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NEWS: Wild Plum Signs Director Shane Drake

Production company Wild Plum has partnered with director Shane Drake to produce his music video work. Drake, who is already signed with the company for his commercial work, will now run all his music video production through Wild Plum as well.

Tommy Labuda of Labuda Management continues to be Shane's music video rep.

Video credits for Shane Drake include:

NEWS: BET 2010 Award Winners

The 2010 BET Awards took place last night at the Shrine Auditorium, boasting performances by Kanye West, T. I. and Chris Brown...

Video Award winners are as follows:

  • Video Director of the Year: Hype Williams
  • Video of the Year: Beyonce f/ Lady Gaga "Video Phone" (Hype Williams, dir.)
  • Viewers' Choice Award: Rihanna featuring Young Jeezy "Hard" (Anthony Mandler, dir.)

Other videos directed by Williams during the BET Awards eligibility period include:

NEWS: DNA Signs Director David McClister

Production company DNA has announced the signing of director David McClister for all music video and commercial work. McClister has mostly worked in the country market, with his best known video being the breakout success of Lady Antebellum "Need You Now"...

NOTE: David McClister remains signed with Ruckus Films for the Nashville market.

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NEWS: Travis Kopach Launches 13 Hits; Rep: Labuda Management

Director Travis Kopach has announced the formation of his own production company, 13 Hits... He will be independently repped by Labuda Management...

Video credits include:

  • 3OH!3 "Don't Trust Me"
  • AFI "Beautiful Thieves"
  • All Time Low "Dear Maria"
  • Hinder "Without You"
  • Boys Like Girls "Love Drunk"
  • Jason Castro "Let's Fall In Love"
  • Jessie James "Wanted"

Visit traviskopach.com to view these and more...

SXSW (and Music Videos)...

Video Static will be in Austin for the annual SXSW music festival through the weekend... Updates will be sporadic. Sparse. Possibly non-existent. (My twitter account will probably be way more active, even though it's occasionally/often off the usual beat of music videos.)

That said, SXSW does have a music video component and the following clips were selected to be shown at the 2010 edition. And it should be enough to keep you busy for at least a little while.