My Denton Music Showcase and Denton Rocks developments

Denton has been a Rockin'...

Alot, I repeat, ALOT has happened since I last spoke about Denton ROCKS and the Denton music scene. More than ever I've found myself more involved in the scene and am loving every minute of it. My ties with My Denton Music namely have increased in a number of ways. From my initial introduction to the group, Tony Spiro, the owner has requested my assistance in the inclusion and creation of video media for the My Denton Music website. Last weekend was our "first in a series of greatness" as was described by Sarah Crisman who I've just recently become acquainted with. I produced what, I'm pretty sure, was the first live streaming broadcast from a venue in Denton, Texas. Saturday July, 18th from Hailey's we broadcasted the following show...

Video clips at Ustream
this stream will only be available when it is being broadcast, check My Denton Music for more info.

I had been preparing for this broadcast for a number of months prior to our launch that evening. I knew that this was an excellent opportunity for me and I knew I didn't want to half ass it. I wanted people to watch our stream and experience a professionally shot program. I wanted it to be more than just a camera set up at a bar; I wanted it to be a show. It took a great deal of effort on my part to make this all possible, but in the end it turned out great and I can't wait to shoot more.

Tony had booked a number of great acts for the first My Denton Music Showcase, some of which I had never heard of. Oso Closo was to be the headliner. So I did some research, found out when they would be playing and I went to a few of their shows to get some footage of them rockin out. A few weeks later I met Tony at The GreenHouse in Denton, where he introduced me to Sarah Crisman. She was interested in interviewing bands in Denton and creating a web-series that would appear on My Denton Music. I grabbed a microphone and a camera, and she grabbed the band Oso Closo for an interview. We shot that interview out side at The GreenHouse and then we had them preform some songs inside...

OSO CLOSO from Bombastic Media on Vimeo.

After this we booked it over to Hailey's. I wanted to map out how we would shoot the My Denton Music Showcase and at the same time I wanted to get an interview with someone that worked at Hailey's. Sarah grabbed Heath Squires and pulled him outside, where we shot this promo for the bar...

Hailey's Interview from Bombastic Media on Vimeo.

I was so happy when Heath mentioned the Monotonix show that happened there a few months back. It was probably one of my favorite Hailey's experiences as well. A band that plays on the shoulders of fans and takes the music literally to the streets gets a gold star in my book. With most of these interviews and segments I've shot with Sarah I'm not only meeting lots of great musicians and interesting people, but I'm asking questions and finding ideas for my documentary I'm shooting about the scene. This project gets bigger and more interesting every day I'm a part of it. I'm excited about the possibilities that lie in the future and what this town has become.

little bit of extra footage we shot for the MDM showcase that never found its way into the program

Definitely check back here periodically for updates on bands Sarah and I are interviewing and shows that are coming through Denton. My Denton Music is putting on another showcase in August, this time Live from The Boiler Room. Trebuchet is set to headline and they know how to kick it...