songwriter Harpist » Video

Center of Gravity cover

gillian — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:59:13 +0000

Hi All,

I’m back home for a few weeks after a long time on the road & hard at work finishing up the cover requests that came in for the Kickstarter campaign. I’ll be posting a new one on my YouTube account in a few days & making some big announcements about the new album soon, but in the mean time, enjoy my version of Yo La Tengo’s “Center of Gravity,” requested by some lovely backers (with excellent taste) in Switzerland. That rendition of the Morrowind Theme is still going strong too – it recently broke 58,000 views!

Much love,
Gillian

…Like in the Moving Pictures!

gillian — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:09:47 +0000

Video cameras are cruel and unforgiving creatures, but I’ve braved the cyclops on a few occasions in the past few weeks and done a bit of filming. Since it’ll likely be a few more weeks of editing before anything gets posted online, I thought I’d share some behind-the-scenes still photographs from the shoots with you.

I spent the last weekend of January in NYC working with Jazeel Gayle on a music video for Silken String. We built an enormous tent out of satin ribbon, kind of like a may pole sans the phallic fertility symbol. In case you were wondering what 50 yards worth of ribbon looks like, this is it:

Bryn Mawr College "May Hole" alums rejoice!

I don’t want give too much away before the video comes out, but here are a couple other images from the shoot:

thick books

what's in your suitcase?

The other shoot I did was a taping for a new NBC Philadelphia series called Inside the Music Box. Gabriel Antonini invited me to come by the NBC Philadelphia studios, play a couple songs and give an interview. Filming always makes me nervous, but I really had a blast working with these guys.

getting the mics just right

note: if you want to use in-ear monitors, you have to wear an outfit with a waistband. Oops.

lights! camera!

me with the crew & some gratitude cookies I baked for them after having to reschedule this. twice.

I’ll let you know when the final products are posted online and ready for prime time.

P.S. Notice anything different? I’ve started playing standing up!

Le Tennessee video

gillian — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:27:26 +0000

Here’s a video of “The Mark” from soundcheck at Le Tennessee Jazz Bar in Paris. Thanks for the link, James!

Zach and Jim’s songs can be found here.

Gillian Grassie – Silken String – NY Songwriters Circle (live)

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:00:00 +0000

Here’s a video of the New York Songwriters Circle Competition performance at The Bitter End. Silken String placed 2nd!