One of the biggest questions we get at film festivals is the cost of music and where is the best place to grab music for their films for free. Well, HERE YA GO!! FREE MUSIC ARCHIVE opens it’s url address bar to the public finally and there you can find artists and music for your films. Form the site in their “About:” section of the site…

“The Free Music Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads.  The Free Music Archive is being directed by WFMU, the most renowned freeform radio station in America.  Radio has always offered the public free access to new music. The Free Music Archive is a continuation of that purpose, designed for the age of the internet.”

Before You Submit has a new PODCAST launching soon, and I think we found our music. Not to worry, we will still be doing the “Festival Tips” one again, very soon.

B.Quain (is watching)

For many indie filmmakers or music fans, if asked “When you think of Liverpool, you think of?”…Answer is simple and you probably pondered “the Beatles” as you read that.  For many, The Beatles most popular album is “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, and the opening line from Paul McCartney is “It was 20 years ago today…” and for the city of Liverpool…today it has a totally different meaning to it.

This morning the headlines in Liverpool read “20 Years Ago Today…”  and it’s a tragic day for friends, family and fans worldwide who support Liverpool Football Club. 20 years ago 96 fans lost their lives at the Hillsborough Football Stadium. The stadium was the playing grounds for Sheffield Wednesday, but it was Nottingham Forrest the boys in “red” we’re playing in 1989 for a FA-Cup semi-final game. This is still the most deadliest sporting event to happen in British Football and our hearts go out to the families, and those who love Liverpool.

It was “20 Hours Ago” where we watched Chelsea Football Club eliminate Liverpool in the Quarter-Finals of the Champions League, and it was the hardest and most heart driven match I have seen our boys play in awhile. The 14 boys who played yesterday all helped score four goals against Chelsea at their home, and made many Liverpool fans proud to wear that Carlsberg across the chest and the Liverpool Crest close to their hearts. Fantastic match, and wish we could have played Chelsea at home next for a win to move into the next round.

Thanks to the friends who posted about Hillsborough and please check out Tom Hall’s blog with two videos about the disaster, also our love and passion that we all sing EVERY TIME our boys step onto the pitch.

B.Quain (will Never Walk Alone)

Brian Quain Interviews Writer/Director Stephen Belber about his film: Management.

The film stars Jennifer Aniston, Steve Zahn, Fred Ward, and Woody Harrelson. Chronicling the awkward romance between an unlikely couple, the story begins with a chance meeting when Sue (Aniston), a buttoned-down corporate art dealer, checks into the roadside motel owned by Mike’s (Zahn) parents in Arizona.

As some of you know our BEFORE YOU SUBMIT PODCAST has been re-vamping and at some point in the next 10 days will launching a new, totally revoluctionary idea for indie filmmkaers and film festivals worldwide, (let’s go withg nation wide in beta and see how it works). Well, i was doing some stats and checking in to make some adjustments, and I can’t believe the hits this podcast is still receiving at our serving site PODOMATIC and ITunes. We are doing TOO well for not touching it in a bit and something tells me these 6 episodes would like to have some extra ears listen in. Being in the Top 50 amazes me in the categories we belong. If you haven’t heard, why should you?

What is different about the BEFORE YOU SUBMIT PODCAST is we offer advice to indie filmmakers and festivals about submitting films to fests. Conveintently called “Festival Tips.” Hope you enjoy and you can find us at the Podomatic site or even search “BEFORE YOU SUBMIT” in ITUNES under Podcasts.

Thanks everyone, and expect some new PODCASTS with filmmakers and their experiences in submitting and touring film festivals.

B.Quain (is watching)

We’d love for our blog readers and Podomatic podcast listeners to leave some comments to let them know how much you appreciate what we’re doing!

Keep watching BeforeYouSubmit.com for new developments and features over the next few weeks and months!

MATERIAL GIRL AND ROCK-N-ROLLA CALL IT QUITS

Hey Everybody,

In a few hours, Madonna and film screenwriter.director Guy Ritchie will be calling it quits, divorcing after all the rumors are true. My plan of attack has finally met it’s day, and a divorce means I can finally get in there. So, as the news trickles down, I will use this time to pack my bags and see if I can finally get my chance. No no no, I don’t care about Madonna, sure she looks fit and still sings “Lucky Star” when she tours, but it’s Ritchie I need to speak to.
To think of talking to Ritchie while married to Madonna was a “no no”, I could never say “Guy, between you and I, this woman is bringing you down as a creative thinker.” It would be as pointless as you persuading your friend away from his succubus. It never flies, and you two are no longer friends, then when she leaves him and he’s got nothing, he calls you, and blah blah blah. Percy Sledge sang it best in “When A Man Loves A Woman”, sure it’s cliché and I’ll not be quoting the song. But, GUY, call me! I’m still here.
Now now, I know some of you are saying “who gives a shit about Guy Ritchie as a director?” I DO! This man showed some huge potential with “Lock, Stock…” and “Snatch”, and then he meets Madonna and promises “I’ll never put her in one of my films”, and the next film on his roster was the MASSIVE BOMB “Swept Away”, with newlywed Madonna. But, here’s why I give a shit…
This isn’t me saying Guy Ritchie was to be the next Paul Thomas Anderson, a young and a brilliant creative writer/director. Would Guy Ritchie EVER make a “There Will Be Blood?” Probably not. BUT! When Guy Ritchie is able to put his name on the map for “gangster” film as John Carpenter does to “horror”, we need to talk. Sure you can branch out, listen to our PODCAST this week…”Jumping Genres” helps from time to time. But not when you USE YOUR WIFE as a “muse” as you liked calling her…it’s Madonna, Guy, we have our own thoughts of her. As if she would have it any other way.
Sure, Ritchie may be back with his latest film “RockNRolla” and let’s see what critics say to boost this man’s ego and film making. But, can he keep it up after a decade of making a film with an impact. “Revolver” you say? Let’s put this man’s last ten years to rest and see what happens, I think we see “The Thing” or “In The Mouth Of Madness” forming for Ritchie.

Good luck!

b.quain

BYS IS WATCHING

BYS IS LISTENING

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BYS is always looking for experienced journalists or bloggers who love their indie films, but most of all in our very picky and critical passion…where do we start? We have some in mind, but we’re looking for people who like to have great cuban food on our bill…it’s not as easy as it seems.
Well, we had to look no further than local pop culture expert and always brutally honest author Liz Langley to share a great cuban sandwich and hot sauce with. We have followed her blog for a few months now, but it’s her recent review of Midnight Meat Train that reeled us in. We know that Midnight Meat Train maybe playing a theater or two still, but her review was PERFECT! A must read. So good, in fact, wait til you read next weeks From The Vaults when we go into some steamy sex cinema from the 1979 (oh Penthouse Films, how did you only make one picture?), and from there we tackle controversial documentaries from the late ’60’s. GOOD TIMES!
But for now…PLEASE read this excellent writers blog, subscribe, and welcome Liz to our staff of writers. Liz has her hands full, and we’re extremely honored that we fit like a glove.

Liz Langley’s Blog:
Alice The Goon

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