It Might Get Loud...

[honeyboy]

Looking forward to the release of this film in the UK tomorrow (5th January)..

Cambridge first day performances are nearly sold out..



Plenty of slide goodness to enjoy..



Here's a trailer in HD



You may find it only shows for a few days (classed as a 'minority interest' with poor, patchy distribution and no publicity)

Although it is possible to watch the whole film on Youtube in 10 minute chunks as the DVD version came out in US before Xmas.

If you want to see it in a cinema, catch it quick. (ie this week).

The DVD and Blu-ray Disc is scheduled for release in UK on 18th January 2010


In My Time Of Dying - Instrumental

[Michael Messer]

It is a very strange concept, but the clips I watched were quite entertaining.

Shine On
Michael

[honeyboy]

It will open officially on January 8th showing at 'various venues' around the country.

The film will also have preview showings on January 5th (that is today) at the following venues: Aberdeen (The Belmont Picturehouse), Birmingham (The Electric), Brighton (Duke of Yorks), Brixton (The Ritzy), Cambridge (Arts Picturehouse), Exeter (Picturehouse), Greenwich (Picturehouse),Henley on Thames (Regal Picturehouse), Kensal Rise (The Lexi), Liverpool (FACT), Norwich (Cinema City),Oxford (Phoenix Picturehouse), Southampton (Harbour Lights Picturehouse),York (City Screen Picturehouse).

After the preview showing in London on 16th December 2009 at the Hammersmith Apollo, (attended by Jimmy Page and the film's director Davis Guggenheim) the audience gave Jimmy Page a 'spontaneous standing ovation' at the end of the film..

[percythewonderant]

No we just need a little give and take -

Oh Sorry I thought this was about the amplified instruments debate on '1st British Slide Show'

Perce

[honeyboy]

It Might Get Loud isn't like any other rock'n roll documentary. Filmed through the eyes of three virtuosos from three different generations, audiences get up close and personal, discovering how a furniture upholsterer from Detroit, a studio musician and painter from London and a seventeen-year-old Dublin schoolboy, each used the electric guitar to develop their own unique sound.

Rare discussions are provoked as we travel with Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White to influential locations of their pasts. Born from the experience is intimate access to the creative genesis of each legend, such as Link Wray's "Rumble’s" searing impression upon Jimmy Page, who surprises audiences with an impromptu air guitar performance.

While each guitarist describes his own musical rebellion, a rock'n roll summit is being arranged. Set on an empty LA soundstage, the musicians come together, crank up the amps and play. They also share their influences, swap stories, and teach each other songs. During the summit Page’s double-neck guitar, The Edge’s array of rack effects and White’s new mic, custom built into his guitar, go live.

We see the stone halls of Headley Grange where 'Levee Breaks' was recorded, visit a haunting Tennessee farmhouse where Jack White writes a song on-camera, and eavesdrop inside the dimly lit Dublin studio where The Edge lays down initial guitar tracks for U2’s forthcoming single.

It Might Get Loud might not affect how you play guitar, but it will change how you listen.

And finally, it confirms that Jimmy Page tunes his guitar down to C F C F A C to play 'Levee Breaks' - worth the price of admission on its own..

[honeyboy]

Some interesting outtakes from the 'It Might Get Loud' film which were deleted from the final edit have recently appeared on FaceTube..


Jimmy Page playing 4 Sticks from Led Zeppelin 4 on a 1930's National Guitar from his instrument store room at home..


Talking about DADGAD tuning and how 'Kashmir' riff evolved from jamming with John Bonham..


Page improvising/noodling on an acoustic guitar in CACGCE tuning..