Post by Carl D on Aug 20th, 2009 at 5:15pm
I just got these from Noelle, the producers gf. They shot my scenes for the "Zombie Epidemic" movie which I am also doing the soundtrack for. I had a blast and am completely taken aback by all of this for a reason I'll mention in a moment but first....
Dr Herald Brockhouse with a freshly turned 'creature'.
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A still from the shoot"
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This all came about at a very strange time. I had been talking about doing something else musically, maybe try to score a film or something. Now, this is where it gets weird: I ate at the Great Wall chinese restaurant here in town awhile back and got a fortune from a cookie I kept. It is now taped to my puter monitor:
"An Interesting Musical Opportunity Is In Your Near Future."
The following week I had been contacted by 3 different production companies, and this movie "Zombie Epidemic" winds up having ties to various people I know, including the band P.O.W.E.R.T.R.I.P. whom I am good friends with, and they all have a scene in the movie as well. I was approached about doing the soundtrack, and jumped on it! Right now I have a couple of pieces done and am working on the rest, and it is just flowing... hard to explain. After the shoot Monday, we came back here and the producer/ writer Corey listened to what I have done, and loved it. So, since I know I am going in the right direction musically with the project, I am more than excited.
ANOTHER interesting opportunity came when I was asked to do an acoustic version of the song I recorded about Clusters, "I Wake Up Screaming" for a benefit CD for breast cancer research. I started to do it, but was like, "How do I capture the same emotion and feel of the song acoustically, since it is very angry?" About that time I got a call asking for me to instead send the electric version I already had recorded since it fell between a hard rock song and a thrash metal song. So, with my new soundcard and new effects plugins, I remixed the entire song and it turned out 110 times BETTER sounding than the original. The old mix the bass was flat and tinny - this mix you can feel the bass, and the guitars and drums are clear and punchy. I sent the mix in and the guy putting the project together freaked on the difference in the sound quality. The disc is set to release early fall, and I am proud to be part of the project.
So, I find it bizarre that this 'fortune cookie' taped to my monitor touched exactly on what I am doing now. I am hoping that this first soundtrack will get me many more jobs, since I am pushing 40 and as I see it, with my situation I'd be better off making music 'behind the scenes.' Also, from what I understand there is a great demand for composers / musicians in the film industry, and Danny Elfman can only do so much.
Anyways, that's whats been going on here. I will still record my music under the name "Dead Cowboy Rebellion" but may have stumbled into a new career scoring films. Crossing my fingers.
Peace,
Carl
Dr Herald Brockhouse with a freshly turned 'creature'.
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Give Daddy Some Sugar!!!
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or END PRINTPAGEThis all came about at a very strange time. I had been talking about doing something else musically, maybe try to score a film or something. Now, this is where it gets weird: I ate at the Great Wall chinese restaurant here in town awhile back and got a fortune from a cookie I kept. It is now taped to my puter monitor:
"An Interesting Musical Opportunity Is In Your Near Future."
The following week I had been contacted by 3 different production companies, and this movie "Zombie Epidemic" winds up having ties to various people I know, including the band P.O.W.E.R.T.R.I.P. whom I am good friends with, and they all have a scene in the movie as well. I was approached about doing the soundtrack, and jumped on it! Right now I have a couple of pieces done and am working on the rest, and it is just flowing... hard to explain. After the shoot Monday, we came back here and the producer/ writer Corey listened to what I have done, and loved it. So, since I know I am going in the right direction musically with the project, I am more than excited.
ANOTHER interesting opportunity came when I was asked to do an acoustic version of the song I recorded about Clusters, "I Wake Up Screaming" for a benefit CD for breast cancer research. I started to do it, but was like, "How do I capture the same emotion and feel of the song acoustically, since it is very angry?" About that time I got a call asking for me to instead send the electric version I already had recorded since it fell between a hard rock song and a thrash metal song. So, with my new soundcard and new effects plugins, I remixed the entire song and it turned out 110 times BETTER sounding than the original. The old mix the bass was flat and tinny - this mix you can feel the bass, and the guitars and drums are clear and punchy. I sent the mix in and the guy putting the project together freaked on the difference in the sound quality. The disc is set to release early fall, and I am proud to be part of the project.
So, I find it bizarre that this 'fortune cookie' taped to my monitor touched exactly on what I am doing now. I am hoping that this first soundtrack will get me many more jobs, since I am pushing 40 and as I see it, with my situation I'd be better off making music 'behind the scenes.' Also, from what I understand there is a great demand for composers / musicians in the film industry, and Danny Elfman can only do so much.
Anyways, that's whats been going on here. I will still record my music under the name "Dead Cowboy Rebellion" but may have stumbled into a new career scoring films. Crossing my fingers.
Peace,
Carl