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How Billie Eilish and Her Family Make Music

Documentary.net staff — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 10:55:34 +0000

The fastest-rising pop star of the moment is 17 and writes off-kilter hits with her older brother from their parents’ house. Breaking down Billie Eilish’s “Bury a Friend,” we show a new model for making it big.

The Art of Punk

Documentary.net staff — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 17:57:22 +0000

We dissect the art of the legendary Black Flag. From the iconic four bars symbols, to the many coveted and collected gig flyers, singles, and band t-shirts, all depicting the distinctive Indian ink drawn image and text by artist Raymond Pettibon. We start off in Los Angeles talking to two founding members singer Keith Morris, and bass player Chuck Dukowski, about what the scene was like in 1976 - setting the stage for the band's formation, as well as the bands name, and the creation of the iconic four bars symbol. Raymond Pettibon talks with us from his New York art studio. Back in LA we meet with Flea, from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, about how the art, the music, and that early LA scene impacted his own life and career. To wrap it all up we sit and talk at length, with Henry Rollins, at MOCA Grand Ave in Los Angeles, about all of the above and more. On the second episode of The Art of Punk we hit head on with the art behind the legendary Dead Kennedy's. From the chaotic, surreal, madness, of collage mixed with political folly that blazed their LP's and gig flyers; to the razor edge ultra simplistic four simple line DK symbol. In San Francisco we corner founding Dead Kennedy's member Jello Biafra, and discuss his own warped inspiration for the many sleeves and posters created in the early days of the band. Back in Los Angeles we talk with pop surrealist artist Tim Biskup about how the DK's affected and twisted his own young mind, and Steve Olson graces us with a few words of wisdom. Finally we meet up with master collage artist, and designer of the DK's symbol, Winston Smith in his North Beach art studio, and talk about how he was drawn into the early Bay Area punk scene - and his long and creative artist relationship with the Dead Kennedy's and Jello Biafra. On the next installment of The Art of Punk, we tear into the art of Crass. From the assaulting black and white photo-realistic paintings of protest, anarchy, and social satire, to their legendary adopted brand and two headed snake and cross symbol. We head up to the Anarchist Book Fair in San Francisco to meet up with Gee Vaucher, and founding Crass member, writer, and activist, Penny Rimbaud. We discuss the art and the lifestyle stemming from the infamous Dial House, where they have lived, worked, and crated their own brand of anarchistic beauty, for more than 3 decades. We have a sit down with artist Scott Campbell, at his own New York tattoo shop, and talk about how the art of Crass, and one single t-shirt created a fork in his own road of life. Owen Thornton talks some shit. Finally we hang out with British graphic designer Dave King - the creator of the infamous snake and cross symbol, and discuss post war England, hippies, punk, graphic design, and more, that led him to the creation of the symbol made legend by Crass. Created, directed, and Executive Produced by writer/author of 'Fucked Up + Photocopied', Bryan Ray Turcotte (Kill Your Idols), and Bo Bushnell (The Western Empire), The Art Of Punk traces the roots of the punk movement and the artists behind the iconic logos of punk bands such as: Black Flag (Raymond Pettibon), The Dead Kennedys (Winston Smith), and Crass (Dave King). In addition to profiling the artists, the series includes intimate interviews with former band members, notable artists, and celebrities who have been heavily influenced by the art of punk rock including Jello Biafra, Tim Biskup, Scott Campbell, Chuck Dukowski, Flea, Steve Olson, Penny Rimbaud, Henry Rollins, Owen Thornton, and Gee Vaucher. The filmmakers Bryan Ray Turcotte and Bo Bushnell take a unique approach to exploring the rich histories of these three seminal punk legends by focusing on the influential imagery and seeking out stories that have not been told yet through the artwork, which is integral to the importance and influence of each band.

Ibiza: Spring Breakers Of Europe

Documentary.net staff — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 17:49:52 +0000

Ibiza is a place that looms large in all our imaginations, the sun-kissed, beer-drenched rock in the middle of the Mediterranean where all our hedonistic dreams can come true. But what is it that makes people come back year after year to the same tiny island? Clive Martin sets off to investigate the magnetic appeal of “the party island,” and meets a cast of characters including DJs Carl Cox and Luciano, a crew of scantily clad club-dancers, puking kids on vacation, Alfredo Fiorito—the man who basically invented Ibiza as we know it today—and a 10-foot-tall flying rave robot. Ibiza is the island that is smaller than even Majorca but has become not just a holiday destination for Brits in search of the usual sun, sea and STDs, but a sort of tech-house Shangri-La. A place whose no-holds-barred, no-fucks-given majesty makes it worth toiling through 50 or so weeks of spreadsheets and supermarket pizza. It's a place that people don't just work to visit, but that people will work in while they visit, purely to keep the party going. The stereotype goes that it's a paradise of pillheads and Portobello hippies, the gurning masses huddling together in the death throes of a 15-hour Roger Sanchez set on one side of the island, while personal friends of Jade Jagger and James Blunt sit on the other side smoking expensive hash in their turquoise cowboy boots and Stevie Nicks buckle hats.

Making of a Film Score

Documentary.net staff — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 21:25:55 +0000

Filmmaker and Anthropologist Niobe Thompson teamed up with Composer Darren Fung to create a magnificent musical score for the upcoming CBC series The Great Human Odyssey. In an era when live-recorded orchestral scores are a dying breed, Thompson and Fung brought the Edmonton Symphony and ProCoro Canada to one of North America's premiere acoustic spaces: Edmonton's Winspear Centre. Over three days, over 70 classical musicians and a large team of sound recording engineers recorded a remarkable score, capped with a sold-out public performance. See what happened! Visit the interactive website for more information cbc.ca/greathumanodyssey/

Oasis – Definitely Maybe

Documentary.net staff — Mon, 19 May 2014 18:21:07 +0000

A documentary about the making of "Definitely Maybe" features commentary from the band and others involved in its production. The album was released 20 years ago from now. Oasis formed in 1991 in Manchester. The band released 27 singles and 7 studio albums between 1994 and 2009. Their number 1 singles include 'Don't Look Back In Anger', 'Go Let It Out', 'The Importance Of Being Idle' and 'The Shock Of The Lightning'. All 27 singles were collected together recently on their release 'Time Flies...1994-2009'. All 7 of their studio albums reached 1. The band have toured throughout the globe selling out such world famous venues as Wembley Stadium, Knebworth, Madison Square Garden, the Hollywood Bowl, River Plate Stadium and the Budokan in Tokyo.

Battle of the Jazz Guitarist (2013 Student Academy Award® National Finalist)

Documentary.net staff — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 04:48:27 +0000

A son makes a tribute documentary about his father, a once famous jazz guitarist from the Fiji Islands who gave up his career to move to America for the betterment of his family. But when the son can't help but to shed some light on some dark areas of their past, the documentary takes humorous, inventive and emotional turns, and gives great insight into the artist father-son relationship, and the crash of the American Dream. A film by Mark Columbus https://markcolumbus.squarespace.com/ Made with funds by Adobe® Official Selection (IDFA) International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam Official Selection ZINEBI ______________________________________ Winner Best Documentary Short (Student) at Palm Springs International Shortfest Winner Best Documentary Short at Guanajuato International Film Festival Winner Best Documentary Short at Traverse City Film Festival Winner of the Directors' Prize at the Paris Court Devant Winner Best Film Open Projector Night, Hammer Museum ______________________________________ Official Selection EDINDOCS Official Selection Rooftop Summer Series 2013 Official Selection Raindance Film Festival Official Selection Nashville Film Festival Official Selection New Orleans Film Festival Official Selection Dallas International Film Festival Official Selection Traverse City Film Festival Official Selection Arizona International Film Festival Official Selection RiverRun International Film Festival Official Selection Palm Springs Int'l Film Festival Official Selection Guanajuato International Film Festival Official Selection Starz Denver Film Festival Official Selection St. Louis International Film Festival Official Selection DOC:NYC Official Selection CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival Official Selection Atlanta Docufest Official Selection Warsaw Film Festival Official Selection Big Bear Lake International Film Festival Official Selection California Independent Film Festival Official Selection Jencheon International Music and Film Festival Official Selection DMZ Docs Official Selection Mill Valley Film Festival Official Selection Paris Courts Devant

What Difference Does It Make: A Film About Making Music

Documentary.net staff — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 19:03:50 +0000

Featuring Brian Eno, Giorgio Moroder, Erykah Badu and more than 70 other artists, What Difference Does It Make? A Film About Making Music captures the energy of the Red Bull Music 2013 edition in New York. It gets to the heart of what it takes to be a musician and, in the process, deals with some of the basic questions of life itself.

10 Years Of Dance Music: The Documentary

Documentary.net staff — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:24:06 +0000

In 2003, the British broadsheet newspaper The Guardian famously declared that 'dance music was in terminal decline'. Citing the greed of superstar DJs and unimaginative, uninspired music as the reason fans were leaving the genre, it seemed at the time to be the lowest point for dance. Yet out of these ashes rose some of the most seminal dance record labels of today -- 2003 was the year in which Toolroom, Size, Cadenza, Ed Banger, Refune, Armada and Buzzin Fly were born. Despite emerging in the toughest year for the music industry, these labels survived and were eventually flourishing in 2013, ten years later This documentary tells the story of this explosive decade. A decade which saw the art of DJing and performance be transformed by new technology; the musical landscape change, diverge and constantly evolve; the genre being embraced and adopted by the USA through EDM, and finally react against this by going back to its roots. Some of the biggest acts in dance music give their frank and honest opinions. Toolroom TV gets the unique, behind the scenes access to the likes of Steve Angello (Swedish House Mafia), Hardwell, Sub Focus and Loco Dice at their most candid. Feat. Hardwell -- Armin Van Buuren - Steve Angello -- Mark Knight - Seth Troxler -- Loco Dice -- Fatboy Slim -- Josh Wink -- DJ Sneak -- D'Julz -- Nicole Moudaber -- Sub Focus -- Will Saul - Todd Terry -- Hot Since 82 - Carl Loben (DJ Mag)

Jay Shells’ Rap Quotes: LA Edition

Documentary.net staff — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 19:33:57 +0000

Jay Shells installed official-looking street signs featuring hip hop lyrics of Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Warren G, Notorious B.I.G., Kendrick Lamar and more — at the exact locations called out in each “Rap Quote.” From Inglewood to Beverly Hills, Long Beach to Compton, Hollywood to Venice Beach — the avid hip hop fan known for his unsanctioned interventions installed 45 new signs. Check out the video for Jay Shells in action in the sunny streets of LA, some East Coast boy observations and an ambush by a freestyling barber.

Sound City [Trailer]

Documentary.net staff — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 16:28:27 +0000

A documentary about the history of recording studio Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, Los Angeles. Sound City Studios was located in the San Fernando Valley, amidst rows of dilapidated warehouses. The little-known recording studio housed a unique analog Neve recording console and a reputation for recording drums. Artists such as Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, Rick Springfield, Tom Petty, Kyuss, Slipknot and Nirvana recorded groundbreaking music at the studio. The film tells the story of the studio from its early days in 1969 until its closing in 2011. It then follows Dave Grohl's purchase of the studio's custom analog Neve console, which he moved to his personal studio, Studio 606. Rupert Neve is an English engineer who founded Neve Electronics in 1961, designed and manufactured the Neve 8028, "one of four in the world", and is interviewed by Grohl in the film. Famous musicians who recorded at Sound City reunite at Studio 606 for a jam session and to make an album of "all-new all-original songs, each one composed and recorded exclusively for the film within its own 24-hour session on that console." Watch it at Vimeo.

Rock and Roll Heart – Lou Reed Documentary

Documentary.net staff — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:52:42 +0000

Rock and Roll Heart traces Lou Reed's career from the formation of the Velvet Underground to rock icon to his more recent artistic endeavors. Includes lots of rare and vintage footage along with interviews with David Bowie, John Cale, Patti Smith, Thurston Moore, David Byrne, Jim Carroll, Maureen Tucker, Suzanne Vega, Dave Stewart and Philip Glass. An excellent documentary (and the only one) about this hugely influential and uncompromising American artist. Directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders for American Masters and screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998.

Unlocking The Truth – Malcolm Brickhouse & Jarad Dawkins

Documentary.net staff — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 17:47:20 +0000

Kriss Kross this isn’t. Lock up your daughters, America: these sixth-grade metalheads from Flatbush, Brooklyn are on a mission to rock your socks off. There is a particular moment right before fame strikes a young musician – between the full flowering of talent and believing in a dream so pure and strong as to feel bulletproof – which at the same time is almost imperceptible as it is happening. This metaphysical friction is in full effect in a certain Flatbush, Brooklyn family basement. Unlocking the Truth, a metal band composed of twelve year old Malcolm Brickhouse and eleven year old Jarad Dawkins, is playfully arguing about which member can play a faster and more forceful rendition of their self-composed instrumental blast “Physical Therapy.” While Jarad is technically the drummer (he mastered the instrument by the age of two), he is convincingly demonstrating his guitar chops. Being the precoucious, and yet consummate, professionals that they are, the band wants to make sure that in a worst case scenario – say, a member fainting onstage – each could play the other’s instrument flawlessly. It is not atypical for Unlocking the Truth to practice for up to ten hours on weekends. They are so immersed in their music that they barely notice anything going on around them, including their parents, who usually have to force them to stop practicing when it’s bedtime. While their classmates mostly listen to radio pop or rap, Malcolm and Jarad’s enthusiasm for metal was nurtured while watching generous amounts of WWE professional wrestling. But this is no passing phase for the two boys. The band has already written two albums, Madness and Paranoid, respectively, and recently auditioned for America’s Got Talent. Amazingly, they manage to keep up good grades in school. So watch out, America – two smart, young metalheads from Flatbush are coming to a town near you in the near future.

The Clash – Audio Ammunition Documentary

Documentary.net staff — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 08:20:32 +0000

In this exclusive documentary featuring never-before-seen footage of the late, great Joe Strummer, all four members of "the only band that matters" walk us through the making of each of their classic albums. This documentary is split into five parts:

In Part 1 the band explains how finding drummer Topper Headon made them a force that could transcend punk.
In Part 2 the band discuss the making the difficult second album.
In Part 3 the band discuss how playing football made London Calling great.
What's a spliff bunker? Watch Part 4 and learn.
In Part 5 they discuss the making of Combat Rock, and how the band didn't have any answers to the world's myriad problems.

A Letter From Fred

Documentary.net staff — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 07:50:08 +0000

A short documentary telling a poignant story of life, love and music. "Oh Sweet Lorraine" An Amazing Song Written by 96 year-old´. A 96-year-old Illinois man wrote a song about his wife of 75 years and when he sent the heart-wrenching ode into a singer-songwriter contest, they decided to produce it for him. When Fred Stobaugh talks about his wife Lorraine now, it’s hard for him to hold back tears after the life they led together he says was ‘like a dream.’ After she died, he was sitting alone in the Peoria home they once shared and for the first time in his life he decided to write a song. Buy the song at iTunes or Google Play

Yo! MTV Raps – Fashion in the Golden Age of Hip Hop – Part 2

Documentary.net staff — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 17:03:01 +0000

In conjunction with the release of the Stüssy/Yo! MTV Raps collection, Stüssy produced a 2-part documentary entitled We Were All Watching. Part 1, The Importance of Yo! MTV Raps, takes a look at the history of MTV’s groundbreaking music program, and Part 2, Fashion in the Golden Age of Hip Hop examines the trends and styles from that era and how they changed the world. Cast (in alphabetical order) Alchemist - Producer Bill Adler - Author & former Director of Publicity Def Jam Recording Chris Robinson - Director Dante Ross - Producer/A+R Ed Lover - Co-host Yo! MTV Raps Evidence - Dilated Peoples Janette Beckman - Photographer MC Lyte - Rapper Peter Dougherty - Co-creator of Yo! MTV Raps DJ Premier of Gang Starr Questlove - The Roots Rakim - Eric B & Rakim Shock G & Humpty Hump (Digital Underground) Sway - MTV VJ/Radio host