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NYC’s Michael Persall emodies what we love about up-and-coming musicians. He’s earnest, and he’s hard working. No, seriously…Michael is on a mission to play 400 shows this year. He is absolutely hustling and grinding, and we love that. Oh, did we mention that he’s good? He’s really good. Just listen to “The Move” and you’ll see how talented he is. Today we’re excited to premiere his new video for “The Move” right in time for Halloween. The video looks like it was a ton of fun to make. In his own words:
I wanted to come up with a concept that was funny and I could make fun of myself so I asked my good friends who I went to NYU with, Tom Mishra and Kevin Tkach, to produce and direct the video for me. Tom came up with the medieval concept and directed and Kevin edited it.
We could have easily gone with a simple video where the guy meets the girl in a bar and starts talking to her and then everything is great, so we included that in the beginning as a joke then just completely went out there with it adding dragons, wizards, and knights and made myself the knight in shining armor who instead of saving the day, gets saved by the princess (played by Jerica Young), because that doesn’t happen enough. Also figured it would be cool to have a video where everyone is in costume and put it out around Halloween.
Watch the video below and if you’re in New York, make it a point to get out to one of his shows (you have plenty to choose from!) His new EP 400 will be out on November 20th. Make sure to follow him online to stay updated and grab that EP in a few weeks!
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We thought Michael’s idea and drive to play 400 shows this year was pretty special, so we asked him about the inspiration for performing that many times…
As far as the title of the EP, “400,” and me playing 400 shows this year, I didn’t want to have any doubts about whether or not I was working as hard as I could be towards my goal. Figured a good place to start would be to make my New Years Resolution to play a show every day almost. Started with the goal being 300 then someone told me in June that B.B King performed 385 times in one year then I starting doubling up everyday and the goal became 400. It’s been great building my network, strengthening the performance muscle, becoming comfortable in any environment on stage, and motivating and being motivated by other artists who I meet.
