Lynch says it was “thrilling” filming the band’s music video for “Nowhere Now,” a debut locally produced and filmed in a barn on a fan’s property.
Kari Lynch and her band debuted the video Monday.
Kari Lynch might sing that she’s “goin’ nowhere now,” but if her slick music video debut catches fire, the Grand Rapids country singer and her band might be going plenty of places with their music.
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Released on Monday and posted on YouTube, the elegantly produced video for the Kari Lynch Band’s “Nowhere Now” was filmed on the Bieker family property in Ada – arranged by a fan and member of the family, Katie Marble – with the band using a gorgeous barn as the setting for the project.
“It was awesome to shoot a video with my bandmates and best friends, the guys that I love making music with,” Lynch tells Local Spins of her “thrilling” video debut. “I think the coolest part was the way it all came together.”
The singer says there was also “a big emphasis on doing it local. Everyone who worked on the video is right here in Michigan, which was awesome.”
The Kari Lynch Band. (Photo/Local Spins)
The “special version” of the original ballad – written by Lynch, Mike Ulvila and band guitarist Ryder Jones – was recorded at Joel Ferguson’s Planet Sunday Studios in Rockford, with Lansing’s Such Video producing the music video. It was directed by Such Video’s Dustin Foster. Check out the video below.
“The fans make everything happen for us,” says Lynch, noting that a fan also referred the band to Such Video. “I love that this video was a team effort from every angle — Kari Lynch Band, Such Video and the awesome, amazing fans that I have nothing but love for.”
Eventually, the band – Lynch, Jones, drummer Sam Briggs, bassist Jacob Meekhof and guitarist Matt Gabriel – hopes to release the video to Vevo and other networks, according to Lynch, who’s become one of West Michigan’s most popular country acts over the past three years, releasing two EPs and opening for the likes of The Band Perry, Miranda Lambert and Thompson Square.
The band opens for country star Thomas Rhett at The Intersection on Dec. 7 and will also play the New Year’s Eve celebration at The B.O.B.
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