The 7th Annual Music Video Showcase is scheduled for March 1-4, 2012.
The weekend will be filled with Music, Film, Art and Culture, so get the dates on your calendar!
THURSDAY
@ LIVE FROM MEMPHIS (1 S. Main Street - Click for Map) 8-11pm - Opening Night Reception This party is to honor all the filmmakers, musicians, artists, volunteers, sponsors, and various other supporters that all come together to make MVS awesome! We’ll be chilling at the LFM studio, listening to music and just having a good ‘ol time, so join us! Feel free to bring friends and family, mingle, and meet new people.
FRIDAY
@ THE WAREHOUSE (36 E. GE Patterson Ave - Click for Map) 4pm - Lounge will open for check-in. 4-8pm - Opening of MOTO-AVX - An Audio / Visual Experience From the creators MX and Ninjacat, comes a new collaboration in experiential art and design. MOTO-AVX is a site specific, immersive extravaganza of interactive sound and visuals to stimulate your senses. Moto-AVX can only be seen at Music Video Showcase 7 (before and after the showcase screenings on March 2-4).
9:30 - Midnight - Dance Party Central with DJ Steve Anne! Stick around after the showcase Friday night to witness the awesomeness that this party will be. Resident DJ at Beauty Shop, DJ Steve Anne will be bring down the house with an eclectic mix of dance/ party music. (FREE with your MVS admission. $10 without)
@ THE POWER HOUSE (45 E. GE Patterson Ave - Click for Map) 4:00-9:00pm - Opening of the 3rd Annual Project Sketchbook! Project Sketchbook is an annual mail-art project organized by the Rozelle Artists Guild. We hand cut, assemble, sew, stamp, package, and mail as many miniature sketchbooks as we can (this year, nearly 350) to whoever wants one. You fill it up however you want, and we collect them. All entries are featured in an annual printed catalog, and in a open to the public exhibition, this year at Power House in conjunction with LFM’s Music Video Showcase 7. 2012 marks our third year, and we’re pumped to be teamed up with Live From Memphis to bring the exhibition to you! 4:00-9:00pm - Our Vibe. Our City. ArtSpace. Presented by ArtsMemphis. ArtsMemphis is pleased to present this space of art for mass consumption! Featuring works by Memphis- based video artists Jill Wissmiller. Wissmiller’s work has been screened in numerous festivals including Console-ing Passions: The International Conference of Feminism and Television, Film, Video and New Media. Wissmiller also creates interactive video designs for theater, and recently staged her work at the Julia De Burgos Art Center in NYC for the Danisarte’s My World/Mi Mundo theatrical festival.
SATURDAY
@ THE WAREHOUSE (36 E. GE Patterson Ave - Click for Map) 12:00pm - Lounge will open for check-in. 1:00-3:00pm - Visible Showcase Visible Music College is a faith-based, independent college located right here in Memphis. They work tirelessly preparing artists, technicians, and business professionals for the real world! Showcase Artists: Jo (country-rock) She Said (rock) Cayerio (hip-hop/rock) 3:00-5:00pm - Neosoulville Showcase An amazing organization and network of individuals who are all about the soul of Memphis. Check ‘em out online (neosoulville.com) or attend “The Word” (Memphis’ longest running open mic night) every Monday Night at the Rumba Room. Showcase Artists: Kirby Lauryen CC Hill Black Rock Revival Jamaal Wicks Ping Rose Tim Terry Showcase MC Tonya Dyson 5:00-7:00pm - Goner Records Showcase Goner is an awesome label and record store in Memphis. They sell all kinds of great, overlooked music on lp, cd, 45, and 78. They also sell t-shirts, books, magazines and dvds! Check ‘em out in Cooper-Young. Showcase Artists: Manatees Overnight Lows Sex Cult
9:30-Midnight - MVS Awards Show Awards show hosted by Memphis Jones! We’ll be giving out the cash and prizes to the lucky winners, so you don’t want to miss this! Featuring performances by Memphis Dawls, Artistik Approach, and Modern Convenience. (FREE with your MVS admission. $10 without)
@ EARNESTINE & HAZEL'S (531 S. Main St. - Click for Map) 1:00-2:00pm - Panel #1 “Stephen Pitalo: Shoot The Singer, Cue The Horse: Adventures In The Golden Age of Music Video (1976-1993)” With an obsessive-compulsive knowledge of the Golden Age of Music Video (1976- 1993), music video historian Stephen Pitalo will unveil untold tales from the genre’s heyday, compiled from interviews with over 60 music video directors from Michael Lindsay-Hogg (The Beatles) and Bruce Gowers (Queen) to Nigel Dick (Guns N Roses) and Kevin Kerslake (Nirvana). Pitalo will show specific music videos and discuss the hidden backstory or influences, and music video director/producer Jon Small will also attend the panel to share his experiences of the “Golden Age.” 2:15-3:15pm - Panel #2 “Jon Small: What A Director Needs To Know, The Inside Perspective” Eleven Emmy nominations, former touring musician, producer and director of music videos and live television concert specials... people, we’ve got a legend here. Jon Small shares his experiences from directing the ground-breaking Run-DMC/Aerosmith “Walk This Way” music video to working with such stars as Reba McEntire, Enrique Inglesias, Taylor Swift, Faith Hill, Rod Stewart, Sting, Lynryd Skynard, Garth Brooks and more. This is a don’t miss event for filmmakers, musicians, and music video fans. 3:30-4:30pm - Panel #3 “An Introduction to Direct-to-Fan Marketing for Creatives” with Bob Moczydlowsky Topspin is a Direct-to-Fan marketing and retail software platform. What ProTools and Final Cut are for music and video production, Topspin is for online marketing and retail: a software platform which makes your job as an artists easier. Come to this panel. Meet Bob. Learn about Topspin. Grow a database of fans—and market to them!
@ THE POWER HOUSE (45 E. GE Patterson Ave - Click for Map) 12:00-8:00pm - 3rd Annual Project Sketchbook Project Sketchbook is an annual mail-art project organized by the Rozelle Artists Guild. We hand cut, assemble, sew, stamp, package, and mail as many miniature sketchbooks as we can (this year, nearly 350) to whoever wants one. You fill it up however you want, and we collect them. All entries are featured in an annual printed catalog, and in a open to the public exhibition, this year at Power House in conjunction with LFM’s Music Video Showcase 7. 2012 marks our third year, and we’re pumped to be teamed up with Live From Memphis to bring the exhibition to you! 12:00-8:00pm - Our Vibe. Our City. ArtSpace. Presented by ArtsMemphis. ArtsMemphis is pleased to present this space of art for mass consumption! Featuring works by Memphis- based video artists Jill Wissmiller. Wissmiller’s work has been screened in numerous festivals including Console-ing Passions: The International Conference of Feminism and Television, Film, Video and New Media. Wissmiller also creates interactive video designs for theater, and recently staged her work at the Julia De Burgos Art Center in NYC for the Danisarte’s My World/Mi Mundo theatrical festival.
SUNDAY
@ THE WAREHOUSE (36 E. GE Patterson Ave - Click for Map) 2:00-3:00pm - Premier of the 48 Hour Music Video Launch Videos. For FuelFilm’s fourth 48hour film launch they’ve partnered with Live From Memphis to make 5 music videos in one weekend. Here’s how it works—a bunch of local Memphis acts submitted songs, of which 5 were selected (by a secretive and possibly corrupt star chamber...hey, that’s what the bands who weren’t picked are gonna tell you anyway) carefully considering which songs would inspire the best videos, and those 5 songs were posted online for review by our participants. Dozens of filmmakers and aspiring filmmakers gathered Friday February 24th to pitch their concepts. 5 of those concepts were chosen by popular vote and “Greenlit” - and everyone came together to create 5 music videos in 48 hours. These are the amazing results!
@ The POWER HOUSE (45 GE Patterson Ave - Click for Map) 12:00-5:00pm - 3rd Annual Project Sketchbook Project Sketchbook is an annual mail-art project organized by the Rozelle Artists Guild. We hand cut, assemble, sew, stamp, package, and mail as many miniature sketchbooks as we can (this year, nearly 350) to whoever wants one. You fill it up however you want, and we collect them. All entries are featured in an annual printed catalog, and in a open to the public exhibition--this year at Power House in conjunction with LFM’s Music Video Showcase 7. 2012 marks our third year, and we’re pumped to be teamed up with Live From Memphis to bring the exhibition to you! 12:00-5:00pm - Our Vibe. Our City. ArtSpace. Presented by ArtsMemphis. ArtsMemphis is pleased to present this space of art for mass consumption! Featuring works by Memphis- based video artists Jill Wissmiller. Wissmiller’s work has been screened in numerous festivals including Console-ing Passions: The International Conference of Feminism and Television, Film, Video and New Media. Wissmiller also creates interactive video designs for theater, and recently staged her work at the Julia De Burgos Art Center in NYC for the Danisarte’s My World/Mi Mundo theatrical festival.
