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The song lands
Hover to readA link is enough. Every submission gets played all the way through by the crew, not skimmed.
Our initiative for emerging talent: a high-quality music video, produced entirely free of charge, for the artists building tomorrow's culture.
Talent is everywhere.
A budget isn't.
Cascabel Give Back exists to close that gap. Once per edition we hand an emerging artist the same stage, the same crew and the same gear our commercial clients book — and we don't send an invoice. No commission, no rights grab, no strings. You keep the video, you keep the song, you keep the credit.
Not a discount and not a favour from one department. Every company under the roof shows up for it.
A shoot day in the White Nest or the Black Nest, cyclorama included.
Trucks, HMI, tungsten and LED out of our own shop.
Gaffer, key grip, camera and the people who light our commercial work.
Treatment, shot list and a professional package on the day.
Edit, colour and delivery — finished and ready to release.
| Sound stage rental | $0.00 |
| Grip & lighting package | $0.00 |
| Crew | $0.00 |
| Direction & camera | $0.00 |
| Post production | $0.00 |
Paid in full — by the crew
Three editions so far, and the next one is open. Every winner keeps everything we made together.
"A Little Bit in Love"
CountryWinner not in our records yet — pending from Cascabel.
PendingWinner not in our records yet — pending from Cascabel.
PendingApplications are open right now. One song, one idea, one form.
OpenSix frames between the song landing in our inbox and the video landing on your channel. Hover any panel to read it.
A link is enough. Every submission gets played all the way through by the crew, not skimmed.
You tell us what you see when you hear it. We come back with a treatment built around it, not around our gear.
Shot list, crew, stage. The nest gets booked and the call sheet goes out like any paid job.
One day in the White or Black Nest with the full package — stage, grip, lighting and the crew that lights our commercial work.
Edit, colour and delivery. It comes back finished, not as raw files you have to figure out.
You keep the video, the song and the credit. We'd love to share it — that's the whole ask.
Same route as any paid production in this building
You keep the video. You keep the song. You keep the credit.
Cascabel Give Back · no commission, no rights, no strings
Five things we need to be true. Tick the ones that are — nothing here gets sent anywhere, it's just for you.
Every edition, one artist walks out of here with a video they could never have afforded. Let's see if this one is you.
If you're building something real and need the production to match, this is your shot.
A link is enough — streaming, a private upload, a rough mix. We listen to all of them.
What you see when you hear it. A paragraph beats a deck; we'll build the treatment with you.
The crew reviews every submission together. If it's you, we call — and then we plan the shoot day.
One day in the nest with the full package, and post afterwards. You leave with a finished video.
Nothing. The stage, the gear, the crew and post are covered by Cascabel. There's no application fee and no invoice at the end.
You do. We don't take a commission, a publishing cut or the rights to your song. We'd love a credit and to share it on our channels, and that's the extent of it.
The shoot happens at our building at 2370 NW 96 Ave, so you need to be able to get here for the shoot day. Where you're based the rest of the time is up to you.
All of them. The first edition went to a country artist, which surprised a few people. We're listening for a story worth amplifying, not a genre.
There have been three so far. We open a new edition when the calendar and the stages allow it — follow The Rattling or our socials and you'll hear about it first.
Yes, every edition. A no in one round says nothing about the next — different songs land differently with the crew.
Give Back isn't shot on leftovers. It's the same building, the same trucks and the same crew as any paid production.
The White Nest and the Black Nest — 16 ft ceilings and a full cyclorama.
Enter the studios →The Tail, The Body and The Head roll out for it like any other job.
See the gear →Winners, recaps and the next edition get announced here first.
Read the stories →One artist per edition walks out of here with a video they could never have afforded. It might as well be you.