If you're in the Bay Area, you can catch a great benefit on July 6 for the local rock camp, featuring the As Ifs, who feature a member from the movie!

I saw this film last night at The Belcourt. Great job. It reminded me of how I got into playing guitar at age 12 after banging on stuff since I was 4. Even though this is geared towards girls and a lot of them tend to deal with self esteem etc, it was the same story (you are kind of telling a universal story that most guys can relate to) for me and most of the male musicians I played with in Junior High School and High School, kind of outcasts, broken homes, maybe parents doing drugs, in my case, parents died when I was 6, lived with my Aunt and uncle didn't fit in. I still play guitar and it has been as important as anything else in my life.

The story is the same for guys, outcasts, too short, I was tall so that wasn't an issue, but even though I love sports I sucked but when I played guitar, girls started hanging around. Music is a way of building self esteem on your own terms. As musicians, we are all trying to be the best at being ourselves.

MTV is killing the guy musicians too, you are getting half assed musicians that look great on film, it's been going on for years, but the indie scene is alive and it should be what you are teaching the girls, "three chords and the truth", which is what they say country is, but, now they are going through their boy band phase. Too glossy, unreal.

Can't wait for your film on DVD,

Brad Hardisty