Photo Flash: The Making of Songwriter Blake Pfeil's 'Wallpaper' Video with PETER PAN LIVE's Michael Hartung

By: Feb. 24, 2015
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Following the sold­out Manhattan-­based concert series "The Papering Sessions", a successful digital album release, and the launch of the online docu­series "Off the Wall," songwriter Blake Pfeil will release a music video for the title track off his debut album "Wallpaper" Sunday, March 1, 2015. Scroll down for photos from behind the scenes!

The music video was conceived and directed by Sharone Halevy and features Mr. Pfeil, as well as Michael Hartung, who appeared in NBC's Peter Pan LIVE! last year. "I like simplicity, elegance, and a fly­-on-­the-­wall aesthetic in videos. I think what Sharone created is all three of those things. It's graceful, and it flows with a great deal of ease because we did it with the single­take approach. The song is about something pretty fundamental: learning to accept that the dark stuff never really goes away. Someone who wants to make a change will only truly be able to do that once he accepts that a poisonous relationship, a haunted place, an addiction, will always hold a small sliver of him, and that's okay."

"Wallpaper" is the freshman effort from folk/pop, NYC­-based singer­-songwriter Blake Pfeil. After a wildly successful crowd­funding campaign, "Wallpaper" was recorded at DeGraw Sound in Brooklyn, NY. "Wallpaper" saw its worldwide release in 2014 and is available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, and several other online music retailers. Its companion online docu­series, "Off the Wall", was produced by Roo McGoo and debuted in November on YouTube. Through a theatrical kaleidoscope, Mr. Pfeil's unique sound hovers the fence between pop and folk, and it balances a razor­sharp, rhythm­based sound (that has been compared to the likes of Ben Folds, Jamie Cullum, and Bruce Hornsby) with lyrics that explore a poignant charm, often compared to the storytelling focus of Joni Mitchell and Don Henley and the wit and depth of Sara Bareilles and David Bowie.

After a sold­-out 2013 NYC debut at Joe's Pub (Blake Pfeil is in Love with a Girl Named... Irene), Blake's music has since been featured in larger venues like the Highline Ballroom and Rockwood Music Hall, as well as on the club scene, including The Bitter End, where he performed his mash­up of his song "Chomp" and Rihanna's/Calvin Harris' "We Found Love". Alongside two-­time Tony nominee Robin De Jesus, Blake shot a video for his song "Queen," which was featured as part of GLAAD's Gay Pride celebrations in 2013. Blake's musical The Year of the Scorpion is currently in development and saw its premiere reading with the Freight Project last summer at Hubbard Hall in Cambridge, NY.

Photo Credit: Anthony Disparte

Photo Flash: The Making of Songwriter Blake Pfeil's 'Wallpaper' Video with PETER PAN LIVE's Michael Hartung
Blake Pfeil, Sharone Halevy, production manager Joe Fernandez, crew members

Photo Flash: The Making of Songwriter Blake Pfeil's 'Wallpaper' Video with PETER PAN LIVE's Michael Hartung
Blake Pfeil

Photo Flash: The Making of Songwriter Blake Pfeil's 'Wallpaper' Video with PETER PAN LIVE's Michael Hartung
Sharone Halevy, assistant director Lacey Keane, director of photography Ben Cadwallader

Photo Flash: The Making of Songwriter Blake Pfeil's 'Wallpaper' Video with PETER PAN LIVE's Michael Hartung
Sharone Halevy and Blake Pfeil

Photo Flash: The Making of Songwriter Blake Pfeil's 'Wallpaper' Video with PETER PAN LIVE's Michael Hartung
Sharone Halevy and Michael Hartung

Photo Flash: The Making of Songwriter Blake Pfeil's 'Wallpaper' Video with PETER PAN LIVE's Michael Hartung
Blake Pfeil and Michael Hartung

Photo Flash: The Making of Songwriter Blake Pfeil's 'Wallpaper' Video with PETER PAN LIVE's Michael Hartung
Sharone Halevy

Photo Flash: The Making of Songwriter Blake Pfeil's 'Wallpaper' Video with PETER PAN LIVE's Michael Hartung
Blake Pfeil and Michael Hartung

Photo Flash: The Making of Songwriter Blake Pfeil's 'Wallpaper' Video with PETER PAN LIVE's Michael Hartung
Michael Hartung

Photo Flash: The Making of Songwriter Blake Pfeil's 'Wallpaper' Video with PETER PAN LIVE's Michael Hartung
Michael Hartung and Blake Pfeil

Photo Flash: The Making of Songwriter Blake Pfeil's 'Wallpaper' Video with PETER PAN LIVE's Michael Hartung
Storyboards by Sharone Halevy



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