MTV has released it’s Best of 2009 Lists and our video for Owl City’s multi-platnium single “Fireflies” has been added to two of the Best Of Lists.
Thanks for all the continued support. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas. We’ll be back in 2010!
SourceEcreative released their bi-monthly newsletter and has a little writeup about us. Check it out here.
All of the “Generic U” spots we directed are not available for viewing. Check then out by clicking the image below.
Also, check out the very nicely designed campaign webpage here: www.genericu.com
First of all, check out an interview on Already Been Chewed blog that is opperated by an amazing artist Barton Damer (he did the “Vertigo” poster in the background of the Owl City video). Also, there is a cool little press release on Animal’s site you can read here.
So today me and Steve were invited onto The Morning Show with Buckhead & Bubba Show on B94. It was really awesome hanging out and getting interviewed on air.You can hear the interview here.
Before we left, Buckhead sat down with us and we compiled a commentary on the Owl City video explaining a little bit about the video and things that were happening behind the scenes. Check it out below or by clicking here.
Friends,
Endeavor had an exciting summer and we wanted to share some of the projects that we’ve been up to.
DEMO REEL. Finally, our demo reel has been updated and we’d love for you to take a minute to preview the video. View here: http://iendeavormedia.com/videos/reel.html
OWL CITY. One of our more recent videos was for Owl City’s platinum hit “Fireflies”. The song is currently the #1 song in the country and standing strong. The video hit the #1 spot on VH1 Top 20 Countdown and is in rotation on virtually every music video outlet. Also, in the short time since it’s released it has been viewed over 12 million times on youtube alone making it one of the top videos currently on the site. Check out the video here: http://iendeavormedia.com/video/owlcity/owlcity.html
BRITT NICOLE. Last month we traveled down to Nashville, TN to work with pop/rock artist, Britt Nicole. We took a road trip with Britt for 3 days in Tennessee and the surrounding states utilizing a portion of the budget to reach out and help real people that we met along the way. View the video here: http://iendeavormedia.com/video/brittnicole/britt.html
THE LETTER BLACK. We had the opportunity to work with a new, female fronted, hard rock band called The Letter Black over the summer. View the video here: http://iendeavormedia.com/video/tlb/tlb.html
AUGUST BURNS RED. Over the summer we completed a highly stylized video for August Burns Red. Check out the video here: http://iendeavormedia.com/video/abr-meddler/final.html
GENERIC U. We worked with Smith Brothers Advertising Agency and Point Park University to create nine viral commercial spots. The marketing campaign will air the spots on online outlets as well as inside of a local movie theater and some broadcast airplay on Cartoon Network. Preview the videos on the campaign webpage here: http://www.genericu.com/
As always, thanks for the support!
Debut Single “Fireflies” A Multi-format Smash; Universal Republic Album Ocean Eyes Leaps From #20 To #8 On Billboard Top 200 Album Chart. Minnesota Newcomer Hailed As Grassroots Artist Development Story Of Year.
New York, NY – Universal Republic Records´ basement launched phenomenon Owl City scored the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart this week, following up his #1 single score on iTunes last week with the smash hit “Fireflies.” The song is breaking boundaries at radio as it forges toward the upper tier at Top 40 and Hot AC formats along with impressive showings at Alternative, Triple A, and Rhythm Crossover. Combining this impressive radio story, a #1 song in North America, a sold out tour and huge sales are all parts in making Owl City the artist development story of 2009.
The near-platinum “Fireflies” also sold an amazing 200,000 digital singles this week, serving as a multi-genre calling card for Owl City/alias Adam Young giving him a 12 point leap into the Top Ten of the Nielsen Soundscan Top 200 Albums Tally via his Universal Republic debut album Ocean Eyes (jumping from #20 to #8).
A self-described ´shy-kid´ who first arrived on the music scene in 2007, Universal Republic Records has successfully translated Young´s hypnotizing songscapes into mainstream captures of everyday life, connecting with radio, digital and video audiences across the U.S. Owl City´s magical mix of lively-digital rhythms and lush melodies first hatched in the basement of his parent´s house is perfectly portrayed in his debut video for “Fireflies,” which depicts the affable singer performing the song in dreamy basement environment. The video is closing in on an incredible 8.5 million views on youtube, and surging in X-LARGE rotation on VH-1, and other video and digital platforms.
With Ocean Eyes on its way to gold status (rolling past its 9th consecutive week of sales momentum in a listless album sales climate), Owl City is also winding down a highly-praised sold-out tour – ´Imagine if Nine Inch Nails traded dark for light…´ raved Livedaily.com about Young´s recent Hollywood show. ´If such a remarkable transformation took place, it would sound, look, and feel a lot like Owl City.´ The tour is hitting Austin, TX on October 30th and skidding into Houston, TX, on Halloween night.
Hailing from the small Minnesota town of Owatonna, Minnesota, (population 22,000), Young´s songs convey a singular simplicity that has rocked the 24/7 non-stop-chatter of an ultra-competitive music world. Calling his homemade-basement studio ´the cave,´ other songs on the new album include “Vanilla Twilight,” which is also climbing up the iTunes singles chart and “Cave in,” “Umbrella Beach,” “Dental Care,” among others.
The national radio station K-LOVE is doing the exclusive premiere of our new music video for Britt Nicole. Check out the video below or click here to watch in HD on youtube.com
Owl City has been killing it all around. The video made it’s way onto VH1 Top 20 Countdown this last week taking the #20 spot. We’ll see next Saturday if it makes a jump up the charts. Feel free to vote!
Also, on iTunes, the single “Fireflies” is currently the #3 song (falling just short of Miley Cyrus and beauting some hard hitting musicians). The music video is climbing its way up and sits at #13 right now.
Also, the Owl City video won mtvU’s Freshman 5 for the fall. Check out the press release here. Thanks to all who voted for the video.
The Veer Union is also doing well. The video is on mtvU’s Top 10 Videos. Also Sports Net uses the song and parts of our video for the NFL Highlights reel. Check it out here
The video we did for The Letter Black is now posted on our webpage. View that here.
The Owl City video for “Fireflies” is currently up for voting on mtvU’s Freshman. Please take a second to check out the nominees and vote.
Thanks for your support!