Nerdcore For Life: Now on DVD!

I can’t believe the day has finally come. Today is August 3rd, 2010 which means that our documentary Nerdcore For Life is now officially available to own on DVD! If you’d like top purchase a copy, just head to www.nerdcoreforlife.com to place your order. What does the DVD include? Well, here’s a breakdown of what’s on there:

The Movie
-The feature-length documentary (of course)

Bonus scenes
-Nerdcore Night After party
-The Sucklord meets Nomad
-Nerdcore in Las Vegas
-Monzy performs at Stanford
-The Nerdcore For Life team in Amsterdam

Music videos
-LOLcats by Doctor Popular
-Buggin’ Out by MC Router

As much as I love our film, I think the bonus scenes contain some of the best moments on the entire DVD. There’s some really awesome stuff in there. Basically the bonus scenes contain the footage that we thought was a little too harsh for the documentary.  (Check them out and you’ll understand what I mean.)

The release of the DVD closes a really huge chapter in my life. This Friday, August 6th it will be five years since I first heard of Nerdcore and got the insane idea in my head to try and make a movie about what was then, a totally underground and nascent genre. I’ve been trying to write a new description of the film for this announcement but I think our official synopsis still describes the film perfectly:

Two of the 21st century’s most powerful social forces; Hip-Hop and geek culture collide head-on in the feature-length documentary, Nerdcore For Life. Born on the internet, Nerdcore Hip-Hop is rap music made by geeks, for geeks and covers such traditionally nerdy topics as comic books, video games, sci-fi, anime and technology. This new and fascinating genre is founded on “Do It Yourself” ethics and most Nerdcore rappers create their music on home PCs and disseminate their work for free on the internet.

Though it has existed on-line for almost a decade, only recently has Nerdcore gone from being an internet fad to an underground cultural phenomenon. Filmed over the course of two years, Nerdcore For Life profiles the top names in the genre as they celebrate “geek Life” and their passion for hip hop to the fullest, fight anti-nerd stereotypes, and attempt to overcome the common obstacles that block musicians of all types from fulfilling their dreams. The documentary follows these dedicated artists as they go from recording rhymes in their mother’s basement to performing live for thousands of cheering fans. From their first song to their first MTV appearance, Nerdcore For Life chronicles the amazing transformation of a group of unknown nerds into internet celebrities and rising hip-hop stars.

I’m quite proud of this film and what we accomplished with it.  Now all that’s left for us to do is sell a copy to YOU!  So click here to do just that:  http://www.nerdcoreforlife.com/

Harley Davidson buys our promo!

A few months back I found an awesome website called Poptent which hooks up filmmakers with brands that are looking for creative content.  Harley Davidson held an Open Call on Poptent for videos that promote the new Harley Davidson Museum in Milwaukee.  Milwaukee’s only a 2 hour drive for me so I figured why not take a road trip and do a little mini-documentary about the museum?  Well, I just found out that Harley bought my video for a VERY nice amount!  The plan is that the video will be shown on the museum’s website and it will even run on the TVs in Harley Dealerships.

I’m really, really proud of the way this video turned out.  It might be the most challenging thing I ever edited.  As fate would have it, my Crapbot associate, Rodney Simale and I went to the museum right in the middle of Milwaukee’s annual motorcycle fest.  That meant the museum was full and lively and that was great….but outside there were hundreds of bikes revving all…day…long.  The grounds of the museum are really cool looking; there’s a huge area where riders park their bikes so everyone can look at them.  I thought we’d do a bunch of our interviews in that area.  But when we got there the noise was loud I figured we’d have to do most of our filming inside.

But guess what you hear inside the museum?  Audio recordings of revving motorcycles!  As Nelson Muntz would say, the ironing was delicious.  Still, we were able to find some spots that were quiet enough.  It took a lot of work but I think the final spot turned out really nicely.  If my work has a “style” this is definitely a perfect representation of it.  Check it out, won’t you?