New Year Inspiration
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If you frequent this blog, you’re probably looking for new inspiration, and fresh ideas, from other than the usual suspects.
So I wanted to put together a list of some of the best musical documentaries, so that you can watch them together as a band in the hopes of getting some better conversations going, and finding fresh inspiration in the new year. Perhaps these are something someone could host at their home with some food and beverage?
Without further adieu – The BYB list of best musical documentaries is:
All about something very near and dear to my heart: backing vocalists. If you are a backing vocalist or you work with a backing vocalist or two, this is great way to name some of the dynamics and tensions of being just out of the spotlight.
It’s on iTunes or you can buy the DVD from Amazon or get it from Netflix.
Three legendary electric guitarists with three styles from three generations meet to talk and share and reminisce and compare notes. See Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin fame , The Edge (of U2, whose sound is fundamental to CCM), and youngster Jack White from the White Stripes.
If you’re trying to understand what makes an electric guitarist tick, and what makes a good one so special, you’ll be hard pressed to do better than this.
It’s on iTunes or you an buy the DVD from Amazon or get it from Netflix.
Session players are the very best musicians – those responsible for getting the parts down when the clock is ticking and every second counts. Really wonderful for understanding the dynamics between musicians and how great music is made.
4. Alive Inside
In case we need a reminder of the depth of responsibility we as musicians have to connect with people, this will wake you up like nothing else.
Available on iTunes or Netflix Streaming, you can buy the DVD at Amazon or get it from Netflix.
Watch how a new and authentic voice is born in Hip-Hop Evolution. If your community is looking for inspiration to find the unique voice for your community, this is a deep well.
Available on iTunes or Netflix Streaming, you can buy the DVD at Amazon or get it from Netflix.
Take Me to the River (2015)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3142366/
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives (2015)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4974396/
Muscle Shoals (2013)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2492916/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/muscle-shoals/id695293380
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5863126/