NASHVILLE, TN--(Marketwire - April 19, 2010) -
| WHO: | Los Angeles-based duo, The Good Listeners, featuring Clark Stiles and Nathan Khyber recently released their documentary and album, Don't Quit You Daydream, via iTunes (itunes.com/dontquityourdaydream). |
| WHAT: | Don't Quit Your Daydream will be premiering at the Nashville Film Festival (NaFF) and will be available for viewing two days (April 21-22) of the eight-day festival that begins on April 15. In addition to supporting the screenings, The Good Listeners will be performing at the festival's closing party. |
| Don't Quit Your Daydream is the story of two musicians not ready to give up the dream of being rock stars after hitting 40. The duo set off to do what most said they couldn't -- record the album of their dreams on the road and document every second. Leaving their day jobs behind, they embarked on a 24-day cross-country road trip in an RV recording and filming both the album and documentary, Don't Quit Your Daydream. While spanning 12 cities across the heart of America, they recorded with varying musicians, including Bingo Richey at The Integratron created by George Van Tassel in Joshua Tree, CA, to Bugs Salcido on an art ranch in Marfa, TX, to Adrian Grenier at a barn in Lexington, KY. | |
| The film leads viewers on an amazing journey and is an inspiration for anyone not willing to let anything get in the way of their dreams. | |
| Don't Quit Your Daydream was produced in association with JLoar, Inc. and Adrian Grenier's Reckless Productions. | |
| WHEN & WHERE: | Wednesday, April 21 -- Documentary Screening #1 |
| Time: 9:30 pm | |
| Location: Regal Green Hills Stadium 16 | |
| 3815 Green Hills Village Drive | |
| Nashville, TN 37215 | |
| Thursday, April 22 -- Documentary Screening #2 | |
| Time: 4:30 pm | |
| Location: Regal Green Hills Stadium 16 | |
| 3815 Green Hills Village Drive | |
| Nashville, TN 37215 | |
| Thursday, April 22 -- The Good Listeners performance | |
| Time: 9 pm | |
| Location: The Cannery Ballroom | |
| One Cannery Row | |
| Nashville, TN 37203 |
About The Good Listeners: Their newest release Don't Quit Your Daydream, released on Three Fingers Records, features hit tracks "Eight Steps Away" and "Chemtrails." These tracks are the end result of their session with Adrian Grenier, who provides backing vocals, guitar and harmonica on the track. For more info, please check: http://www.dontquityourdaydream.com/.
The duo are no strangers to unusual ways of working and remote recording locations, having completed their 2005 debut album, Ojai, after recording an impressive 10 songs in 10 days in a makeshift home recording studio. And in a setting reminiscent of the movie, "The Shining," their 2007 album, Crane Point Lodge, was recorded in a 14-room country lodge nestled deep in New York State's Adirondack Mountains. The Good Listeners additional projects include branching into musical scoring, contributing their song, "Time Will Tell" to the 2006 movie "The Devil Wears Prada."
About Nashville Film Festival: The longest-running film festival in the South, NaFF also ranks among the most prestigious, continually garnering accolades and notice from a wide range of entertainment and trade publications, including the Associated Press, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal online, MovieMaker Magazine, Film Festival Today, IndieWire, Variety, Billboard, New York and Script Magazine. In 2009, nearly 23,000 film lovers, entertainment professionals and industry insiders from all over the world made the trek to NaFF, enjoying 258 films from 48 countries, incisive industry panels, music showcases and spirited party mixers.
Nashville Film Festival is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation and receives funding from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, William N. Rollins Fund for the Arts of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, The Memorial Foundation, Nashville Metro Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, Ragsdale Family Foundation, Tennessee Arts Commission, and its generous patrons and sponsors.
About JLoar, Inc.: An investment centric Production Company founded in 2005, J. Loar, Inc. is comprised of John Loar and Tom Halbach. Loar has logged more than 20 years in senior management, with extensive experience in film production, business development, operations, venture funding and mergers/acquisitions. He is also co-founder of Red Bird Cinema, a production company with actor/writer/director Kevin Pollack, and St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa. Recently, they've expanded their film production division in a partnership with actor, producer and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Billy Bob Thorton.
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