Showing posts with label 80/35. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 80/35. Show all posts
8035 Lineup Clues Video
I was asked by the organizers of 80/35 to produce a video promo around the lineup announcements for this year's festival, and the first went up last night. The video features clues to some of the bands who will be announced as part of the lineup on April 3. Also: comedy!
After being up for just a few hours, the video's getting some great traffic and generating lots of speculation as to the lineup, especially on the 80/35 Facebook page.
Thanks to the talented actors and crew who rocked it. We are currently planning a followup video leading up to the second lineup announcement.
A Weekend of (filming) Music
So it took me a little longer than expected to recap the weekend. It was a great weekend of music and we got some great footage for the documentary. The only downside was that working to get that footage left me little time to just sit and listen.
The third 80/35 felt like it really hit a groove. It's big enough to draw A-list bands but still feels like a neighborhood festival. We shot a great interview with William Elliot Whitmore, and after negotiating level after level of handlers, and with the help of the amazing Jill Haverkamp, we were able to shoot an interview with Spoon's Britt Daniel.
Mr. Daniel, or Britt as I've decided he'd like me to call him, was very cool and had a real perspective on Daytrotter. I'm so glad we were able to sit down with him for the film.
After watching Spoon's headlining set on the main stage, Naura and I were both feeling too tired to head to The Mews to catch the always amazing Poison Control Center. But I must admit my head exploded a little the next morning when I saw this picture from the friends we would have gone to the show with:
Sunday morning, we rolled east to the Codfish Hollow Barn just outside of Maquoketa for the Daytrotter Barn on the 4th Show. We went in with a few interviews in mind, a few performances we wanted shoot, but aware we wouldn't be able to get everything. We got everything.
We shot performances and interviews with The Walkmen, Dawes and Justin Townes Earle, as well as performance from Jonny Corndawg with Dawes as his backup band. We got great interviews and footage of the Daytrotter crew making the whole thing happen.
But what made the footage so killer was the atmosphere of the event itself. I've never seen musicians and fans so charged to be with each other. The Walkmen and Dawes both played afternoon sets in Des Moines and then drove through the rain to play a second show because they wanted the experience of playing a Daytrotter barn show.
We wish we could just throw all our material into the social media stream. But aspiring to put together a feature as we are, and in the interests of only putting out what we've had the chance to polish, we'll be sitting on it for now.
Once we're happy with the cut of our trailer, we'll be launching our website and Facebook pages, and then we will be posting shorter bits of video and pictures from these amazing shoots.
Several people approached us while we were shooting the barn show with enthusiasm and curiosity about the film. We look forward to staying engaged.
The third 80/35 felt like it really hit a groove. It's big enough to draw A-list bands but still feels like a neighborhood festival. We shot a great interview with William Elliot Whitmore, and after negotiating level after level of handlers, and with the help of the amazing Jill Haverkamp, we were able to shoot an interview with Spoon's Britt Daniel.
Mr. Daniel, or Britt as I've decided he'd like me to call him, was very cool and had a real perspective on Daytrotter. I'm so glad we were able to sit down with him for the film.
After watching Spoon's headlining set on the main stage, Naura and I were both feeling too tired to head to The Mews to catch the always amazing Poison Control Center. But I must admit my head exploded a little the next morning when I saw this picture from the friends we would have gone to the show with:
Sunday morning, we rolled east to the Codfish Hollow Barn just outside of Maquoketa for the Daytrotter Barn on the 4th Show. We went in with a few interviews in mind, a few performances we wanted shoot, but aware we wouldn't be able to get everything. We got everything.
But what made the footage so killer was the atmosphere of the event itself. I've never seen musicians and fans so charged to be with each other. The Walkmen and Dawes both played afternoon sets in Des Moines and then drove through the rain to play a second show because they wanted the experience of playing a Daytrotter barn show.
We wish we could just throw all our material into the social media stream. But aspiring to put together a feature as we are, and in the interests of only putting out what we've had the chance to polish, we'll be sitting on it for now.
Once we're happy with the cut of our trailer, we'll be launching our website and Facebook pages, and then we will be posting shorter bits of video and pictures from these amazing shoots.
Several people approached us while we were shooting the barn show with enthusiasm and curiosity about the film. We look forward to staying engaged.
Rock & Roll Weekend
The four shows/events range from a multi-day festival to a backyard concert. All are happening in Iowa, three just in Des Moines.
Tonight I'll be at a small, backyard performance by singer/songwriter Dick Prall. Dick's doing a nationwide tour exclusively of house parties - a cool concept and an exciting, intimate way to see a show.
Saturday and Sunday bring the ever-awesome 80/35 Music Festival back to Des Moines, with a really killer lineup this year.
If I'm not face-down from exhaustion or otherwise Saturday night, I plan to get over to the Vaudeville Mews to catch a free show from Poison Control Center - great guys who just put out an amazing record.
Then Sunday night I'll be rolling across the state to a barn outside Maquoketa for a 4th of July Barn Show being put on by Daytrotter. Another unbelievable lineup in an unlikely location. This will be more of a working event, however, as I'm currently producing and directing a documentary film about Daytrotter. It's an exciting project we've been working on for some time, but keeping mostly under wraps. We expect to launch a more public face for the film in the coming weeks.
I'll work to post updates on the shows here throughout the weekend, and will absolutely post more on the documentary as soon as I can.
80/35 Festival
Naura, Henry and I were able to check out the inaugural 80/35 Festival in Des Moines this weekend and had a great time.With a great lineup, perfect weather, reasonable prices and manageable crowd (for a festival), it was without a doubt the best music event I've been to in Des Moines.
I caught the Flaming Lips and a bit of Andrew Bird on Friday night, then Frank Black, Drive-by Truckers and Jacob Dylan on Saturday. If I'd have had the time, I'd also have enjoyed seeing The Roots, Pieta Brown, Poison Control Center and The Envy Corps.
For more photos of the Flaming Lips spectacle, as well as the rest of the festival, there's a great Flickr feed.
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