"All the world to we is a studio"
- Clackspeare.
One evening in mid 2003, while drinking Cuba libres in Austin Texas with the soon departing Ajay, an idea fell out of the sky and dropped into our laps. Steve, a songwriter singer originally from Elmira New York had a history of getting on planes and disappearing into far away continents. Abhi, a songwriter guitarist originally from Bangalore India was afflicted with much the same sweet disease. Travel was in the blood, music was in the soul, and an adventure was on the cards. How about taking a laptop studio and a video camera and hopping from country to country recording music and shooting a documentary? Nice one. Thank you 1 Giant leap. Thank you Manu Chau.
And how do we do this? Over the next few months, a laptop music studio based on a Protools powered G4 Powerbook was put together by Abhi and a video studio based around a JVC DVM5 camcorder was put together by Steve. Initial tracks recorded. Plane tickets. Quit jobs. Ready. Steady. Go. From February 2004 to June 2004, through Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, Brasil, Europe and finally India, the world was our band and the land was our studio. Musicians ranging from street artists to seasoned pros, encountered by scoping the streets, bars, restaurants, music festivals and through friends, hotel maids, receptionists, and random chance collaborated with our songs, slowly building up a unique mix of music in "Still In Transit" the music album. The future was uncertain but the present continuous was enough. And always the camera was running, filming the music, the adventures and the story for "Still in Transit" the documentary...
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Latest News Situations
[posted Jan 17th 2008]
First Indian screening to happen in Pune!
The DAM Fest
Sat, Jan 19th, 5pm
Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication
Survey No - 231, Vimaan Nagar, Pune
If anyone's in or around Pune, come and watch! I'm looking for flight tickets right now.. check http://digitallmovement.blogspot.com for more about this film festival...
posted by abhi on Jan 17th 2008
[posted Nov 10th 2007]
Another movie screening in New York coming up!
New Filmmakers Series
14th Nov 6pm
Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave @ 2nd st
Last night's movie premiere at the AMC (9th Nov) was superb! It was a good turn out and the film was really well received. Thanks for coming out everybody :)
posted by abhi on Nov 10th 2007
[posted Nov 4th 2007]
Details about the movie premiere
It will be showing at the Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival, in a
program beginning at 6PM on Friday November 9th at the Loews AMC Empire
Theatre on 19th Street @ Broadway. It would be great to see everyone
there! For more information or to get tickets, please check out:
http://www.iaac.us/seventh_film_festival2007/index.htm
posted by abhi on Nov 4th 2007
[posted Oct 19th 2007]
Movie selected for film festival screening!
Still In Transit, the movie, has been selected for screening at the IAAC festival (http://www.iaac.us/) to be held in the second week of November! Steve will be there and so will I. Our film will screen on November 9th. If any of you happen to be in the apple around then, do come! Details to be posted soon...
posted by abhi Oct 19th 2007
