RethinkPopMusic Announces “Put Your Music Where Your Mouth Is” Competition

RethinkPopMusic (RPM) is hosting a two-night competition asking artists to “Put Your Music Where Your Mouth Is.” The competition will put artists in front of industry experts who will choose the winners based on talent. The winner from each night will be given a performance slot at the RethinkPopMusic Stage during Midpoint Music Festival (MPMF) on September 25th in Cincinnati, Ohio. Additionally, the winner from each night will have their single included on a future RethinkPopMusic compilation album and will be in consideration to become a RethinkPopMusic Affiliated Artist.

Night-One
July 30th | 8:00pm | Crash Mansion (NYC)

Night-Two
Aug 7th | 8:00pm | Cameo (Williamsburg)

The judges will vary for each night and include:
Bob Berman: founder of RethinkPopMusic
Ben Foxx: acclaimed producer and audio engineer (The Vanguard, Interpol, Death Cab for Cutie)
Aaron Barr: musician/actor (lead singer of The Vanguard and star of Mow Crew)
Gregory Hewes: RethinkPopMusic Regional Director of A&R
TBA MTV Producer
TBA Celebrity Music Blogger

IMPORTANT: All submitting artists must be available to perform at either showcase date in New York City and must be able to travel independently to Cincinnati, Ohio on September 25th for the Midpoint Music Festival. Additionally, prior to the artists’ performance, the single for the RethinkPopMusic Compilation CD must be submitted as an uncompressed stereo track. RethinkPopMusic guarantees to select 2 artists from Sonicbids, but is considering selecting up to 10 artists through Sonicbids.

About Us: RethinkPopMusic may best be described as an artist collaborative record label WITHOUT an album sales business model. Founded in NYC by a group of young music industry experts disenchanted with the climate of gluttonous executives, misleading “Indie” labels and 360 deals, RPM intends to return creative control to the artists and reestablish integrity within the industry. RPM provides “Affiliated Artists” with all the marketing, publicity, booking, recording and legal tools necessary to “make a living making music”. RPM affiliated artists are under no contractual obligation to sell or distribute their music and retain all the rights and creative control of their art. Subsequently, the RPM business model utilizes experiential and integrated marketing initiatives that partner consumer products and artists via showcases, tours, music supervision and innovative projects. For more information please visit www.RethinkPopMusic.com

All submissions must go through Sonicbids,

Click here to submit!


Submission deadline: July 21st

Mow Crew to be screened at Midpoint Music Festival

So, I just got confirmation that Mow Crew will be screened at Midpoint and the director, Taylor Toole, will be joining RethinkPopMusic and documenting our mini-tour. RethinkPopMusic will be taking The Vanguard, The Ambassadors and The Aviation Orange deep into the midwest in late September… dates and details coming soon.

Mow Crew Preview – Past Time For Leaving from Taylor Toole on Vimeo.

Mow Crew Preview – The Weatherman from Taylor Toole on Vimeo.

About Mow Crew:

Information about the film is outlined below and a press kit is attached, more info @ mowcrew.com. Feel free to contact me directly with any questions regarding the project.

Project History
•Filmed over 18 days in June 2008 entirely on Martha’s Vineyard – the first film to be allowed to do so since Jaws
•DI/Color/mix completed April/May 2009
•April 19th, 2009 – First public screening @ Boston Int’l Film Fest gets us favorable review in The (hipster-bitchy) Weekly Dig comparing us to Juno & Garden State and predicts top selling soundtrack on iTunes. Film wins The Indie Spirit Special Recognition Award at the festival.
•May 9th, 2009 – By way of saying “Thank You” to Martha’s Vineyard we hold two back to back screenings at the Capawock Theatre. We score three glowing newspaper articles and local radio and TV coverage that accompany the event. Both screenings sellout with many people being turned away. Adults of all ages enjoy the film, particularly it’s humor and music.
•Currently waiting to hear from fall festivals (will screen at Woods Hole Fest in July), seeking distribution (MV theater owners are trying to book Mow Crew for a full run on island later this summer).

Specs
•Shot on Super 16mm film, DI to HDCam SR master – we screen on all formats (our awesome colorist Bruce Bolden also did Vant Sant’s Elephant & Last Days)
•scripted 95min comedy
•R rated language, scenes of nudity, some violent situations
•features seven original songs performed by lead actor/musicians Aaron Lloyd Barr of NYC band The Vanguard (www.myspace.com/thevanguardatmyspace ) and Saara Untracht-Oakner of Boston band You Can Be a Wesley (www.myspace.com/youcanbeawesley )

Misc
•Janet Pierson of SXSW saw an unfinished version of the film, thought it was “funny and fresh” and offered to be a personal reference for the movie.
•I am the director/writer/editor and along with Aaron and Saara, this is my first feature film.

Links
www.mowcrew.com
www.myspace.com/mowcrewmusic