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Follow on Google News |  Musician Adam Ezra To Compose Music for Comedy Folk Hero & Funny Guy, starring Alex KarpovskyRunning October 30th through December 4th, the Kickstarter has announced brand new incentives focused on musician Adam Ezra, including first listens and private concerts.
By: Folk Hero & Funny Guy The additional incentives are as follows: $15: Free download of an exclusive Adam Ezra track from the film. $40: Invite to our online listening party where you can hear all the details on the creation of the FH&FG Soundtrack. $80: 2 Tickets for a private Adam Ezra concert that we'll be shooting for the movie! (Likely in February or March in Boston) $150: 2 Tickets to the private concert PLUS access to the backstage meet and greet. From Ezra’s website, “an old friend of mine, Jeff Grace, a comic/actor/ this indie film is scheduled to shoot this March, and they’ve asked me to write an original soundtrack and score for the film. i’ve read the script and love it. been writing and submitting a ton of music to the movie people, and they are currently deciding which songs to use in the film. some of the material will be new, some of it you already know, and some of the music is being revived and re-worked from my very earliest releases. this has been a totally interesting experience so far for me, and i’m excited to see where this all ends up! kickstarter, which is such a popular tool with indie music, is also catching on in the indie hollywood world these days. while the kind of dollars one usually raises through kickstarter only covers a fraction of the cost of making a movie, it often helps to give the project a huge boost in the pre-production stages. the FOLK HERO & FUNNY GUY team has launched their own kickstarter campaign (http://www.kickstarter.com/ contribute if you want...don’t sweat it if you can’t....definitely check it out when you get a free moment. i promise to keep you up to speed on this latest adventure as it unfolds... love, ad” Other members of the FOLK HERO AND FUNNY GUY family include producer Ryland Aldrich, Emmy© nominated cinematographer Nancy Schreiber (Sundance Best Dramatic Cinematography Winner - NOVEMBER) To become a part of the FOLK HERO AND FUNNY GUY team, head to http://FolkHeroAndFunnyGuy.com About FOLK HERO & FUNNY GUY FOLK HERO & FUNNY GUY follows Paul and Jason, childhood friends who have drifted apart as they've reached their 30s. Jason is a good-looking and free spirited singer-songwriter whose career is taking off, while Paul is a struggling stand-up comedian whose once promising trajectory is now in decline. They reunite when Jason passes through town on his most recent tour. A night of drinking leads Jason to offer Paul the opportunity to serve as the opening act for his upcoming solo tour. What Paul doesn’t know is that Jason has booked the tour himself in order to win back an old flame. Paul’s woes are the ideal opportunity for Jason to get his number one wingman back on board. About Musician Adam Ezra Adam Ezra is a touring singer/songwriter who has appeared with such bands as Aerosmith, Goo Goo Dolls, Jason Mraz, Modest Mouse, Blackalicious, Spearhead, and Pete Seeger. His band The Adam Ezra Group has won “Band of the Year”, “Album of the Year”, and “Song of the Year” at the New England Music Awards. In addition to lending popular songs from his catalog, Adam will be composing original music for Folk Hero & Funny Guy in the spirit of such American singer/songwriters as Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Jack Johnson. Adam is also the inspiration for the “Folk Hero” character of the film. About Writer/Director Jeff Grace Jeff Grace is a comedian, writer, and director who started his career on the stages of Second City and ImprovOlympic in Chicago. He was hired to write political rants for IFC’s Henry Rollins Show after a producer saw Jeff perform stand-up at The Improv in Hollywood. From there, he went on to write and act in MTV’s That Movie Show and Comedy Central’s Atom TV. As a founding member of comedy troupe The Vacationeers, Jeff has written and directed several viral internet videos, the most popular of which, Google Maps, generated six million views, was featured on CNN, and led to Google hiring Jeff to create video content. As a filmmaker, Jeff produced and starred in two independent feature films that secured theatrical distribution after widespread festival runs. THE SCENESTERS won the 2010 Slamdance “Rosebud Award.” IT’S A DISASTER, which also stars David Cross, America Ferrera and Julia Stiles, debuted in theaters in April 2013 through distributor Oscilloscope and was the #1 independent film on iTunes in June. With a screenplay written by himself, FOLK HERO & FUNNY GUY will be Jeff’s directorial debut. About Actor Alex Karpovsky Alex Karpovsky is perhaps best known for his lead role as Ray in the Emmy Nominated HBO comedy series Girls. Alex has also directed five of his own features including 2012’s RED FLAG, 2008’s WOODPECKER and 2006’s THE HOLE STORY, which prompted Filmmaker Magazine to call him one of the “25 new faces of independent film.” Alex can also be seen in such films as TINY FURNITURE dir: Lena Dunham), SLEEPWALK WITH ME(dir: Mike Birbiglia), and INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (dir: Joel & Ethan Coen). About Producer Ryland Aldrich Ryland Aldrich is the producer of the Youssef Delara and Victor Teran SXSW 2013-premiering feature thrillerSNAP starring Jake Hoffman, Nikki Reed, Thomas Dekker, and Scott Bakula, set to be released in 2014. He is also producing the upcoming feature documentary DO YOU DREAM IN COLOR? directed by Abigail Fuller and Sarah Ivy that examines the lives of blind teens. Ryland lives in Los Angeles where he also functions as Festivals Editor for the film website TwitchFilm.com. *** SOCIAL MEDIA INFO Facebook: http://facebook.com/ Twitter: @FHFGfilm (http://twitter.com/ End
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