Some friends and I participated in this year’s Marble City Film Festival. The basic premise is this: We had 10 hours to write/produce/shoot/edit/submit our short film. We were given our genre and three special items at 8am Saturday morning. We then had until 6:30pm to finish the film and submit it on DVD to be screened later in the evening.
Our team consisted of Clark Buckner, Thomas Gentry, Melynne Denton, Andrew Cox, and I. I had a blast with this group, and I am impressed with what we were able to accomplish in such a small amount of time. We didn’t win anything, but we had a bunch of fun. Congratulations and well done to all the other films at the festival this year!
Last night I had the strangest dream. I dreamed I was in a new venue full of people, brilliant musicianship, and general Christmas cheer and frivolity. A stage full of Tennessee’s finest artists were gathered in one place to share their gifts.
No, wait, THAT WASN’T A DREAM! That was Ten out of Tenn, stopping in Knoxville on their Christmas tour. And what a blast it was! The venue was The Square Room, downtown Knoxville’s newest music venue located on Market Square. I must admit, I was only familiar with about two of the ten artists that performed, but I was impressed by all of them:
The performances included traditional Christmas songs, as well as several original songs. The artists rotated in and out of the spotlight and complemented each other instrumentally and vocally. Everyone was comfortable with themselves and their fellow artists, and that made the show for me. Well, that, and the fact that they covered Bob Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released” in their encore.
I’m pumped to see what these fine musicians will accomplish in the future, and I can’t wait to go back to The Square Room. Be sure and check out the Ten out of Tenn – Christmas album on iTunes!
