July 2007

BOOKED: Foo Fighters - Sam Brown, director

In support of the new Foo Fighters album Echoes, Silence, Patience And Grace, due out September 25 and produced by Gil Norton, who also oversaw the band's double Platinum smash The Colour And The Shape.

artist: Foo Fighters song: "The Pretender"   label: RCA director(s): Sam Brown production co: Collaboration Factory/Flynn Productions rep: Laure Scott Management

1,2,3 with Michael Pierce

Michael Pierce has produced over 200 music videos for a diverse list of artists that includes Faith Hill, Jurassic 5, Jewel and Five For Fighting. He was most recently the executive producer for Aisle Five Studios and is currently freelance producing.

These are three videos he likes...

Michael Pierce, producer: (note: These are videos that Michael thinks are great, not videos that he actually produced)

1,2,3 with Director Brent Chesanek on John Vanderslice

As absurd as most genre tags are, nothing comes close to the term "singer/songwriter." It can be applied to almost anything, yet is usually a synonym for "dude with an acoustic guitar." So, it's really a disservice to apply it to John Vanderslice, since his music is much bigger than that. He writes songs about small things and specific incidents that resonate on a universal level. The music is often dark and foreboding, but never cold, nor off-putting. Take his new song "White Dove," for example (and by take, I also literally mean take: John and his label Barsuk have it up as a free MP3) .

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