Had a great Easter holiday. Rested up, walked the beach, got my mind right. Back in action and ramping up to launch the entire BN Franchise in full force - finding Distribution for the current film and Soundtrack, and producing the prequel, the sequel, the concert tour, the TV pilot and yes folks - the Stage Musical. Click on this terrific feature story by Jay Handelman of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune for some highlights:
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20110424/BREAKING/110429706
Looking forward to meeting with a variety of veteran Suncoast stage producers and others to help me turn Beautiful Noise into a really cool Musical. I can just picture Danielle, Jay & Kimber reprising their roles on stage before live audiences...but who knows? If my movie stars are otherwise preoccupied, other terrific performers will step into those roles in the live stage version of BN. Time will tell...
I met this afternoon with a key member of our BN Composer Team - Dean Johanesen - to set the timetable for writing and recording specific songs for the BN 2 - "Serenade" & BN 3 - "Heartlight" films. Dean is gearing up to create wonderful new incidental music scores and also contribute new songs. I'm also deep into the hunt looking for original songs to include in both films, slated to be shot on location here in southwest Florida this Fall. I'm listening to tons of new music coming in from all directions. As this past weekends' SRQ "Noise Ordinance 2" music festival showcased, the Sarasota Music scene is thriving...and I'm looking forward to once again including local songwriters and musicians on the new Soundtracks.
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