No Jumper

Sharps dives into the creative mind of illustrious video director James Larese, to chop it up about the business, how he navigates his way to success, artists he's worked with, how he keeps his motivation going, and more! https://www.instagram.com/tha_sharp_one/ https://www.instagram.com/jameslarese/ ----- 00:00 Intro 5:20 Wanting to direct music videos since he was 8 years old and being blown away after discovering MTV 7:00 James talks about his fascination for creating a full experience through music videos 9:10 Growing up without cable, going to a friend's house to watch MTV 10:45 James talks about putting work into a video to have it get shelved and the process of presenting treatments to labels 12:30 James on having a thick skin, rejection, and hearing “no” a lot more than “yes” in the industry 16:45 James talks about not asking “why” when your idea gets shut down 19:35 Sharp pushes James to talk his sh*t about the industry 20:15 James explains working with newer artists without big budgets because he