It gives us one common purpose to root for. “I am a Seattle sports fan through and through, have been my entire life,” Macklemore said in a statement to the NHL. As for Lynch, the former athlete spent the majority of his football career playing for the Seattle Seahawks.

He had adopted the name “Professor Macklemore” for an art project. It was also in his Seattle high school where the name Macklemore first emerged. Macklemore was born and raised in Seattle, so the financial move made sense for the artist. Great work gets made and shared, and the recipe of how it was all pulled off is given back to the world for consumption, edification, and repetition.The Seattle Kraken, a National Hockey League team, have announced two of their newest minority owners-Grammy-winning rapper Macklemore and former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch. Fans and friends help support the making of this art.

IMHO, this is a great chronicle of the new era of making stuff in the world.

Here’s Macklemore, Ryan, and Zia asking for your support on Kickstarter…Īnd finally, here’s 3 behind the scenes videos showing some of the cooler shots… I learned that sometime that evening Zia told Macklemore he’d love to make a video for that track if the song ever evolved… Not just the ‘making of’ but the whole process of how this project came together in the new era of filmmaking… Hit ‘continue reading’ below to see…ġ) raw video of the first time this song was performed more than 2 years ago (at my studio actually!)Ģ) video of Macklmore, Ryan, and Zia asking for fan support via KickstarterĤ) and finally a few behind the scenes videos showing how they made it.įirst time “Wings” (was called ‘Air Jordans’ back then…) was performed at my studio via our Songs For Eating & Drinking project more than 2 years ago… A song whose lyrics were still taking shape, scratched out on scraps of paper. But in the case of this video, we get to see some special insights. Usually, this process is not well chronicled. Beautiful music vid here performed by Seattle hip hop pals Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and shot by emerging Seattle filmmaker friend Zia Mohajerjasbi ( think this video emerged fully formed outta these guys’ brains? Hell no.

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