Nothing Like a Retweet: A Love Rap

It all began with a little refrain that I couldn’t get out of my head…”Nothin’ Like a Retweet.” With the help of the lyrical stylings of one Mr. Owen Borseth, this video blossomed. Well, to say “blossomed” insinuates some kind of smooth and natural process, when in fact it was like building a Slinky out of firewood. But, please, don’t be cruel. It’s easy to attack the rhythmless. We can’t move. So there was a lot of recording and re-recording, syncing and re-syncing, and trust me, I don’t think any of us will ever again doubt the talent of Lil’ Wayne.

But it’s here, and we’re happy, because now we’ve finally found a way to express the joy of your Retweets. AND there’s this little thing about Retweeting and winning an iPad 3.
Watch…and share (if only there were an easy way to do that…)

Who’s responsible for this?

Shooting & Editing: Mostly John Brill @betheguy, who should be your video guy for all your future projects, and some from Jared Ewy @jaredewy
Writing: @jaredewy and @owenborseth
Music: @listenstudio AJ Hochhalter (brilliant beats, sound, rapper guy GET HIM)
Audio recording/editing: @betheguy @jaredewy@korybrunsonband @goodman933 (of Denver’s Channel 93.3)
Producer: @jaredewy

Name.com Customers & Friends Syncin’ the ‘Retweet’:

Cubs Guy: @markedwards
Guy in Wendy’s: Jay White
Girls (courtesy their mother): Tabitha, Sarah and Jessica
Guys in Pakistan: Zain, Zaid, Usama and camera guy Jahangir
Dude in front of coffee shop: Patrick Urn (and cute woman friend with pretty eyes whose name I’ve forgotten)
Professoinal in coffee shop: Mark E. Jones
Yoga guy: Our Founder and CEO, @billmushkin

Name.com Rappers and Playas:

Opening Rapper Dude: Jared Ewy, Name.com Community Holler
Beer Thuggin’ Dude: Owen Borseth, Senior Software Engineer, Leader of Labs, Director of Shiz, Protector of the Unknown Realm, and High Council to The Three Wolves of Howling Moon
Beer Theft Victim: Chris Gaston, System Overlord
Customer Service: John Rupp & Katie Blitzer; Customer Service Agents (alt: BadAss Mofizzles)
Inquisitive Bronco Guy: Nick Salvadore; Code Monkey, Housebroken
Dev Table Syncer: Smitty, Development AdVISOR
Miss Seo Friendly: Caroline Temple; Master of her Domain Concierge, Rhythm
Coffee Website Dude: Dave McBreen; Backend Boss Guy, Hilarious
Back of head: Bo Bergstrom, Marketing Master of Marketing and Keywords Marketing
Primary chorus singer: Patrick ‘P-Mo’ Moroney; Smart Guy, Regaler
Back-up Singer: @ajaxera Michael Combs, UX, XD Engineer
Deep-Voiced Guy: @livet0ski Pat ‘P-Fro’ Ramsey, Keeper of Fro
So Sweet Women: @smashleyfork Ashley Forker and Katie Blitzer; Ashley is Marketing Coordinator, or Marketinator
Board Breaker 1: @snowkitten Melissa Dafni; Black Belt in Domain Portfolio Managing, Marketing, LaX
Board Breaker 2: Ryan Clarey: Black Belt in Funny, Monkey upkeep, Customer Support
Smiling CS Guy: Nicholas Steinbach; America’s Most Wholesome Youth
Montage of “That is your Fate”: John Rupp, Cedar Diegal, Henrik Kronstrom, Ryan Clarey, Nicholas Steinbech: CS Agents o’ Joy and Positive Reinforcement

Big Thank YOU to INK! Coffee and Whole Foods (who had no idea we were shooting at their salad bar)