I Love N.Y. – a short film

I moved to Fort Wayne in December before 2000 to work for Sweetwater. They where hiring musicians from all across the country to work as sales engineers there, so just after Thanksgiving I packed up my few belongings and (with the help of my Dad), moved from Atlanta to Fort Wayne to sell music technology to other musicians.

Ok, so I’m not a salesman. It only took me 8 months to come to that conclusion, which is as long as I worked for Sweetwater, but in that time I met Amil, who had started the same week I did. He was a musician from New York City who also moved here to work for Sweetwater. It is through Amil that I eventually met my wife, Betsy, who ALSO worked for Sweewtater, after I left. Follow me?

Anyway, Amil has always been interested in film making. We even shot some scenes here before he moved back to New York sometime during 2001. We’ve stayed in touch over the years and just this spring he emails me to tell me that he’s going to make his first short film and wanted to know if I’d write the music for it.

Are you kidding me?

I’ve loved getting to work with him again. He’s very talented, very motivated, very tenacious, and very laid back. And a film maker now too. Here’s the trailer for the film:

We also put together a website for the move:

ilovenymove.com

Amil writes:

It stars talented actors, Kristen Lewis and Dan Chen. The incredible, original music is by John King. Links for more info about them are on the site.

This film is fairly simple, since it’s my first one. I’m planning on shooting another short (about 30-40 minutes long) late this year or early next year, in Upstate, NY.

I think he’s done an awesome job with every aspect of the production and for his first film, is pretty remarkable. I can’t wait to share the whole short. It was both an incredible challenge and a joy to work on!

Thanks for watching!

Much Metta,

John