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Before the Music Dies (2006) -- This documentary explores the reason why so few companies currently control the music played on the radio and for sale at retail stores, and whether corporations really have the power to silence musical innovation.

Overview

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Director:
Andrew Shapter
Writers:
Joel Rasmussen (writer)
Andrew Shapter (writer)
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Genre:
Documentary | Music
Plot:
With outstanding performances and revealing interviews Before the Music Dies takes a critical look at... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Inspiring to rethink how our communities should support music... more (5 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Doyle Bramhall II ... Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Erykah Badu ... Herself

Eric Clapton ... Himself

Elvis Costello ... Himself

Taylor Hannah ... Herself
Josh Jackson ... Himself
Branford Marsalis ... Himself
Dave Matthews ... Himself
Billy Preston ... Himself
Nick Purdy ... Himself

Bonnie Raitt ... Herself
Ahmir-Khalib Thompson ... Himself
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
B4md (Australia)
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Runtime:
USA:95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Australia:M
Filming Locations:
Austin, Texas, USA more

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13 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
Inspiring to rethink how our communities should support music..., 22 June 2006
8/10
Author: Josh Fredman from United States

For debut filmmakers, apart from the content of the actual doc, this is an incredible piece of professional cinema. The film does not mimic a style from the great documentarians of our time such as Ken Burns and Michael Moore, but rather gives a documenting style in and of its own right.

While the film does focus on the dark side of the music industry, and doesn't need to go far to win over an audience to the premise that most of our current radio does suck, the film primarily inspires one to see that there's still a lot of good music out there to be found and had.

The scope of covering the current changes in the music industry is so vast, that these guys did a good job of keeping the audience engaged by telling us where music has been been, where we are now, and where we might be going.

To those of us that are interested and concerned about how the changes in commerce, technology, and art will affect the motion picture industry, this film gives us a good precursor of what we may be going through.

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