INFLUENCERS

Bapt

Hi Soul Strut friends,

I'm not on the boards like I used to be... just back to share a project that should interests you. Some friends just finished a documentary that "explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious today in music, fashion and entertainment."

here is the movie :

INFLUENCERS on Vimeo

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Their site :

http://www.influencersfilm.com/

and their FB :

http://www.facebook.com/influencersfilm



Director's note :

INFLUENCERS focuses on what is commonly referred to as ???Lifestyle Culture or Influential Young Adults Market??? in the areas of music, fashion, and entertainment. The documentary does not pretend to offer an analysis of what is influence under all its forms (economic, political, environmental???).

What prompted us to put together this crossover project (film + online experience) was to understand the essence of influence, what makes a person influential without taking a statistical or metric approach.Obviously, trends are never the product of one individual but rather the result of factors that involve various people???

We therefore set out to meet some of these industry insiders and pioneers who, despite working in the background, literally define mainstream culture.

We asked them to share their views on: How to define influence? What makes someone influent? What is the link between trends and influence? Are there places/events conducive to creative pollination? They spontaneously shared their professional and personal experiences.

In the background, the documentary also explores an entire ecosystem of DIY (Do It Yourself) minded individuals whose passion is transforming Pop Culture. Their creations have produced powerful independent media that became the main news source for many readers and creatives entrepreneurs around the world.

WHY NYC?
Influence is not specific to NYC, but if you had to pick one single city in the world to illustrate how trends propagate, New York is definitely the city that first comes to mind so it was an obvious choice for us.In addition, it is the most cosmopolitan city in the world and it is the one that has best integrated the various cultures and talents coming from all over the globe.

We hope this short doc will resonate with the D.I.Y generation to which we belong.

EMOTION-LADEN SOUNDTRACK
We opted for a group of new artists whose immersive & soulful music seemed to translate how we felt emotionally vis-??-vis this project. Influence being an abstract notion, we were able to translate it artistically using British sculptor Anthony Gromley???s statues as inspiration.

Thank you,

Paul Rojanathara & Davis Johnson

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Here is the mixtape :

http://soundcloud.com/influencersmixtape/baptman-presents-under-the-influence-influencers-mixtape

http://influencersmixtape.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-influence

http://vimeo.com/16761321

Cheers,

Bapt.

SPlDEY

Bapt.

Welcome back man.

This board needs more heads like you here. Stick around for a minute man.

This Documentary looks pretty incredible.

INFLUENCE is an odd subject to hear people speaking on. I think most artists do it without thinking about it. I know that for the last few years I've been subconsciously trying to influence the musicians around me with my favorite elements of the 60's and 70's. Essentially, I know how many of my friends are into what I like musically, and they are very few and far between.

So, I've developed this attitude of It doesn't matter if you like it or not. I like it.

That fuels my BIG MUFF blog. That fuels my band DOPAMINE FLUX.

We're just rocking the styles that we like. Who cares if it's popular?



- spidey

Bapt