Never have so few companies controlled so much of the music played on the radio and for sale at retail stores. At the same time, there are more bands and more ways to discover their music than ever. Music seems to have split in two – the homogenous corporate product that is spoonfed to consumers and the diverse independent music that finds devoted fans online and at clubs across the country.
Before the Music Dies is an unsettling and inspiring documentary film that tells the story of American music at this precarious moment. Filmmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled the country, hoping to understand why mainstream music seems so packaged and repetitive, and whether corporations really had the power to silence musical innovation. The answers they found on this journey make Before the Music Dies both riveting and exhilarating.
Featuring interviews with some US top musicians (including Elvis Costello, Erykah Badu, Calexico, Eric Clapton, Branford Marsalis, and Dave Matthews), industry insiders, music critics and fans that reveal how music has reached the moment of truth. The night will include a local music industry discussion panel on the influences the current US music industry is having on the Australian musical market.
The documentary has already been screened in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide and is coming to Perth for one night only.
- The Bakery Artrage Complex
- James St Northbridge
- Sunday June 24
- Tickets $6
- Doors Open: 7pm
- Film: 7:30pm
- Panel Discussion: 9pm
