Stephen Clair – “Waiting Around”
Americana Highways is hosting this video premiere of Stephen Clair’s song “Waiting Around” from his forthcoming album Transmissions, which will be available on October 11. Transmissions was recorded at The Building in Marlboro NY, and produced by Will Bryant and Stephen Clair. The album was mixed and mastered by Brandon Morrison.
“Waiting Around” is Stephen Clair on vocals and guitar; Daria Grace on backing vocals and bass; Aaron Latos on drums; with Will Bryant on backing vocals and keys.
The video was directed by Stephen Clair and Mike Arginsky; filmed in Beacon NY on a phone by Mike Arginsky and also edited by Mike Arginsky. Actors in the video are The Stephen Clair Transmissions (SC, Kat Comperatore, Mark Westin, Aaron Latos, Daria Grace and friends). Set up in silent film style, the video is a timeless classic, communicating perennial fun with a degree of the mischievous, mirroring the feel and intent of the song. And amidst the head bopping beat, the all-too-familiar nagging experience of waiting around, being tired of waiting around with no purpose, is slowly processed, released, and set free.
Everybody here is running defense
In a losing game that does not end
This waiting around is a terrible business
When you don’t know what you’re waiting for.
This has got to be the most fun I have ever had making a music video. I have always been a huge fan of the silent film era, and Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin are as big for me as any modern day songster. To me, the timeless magic in those short playful films stems from the resourcefulness that comes with making so much out of so little. I feel the same about good songwriting. Give me tight constraints and no more than a few elements, (shoot black and white; within a square frame, some amateur actors, a broom and a folding chair). That helps make a thing timeless. It’s no different than writing a folk tale or a joke. Mike Arginsky shot the whole thing on a not-recent iPhone. The ‘actors’ are band members, my kids, and a friend. And it totally amplifies the song. – Stephen Clair
Find the music to pre-save here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/stephenclair/waiting-around and also order it here: https://stephenclair.bandcamp.com/music
Enjoy our previous coverage here: REVIEW: Stephen Clair “The Presentation of Self In Everyday Life”
Stephen Clair photo by Tony Cenicola
