{"id":56,"date":"2017-10-11T01:46:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T01:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lorenrisker.com\/portfolio\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2017-10-26T05:48:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T05:48:20","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/lorenrisker.com\/portfolio\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Loren Risker is a video producer, documentarian, and co-founder of the Oakland based 24\/7 music video channel OutOfFocus.TV. His videos have received well over a million views on YouTube. He has helped build the video channel for COUNTABLE.US<\/a> from the ground up, live streamed for brands such as CORSAIR<\/a> and FANDOM\/WIKIA<\/a>, and co-founded the annual OUT OF FOCUS MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL <\/a>in Oakland, CA. He's worked with Bay Area legendary musicians such as Shannon and the Clams and Sonny and the Sunsets, and live streamed the Burger Boogaloo<\/a> festival 2 years in a row. His work has been featured on Salon.com,<\/a> MTV.com<\/a>, Stereogum<\/a>, Vice\/Noisey<\/a>, and linked to by the Wall Street Journal<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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      Watch: A Mini-Doc on Carletta Sue Kay, Possibly S.F.'s Most Indescribable Band<\/a> (SFweekly)<\/p>\n

      Behind The Jams: The DJ Primo Story<\/a> (Uptown Almanac)<\/p>\n

      OutOfFocus.TV Profiles Natural Child<\/a> (Nashville Scene)<\/p>\n

      All You Ever Wanted to Know About Shannon and the Clams<\/a> (Uptown Almanac)<\/p>\n

      \"Truly absurd\": New Web series skewers San Francisco's tech culture<\/a> (Salon)<\/p>\n

      New Web Series Satirizes SF\u2019s Tech Boom<\/a> (The Bold Italic)<\/p>\n

      Shannon and the Clams at Burger Boogaloo<\/a> (Brooklyn Vegan)<\/p>\n

      Sam Flax Video Premiere<\/a> (Gorilla vs Bear)<\/p>\n

      SHANNON AND THE CLAMS \u201cCORVETTE\u201d (LA Record)<\/a><\/p>\n

      GET STOOD UP BY A 1950S GREASER IN THE VIDEO FOR \"CORVETTE\" BY SHANNON AND THE CLAMS (VICE)<\/a><\/p>\n

      Shannon And The Clams Take A Retro Ride In \u2018Corvette\u2019 (MTV)<\/a><\/p>\n

      OutofFocus.TV Presents First Annual Music Video Fest at The New Parkway (SF Weekly)<\/a><\/p>\n

      \u201cRemember when MTV used to play music videos?\u201d (East Bay Express)<\/a><\/p>\n

      Sonny and The Sunsets Are All About Self-Acceptance In \"Well But Strangely Hung Man\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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