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Live performances taped at the nile theater in bakersfield, CA "Nashville West" |
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The show will initially be shown on alternative stations within the PBS umbrella |
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The pilot's purpose is to gain 13 episode season with distribution on PBS and international territories-- Soundstage is currently distributed in 20 countries |
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modeled after Austin City Limits, Soundstage & MTV Unplugged |
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One shooting day with HDTV recording, audio, post-production provided by PBS station (KCET - Los Angeles / KVPT Fresno) |
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Pilot budget - $75,000 for two performances |
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| Principals | |
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Jon Equis - Executive Producer Jon Equis is the creator of Angels and Outlaws and is an accomplished event designer and producer. For the past ten years, Jon has been involved in nearly 100 special events throughout the United States and Spain. His portfolio includes high visibility projects such as movie premieres, the Golden Globes and Academy Awards, product launches, marketing campaigns, hotel and resort openings, as well as the production of award shows, and urban theatrical productions. One of the more unique projects Jon Equis strategized, designed and produced was the Hunter S. Thompson Memorial on behalf of Johnny Depp.
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Mary Patton - Creative Director Mary is an accomplished marketing executive at Katalyst Entertainment. She has 15 years experience in event and music production. At Katalyst she serves as Event Producer and Artist Manager. Prior to founding Katalyst, she was Marketing & Advertising Director at Amoeba Music, where she produced live events and oversaw the group's marketing strategies. Prior to joining Amoeba she was Product Management and marketing Director for Rhino Records, the re-issue label for Warner Music Group.
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James Huddleston - Producer James is a Finance Executive with 10 years experience in global private equity and investment analysis. He is the founding and managing partner of Riedel Global Experts, an emerging & frontier market focused firm with operations in 28 countries, servicing some of the largest institutional investors in the world. While based in India, he facilitated numerous private placements in entertainment and media companies. Additionally he participated in structuring investment vehicles designed to fund a slate of films. He has been based in Los angeles, San Francisco, Dubai, India & London.
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Michael Frondelli - Audio Engineer Michael Frondelli is an award winning professional recording engineer. |
americana Showcase |
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| the results from this years Academy Awards & Golden Globes reiterates the potential and popularity of this genre. |
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| Winner - best original song "the weary kind" crazy heart |
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| Winner - best actor - jeff bridges crazy heart |
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| naras includes new americana grammy category for 2010 grammy awards. | |||
| the show will capture the 18-34 year-old market, which is lacking in PBS's lineup. | |||
| people that drive and follow americana are looking for a breakthrough moment in the public sphere. | |||
To the Right |
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| americana sound a diverse sample of emerging americana musicians |
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emerging musicians
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The Angels |
The Outlaws | ||
| Jonathan Rice |
Sarah Borgess and the broken |
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| Jenny Lewis |
singles |
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| Sia |
The mother truckers |
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| Courtney Jaye | Jesse Dayton | ||
| Tim Easton | Alejandro Escovedo | ||
| Neal Casal | Dead rock west | ||
| Susan Marshall | Shurman | ||
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Production |
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| the style will bring the artist into your living room | ||
| Minimal distractions from camera moves, editing or commentary- private show in the audiences' living room | ||
| Basic production style similar to the johnny cash show | ||
| Production style similar to late 1960's television and concert footage | ||
| Services contracted by local PBS station | ||
| Lighting and production will be independently contracted by the principals of Angels & Outlaws | ||
| 300 capacity ballroom theater - The Nile | ||
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Bakersfield History |
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| Bakersfield is known in country music circle as "Nashville West" |
From Los Angeles 110m. |
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| Bakersfield Sound was developed in the 1950's. Bakersfield country was a reaction against the slickly-produced, string orchestra-laden Nasville Sound, which was becoming popular in the late 1950's. | ||
| buck Owens and the Buckaroos and Merle Haggard and the Strangers are the most successful artists of the original Bakersfield sound era. | ||
| The Bakersfield Sound had a large influence on the west coast music scene that many guitar companies set up shop in Bakersfield in the 60's. | ||
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| Growth Drivers Lack of choice and outlets for americana music |
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| Two significant research studies were conducted recently to help better understand americana demographics. | |||
| The 3,000 listener study by Troy & Evolution research was presented at the americana music association convention in august 2008 in nashville. | |||
| 3.9% would listen "all the time", 10.2% "most of the time" and 30% would listen "some of the time" if a radio station was available solely focused on americana. | |||
| 18% own americana music and listen to it often -- 80% of this group would listen at least occasionally to an americana radio station if availabe. | |||
| The term "americana" is still unknown with only 1/3 of the sample familiar. | |||
| 40% of sample would listen "all the time" "most of the time" or "some of the time" to a new FM americana station. | |||
| Key findings pointed to lack of listening options and strong affinity for americana. The results vary greatly from region to region. | |||
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| It's all about the music Global Audience |
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| Bob Harris of BBC Radio2, hosts a show featuring americana music. | ||
| The U.K. is a ripe market for americana, large fanbase, two magazines: dedicated cut magazine and maverick magazine. | ||
| Americana music festival - Nashville July 2010. | ||
| Country Music Association of Australia. | ||
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| Contact Information |
Jon Equis based in Los Angeles - 917.375.8217 |