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Other: Progressive Music Documentary Update - ''Romantic Warriors - A Progressive Saga'

Posted on Wednesday, December 23 @ 07:00:00 UTC by nightowl

Adele Schmidt and Jose Zegarra Holder of Zeitgeist Media LLC write: "Fundraising campaign for the documentary Romantic Warriors - A Progressive Music Saga by Adele Schmidt & Jos? 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 2,000 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.

www.ProgDocs.com



"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.

www.ProgDocs.com

"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.

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!

"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."

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