Monthly Archives: August 2008

Rakatá!

August 23, 2008 – 4:56 am

So I’ve been playing trombone with a new band for two or three weeks now- a local latin pop band called Rakatá. The two percussionist/singers who run it really know their stuff. They do pop songs with a latin flavor (Colombian, Brazilian, salsa, merengue, timba, etc.), and traditional latin songs with a more soulful crossover [...]

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At Best, Derivative

August 18, 2008 – 3:50 am

I’m scoring my first independent feature film! Woo-hoo!
“At Best Derivative” is a comedy/farce about a gang of would-be criminals who are planning to sell the movie rights to a crime they have yet to commit. It’s the first full-length feature by director Ryan Pierson, and the cast and crew are all local Arizona folks. They’ve [...]

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The Mating Game

August 4, 2008 – 1:22 am

Two weeks ago, I composed music for the romantic comedy “The Mating Game”, the Phoenix Independent Film Makers Group’s entry in the IFP-Phoenix 48-hr film challenge. Friday at 7:00 PM we were given a prop (a spatula), a line (”How did that get in there?”), and a genre (we got comedy). Our completed 3-minute film [...]

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