BN Concert musings

Our Beautiful Noise Live! Concert last night in Sarasota served as a great kickoff to the overall marketing plan for our film. We had a sizeable crowd that seemed to really enjoy the first half of the show that featured Chris McCarty & Danielle singing songs from the film...especially when Jay came out for the duet with Danielle on Lonely Hearts. It was a special moment and reminded me of Neil + Barbra singing You Don't Bring Me Flowers on the Grammy's years ago. I have absolutely no doubt that our version of BN cast member Doug Frasure's Lonely Hearts is going to catch on big. It's a killer song from the film.

Tony Tyler's Band, with an assist from Jay's drummer Bill Whitacre and BN Team members Dean Johanesen and Bud Buckley, were fantastic as well and brought the house down with Charlie Daniels' Devil Went Down To Georgia. Tony & Dani J were awesome - and both of them are being featured in our BN prequel shooting this summer/fall in Sarasota titled Serenade.

After intermission it was time for Jay to do his 'Neil' thing. I've seen Jay's show several times now and I have to say that I love the combination of his Diamond set list backed by the energy of this new Suncoast-based touring band I've put together to support our BN World Tour. They all did an incredible job for having only played together for the first time in concert at last nights' show. I assisted on a little rhythm guitar work on Cherry Cherry, then screwed up the intro a little on I'm A Believer...but hey - I think the gangs' gonna let me keep playing with the band. They know how to keep a smile on their Producers' face!

The only mistake I made was not having the common sense to book the concert the weekend AFTER the films' World Premiere, not the weekend before. The media spent the last two weeks promoting the movie instead of the concert, so my miscalculation probably kept us from a complete sell out. That said, the show was a smashing success and has launched Beautiful Noise in an exciting, upbeat way. I can't wait to to travel and showcase the movie and the concert with this great group of troubadours I've put together. We're gonna spread some Beautiful Noise everywhere we can in the coming months.

Now the Countdown to next Saturday night and our World Premiere at the Sarasota Film Festival comes into full focus. We're already being contacted by Hollywood distribution agents...so this final week before Opening Night at the Hollywood 20 Theatres in downtown Sarasota promises to be both a hectic and memorable one.

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