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“I had a blast, and the result was worth the back spasms I suffered the next day.” GREG AMICI unveils ‘Girl Next Door’ video

NEW JERSEY artist GREG AMICI presents ‘Girl Next Door’ video and single, a love letter to the unsung heroes of the music industry and a song featured on debut album ‘Tragicomic’ – via Magic Door Record Label.

“At the turn of the century, I wrote a pilot about a bitter has-been/never-was singer-songwriter who is reinvigorated when a young record label assistant sees him perform at a dingy club, loves his music, and sets out to garner him some recognition and respect in the business,” he said.

“Naturally, I took a hand at writing the theme song for this never-realized piece of genius – hence ‘Girl Next Door.’ The ‘Lucy’ character was an invention, but as I began writing the script, I looked around for someone to serve as the model. I used to hang out with my old friend Matt Pinfield when he was at CBS, and would often come across his lovely, sweet-as-pie, hardworking, ambitious assistant. I realized I had my model. That girl was the now-famous Allison Hagendorf.“Mark Jaworski designed and did all the photography for ‘Tragicomic.’ I think he’s a genius. We’d discussed doing a video for one of the songs. We were going to do something cool, but time-consuming. I wanted to get a video out by the middle of July, and time was marching on, so I called him and asked if we could just do it in one day in his studio. I left it to him to choose from several potential singles. On the day I arrived at the studio, he said he had a vision for ‘Girl Next Door.’ He sure did. My role was to twist, turn, pound, and cackle. The rest was all Mark. I had a blast, and the result was worth the back spasms I suffered the next day.”

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