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onoffon · Post by **onoffon** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:44 am

This seems positive -"Hello Von...I believe this project may be a fit for our self-fund. We are in the final stages of putting our own monies together and I anticipate around Sept. 1st we will be ready to begin funding projects. Since our focus and aim will be "family-friendly" positive message pieces, including documentaries, I believe that this project may be right in our "sweet spot". I'm not going to make any guarantees, but I will have our people look at it once we're up and running.Let's keep an open line of communication between now and the first of September and I would like to revisit this when my self-fund is up and running.Thanks!"Onward...

drew · Post by **drew** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 1:55 am

Von, this sounds like some pretty good news. Keep us up on how it goes.Drew

onoffon · Post by **onoffon** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:04 am

Aug 29, 2009, 4:55am, drew wrote:Von, this sounds like some pretty good news. Keep us up on how it goes.DrewThanks Drew - here's an example of what I've endured through the three and a half years of trying to raise this film budget.I had quite the conversation with the gentleman who sent me the email above. I have been in conversations with him since mid-June so I have two and a half months invested with him. He really loves the story - he has connections with jazz - it all seems so perfect.He no longer works for the investment company. The 'I have some good news and some bad news' conversation I had with him revealed that he has moved on and is no longer involved in film financing. He told me he forwarded all of our correspondence onto a senior partner in the firm and is convinced that she will also love the story. He claims that she is even more of a jazz fan than he and that all I need do is contact her and start building a relationship with her. She, however, is out of town until after Labor Day and probably can't be reached until then. So, I start from square one... again... I can't even count the number of times this kind of thing has happened along this path...Mind you, I haven't sat back and waited only for him. I still have half a dozen other prospective funding options that continue to weigh the laurels of being involved in this project. And it's still not even a closed door - there's still a possibility of partnership.It's just another brick in the wall...

onoffon · Post by **onoffon** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:23 am

I've just been asked to be the interview guest on a podcast show hosted on the AllAboutJazz website called The Jazz Session with Jason Crane -http://thejazzsession.com/Of course, I'll be talking about my father's life and career and the documentary production. It will air sometime in early November and I'll be happy to post the time and date when it's locked in...I hope to be 'in production' by the time it takes place.Onward...

onoffon · Post by **onoffon** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:16 am

I'm a featured member on the website, The Jazz Network Worldwide -http://www.thejazznetworkworldwide.com/ ... embers/The site was created by Jaijai Jackson, the daughter of another important jazz bassist, Chubby Jackson. Thanks to Jaijai for the website and the feature!

onoffon · Post by **onoffon** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:09 am

This is pretty cool -I'd like to invite everyone to listen to an episode of Jason Crane's "The Jazz Session". This particular interview is with respected jazz journalist, Marc Myers, host of the JazzWax.com blog. Jason and Marc talk about Bud Shank's association with the Laurindo Almeida Quartet, a group formed by Harry, and its influence on the creation of the Bossa Nova - great listen -http://thejazzsession.com/2009/09/02/th ... years/It's nice to see at least the question raised - was this the true birth of Bossa Nova? Did these guys do something that no one else had done in music? It's time to start to include all those innovators that influenced the future with genius and creativity...As I mentioned in an earlier post, I'll get my chance to add to the conversation when I do my interview with Jason...

onoffon · Post by **onoffon** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:40 am

I'm the front page "Storyteller Featured Story" on the website Story Of My Life -http://www.storyofmylife.com/ The story is called 'All That West Coast Jazz'. Huge thanks to Joyce Macias, the writer, and the entire staff of SOML...

onoffon · Post by **onoffon** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:24 pm

Oct 1, 2009, 7:40am, onoffon wrote:I'm the front page "Storyteller Featured Story" on the website Story Of My Life -http://www.storyofmylife.com/ The story is called 'All That West Coast Jazz'. Huge thanks to Joyce Macias, the writer, and the entire staff of SOML... The feature only lasted one day but in the first two days of having this story posted, it received -25,157 views!!! Here's the direct link -http://www.storyofmylife.com/User/user_ ... 155371It's slowed down considerably now but the counter now stands at 27,196... that's more than 27,000 more people who know what I'm doing to honor my father...Very cool...

onoffon · Post by **onoffon** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 6:50 am

Okay - last update on this link -Today is the 30th day since the article about my father's documentary was published on the StoryOfMyLife website. It now has more than 43,140 views.http://lnk.ms/39dnKGranted, it's not Madonna numbers, or even Dave Walton numbers, but it is 43,000 more people that know of Harry Babasin's musical accomplishments......which is what this whole journey is all about.Cheers!

davekershaw · Post by **davekershaw** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:12 am

Oct 29, 2009, 9:50am, onoffon wrote:Okay - last update on this link -Today is the 30th day since the article about my father's documentary was published on the StoryOfMyLife website. It now has more than 43,140 views.http://lnk.ms/39dnK Excellent article Von.Great to see you reaching more and more people.All the best,Dave.

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