Filed under: film | Tags: before the music dies, billy preston, bonnie raitt, branford marsalis, dave matthews, elvis costello, eric clapton, erykah badu, questlove
BEFORE THE MUSIC DIES tells the story of American music at this precarious moment. Filmmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled the country, 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.
Narrated by Academy Award® Winner Forest Whitaker, BEFORE THE MUSIC DIES is an unsettling and inspiring look at today’s popular music industry featuring interviews and performances by Erykah Badu, Eric Clapton, Dave Matthews, Branford Marsalis, ?uestlove and a wide variety of others. The documentary film has built a passionate following as “the most important film a music fan will ever see” (XM Radio) by providing “a balanced overview of the state of the rock scene of America” (The Wall Street Journal) and adding “passion to the eternal debate about the industry” (The New York Times).
“A great film… completely mind-blowing”
- PureMusic.com
Click here to watch Before the Music Dies in it’s entirety.
Thanks, Mmmervs!
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yessss! really good film for music lovers, esp for all aspiring singers and musicians
Comment by Dr. J Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 11:23 AMwhere can a brother watch this?!
p.s. your “adobo” banner is slick
Comment by ebrahim Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 11:51 AMYo yo, Ebrahim!
Comment by npmendoza Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 11:54 AMWelcome… the link is at the bottom of the post brotha.
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ahhh yes!! Im gonna watch this 2night!! Thanks for posting this baby, and yes I am also luvin your new banner!!
Comment by roxy Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 4:22 PMI couldn’t wait any longer, so I watched it!! AMAZING!!! I really needed that =)
Comment by roxy Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 5:48 PMYeeeeeeah Nina…that film is very important! I*ve had the promo version on my myspace for awhile:) Good find girl..spread the word!
Comment by Narai Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 6:27 PMgreat vid nina thanks for sharing!
Comment by handojin Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 10:33 AMerica’s in your chair!
handojin,
Comment by npmendoza Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 10:48 AMHilarious, Marvel sent me a screen shot of that. Good eye, mate!
thanks for this… everyone should watch this doc if they love music!
Comment by mr.joi Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 3:04 PMSAVE THE MUSIC!!
where can i watch this??… honestly never heard of it until i read this post. does this constitute being “out of the loop”?
Comment by aresem Saturday, March 21, 2009 @ 7:52 PMaresem,
Comment by Niña Sunday, March 22, 2009 @ 9:30 PMThere’s a link at the bottom of the blog post:
http://quicksilverscreen.com/watch?video=52143
Thanks for reading!