Archive > July 2009

Scott Gratton – Des Moines version of DangerMouse

I just wanted to give props to my brother Scott, a member of Finn Miles and producer extraordinaire.

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Thank You. Telltale Heart EP.

Since we’re releasing our EP “Telltale Heart” this coming Monday, Aug. 3rd at the Mars Cafe (party starts at 7pm) I thought it would be a good opportunity to thank all of the talented and hardworking people who helped make this EP happen.

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Countdown: 4 hours

The past 28 hours since the last post have been a crazed blur. Starting bright and early at eight in the morning the first scene was set and shooting. Take after take after take until satisfaction before moving on to the next scene. It’s a never-ending process. I think we can all appreciate full-length movies [...]

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Countdown: 32 hours

It was a long night. Some were able to catch a little sleep and others had too much caffeine to really be able to appreciate the sparse hours of the night curled up with a pillow and blanket. But now a working script has been developed, props have been listed, and we are shooting this [...]

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Countdown: 40 hours

Writing a plot is difficult, especially when your character and genre has already been chosen for you. The past several hours we’ve done our best to hammer out a story board with characters and scenes. We are often hung up on small details that would be so cool to include but don’t always fit into [...]

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Countdown: 45 hours

Putting together a futon, sweating like crazy, and brainstorming anyway we know how.  We’ve been given the genre – drama. At first we looked at each other and took in a nervous breath, but by the time Erin and Paul returned we were spitting out story ideas. The character everyone must use is an architect [...]

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Countdown: 48 hours …Starting: now!

That’s all the time that’s left, and coincidentally, all the time we’ve been given total to make a short film. For those of you who are unaware, this weekend is the kickoff of the 48-Hour Film Project here in Des Moines. Which means, Napkin Sketch is in full swing assembling computer stations, setting up camera [...]

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Album Artist – Jon Pearson

As many of you know, I’ve been collaborating with a great number of local heroes on the Finn Miles Telltale EP. One of those heroes is Jon Pearson. Jon provided the artwork for the cover as well as a special insert for the album.

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Hello Des Moines. Hello World. We’re releasing an album!

It’s just about time! We’re in the finishing stages of mixing out album “Telltale” and it’s time to get it out there!

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Television Head Remix- Streaming to your ears!

I guess you’d call it a”freemix”
Download tv-head-remix
Let us know what you think about our new music! Comment or email us at finnmiles@finnmiles.com

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