The concept is simple: 10 bands, 10 filmmaker crews, $1,000 each and one weekend to make a music video.
The 5314 Music Video Experiment, run by creative studio owner Doug Usher as an act of love for the Colorado music scene, is now in its 9th year of pairing local filmmakers and bands to see what they can do in just 53 hours and 14 minutes. Over nine years of using this pressure cooker of creativity, the experiment has produced almost 100 of the region’s best music videos.
Once filmed and debuted at the 5314 Music Video Experiment Premeire event, the bands are given their videos to release and use as they wish. Some bands release their videos immediately and some are hanging on for the right moment, so while there are still a few to come, here are the results of 2026’s 5314 Music Video Experiment.
Bitchflower and The Dilly Dalleys with Director Dillon James Cole
Deth Rali and Rocket Steam Productions with Director Alex Stephens
Holdfast and Thompson Productions with Director Joseph Griffith
N3ptune and Nerd Rat Media with Director Jesse Nyander
k8ie and Rat Works Studios with Director Joey Arebalos
Lewis Turner and Get On the Bus with Director Brian Buss
Dominique Christina and Black Sparrow Media with Director Scott Colby – COMING SOON
May Be Fern and CSI Films with Director Blake Miller – COMING SOON
No Fauna and Play-Haus with Director Jack Krause – COMING SOON
Tonguebyte and Gutflower Studios – DROPPING IN 2027
Find out more about the 5314 Music Video Experiment HERE.
