http://PowerSavesTheMusic.com is an auction created by my movie "Adventures of Power" to support the Vh1 Save the Music Foundation, which is working to preserve music-education in public schools. We had raised enough to help the Foundation restore a full music program, and here Adrian and I visit the talented boys and girls in whose good hands the new instruments have fallen. We had the great pleasure of watching the new instruments in action, as the children put on a great performance for us. Thanks boys and girls!
"Adventures of Power" is a comedy about air-drumming and the American Dream, and the idea for the auction came about in a conversation I had with Rush drummer Neil Peart about the importance of music education in the development of the human brain and soul. This interview is also available on the Power DVD here: http://amzn.to/eyJBG0
The following artists have generously donated items or time to this incredible auction. (In alphabetical order):
ADAM CAROLLA SHOW ADRIAN GRENIER AEROSMITH AMANDA PALMER ANNIE GOLDEN ARI GOLD BAD COMPANY BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE CHIU CHI LING DAVID POE DAVID WAIN DRESDEN DOLLS GARFUNKEL & OATES GOGOL BORDELLO JANE LYNCH JIMMY JEAN-LOUIS JOHN MAYER JOHN WATERS JUDAS PRIEST JULIA NUNES KE$HA MARKY RAMONE METALLICA NEIL HAMBURGER NEIL PEART NICK KROLL OZOMATLI PHISH PINK MARTINI RINGO STARR SAMANTHA MALONEY SHOSHANNAH STERN SIMON KIRKE SOKO STYX TERRY BOZZIO THE HONEY BROTHERS TIFF RANDOL TIM & ERIC WEEN WEEZER WILCO
Thanks to http://DrumChannel.com and http://theIndieWorkforce.com for footage for the original auction video, http://EthanGold.com for the music, and the illustrious Indie Workforce (Noboru Ito, Adrienne Garcia, Mo Azmi, Steven Soria, Adora Lopez, and Noboru Ito once again) for putting it all together. Thanks to Onitsuka Tiger for sponsoring our party and CharityBuzz for hosting the auction. Thanks to all the drum and ukulele companies that provided instruments to be signed. Thanks to the artists, and thanks to you!!
Someone bought an air-drum lesson for $1100!
PS. I'm a real person and I'm not an agent. (Yes, my name was "borrowed" by a TV show, and no, I was not paid for it.) AND I make movies and play ukulele! Thanks!
Check out the air-drummer movie (in HD): http://AdventuresOfPower.com/download closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
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Ari Gold's first feature film Adventures of Power, an epic comedy about air-drumming & the American dream, is available here and on Showtime.
Ari has won a Student Academy Award and dozens of international prizes for his short films and music videos. As an actor, Ari stars in "Adventures of Power," and won "Stoner of the Year" from High Times Magazine. He sings and plays ukulele in The Honey Brothers (with Adrian Grenier) and Gold Brothers (with his twin brother Ethan).
