It All Begins Here

A peak behind the curtain for our music video for Break It Off, shot on sight in the Q Train

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The path to love is sometimes a commute away.

Gwendolyn Fitz paints a painfully beautiful picture in her new single Break It Off. Her writing transcends the flowery imagery of a break-up and instead delivers it as a dish best served cold. One of the most stirring places for many New Yorkers is the subway. The subway stops remain static but our lives do anything but. There is a frigid indifference to the sands of time in the tunnels below. Yet another day dawns on the MTA, and it is told by one of it’s most loyal foot soldiers, ukulele in tow.

The Ride Up

Gwendolyn and I rode up on what was a seasonably hot day in July. The subway’s air conditioning keeping us cool all the way up to Union Square 14th street. We then hung out on the platform for a few minutes and rode right back on down again to Flatbush!

Wiping The Slate Clean

Gwendolyn captures the cavernous and sterility of this subway station in great detail. Each stopping train like waves upon the shore, washing away the memories of riders’ past. You are left with a sense of newness and stillness at the expense of feeling lonely and lost with every passing B & Q train.

We took to the streets at this 7th Avenue station in Park Slope. The sweat of day heavily beaded on our furrowed brow, sun shining bright as ever.

Bonus fun, Great Vibes

Although this is an incredibly emotionally moving song, we had a lot of fun making it together. At one point a mariachi band joined the subway car. This was an immeasurably meaningful undertaking with Gwendolyn. And I am forever grateful for her working with me on this magnanimous song she penned.

We recored the entire song at the studio space in Flatbush. Whereafter, I edited, mixed and mastered the duet we had created. I loved trying to capture the beautiful resonance in Gwendolyn’s voice as well as her angelic ukulele playing.