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Music Video for “O Soothest Sleep”

This new music video for my song “O Soothest Sleep” was made possible by the Nevada Arts Council Jackpot grant and really excited to share it! Produced by Zen Ritual Creative Services, the music video interprets the concept of my song: sleeping to experience other realities. Allen captured some strikingly beautiful shots of places in Las Vegas including Wet Lands, Spring Mountain Ranch and Calico Basin.

Zen Ritual Creative Services LLC Presents
O SOOTHEST SLEEP
A Film by Allen Muresan and Petrina Olson

Music and Lyrics by JENNIFER BELLOR
Jennifer Bellor, voice
Phil Joy, electric guitar
Audio mixed and edited by Phil Joy
Mastered by Gil Kaupp

The video was made possible by a Nevada Arts Council Jackpot Grant.

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“Lulling Charities” by Jennifer Bellor to “Das Ornament des verliebten Herzens” (1919) by Lotte Reiniger

My favorite animated short film 🎞️was created in 1919 by Lotte Reiniger titled “Das Ornament des verliebten Herzens” (The Ornament of the Lovestruck Heart❤️). Ever since I was introduced to it at Eastman back in 2008 for a composition project at the time, I envisioned writing a new piece for it in the future – a song with original lyrics that was inspired by dreams and how we experience love. “Lulling Charities” is one of the first songs I have completed thus far for my new video concept album project. It is also the first piece of mine that utilizes my antique pump organ – harmonium – and toy piano. This project is really special to me because I fell in love with this animation and am really excited to share it! 😍🎵

Lulling Charities (2017)
Music and Lyrics by Jennifer Bellor
Film “Das Ornament des verliebten Herzens” (1919) by Lotte Reiniger

Voice, Harmonium, toy piano by Jennifer Bellor
Acoustic guitar by Phil Joy
Mixing and Editing by Phil Joy
Mastering by Gil Kaupp

Film “Das Ornament des verliebten Herzens” (1919) by Lotte Reiniger
film from the George Eastman House

Here is the audio on Soundcloud:

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“Lulling Charities” with 1919 animated silhouette film by Lotte Reiniger

Written for and inspired by Lotte Reiniger’s animated short film “Das Ornament des verliebten Herzens” (1919)
Voice, electric guitar, harmonium and electronics
Music, lyrics and voice by Jennifer Bellor
Electric guitar w/improv and mixing/editing by Phil Joy
Duration: 3 minutes

Will be premiered at the October 2 Nextet Concert at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 7:30pm, Doc Rando

Lulling Charities is a song I wrote that is not only inspired by and can be featured with Lotte Reiniger’s animated short, but is also written for my new concept album “To Sleep.” The title of the song is taken from the poem “To Sleep” by John Keats. While writing the music/lyrics, I envision a dream where the character wakes up to a world where hearts grow on trees. Ingesting these hearts will give one a hallucination of euphoria and intense feelings for the person with whom the heart is shared. Like every hallucination, however, it could be short-lived and reality could set in sooner than we want, perhaps leaving the couple heart-broken from any issues that can arise in a relationship. For this couple, however, despite the pain that occurs, they are able to prevail because love for one another is strong and can “withstand the test of time.”