just some clips

hey guys. here are some clips of the bands i recorded. some good stuff i got! enjoy!



Necrosis:

Moistmakers:

Morphium Theory (show 1):

Morphium Theory (show 2):

finished film

here is my finished film! do i love it? no. am i proud of my work? yes. would i change anything? absolutely.


for one, there was a lot of footage i had some problems with. i am just not technically gifted so i couldn't avoid such issues. i couldn't even use any of dan's footage because of the sound problems! i'm sad about that. but his band was great and i thank Morphium Theory for such great footage of their show. as for aaron welcher, i'm glad his stuff worked because he was so funny!


anyway, thanks to all of those who were interested enough to help me create this film. i hope you all like it. peace.

finished poster ad

here is my finalized poster ad! please let me know what you think so I can make any necessary revisions! thanks!

connections

now that i've begun filming and doing some interviews, i've come to notice that i need a bit of known stuff in my documentary as well. i think some movie clips would be especially helpful in making my documentary more interesting and even a bit funny. my first, and only at the moment, idea is to use clips from the movie School of Rock. this would be a perfect movie because it works with the idea that school and rock often compete in the minds of parents, teachers, and students. it is hard to balance both successfully without choosing which is more important to each individual. if anyone else has any ideas of where i can get some good clips let me know!

just for fun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd-YOsUCgTI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7qXmtUKI5s&feature=related

interview questions

i have now finalized the questions i plan to ask my facebook group, you my interested blog readers, and my interviewees. some are geared towards musicians still in school and some are geared towards those who chose music over college. please feel free to leave comments and answer any/all of the questions. thanks!

- how long have you been involved with playing in a "band"?
- what types of "bands" have you been in and what instruments have you and your group members played?
- how has being in college affected your being a musician (ie: helped, hindered, time constraints, networking, money)?
- did you ever dream or aspire to "make it big" and did that original desire change because of college?
- has your number of available or scheduled "gigs" been affected by being in college? how?
- has your chosen genre and style affected your popularity and chances of "making it big"?
- if you had chosen to not go to college and instead focus on your music, do you think you would have been successful?
- why did you choose to leave college to focus on your music career?
- do you plan to eventually go back and finish college?
- do you believe that both can be done (college and rock)?
- any regrets?

please let anyone know who might be interested in answering these questions and being included in my documentary. thanks!

Poster Ad

i have begun to work on my poster ad lately and have found that i actually have an idea i may stick with. i guess you could say that i often have too many ideas for projects and it tends to lead to frustration when i have to pick exactly what i will do, as compared to what i want to do. i think it may be because this is turning out to be a pretty cool project.

ok, so my idea is as follows, picture this: a picture of a dorm room, filled with books, and there are a few instruments strewn throughout, such as a keyboard, guitar, bass, and maybe even some drums. however, these instruments are being used as hangers, dust collectors, and more or less props than actual instruments. it reflects how the idea of a 'college musician' is essentially a musician who has been forced to put education first. the catch phrase scribbled at the bottom of the poster will read: "Making the choices no musician ever wanted to make." this relates to the title of my documentary, one that i think i like very much. it's simple and not too frilly, but gives my audience an idea of what is coming: "College vs. Rock". catchy no?

ok i think that's it for today. the filming is having some trouble, seeing as my camera proved to be more of a problem than an asset. i think i have to go to walmart and just buy myself a damn new one. forget all this trouble that my mom's camera is causing because, well, i'm running out of time.

A Documentary Idea

so today is the first time i have ever written a blog. im still not sure how i feel about it but as it is a required part of my documentary class, here goes nothing...

i am currently in a class called COMM 408, visual communications. we are creating political documentaries and i have finally found a subject i am interested and that i feel others will be interested in as well. i have titled it "the plight of the college rock musician". this refers to my ideas about what it is like to be a rock musician in today's world and also in college. it is because of these two criteria that we find many bands that are not considered mainstream music. it is also because of this that they struggle. do rock bands all want to "make it big" or are they just interested in playing the music they like? do they play what they like or what they are good at and how does it affect their fanbase? do rockers have to give up what they feel is right in order to ever emerge from the local open mic night scene?

it is these questions that i plan to focus on. i want to know about the politics in music and how college students such as myself handle these controversies. i will be interviewing local musicians in my area and getting some good footage from the local places that host such things as open mic night and battle of the bands.

any suggestions??