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on October 20
Peter Blanchette
Posted project update #10Filmmakers launch project Peter Blanchette & a Guitar Orchestra
Post CommentHi Friends:
Thank you for your generous and wonderful support of my Bach Suite project in the winter of 2009/2010! You all buoyed me at a time that I really needed support for my art, and I put your support to good work; the album has been very well-received, and the momentum helped me launch many other creative projects.
In fact, now a Sundance-award winning filmmaker, Jesse Epstein, is making a full-length documentary about me and my guitar orchestra. She is focusing on the themes of art, community, working at what you love, and surviving as an artist. She and her colleague Paul Odgren have been following me and my orchestra (and my family) around for about six months. They have hundreds of hours of amazing footage, and have attracted the interest of the very talented Malcolm Pullinger who has edited and produced the character-driven documentaries -- FOLLOWING SEAN, and WINNEBAGO MAN. Correspondingly, Jesse has just launched the following campaign to fund hiring him as an editor. http://tinyurl.com/GuitarFilmKickstarter
I hope that you will check out the trailer- it contains some very funny and compelling views into my life as an artist- from European busker to guitar orchestra conductor to solo performer. And, if you're moved to help this film get made, thank you again.
In addition, for you Bach fans, I am embedding a short concert video that Paul Odgren made of me performing this summer in Spain.
Yours truly,
Peter
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on June 1, 2010
Peter Blanchette
commented on a projectI just increased my pledge and I challenge all other backers to do the same. If everyone increased his or her pledge by $15.00 that would push the project right over the finish line. I've also reposted it on both facebook accounts that I manage. Please everyone, get out your personal email lists and starting forwarding the link. Failure is not an option!!!
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on April 19, 2010
Peter Blanchette
commented on a project updatelove the pictures; thanks for sharing them.
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on March 26, 2010
Peter Blanchette
Posted project update #9After-concert VIP reception details
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on March 24, 2010
Peter Blanchette
Posted project update #8URGENT! WFCR Previews Bach CD Wednesday 9AM!
Post CommentWFCR's John Montanari previews the Bach 'Cello Suites for Archguitar CD today at the beginning of his program- you can listen on the radio at 88.5 FM or online at www.wfcr.org
Thanks, everyone, more coming soon....
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on March 22, 2010Funded!
Bach 'Cello Suites for Archguitar, solo recording by Peter Blanchette
This CD recording will feature my solo performance of Bach's fifth and sixth 'cello suites, arranged for archguitar.
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133% funded $3,340 pledged
- 54 backers
- Funded Mar 21, 2010
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on March 19, 2010
Peter Blanchette
Posted project update #7Music Preview and Fundraising Finale!
Post CommentDear Friends:
Seventy hours to the Bach Birthday finish line! To celebrate, and to gently nudge a few more supporters onto the team, here are two excerpts from the recording. (They are rough mixes in MP3 format; the CD you are all supporting will have higher quality audio.) The first is the opening of the Prelude from Suite V. It fades out as the fugue section begins. The second is the exuberant Gigue which closes Suite III.
I want to thank everybody so much for their contributions. It has been deeply encouraging that my work means enough to people that they would help me in such a meaningful way. Every contribution up to the goal pays for the CD's production, packaging and manufacturing. Every contribution after that enables us to send promotional copies of the CD to radio stations around the world.
If you are still considering donating, please do it now. Contributions of all sizes help the project, and demonstrate to media companies the audience support for my work. Plus, there are some excellent incentives to sweeten the deal.
Again, when the project closes Sunday at midnight, I will send a "backers only" invitation to a reception after the April 3rd concert. (And I am thrilled to have backers coming to the concert from as far away as the Netherlands and Germany!)
With heartfelt thanks,
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on March 11, 2010
Peter Blanchette
backed a project
Pulp: A smoky, sensuous, sexy story of 1950s lesbian life and love by Marissa Elkins
Pulp, By Patricia Kane. Directed by Marissa Elkins. A cabaret-style performance at Sunderland's The Blue Heron.
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111% funded $2,225 pledged
- 38 backers
- Funded May 01, 2010
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on March 9, 2010
Peter Blanchette
commented on a projectLooks great; so glad to have any part in it. I posted the link right to my Facebook. I hope everyone else will do the same...
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on March 9, 2010
Peter Blanchette
backed a project
Condom / masculinity film: helping men avoid HIV infection in sub Saharan Africa by Jill Lewis
Seeking support to add one more African language dubbing to a film helping boys and men in African countries think about condom use in the face of HIV
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107% funded $10,730 pledged
- 121 backers
- Funded Jun 07, 2010
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Peter Blanchette
Northampton, MA
Peter Blanchette is the inventor of the 11-string archguitar (www.archguitar.com). His repertoire of unusual and internationally acclaimed arrangements and compositions spans from medieval to contemporary to ethnic, played in solo recital or with... view more
