Melody Makers, Should've Been There

MELODY MAKERS screens 7th Annual Jerome Indie Film & Music Festival. #Arizona #USA Melody Makers, Should've Been There

Oh my, I’ve been invited to #Cinestory the Feature Retreat in Idylwild, CA where I’ll be honing my feature screenplays with seasoned pros. It’s a pretty high l...evel competition so I’m kinda pinching myself. Cinestory Alums include: Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby (COWBOYS & ALIENS, CHILDREN OF MEN, IRON MAN), Daniel Barnz (BEASTLY, PHOEBE IN WONDERLAND), Lance Hammer (BALLAST), Billy Shebar (DARK MATTER) and Michael Cahill (THE KING OF CALIFORNIA). Past retreat mentors include: Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, writer/director Joe Forte (FIREWALL, OUT), producer Nana Greenwald (SEVEN), producer Michelle Sy (FINDING NEVERLAND), producer and former head of Jodie Foster's production company MEG LEFAUVE (Pixar’s INSIDE OUT, THE DANGEROUS LIVES OF ALTAR BOYS), writer Philip Eisner (EVENT HORIZON, MUTANT CHRONICLES) and writer/director Keith Gordon (DEXTER, WAKING THE DEAD). So stoked!! So honoured!

Greetings from Canada. Really looking forward to having Melody Makers, Should've Been There screen at the up-coming Jerome Indie Film & Music Festival. Melody ...Maker magazine - the world’s first original music press - was revered as the bible of rock 'n' roll. Melody Makers, captures the birth of rock 'n' roll journalism during the zeitgeist of rock 'n' roll. Melody Maker magazine established in 1926 was a jazz musicians trade paper that became an internationally recognized must read for rock 'n’ roll fans and musicians alike by the mid 1960's. #BarrieWentzell #EricBurdon #IanAnderson #YES #Pinkfloyd #TheWho #Hendrix #DoctorJohn #JerryGarcia #LedZeppelin #EltonJohn #DianaRoss #JoniMitchell #NeilYoung See you all there!

... might be small but I am so excited Melody Makers Apple book sold a copy in Australia and Canada! Based on the multiple award winning documentary, Melody ...Makers it also contains embedded video clips from the film, movie trailers, games, and classic rock picture puzzles. Melody Makers chronicles the ascent of Melody Maker magazine and rock’s defining moments captured at shutter speed. http://books.apple.com/us/book/id1471754506 MELODY MAKERS Interactive Book is an immersive experience designed for all mobile devices. It’s a visual journey with iconic rock photography from the photographers LEGEND SERIES taken during his tenure on MM featuring Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, The Band, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Faces, Hendrix, The Beatles, David Bowie, Cream and many others. Thanks Pat Blythe for the copy edit!

Sad but true. My debut short film had a qualifying Academy screening at the Laemmle in Santa Monica in 2001. The New York magazine got it right, "...virtually unknowns (Leslie Ann Coles, the writer-director-star of "In The Refrigerator, pictured)...