http://aaroncastillo.com new short film at SXSW Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:05:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm happy to announce the selection of The Book of Lenny for this year's South By Southwest Film Festival. Every year, SXSW brings hordes of filmmakers, musicians, and technologists to Austin for an electrifying week of performances, screenings, and discussion panels. I look forward to attending as much ... http://aaroncastillo.com/posts/sxsw-2008/ For the past month, I have been a part of The Book of Lenny, a narrative short film conceived by artist Jonathan Marshall. It is the beginning chapter of a heroic journey set after a storm of unprecedented magnitude nearly destroys human civilization. The production took us to ... http://aaroncastillo.com/posts/the-book-of-lenny/ Much is happening. I am now working for a new company, punching buttons, compressing commercials and videos, and sending them away for broadcast. I've learned a lot in the first month, and this is only the beginning. I'll have to elaborate later about the job though; this ... http://aaroncastillo.com/posts/rededication/ The following are demo mixes of material that will accompany "Keep Your Priorities Straight". This film reccounts the life of William Armstrong, a painter who has worked in the film industry for over 25 years. One Two http://aaroncastillo.com/posts/demo-mixes/ I wrote this part down for several of my drum students to help explain different time signatures. The part is fairly simple, and best to think of as two separate, alternating 4/4 and 3/4 measures. After that, the main challenge is just getting it up to the recording's tempo. http://aaroncastillo.com/posts/excerpt-from-74-shoreline-by-broken-social-scene/ a new photo section has just been added, and the first batch comes from cancun, taken this past july. http://aaroncastillo.com/posts/pictures-from-mexico/ although entirely in 4/4, delaying snare and bass notes in the second measure creates a fresh, rather simple syncopation. http://aaroncastillo.com/posts/excerpt-from-complement/