back to the edit…
A Snapshot of the Musicwood Edit
Back to working full time on Musicwood (had to go to the day job for a while there), and we’re hoping to have the finished film by early summer. Thanks for all your support guys, it really gets us through. Just sent out an update to the Kickstarter backers, and was having a fun time remembering back to the Kickstarter campaign: the intensity, the stress, the massive PR push, the elation at reaching our goal. These days when I see someone I know is running a Kickstarter campaign, I pledge pretty quickly because I remember how amazing it felt for each and every donation (no matter how small!). The site has really blown up in the 9 months since we ran our campaign. They’ve had a number of million-dollar projects, and I think the success rate is currently at about 43%, which makes for some tough odds. It’s a great tool to have, and we couldn’t have gotten to where we are today without it.
And we’re settling in to a solid 6 week edit, where we’re going to take this rough cut and make it something even closer to the finished film. This can be a tough part of the process: we’re so close to being finished, but have to stay focused and work hard to get there. We’re excited to see the finished film begin to take shape, and can’t wait to start the next (and massive) step on our journey: distribution and outreach! Thanks for joining us on this adventure.
filming with The Antlers & Kaki King
Interviewing The Antlers
Well, we had a great experience last week filming an interview with The Antlers and then an interview and performance by the spectacularly talented Kaki King. The guys from The Antlers were happy to chat about the acoustic guitar and what it’s meant to them over the years. They talked about learning to play guitar on an acoustic, how they love and use that specific acoustic sound, and a bit about how they might feel if that sound had to change.
Then we talked with Kaki King about her multitude of acoustic guitars, how the wood affects each one’s sound, and more. Finished up with her performing a rousing version of Bone Chaos in the Castle, which was an absolute pleasure to behold. We should also give a shout-out to our gorgeous location, Daddy’s, which was gracious enough to open early for us, and provided a fantastic backdrop (take a look at that pic below!).
A great time, some great stuff, and we’re really looking forwards to cutting it together and getting it in the film.
Filming with Kaki King
Gibson interview about illegal logging
In light of the NAMM music conference starting in LA, and the fact that NAMM has called for a major change to the Lacey Act we thought we should post this interview. Dave Berryman of Gibson wants to ensure all wood that they use comes from legally logged forests, “that’s the responsible thing to do”. Why then would NAMM want to support a different goal for music instrument makers?
