Mood: EXCITED!
Listening to: Doyle Bramhall II
Reading: Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Watching: Before the Music Dies

UPDATE: IF YOU LIVE IN NYC, THE PREMIERE OF THE FILM WILL BE FRIDAY, AUGUST 12.. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

BEFORE THE MUSIC DIES



I have not updated this journal in a really long time, but this time I actually have something to say. I have been working with a company that I absolutely love, Bside.com. We are a film distribution company, but a very unique one. I get to combine my two passions: web development and film.

Anyways, the reason I am posting this is because we have a movie coming out in the fall and the website was just launched.

The movie is called Before the Music Dies and it's a magnificent documentary about the American music industry.

The Synopsis:
With outstanding musical performances and revealing interviews, Before the Music Dies takes a critical and comedic look at the faceless machinery of the American music industry and the increasingly bland mediocrity it produces.

Throughout the documentary, talents such as Dave Matthews, Erykah Badu, Branford Marsalis, Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt, and Questlove join industry commentators and the fans themselves to creatively “pull back the curtain” and expose the sad truth behind today’s music stars.

“The reality is that superficiality is in,” says Marsalis. “And depth and quality is kind of out.”

In their quest for “real” American music, filmmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled thousands of miles to uncover mega-talents without major labels, including one artist Eric Clapton proclaims as “the real thing.”

In addition to interviewing artists, the filmmakers asked writers and critics from Indie 911, CNN, USA Today, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, NPR and others why radio stations always play the same few songs over and over again, why major labels no longer allow musicians to develop their career over time, why local radio stations don’t feel so local anymore, and so much more.

Before the Music Dies features incredible, never-before-seen performances by many of the artists featured in the film, including Dave Matthews, Erykah Badu, Calexico, Branford Marsalis, Eric Clapton, Blaze, Guy Forsyth, and Correo Aereo.

Visit the Website

So check it out and let me know what you think! I think everyone will absolutely love this film and I am trying to get the word out, so tell your friends who might be interested.

THIS FALL, BEFORE THE MUSIC DIES!!!!!!!

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