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An update: Myself and the film's director Robert have just returned from an epic two-week visit to the West Coast, taking in NAMM, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Vancouver. We managed to get more than 40 new interviews on film, and I think you all are going to be very happy and surprised by some of the amazing people we were able to interview! Plenty of MWs & even a few electronic music icons.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to sit down with us for an interview, and to others who helped us out along the way. And for those of you who have contributed to our IndieGoGo fundraising campaign: a big thanks to all of you for helping to make this trip possible! New photos will be added the "Artists and Participants" album, on our Facebook page, over the coming weeks.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.106166186145438.15358.106157 466146310&type=3 |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:53 pm Post subject: Re: I Dream Of Wires' West Coast interviews complete ! |
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I have been at this for 40 years. If you want to talk my number is 414-769-0791.
Grant Richter
| s o l v e n t wrote: | An update: Myself and the film's director Robert have just returned from an epic two-week visit to the West Coast, taking in NAMM, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Vancouver. We managed to get more than 40 new interviews on film, and I think you all are going to be very happy and surprised by some of the amazing people we were able to interview! Plenty of MWs & even a few electronic music icons.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to sit down with us for an interview, and to others who helped us out along the way. And for those of you who have contributed to our IndieGoGo fundraising campaign: a big thanks to all of you for helping to make this trip possible! New photos will be added the "Artists and Participants" album, on our Facebook page, over the coming weeks.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.106166186145438.15358.106157 466146310&type=3 |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:04 pm Post subject: Re: I Dream Of Wires' West Coast interviews complete ! |
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Hi Grant,
We are well aware of you and Wiard - however we are conducting all of our interviews in person and don't have the budget to travel all over the US for interviews. NAMM was the best opportunity for us to talk to many manufacturers in 1 spot. We did interview Paul from Malekko BTW.
Jason
| grantrichter wrote: | I have been at this for 40 years. If you want to talk my number is 414-769-0791.
Grant Richter
| s o l v e n t wrote: | An update: Myself and the film's director Robert have just returned from an epic two-week visit to the West Coast, taking in NAMM, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Vancouver. We managed to get more than 40 new interviews on film, and I think you all are going to be very happy and surprised by some of the amazing people we were able to interview! Plenty of MWs & even a few electronic music icons.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to sit down with us for an interview, and to others who helped us out along the way. And for those of you who have contributed to our IndieGoGo fundraising campaign: a big thanks to all of you for helping to make this trip possible! New photos will be added the "Artists and Participants" album, on our Facebook page, over the coming weeks.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.106166186145438.15358.106157 466146310&type=3 |
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Call that man and get an audio interview!
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| vav wrote: | | Call that man and get an audio interview! |
+1
I understand the desire to use only in-person interviews, but perhaps an exception could be made for Grant. |
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agreed! easy video would be wiard porn pans and voila!
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Hire an animator and interview Cartoon Grant!
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| jbartee wrote: | | vav wrote: | | Call that man and get an audio interview! |
+1
I understand the desire to use only in-person interviews, but perhaps an exception could be made for Grant. |
By that logic, we could go on for years with this... There are just endless amounts of people (Roger Arrick, John Blacet, Ken Stone, etc etc etc) that we could or should talk to, but by limiting ourselves to people that we interview in person, not only do we maintain a high quality and consistent look to the film, we also keep things semi-reasonable (100+ hours of interview footage that we have could easily double, triple or more if we talked to everyone); the goal is to actually make a film out of all of this! |
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By that logic, we could go on for years with this... |
Do it right the first time or don't do it all.....
+1 for something with Grant he is way to important to be left out. |
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| s o l v e n t wrote: | | jbartee wrote: | | vav wrote: | | Call that man and get an audio interview! |
+1
I understand the desire to use only in-person interviews, but perhaps an exception could be made for Grant. |
By that logic, we could go on for years with this... There are just endless amounts of people (Roger Arrick, John Blacet, Ken Stone, etc etc etc) that we could or should talk to, but by limiting ourselves to people that we interview in person, not only do we maintain a high quality and consistent look to the film, we also keep things semi-reasonable (100+ hours of interview footage that we have could easily double, triple or more if we talked to everyone); the goal is to actually make a film out of all of this! |
First of all, I just want to say that I'm super excited you're doing this film at all. Also it's obviously your show, your rules, and (it goes completely without saying, but just to be explicit) I accept any decision you guys make as necessary for the good of the project. Especially as concerns the look and feel of the film. If you just don't want any audio interviews at all, I consider that explanation definitive.
But just because I really wanna see Grant and others represented in this, I'll float out a short, friendly counter-argument:
The list of modular synth manufacturers is finite and in fact quite small. According to the wiki, which is not entirely accurate but is a good ballpark, there are 37 manufacturers in the USA / Canada. Of those 37, only a handful (perhaps 10 or 15?) are veteran designers who have, as Grant put it, been at it for 40+ years.
The suggestion to include Grant is hardly arbitrary; there isn't an infinite regress of veteran designers, so the slippery slope appeal seems a little out of place. The "exception" would hopefully apply equally to Roger Arrick, John Blacet, and Ken Stone. I think these guys would make almost anybody's shortlist of folks we'd want to see in a documentary about modular synthesizers. |
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phone interview.. record it.. you need something to roll over the credits at the end.
or maybe you could do a skype/facetime/video interview over the net?
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Coolest designers don't visit NAMM 
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| mono-poly wrote: | | Coolest designers don't visit NAMM |
still a good opportunity to talk to people especially when they are on a limited budget for travel/expenses. there was a good bunch at NAMM this year... macbeth, makenoise, malekko, TTA etc... pretty cool imo 
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Sure but a lot of my favorite designers don't visit it.
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Not interviewing Grant would be a disservice to the modular community, considering his years of knowledge and design, his impact resonates (ha!) throughout.
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it just occurred to me....
you guys got the last interview with Richard Lainhart. |
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| jbartee wrote: | | s o l v e n t wrote: | | jbartee wrote: | | vav wrote: | | Call that man and get an audio interview! |
+1
I understand the desire to use only in-person interviews, but perhaps an exception could be made for Grant. |
By that logic, we could go on for years with this... There are just endless amounts of people (Roger Arrick, John Blacet, Ken Stone, etc etc etc) that we could or should talk to, but by limiting ourselves to people that we interview in person, not only do we maintain a high quality and consistent look to the film, we also keep things semi-reasonable (100+ hours of interview footage that we have could easily double, triple or more if we talked to everyone); the goal is to actually make a film out of all of this! |
First of all, I just want to say that I'm super excited you're doing this film at all. Also it's obviously your show, your rules, and (it goes completely without saying, but just to be explicit) I accept any decision you guys make as necessary for the good of the project. Especially as concerns the look and feel of the film. If you just don't want any audio interviews at all, I consider that explanation definitive.
But just because I really wanna see Grant and others represented in this, I'll float out a short, friendly counter-argument:
The list of modular synth manufacturers is finite and in fact quite small. According to the wiki, which is not entirely accurate but is a good ballpark, there are 37 manufacturers in the USA / Canada. Of those 37, only a handful (perhaps 10 or 15?) are veteran designers who have, as Grant put it, been at it for 40+ years.
The suggestion to include Grant is hardly arbitrary; there isn't an infinite regress of veteran designers, so the slippery slope appeal seems a little out of place. The "exception" would hopefully apply equally to Roger Arrick, John Blacet, and Ken Stone. I think these guys would make almost anybody's shortlist of folks we'd want to see in a documentary about modular synthesizers. |
First of all, I would like to point something out: This is not a documentary about modular synth manufacturers - they are a part of the story, of course, but it is not all about them. To try to include every manufacturer that has made a significant contribution to the modular world is not feasible for us, and ultimately, most of the interviews would not make it into the film if we did so; there are only so many interviews that can be incorporated into a feature-length film. I don't think that the suggestion to include Grant is arbitrary; I recognize the importance of his work & I do apologize if my response seemed disrespectful. There are Wiard modules in several peoples' racks in the film, so his work is represented in that regard. I'm not sayng it's out of the question that an opportunity to interview Grant may not come up, but at this point it doesn't seem very likely. Thank you Grant for reaching out - I really do appreciate that and respect your work.
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| Fair enough! Serious props to you guys for taking on a project of this size. I know it must be a real labor of love, and I can't wait to see what you put together. |
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While in WI you could interview Rex at STS. I'm sure you'd get enough for a couple bonus DVDs...
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