We are a creative group of about 35 members who gather each year to produce some of America's most compelling live concert video footage.
Our Executive Team includes:
Patrick - Executive Producer – The Magician.
For the last 20 years, Pat has developed an eclectic set of skills and experiences in various aspects of production. Pat’s specialty is making it happen. In the 1980’s Pat trained in TV production and spent most of the late 80’s and early 90’s producing television programming and documentary films, including the award winning Zapatista. In the 1990’s Patrick spent his time working as a researcher for Hollywood’s A-list, including Oliver Stone, Sean Connery, Andrew Davis, etc. Patrick did the formal research for Oliver Stone’s acclaimed JFK. Currently Fourmy is using his extensive experience in TV, film and music to help executive produce many of Natural VIP projects.
Luke - President – The Passion.
For the past 7 years, Luke has directed videos for over 500 individual acts, lending his talents to several leading music festivals and performing venues including the Monterey Fairgrounds, Shoreline Ampitheatre, Reggae on the River, EarthDance International, and the Bob Marley Movement Festival. In addition, Luke has lead the development of several award winning multimedia projects for clients including Microsoft, NAMM, Heavy.com, Apple QuickTime, VideoClixTV and JustEnough, Inc. In 2002, Luke worked with Microsoft to establish the music video channels and programming on MSN Video. From 2002-2006 Luke served as the CEO of JustEnough, Inc., a multimedia company dedicated to teenage musicians. At JustEnough, Luke developed an award winning line of musical instructional products and launched them in top national retailers including FYE, Borders, Barnes & Nobles, and Discovery Stores, established an online community of over 25,000 teenage musicians and developed JustEoughTV as a promotion vehicle and video aggregator for independent artists.
Luke has a B.A. degree from the Institute for Management and International Entrepreneurship at Monterey Bay.
Christopher “CJ” - Producer – The Artists.
CJ is a critically acclaimed Cinematographer, Editor and Producer who has specialized in international documentary productions. His credits include cinematographer for the award-winning film “Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars”, director of photography for “Matador, The Documentary Film” along with various production credits for A&E, Discovery, The History Channel, The Travel Channel, MSNBC and ARD-Germany. Prior to receiving his Master’s Degree in Film & Video Production from Stanford University in 1999, Chris was an Ambassadorial Scholar to Chile and he was selected by the UNHCR to work with deaf Sudanese refugees in Kakuma, Kenya.
And last, but certainly not least, are the 30+ outstanding individuals who make up our production and post-production crews. They are the best!
Music
Each year Natural VIP produces live videos for over 100 artist, so there are way too many to list here. As far as genres go, we love all good music, but have a particular flavor for Reggae, Conscious Hip-hop and Rock.
Movies
Films we have worked on include:
Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars
Matador: The Documentary Film
Sharks: Stewards of the Reef
Riverwebs
JFK
Chain Reaction
Zapatista
Get The Music DVD
O.J. The Untold Story (for BBC)
Television
Our videos have been aired on:
LinkTV, BET, MTV, Tempo, MSN Video, A&E, The Travel Channel, MSNBC, The History Channel, Disney and the Discovery Channel
Books
We have worked on the following books & publications:
Prevailing Winds Magazine
The JFK Assasination Quiz Book
Crime and Coverup
JustEnough Guitar, Bass, Drums, and Vocals
Killing Time
Heroes
Our heroes are our clients and partners.
Thank you MSN, Elliot at Lookout Management,Carol at Reggae Rising, Bo at the Harmony Festival, Barnet with the Joshua Tree Music Festival, Warren at the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, Neil at Xingolati Groove Cruise, Andre and the Monterey Bay Reggae Festival, Richie Booker and the Bob Marley Movement of Jah People, Joe Fletcher Presents, Monterey Bay Blues Festival, NORML, MySpace, XL Recordings, Pat Riley at Geniisis Agents, Erik at Trinadad Services, IODA, Oliver Stone, Andy at Chicago Pacific Entertainment, Mark at Paramount Pictures, Chris at EarthDance, Paul at People Productions, Jeffree Entertainment, Ben Fuller at Link TV, Michael at Auricast, Chris at iBeam, Jimbeau at Mobile Media Now...thanks to all of you!
Natural Video In Production, Inc. Santa Barbara, CA US President Film & Video
Last 7 years + future
Natural VIP Preproduction for the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival. Sorry friends and family, no Harmony Festival for Natural VIP this year. view more
Who I'd like to meet: First and foremost concert and festival promoters who want the highest level live video production services for their venue. Secondly, talented independent bands. Combined with our partner companies, we will give you opportunities to make ongoing revenue streams from your live performance, including web streaming, broadcast, DVD's, video downloads, and online video promotions.
Rootsman Enterprises and Zion Bound Media present legendary reggae producer Clive Chin in a series of Southern California events. Clive Chin will be selecting vinyl hits from Randy’s studio with an accompanying Power Point multi-media demonstration. The first event takes place April 1, 2009 in Los Angeles at the Dub Club inside the Echoplex, sharing the bill are Tristan Palma and Michael Palmer. Two other evening events are scheduled, Thursday, April 2nd, Reggae School at the World Beat Center in San Diego’s Balboa Park and Friday, April 3rd at the Loft on the UC-San Diego campus.
Prolific reggae producer Clive Chin ranks as one of Jamaican music’s greatest unsung heroes. While working at the family business, Randy’s Record Store (which evolved into VP Records) and its upstairs studio known as Randy’s Studio 17, Chin facilitated seminal recordings by the ’70s top reggae performers and producers: (Bob Marley &) the Wailers, Augustus Pablo, Tommy McCook, Alton Ellis, Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, Lee Perry and Black Uhuru.
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WILD LIFE - GANJA YARD AVAILABLE NOW ON ITUNES AND ALL OTHER MAJOR DOWNLOAD PLATFORMS!
Not Easy At All Productions is proud to present Wild Life, one of the hottest upcoming artist in the Caveman family. Some of you will already know him from "Farming Time", a track he co-wrote with no other than Bunny Wailer.
In Ganja Yard, Wild Life explains with a voice like an earthquake "why the spliff dem so long" on the island of Jamaica.. High Grade tune on Not Easy At All Production's Collie Weed Riddim. This will be one of the biggest Ganja Anthems of 2009. Check it! Now available on I-Tunes worldwide and all other major download platforms. Enjoy!
Le nouvel opus de WINSTON MCANUFF, Nostradamus (réalisé par Clive Hunt), sort le 20 octobre et est accompagné d’une tournée nationale avec The Black Kush band et notamment le légendaire guitariste Earl Chinna Smith (qui lui aussi sort un nouvel opus Inna de Yard le 13 octobre). « Nostradamus » annonce le retour de Winston McAnuff dans une formule 100% reggae…
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