Exclusive video: Pants Velour saunters into StudioA

• The band's unique blend of hip-hop and pop landed them a spot on 'X Factor'
• Eli Northrup is a lawyer by day, a rapper by night
• The band once won a year's worth of burritos from Chipotle

Using the term success loosely, New York-based hip-hop pop band Pants Velour got their first taste of it, literally, when they won a year's worth of burritos for writing a jingle for Chipotle in 2008."I used to work at Chipotle," says MC Eli Northrup, who is now a lawyer. "They had this contest to name your own burrito and talk about it ... so we did a jingle called Dr. Guapo."

But they're not starving artists. Seven of the eight band members -- Cenophila Mitchell, Josh Raff, Samuel Coe, Jordan Battiste, Larry Zipf, Rajiv Ravishankar and Northrup -- have day jobs. "This is our 5-9 job," Northrup says. Lead singer Nicole Leidinger keeps her vocal cords warmed up, and makes ends meet, with a steady stream of wedding singer gigs. (The video below features three songs by the band)

Band members hope their 5-9 job becomes their full-time occupation. With a spot on this season's X Factor and with the production expertise of David Kahne (Paul McCartney, The Strokes, Regina Spektor), who is working on their single, All I Need, they could be on the way. In the meantime, they juggle their day jobs, rehearsals and gigs and keep track of it all with Google calendar.

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"Conflicts come up all the time, but we find a way to get everyone in a room," rapper Raff says.

(Here's what the band has to say about their career, below)