tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post7699608068613566747..comments2024-03-10T08:57:07.915-07:00Comments on Kid In The Front Row Film Blog: The Power Is In YOU, Not In A Suit On A Committee.Kid In The Front Rowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17498466805415882523noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-37727787557737184192010-07-13T08:13:12.130-07:002010-07-13T08:13:12.130-07:00Thanks, Kid !
Yup, tea is good, first.
Then I...Thanks, Kid !<br /><br />Yup, tea is good, first.<br /><br />Then I'm off to the studio to knock out that Masterpiece ... (tho' I must just finish editing some 'risers' and other bits and pieces for a trailer music compilation first. Decks must be cleared before Art takes a turn !)<br /><br />I'll keep an eye out for yours !<br /><br />best, TomTom Greenhttp://apollomusic.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-45113121033396293022010-07-13T07:51:41.507-07:002010-07-13T07:51:41.507-07:00And I really like the music on the Apollo site, gr...And I really like the music on the Apollo site, great work! Very cinematic too!The Kid In The Front Rowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284758898483746863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-58284649578116214742010-07-13T07:51:15.191-07:002010-07-13T07:51:15.191-07:00Tom, again, I agree with everything you say- and n...Tom, again, I agree with everything you say- and now I guess we're really getting down to business. This is what I'm talking about: <br /><br />If we're not going to get money anyway, why not do what we want. <br /><br />If me and you focus on what we're fucking good at, even if people see it for free, there's progress to be made. If I happened to write the greatest blog post The Kid In The Front Rowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284758898483746863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-45826817202618553462010-07-13T07:32:54.609-07:002010-07-13T07:32:54.609-07:00... and I totally totally totally get what you'...... and I totally totally totally get what you're saying there, too. I wear a good deal of different musical hats - occasional 'recording artist' (in the traditional sense, records and all that) to 'media composer' (which used to be a reasonable earner and could fund the 'art' but getting tougher and tougher to actually get paid for it, these days) ... and I 'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-34997438463095212542010-07-13T06:53:02.307-07:002010-07-13T06:53:02.307-07:00Hi Tom - I totally totally totally get what you...Hi Tom - I totally totally totally get what you're saying. Do I have the magic answer as to how to exploit your power to get money? No. I wish I did. <br /><br />But one thing I do feel, is that when we struggle in this industry we tend to try harder and harder to find ways to earn the money, rather than to focus on what we're good at. <br /><br />So rather than become so outrageously The Kid In The Front Rowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284758898483746863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-57551888024386930112010-07-13T06:43:14.737-07:002010-07-13T06:43:14.737-07:00Yes, and no ... the problem, as ever, is money. Al...Yes, and no ... the problem, as ever, is money. All creative work from music to film to writing to painting (including design for sets etc) has always depended on either patronage, or during the 20th century especially, exploitation of copyright in the form of physical copies of the work, to fund itself.<br /><br />Now that the whole notion of copyright - or certainly defence of copyright - has Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-53309189613632036612010-07-13T06:41:05.562-07:002010-07-13T06:41:05.562-07:00Well said and many a true word spoken.
Have a loo...Well said and many a true word spoken.<br /><br />Have a look at ShootingPeople.org.<br /><br />A collection of like minds who, if you are prepared to make the sacrifices for your art are prepared to believe in you and help you.<br /><br />The more of us who do things like this, the more chance we will have of achieving something without the major record labels and film studios.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-76286591389488745262010-07-12T06:23:30.617-07:002010-07-12T06:23:30.617-07:00I felt exactly like this in December 2009, so I gr...I felt exactly like this in December 2009, so I grabbed Alice Lowe and we desided to make a short film each month in 2010.<br /><br />We're just about to shoot the 7th (July). Results are at www.jackalfilms.co.uk/calendar and so far we're having a blast!<br /><br />The power IS in you! J xJacqueline Wrighthttp://www.jackalfilms.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-19031675296496440582010-07-12T04:42:19.603-07:002010-07-12T04:42:19.603-07:00Thanks for this good inspirational blog.
The trick...Thanks for this good inspirational blog.<br />The trick, of course, is to stop sitting around as a "Wannabe" and actually step up to being what it is you want to be.<br />I was a wannabe writer / wannabe actor / wannabe director. I didn't want to be a wannabe. So I became an actual!<br />I enrolled in drama school. I asked an accountant to officially register me as a film company. IAllin Kempthornehttp://www.wibbell.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-45975975727516914922010-07-11T01:35:48.835-07:002010-07-11T01:35:48.835-07:00Well, I feel inspired.Well, I feel inspired.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08085105568601878075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-36178395222858809882010-07-10T17:16:10.835-07:002010-07-10T17:16:10.835-07:00YES! YES! YES!YES! YES! YES!wellywoodwomanhttp://wellywoodwoman.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com