Film: Before the Music Dies

Posted by Niña on September 29, 2008 · 11 Comments 

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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11 Responses to “Film: Before the Music Dies”
  1. Dr. J says:
    September 29, 2008 at 11:23

    yessss! really good film for music lovers, esp for all aspiring singers and musicians

  2. ebrahim says:
    September 29, 2008 at 11:51

    where can a brother watch this?!

    p.s. your “adobo” banner is slick

  3. npmendoza says:
    September 29, 2008 at 11:54

    Yo yo, Ebrahim!
    Welcome… the link is at the bottom of the post brotha.
    N

  4. roxy says:
    September 29, 2008 at 16:22

    ahhh yes!! Im gonna watch this 2night!! Thanks for posting this baby, and yes I am also luvin your new banner!!

  5. roxy says:
    September 29, 2008 at 17:48

    I couldn’t wait any longer, so I watched it!! AMAZING!!! I really needed that =)

  6. Narai says:
    September 29, 2008 at 18:27

    Yeeeeeeah Nina…that film is very important! I*ve had the promo version on my myspace for awhile:) Good find girl..spread the word!

  7. handojin says:
    September 30, 2008 at 10:33

    great vid nina thanks for sharing!
    erica’s in your chair!

  8. npmendoza says:
    September 30, 2008 at 10:48

    handojin,
    Hilarious, Marvel sent me a screen shot of that. Good eye, mate!

  9. mr.joi says:
    December 18, 2008 at 15:04

    thanks for this… everyone should watch this doc if they love music!
    SAVE THE MUSIC!!

  10. aresem says:
    March 21, 2009 at 19:52

    where can i watch this??… honestly never heard of it until i read this post. does this constitute being “out of the loop”?

  11. Niña says:
    March 22, 2009 at 21:30

    aresem,
    There’s a link at the bottom of the blog post:
    http://quicksilverscreen.com/watch?video=52143
    Thanks for reading!