Here’s our latest video, made for McDonald’s and Coke. It’s currently airing in movie theatres and on television, throughout the states. As with the last T-Shirt War video, it all started with a series of brainstorming sessions with Rhett & Link about what the video needed, and figuring out the gags. Once the basic designs were approved(I’ll post some of the "rejected" designs soon), I then went ahead and created the final versions you see in the video. Joe Penna came back again to photograph and edit it to perfection. And, like before, I also abused my face to create all of the sound effects. Enjoy!

Tags: t-shirt war, mcdonalds, Coca-Cola, rhett and link, billy reid, joe penna, animation, t-shirts, stop motion, tv

I just got back from a whirlwind McDonald’s and Coke commercial shoot with Rhett & Link and Joe Penna. Like T-Shirt War before it, I created all the art and animation as well as the sound design. *thwack!*

Stay tuned for updates.

Tags: billy reid, rhett and link, joe penna, mcdonalds, Coca-Cola, commercial, collaboration, t-shirts

The fine folks at Webnation had me come in on Wednesday, and talk about my experiences with internet video. For those who don’t know, “internet video” is a new form of touch football. With lasers, or something.


Click pic for video page. Jump to the 10 minute mark to see me mumble.

Tags: webnation, amber mac, tv, interview, cp24, toronto, billy reid, verytasteful

I just got back from a great trip in North Carolina, visiting my pals Rhett & Link. We've got a fantastic video in the works, but because of some delays out of our control, that video won't be seeing the light of day until November..ish. I also had the pleasure of spending some time with the enormously talented Joe Penna, who will be directing that video.

Speaking of directing, Link directed my upcoming music video. Say tuned for that, I'm just in the editing process now.


Link and Billy

Tags: billy reid, very tasteful, rhett, link, joe penna, mysteryguitarman, collaboration, Video, north carolina, friends

I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Alexis Stoymenoff for her piece on comedy and music for CBC Radio 3. Click the link below to listen. I’m in the first half of the piece.

http://radio3.cbc.ca/blogs/2009/04/Music-and-Comedy-A-Match-Made-in-Canada

Tags: cbc radio3, cbc, interview, Music, comedy, billy reid, canada

The swell people at Revver have chosen “My Mom” as their top pick today.



Thanks to everyone who wrote it to let me know.

Tags: billy reid, Very tasteful, featured, revver, my mom, Video, news

The fabulous folks at Revver have chosen “What We’ve Got” as their top pick today.


Thanks to everyone who wrote it to let me know.

The sexy folks at YouTube have chosen my newest video as their top pick today on YouTube Canada.


Thanks to everyone who wrote in the let me know!

The Globe & Mail have written a cool article about Toronto rapper Abdominal, an artist I had the privilege of featuring on Youtube recently. There are a few quotes from me sprinkled throughout. Here's part of the piece :

Abdominal's video was selected for the YouTube homepage (U.S. and Canada) by Billy Reid of verytasteful.com, who YouTube tapped to pick his favourites for the hot spot. Reid is a Toronto based artist who creates original quirky music videos that have earned him a YouTube fan base, like the popular “ White Chicks & Gang Signs.” Reid made a conscious effort to select Canadian videos, especially ones that haven't been showcased on YouTube.

Read the full article here
Thanks to everyone who wrote in to let me know.

Well, so far 2008 is coming along nicely. I'm currently working at CBC this month, helping out at Radio 3 (a great group of people, btw). I'm also in the process of creating a new video with Vancouver photographer Adam Schelle. We're excited about the idea, and hopefully we'll be able to shoot that sometime next week. I also have some cool news involving YouTube, but I'll post that sometime next week or so.

Keep you eye on the site, I'll be posting new music very, very soon.

I did an interview with G4's Torrent TV recently, and you can see it here.

Here's a scan of a Globe & Mail article about the show I've been working on. Check it out in the "Press" section.

Behind the scenes.

I've been working hard these last two weeks over in Vancouver for CBC's upcoming show Exposure. I'm basically writing, producing and editing pieces right now, with a little composing for good measure. The show doesn't premiere for another 6 weeks, but you can check out the site at cbc.ca/exposure. I encourage any of you guys n' gals to upload your best stuff to the site, as you could get your stuff broadcast on national television. There is also a cool $25,000 web development deal that you could win, so check it out.

Here's a clip from the fine folks at Sports Radio 610 in Houston Texas.



Thanks to Chance for the clip.

Tune in to the Comedy Network this coming Sunday and check out my cartoon Mechanical Pencil, along with some other fun shorts.

Sunday March 11th at 11:30pm et/pt & 3:30 am et/pt