For someone who doesn't read books

If you know me you know I rarely ever read books. I'm trying to get better at it. But once I heard Robert Rodriguez the film maker wrote a book titled "Rebel without a Crew". It's about how he made his first film and did everything himself, I just had to read it. I've always enjoyed his films and the fact that he is the director, steady cam operator, production designer, editor and film composer is just awesome. Out of necessity and no money he did everything himself and continues to do that even his budgets are in the millions of dollars. In his book he explains about how he made his first film "El Mariachi" for..... get ready ..... $7000 dollars. Go see the movie it doesn't look like it was made for that much but more. The story on how he got it done is so inspiring. To raise the money he ended up going off to a medical center to become a lab rat for a month for $2000 and in that month he wrote the script, plan the shots and made friends with a guy who became the main bad guy. Well I can talk about the book all day but I suggest you read it yourself. Even if you don't like film making but are passionate about something and you always say you wanted to do it but haven't done it yet, go DO IT. Stop saying you are going to do it and just do it. And don't let not having money stop you from doing it. Be creative and always create. The great thing about what Robert Rodriguez explains is that he had no money so when he was filming he had to think of ways creatively to get the the shots he wanted. Anyways watch this video and you get the jist of what the book is about but pick up the book and read it. I swear that I could not put it down. I stayed up late hours until I finished it and now I'm inspired to follow my passions. I've always wanted to make films and do many other artsy projects. Now it's time to stop saying I'm going to do them and just DO IT!!!!

Red Truck Fly Fishing Rods

I composed the music for this video. It was a lot of fun and a new challenge for me. The clients wanted something very mellow and almost country bluegrass like so I learned slide guitar. It was the first time I ever played slide guitar and now I'm hooked. It's so fun. I have another song that's very bluesy and uses a lot of slide guitar which will hopefully be out in another video coming soon. Until then please enjoy this vid by Red Truck Fly Fishing rods. I don't know much about fishing but I now want to learn how to fly fish. I feel that these kind of videos are the new way of advertising a brand instead of shoving a flashy video saying "This fishing rod is only $100, please order online." The video tells a story of an adventure a group of guys go on. Camping, grilling, fishing and being with nature. It's almost like a short documentary or movie and the fishing rods are the product placement. I wouldn't be surprised if I see more videos like this. Practically all the videos my music has ever been in use this kind of marketing which I find to be very creative. You're selling the product but your showing the lifestyle with great cinematography and very sparse dialogue. If you want to know more about this company please check out their website at

http://www.redtruckflyrods.com

Take'r Easy

-Dan