Ummm………Holy sh*t! I made a movie!

    I started this project a little over a year ago with ONE of my good

old friends (Jim Rota from the band Fireball Ministry). That’s

right….just me, my drinking buddy, and a crazy idea that we should tell

the story of a studio we had loved hanging around for years, and our

heartbreak to see it close. It soon blossomed into something truly epic! I

don’t think either of us ever imagined our little project would become

what it is now. Like all the best things in life, it just…….happened.

     From day one, it was the most incredible experience of my life. I

swear. Sitting down with Neil Young talking about recording guitars, John

Fogerty telling me about the day he decided to become a musician, Stevie

Nicks telling me the story of how she joined Fleetwood Mac, Trent Reznor

schooling me on the world of computers and digital technology, etc etc

etc…..can you imagine? All I had to do was listen…I am the luckiest

man on earth.

    And, being a completely independent film, no one told us how or what

to do! Me and my crew of under 20 people did it OUR way. It was like a keg

party with a camera. WE got to tell the story of a place we all held so

dear. WE wanted to do it justice. And I think we did.

    But, SOUND CITY is only part of the story…..

   What is it that happens when 4 people turn on, plug in, and really

play that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up? What is it

about those moments when you hear something and it immediately puts its

hooks in you, and you feel…..understood? What is it that will inspire

the next generation of kids wanna do what I did when I was a little punk

growing up in Springfield, Virginia? That feeling like, “Wait……I can

do this too…..”

    That’s what I’m talking about. That human connection. That human

feel. That human sound…that isn’t perfect…but it’s sooooo good.

    I really feel like SOUND CITY is my life’s most important work. I

hope you do too. 

    Psyched that you get to see it! Show it to your friends! Get

together, start a band, sound like sh*t, and change the world. GO

    Thank you, thank you, thank you………Dave