Video #139 of 1000 – Desiree, Gabrielle and Isabelle Symons – Poison and Wine by The Civil Wars. Recorded in a stairwell on January 29, 2012 in HD (1080p on DSC – HV9X).

When Dave Symons (a talented performer in his own right who will have his day on EveryDayMusic) asked me to shoot his three daughters singing I happily agreed. This was the first of four songs that I shot with them over a period of a couple months (that I posted on my other channel: www.youtube.com/theinnertubetv)… and was part of the inception of EveryDayMusic. Before this I’d just been shooting concerts/gigs on the sly (starting Apr. 2010). This was the first one-shot video that I shot on my tiny Sony DSC HX9V and it was so beautiful and simple (and sounded so good in that concrete stairwell) that I started thinking about how I could shoot more of them (with other artists). I bought an XA10 and started shooting EveryDayMusic in bars and clubs around Vancouver so that I could start meeting people and finding the music that this project needed to come to life.

One day I hope to shoot a one-shot video with EVERY artist I’ve posted on EveryDayMusic (and perhaps, this project, as it snowballs, will get their attention so that wish might come true). Universe? You listening?

Check out my EveryDayMusic at: www.everydaymusic.ca

Shot by Rod Matheson for EveryDayMusic
Posted with permission of the artists.