“Appetite” to see the big screen

News came about yesterday that Appetite for Self-Destruction will be getting a screen treatment.  Steve Knopper, Denver-based Rolling Stone business correspondent, released his book a year ago.  Now the tale is being told by the producers of HBO’s The Wire.

Here is the scoop, according to Paste Magazine:

Producers of The Wire will soon focus on the downfalls and digital downloads characterizing today’s music industry.

The inspiration is Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age, a book written by Rolling Stonecontributing editor Steve Knopper.Appetite for Self-Destruction chronicles a 30-year history, starting with the downfall of disco, ending with the rise of digital downloads, and trekking through the battle with Napster and decline of CD sales along the way.

As Knopper revealed recently on his blog,American Beauty producer Bob Cooper first called saying he wanted to option the rights to HBO for a film, before Spinner reported that The Wireproducers hope to create a television drama.

Once the television network purchased the rights, HBO enlisted playwright Victoria Stewart, 2007 Francesca Primus Prize winner, as the screenwriter. Stewart’s adaption is said to focus first and foremost on Sony Music executives mentioned early on in Knopper’s work.

Appetite for Self-Destruction was released last January, years after Knopper began reporting on the business aspect of the music industry, including victims of digital-download lawsuits.

Thinking about how the producers could turn this non-fiction text into a full blown epic, I can only imagine that it will be the first movie of its kind.  Narratives of the music industry up until now have been about a world of glitz and glamor surrounding otherwise damaged musicians.  Furthermore, this kind of exposure could give the music-enjoying public a fresh perspective on the trials and tribulations that music industry professionals have to endure to keep their industry alive.

We will definitely be watching this development closely.

The New Rock Star

We are lucky to work with a wide variety of personalities in this business.  Most of them are brilliant entrepreneurs, very talented musicians, and extremely hard workers.

Yet, every now and again, we run into those who beleive they are true rock stars.  Example given:

Dylan comes to us from a web exclusive for ABC’s new show “Modern Family.”  The character goes to propagate the classic rock star image: an idiot savant who is stuck in a state of arrested development.  Although, if Dylan were a real “artist” he would want to tell people he was named after Dylan Thomas, not Bob Dylan.

No offense to Bob, but gotta give credit where it’s due.

We’re lucky enough to be working with artists who have excellent skill sets.  From performing to recording, these are people we are privlegded to work with.  And we are always looking to work with more!  Get in touch with us if you have a great idea!

What is Syntropic?

Every company needs a name, an identity.  Something for it to develop it’s ideas around.  While they could be as arbitrary as “Apple” or as poignant as “Sound Pounders,” the brand you create should certainly mean something.

So what, then, is the idea behind Syntropic Music?

The second law of thermodynamics, entropy, basically states that molecules will eventually dissipate until they are spread equally over the largest area possible.  Iron rusts, wood splinters, energy dissipates into a relaxed, if not useless, state.

Syntropy, as theorized by physicist Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, is “negative entropy.”  In so many words, Syntropy is the artistic bringing together of compatible elements to create something spectacular.  It is the force that works opposite of entropy.  Szent-Gyorgyi believed delicate and intricate creations, like the organs in a human body, are completely useless until they are absolutely perfect.

And this is the idea behind Syntropic Music.  With the advent of new technologies and the spread of direct-to-fan marketing, we understand that the music industry is changing every day.  By bringing together the necessary elements, we provide the tools bands and musicians need to succeed in today’s musical climate.

We may not be physicists, but we are designers, net workers, sound engineers, musicians and creative who strive to make everything we do absolutely perfect.