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CHRISTOPHER KENJI LIVE AT PICCOLO PAVILION AT MENKE PARK

NEVER ENOUGH OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
"NEVER ENOUGH" MUSIC VIDEO CREDITS
Production Team: Trickshot Productions
Director: Guillermo Arcaya
Producer: Carla Carolina Pimentel
Executive Producers: Alexander Proctor, Christopher Kenji, Guillermo Arcaya
Director of Photography: Joey Zhao
Actors: Christopher Kenji, Isabella Colffer, Alex Coltharp, Teddy Softcheck
Editor & Motion Graphics: Sheila Da Silva
Colorist: Sarah London
Video Effects: David Leon
Sound Designer: Jose Luis Ramos
1st Assistant Camera: Yuqiao Han
2nd Assistant Camera: Li Ka Wing
Steadicam Operator: Chen Yuan
Gaffer: Joey Zhao
Drone Operator: Yuqiao Han
Key Grip: Jacob Chung
Makeup Artist/Hair Stylist: Aksorn Hoshino
Wardrobe Stylist: Jamie Xiong
Production Assistant & BTS: Chawin P. Terk
Set Facilitator: Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
"NEVER ENOUGH" MUSIC CREDITS
Songwriter/Vocalist/Instrumentalist: Christopher Kenji
Producer/Arranger/Mix Engineer: Christopher Kenji
Mastering Engineer: Andres Mayo at Andres Mayo Mastering in Austin, TX.
Guitar Overdub Assistant: Milo Horstman
Special Thanks: Anthony Young
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LIVE FROM THE SEATTLE ESPORTS STUDIO
Click the video above to see to the pro-shot footage of Christopher Kenji performing "One-Way Mirror" live at the Seattle Esports Studio in Seattle, Washington on May 8th, 2021.
NEVER ENOUGH OFFICIAL AUDIO
SUMMER FOG BEHIND THE CREATORS
Click the video above to learn more about the creators of the "Summer Fog" Music Video as well as see some exclusive behind the scenes content from the production filmed in 2019.
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SUMMER FOG OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
THE STORY BEHIND "SUMMER FOG"
Christopher Kenji wrote “Summer Fog” in 2014 in his Berklee College of Music dorm room and considers it “the first song he ever wrote that he didn’t hate”. The song was inspired by Kenji parting ways with his hometown near San Francisco, California for the first time to live in Boston, where he would spend the next four years of his life. “Summer Fog’s” lyrics are written in Kenji’s perspective reflecting on his move from months before ––him knowing that everything in his life at that point was about to change and that he was going to be a different person when he came back home but also knowing that it was necessary for him to begin his journey in finding himself. The song serves as a final goodbye letter to his hometown and the child inside of him that grew up in it.
He submitted “Summer Fog” to the 2014 international NewSong Music Competition and was selected as a Top 10 West Coast Songwriting Finalist. For qualifying into the final round of the competition, which would be held at Lincoln Center in New York City, Kenji had the option to either continue using “Summer Fog” or to choose a different song of his to compete with. Kenji chose to go with a different song of his and, unfortunately, did not end up placing into the final round. The first initial recording session for “Summer Fog” took place in his former Berklee professor, Dan Cantor’s Notable Studios in Watertown, Massachusetts in 2015. They tracked the song at Notable Studios initially with a whole band but Kenji ended up re-recording the drums and bass himself years later. The main guitar part was recorded using Notable’s rare, vintage 1928 Gibson acoustic guitar which was played by Kenji. While struggling to graduate and him deciding to take on different projects, Kenji lost motivation and put “Summer Fog” on the shelf for four whole years.
In 2019, Trickshot Productions came to Kenji with a music video proposal and Kenji suggested using “Summer Fog” and played them the demo version of the song recorded from years before. Upon presenting the “Summer Fog” demo and discussing the backstory of the song, director Guillermo Arcaya took the concept, and months later, came back to Kenji with a script, storyboard and game plan for the music video which included multiple storylines, actor casting calls and shoot locations. In each of the different storylines Arcaya wrote, each character faces a difficult situation and comes out a stronger person symbolizing the moral theme reflected in Kenji’s lyrics. The music video was shot using an Arri Alexa camera/over $100k worth of equipment total. For “Summer Fog’s” wardrobe, Kenji contacted award-winning fashion designer William Lei and San Francisco’s renown West Coast Leather to sponsor him with a few outfits to wear in the music video in combination with some of his own.
After seven years of working on the song, Kenji finally sent “Summer Fog” off to be mastered by his go-to mastering engineer Brian Iele at Santa Cecilia Sound in Buenos Aires, Argentina. For “Summer Fog’s” cover artwork, Kenji decided to use a still image from the drone footage in the dock scene of the music video taken by Dylan Van Buren and created the graphic design on top of it. The song was successfully released to all streaming platforms on March 26th, 2021 and received over 30,000 Spotify streams during its first four weeks. The “Summer Fog” Official Music video is now available as of April 30th, 2021.
SUMMER FOG OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO
"SUMMER FOG" MUSIC VIDEO CREDITS
Production Team: Trickshot Productions
Director: Guillermo Arcaya
Producers: Carla Carolina Pimentel, Mathew James Kuhn
Executive Producers: Guillermo Arcaya, Matthew James Kuhn, Christopher Kenji
Assistant Director: Nando Sasco Manrique
Directors of Photography: Lucas Lee, Matthew James Kuhn
Actors: Christopher Kenji, Samantha Girard, Christian Chahin, Gertrudis Colon, Ted Softcheck, Scott Reeves, Bryan Wilks, Rebekka Sola, Trinity Woodward, Matthew James Kuhn, Alex Coltharp, Guillermo Arcaya
Editor & Motion Graphics: Sheila Da Silva
Colorist: Sarah London
Video Effects: David Leon
Sound Designer: Jose Luis Ramos
Camera Operator: Kevin Chang
1st Assistant Camera: Benjamin Noddelund
2nd Assistant Camera: Dylan Van Buren, Daisy Nan
Drone Operator: Dylan Van Buren
Steadicam Operator: Daniel James
Key Grip: Semmi Cole
Gaffer: Catherine Cheuk
Sponsored Clothing Designers: West Coast Leather (Green Jacket), William Lei (Black Denim Jacket and Jacquard-Print Poplin Shirt)
Special Thanks: Richard Cascio, Prosper Mubianga, Jimi Thomas, Monica Sierralta
"SUMMER FOG" MUSIC CREDITS
Songwriter/Vocalist/Instrumentalist: Christopher Kenji
Producer/Arranger: Christopher Kenji
Co-producer/Recording Engineer: Dan Cantor at Notable Studios in Watertown, MA
Mix Engineer: Christopher Kenji
Mastering Engineer: Brian Iele at Santa Cecilia Sound in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Violin: Lily Lyons
Guitar Overdub Assistant: Milo Horstman
Special Thanks: Wesley Coleman, Sean Brennan
ONE-WAY MIRROR LYRIC VIDEO
This lyric video for Christopher Kenji's song, "One-Way Mirror", as well as its hand-painted artwork and customized lettering, was made by popular YouTube creator, Common Sense.