Gatlinburg Screenfest: "I Came to Nashville"

"I Came to Nashville", our documentary short, has been selected for the Gatlinburg Screenfest as an honorable mention. We're thrilled and we'll be attending the festival to support it March 14 through March 16. 

For more information check out their site: www.gatlinburgscreenfest.com.

We'll also have "I Came to Nashville" up on imdb.com as a Withoutabox invitation.

Times is hard not to mention a'changin'.

I learned today that the property for Sound Kitchen is up for lease with a "build to suit" clause. 

While I've seen many large studios fail, it's been particularly tough to see the ones fail that started after the opening of JamSync. I've always been amazed how although we never received press (unless we really fought and begged) and we were never the "cool" Music Row people or the "extra cool" East Nashville people or the "extra rich" Cool Springs people who threw huge parties and had loads of critics slobbering about our every move...even though we were always outsiders, we always survived. 

How? By paying our bills and not making huge investments on "faith". I don't have much, if any, "faith". I do have a lot of logic, however, and logic tells me this is the time to hunker down, make it work, use it up and then throw it out. 

We're survivors, not famous, not media darlings...but we know what we know and we know what we don't know. We also know that when you have something to offer, you don't play the "I'll cut prices" game. We've recently cut out the price-driven bottom feeders instead so that we enjoy more free time to create content. This is the time for creating content if you can do that. It's not the time to devalue your business, nor to overvalue it.

So  we survive to work another day. I think that's what I call "success" although a much younger me would not have appreciated that thought.

Welcome to our world...

Another hot one in Nashville. They moved NAMM to June, but the hot, sticky weather came along with it.

I'm looking forward to seeing the usual glut of skanky women, old guys in haircuts from the 70's and lots and lots of keyboard ties. I usually roam the hall looking for toys until the hot oil smell of the funnel cake machine overwhelms me. Hope the guy with the crystal flutes is there this year.

techno tip of the day: watch out for PT 7.4 mateys. The newest ver doesn't necessarily save correctly and the busses often get switched! Eeeeyuuu! Consult the DUC before YOU get hosed!