A short film by Ruwan starring actress Marla Simone. A brilliant little piece.

Last year, I talked to Rukshan Thenuwara (the director of our "El Cid" video) and pitched to him an idea for "Practice Crawling."

He asked maybe four or five questions. There were a few quick drafts but that was it. In a few months, he'd put down the monkey's corporate life in black & white. He and his actors were perfect. I didn't want to change a thing.

Of course, the humor is all Rukshan's idea.

The great thing is that it was created without any input by me. The song isn't about alcoholism but the video proved to be a great example of how we all relate to songs differently, how we make them our own.

Rukshan and I discussed the idea of creating a director's cut, calling it the official video and posting it in HD. He was excited and rightly so, the result is just lovely.

Watch it on YouTube (below).

As a fan, we though we'd oblige. We dragged some video equipment to a few locations in Portland, Maine along with a young actress and the end result was a video for Elliot's song, "Shiloh."

Elliot's song is quite personal and was written about a runaway family member. We saw the oppotunity to add a bit of fiction to the story. In our little movie, the girl is an abusive scenario that centers on the drug trade.

Have a listen to Elliot's MySpace page or grab his newest CD, Delirium Tremens, from iTunes.