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Volume 1-2011
 

Sam Broussard Reviews Steve Conn's New CD Beautiful Dream.

 

Sam Broussard - Musician/Writer.

There’s a lot of good music out there these days. Powerful sounds burnished by sonic landscapers, singers who can emote at the heights of passion all day, musicians who can play anything and do, and amateur musicians who create mood cathedrals on laptops that sound just tossed off, pulled out of a pocket and dropped into your inner spaces, mixing in with the howling winds of your very own and very unique void.

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This edition RARWRITER.com begins to explore the process of independent filmmaking through development of a project that has been years in the making.

The setup is a classic romance of a young man who, longing for a love he cannot have, experiences a wonderland of liaisons with female archetypes. A 20-something musician whose natural milieu is the urban underworld, he explores love, lust and sympathetic desire through 18 musical compositions ranging in mode from rock and blues and a show tune or two to alternative modern ballads. Musical scenes, which are not conceived as music videos (ala MTV) but rather as artistic set pieces providing the director room to explore the songs in the context of a thematic structure, are connected through brief exchanges of dialogue between key characters, which are always designed to introduce the next musical transition.

As models one might consider Across the Universe, Absolute Beginners and Nine Songs on an El Mariachi-type budget of $15,000 to $30,000.  Another example might be Francis Ford Coppola's One From the Heart. A thoughtful person may look at that list and note that every one of those films was something less than a box office sensation, and almost all were critically panned (not El Mariachi, which launched the American film career of Director Robert Rodriguez, whose sequel Desperado starred Selma Hayak and Antonio Banderas).

"The RAR Movie" project is not so much about the arriving at a final destination as it is documenting the journey along the way. That said, if the right director could be found - some intuitive, creative person who could develop compelling story-telling images for what is primarily a visual set to music - the project provides some juicy opportunities for the right young actors and musicians.

The script is written, a draft of the shooting script is available (to convey concepts), and demo versions of the 18-song soundtrack are available on CD. The need is for cast and crew, including a director of photography, who could complete the work under tight budget constraints and do it well enough to compete for entry at film festivals.

The project yields two primary products, a DVD and Soundtrack CD, and provides an extraordinary opportunity for a talented group of primarily young people (click here to read casting requirements) to do interesting work.

Stay with RARWRITER.com as over the next many editions as we explore the process of :

  • Development - Creation of the work

  • Pre-Production - Cast, crew and location selections; shooting script refined

  • Production - Digital cinematography

  • Post-Production - Editing, production sound, music tracks (and songs) recorded, computer-graphic 'visual' effects digitally added, sound elements mixed and synchronized to picture, film lock

  • Sales and Distribution - Entry to independent film festivals and markets

Can a project of this nature be accomplished? This is what this series explores, as we visit the rich resources of the San Francisco Bay Area to learn what may be accomplished through vision, execution of technical abilities, application of resources, and the right kinds of connections.

 

Click here to read Part 1 of "The RAR Movie Series".

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THIS WEEK'S REAL DEAL:

Notes from RAR

 

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Bohemians in Your Town!

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Note: Angie Mattson continues to add dates, so check www.angiemattson.com for updates.

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For chart news and information on the widest range of artists, check these important sites:

 

 

NEW MUSIC WEEKLY - COLLEGE RADIO CHARTS

 

 

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Canadian Charts
Canada Top Album - Soldier of Love, Sade (Pic)
Canada Hot Single - Jimi Hendrix, "Valley of Neptune" (LEGC) 
Canada Hard Rock LP - Rob Zombie, Hillbilly Deluxe 2 (RRR)
Canada Country - Lady Antebellum, "Need You Now" (EMI)
Canada CHR/Top 40 - Massive Attack, "Heligoland" (Virgin) 

European Charts

Australian Charts

ARIA CHARTS - Australia's Music Chart. All links lead to ARIA.com. Once there, drop down the Aria Charts menu to select from a list of charts, including:
 

Top 50 Singles - The Black Eyed Peas, "I Gotta Feeling" (Interscope)

Top 50 Albums - Michael Jackson, The Essential Michael Jackson,  (EPI/SME)

Digital Track - The Black Eyed Peas, "I Gotta Feeling" (Interscope)

Top 20 Australian Singles - The Black Eyed Peas, "I Gotta Feeling" (Interscope)

Dance Chart - The Black Eyed Peas, "I Gotta Feeling" (Interscope)

Country - Taylor Swift, Fearless (BIG/UMA)

Urban Albums - Hilltop Hoods, State of the Art (CGE/UMA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TOP MP3 DOWNLOADS IN JAPAN

 

Airplay World Official Top 100
The most popular singles on the radio compiled from a worldwide sample of 2650 Top 40 Radio Playlist Charts and provided by Top40-Charts.com every Saturday.

 

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