Progressive Music Documentary - Romantic Warriors, A Progressive Saga
Zeit Geist
Fundraising campaign for the documentary “Romantic Warriors – A
Progressive Music Saga” by
Adele Schmidt & José Zegarra Holder (USA, 2010, 70 Min)
We've got some terrific news—we've made great advances with our
documentary Romantic Warriors!
The rough cut of the 70-minute version is now finding its way into the
digital editing system. Meanwhile, over 1,800 viewers have watched the
fundraising trailer since we uploaded it on You Tube on October 22nd.
Click on the link below to watch the trailer if you have not done so
already.
Our special thanks go to all of you who've supported us and sent in
contributions. As of today, we've received $1,463. Please continue to
support Romantic Warriors, so we can reach our goal of raising $3,000
by the end of January 2010. By then, we'll finish the rough cut. We're
planning a public rough-cut screening in Washington, DC in February/
March 2010 to get audience feedback before we lock in the final edit.
Our goal is to finish Romantic Warriors by the end of May 2010.
Please continue to support Romantic Warriors. Just go to our web site
and make a contribution. It's easy and every amount is truly welcome.
Also, we've prepared a special treat for you. Please go to our You
Tube channel and check out our interview bites with Roine Stolt,
Cabezas de Cera, and Dan Britton.
http://www.youtube.com/user/progdocs
The Romantic Warriors trailer has already connected people. Here's a
quote from one of the film's characters, Thymme Jones of Cheer
Accident:
“Wow! This documentary has already been an interesting ride. Somebody
from Mexico City wrote to our web site because he knows the Cabezas de
Cera folks pretty well (musically anyway) and saw us in the trailer
and noticed that we are from Chicago. And he just happens to currently
be in Chicago for his job. So he came over to my house and bought
three CDs. We had a nice little talk. Great guy!”
If you have a story about this ride, please contact us at progdocs AT
zeitgeistmedia.tv ; we'll share it with everybody!
Have a great day,
Adele Schmidt & Jose Zegarra Holder
Zeitgeist Media LLC
Zeitgeist Media WebSite
ProgDocs WebSite
Romantic Warriors Synopsis
Progressive music is rarely played on the radio. Usually complex and
conceptual using long song structures, progressive music bands operate
in the underground exploring the form in every genre with the passion
and dedication of their predecessors – Pink Floyd, Genesis, King
Crimson, Yes, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Gentle Giant – while
searching for ways to reach their audiences.
About the Film
This feature length documentary film highlights five contemporary
progressive music bands: Cheer Accident - Avant/Experimental (USA),
Deluge Grander - Symphonic (USA), Phideaux - Symphonic (USA), Cabezas
de Cera - Eclectic Jazz Fusion(Mexico) and D.F.A. - Jazz Rock
(Italy). These musicians tell their stories, influences, creative
process, challenges they face, and how they sell music in the era of
Internet downloads.
This film is also about the passion and spirit of progressive music
genre, its music, its festivals, and the ecosystem that supports it.