Every Monday for the past 25 weeks, St. Louis filmmaker Brian McClelland’s Blip Blap Video has been bringing you the best music St. Louis has to offer. The 25 episodes that make up season 3 of the local live music series included not one but two contestants from The Voice in Joanna Serenko (season 18) and Neil Salsich (season 23) alongside local stalwars like Bo and the Locomotive, Laka, Neil C. Luke of Old Souls Revival, Frankie DoWop, and longtime friend of The Arts STL Todd Sarvies (no stranger to reality TV himself). Season 2 of the local live music series featured performances by the likes of Jimmy Griffin, Steve Ewing, The Burney Sisters, iLLPHONiCS, Brothers Lazaroff, Emily Wallace, Opera Bell Band, Tommy Halloran, The Gaslight Squares, and many more, while the 25 episodes that made up season 1 included Clownvis, Beth Bombara, Bruiser Queen, and the So Grand Polka Band. Chan Maurice Evans’ heartfelt episode has garnered over 106,000 views so far.
After a brief break, Live from the Boom Room will return for a fourth season of 25 more spectacular performances on July 31st. Season 4 will kick off with an amazing episode starring Dave Grelle & the Playadors featuring a special guest vocalist, the aforementioned Joanna Serenko. There will also be a party to kick off the festivities in person; stay tuned to the Blip Blap Video Facebook page for details
Live from the Boom Room started in October 2021 after McClelland was inspired to create a small-scale video performance platform, free of charge to artists, providing a diverse and genre-busting showcase of musical performing artists in the St. Louis region. The show is a one-man production, entirely produced in McClelland’s basement rehearsal/karaoke “Boom Room.” Seasons 2 and 3 of Live from the Boom Room were partially funded by a generous grant from the Regional Arts Commission, and McClelland also accepts donations at https://paypal.me/blipblap to help keep Live from the Boom Room an absolutely free service for the contributing musicians.
Check out seasons 1 through 3 of Live from the Boom Room here.
