The Christchurch Music Managers Forum in association with ((Chart)) is screening of the music documentary "Before the Music Dies". MAINZ, 191 High St, Weds 24th Oct 2007, 8pm
BEFORE THE MUSIC DIES tells the story of music at this precarious moment.
Filmmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen travelled the US for a year, hoping to understand why mainstream music seems so packaged and repetitive, and whether corporations really had the power to silence musical innovation..
The answers they found on this journey-ultimately, the promise that the future holds-are what makes BEFORE THE MUSIC DIES both riveting and exhilarating.
It features Erykah Badu, Branford Marsalis, Billy Preston, Dave Matthews, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, Elvis Costello, Doyle Bramhall II, Questlove, Hubert Sumlin, North Mississippi Allstars, My Morning Jacket and Calexico as well as interviews with industry execs, radio moles and more.
The documentary film is an unsettling and inspiring look into the music industry that has built a passionate following as "the most important film a music fan will ever see" (Lee Abrams--XM Radio) by providing "a balanced overview of the state of the music scene of America" (The Wall Street Journal) and adding "passion to the eternal debate about the industry" (The New York Times).
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration This MMF session is part of the annual schedule of events so for MMF members only so entry is free for them and 1 guest. To register your place email the ChCh MMF Co-ordinator.
