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Summer 2011 Music Videos

November 10, 2011 By Viviana Guzman

On set of "The Lady of The Lake" Music Video

It was a busy and fulfilling summer. My first time in 15 years NOT to travel for 3 months… amazing! In fact, turned down work as I’m hoping to find a perfect balance between my time on the road and my time at home. My focus this summer was creation. I started off by recording an album of French Music with the fabulous French guitarist, Jeremy Jouve. We recorded at the best recording studio in the world: George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch in Marin for the audiophile record label, Reference Recordings. What a pleasure this whole project was! The South Bay Guitar Society helped create a mini tour for us just prior to recording so that we’d be in tip-top shape. Our repertoire included a new works by Roland Dyens and Atanas Ourkouzounov and our own arrangements of French “standards” by Ravel, Faure, Satie, Bizet. The album is scheduled to be released January 2012.

Flute Mermaid 2 from Music Video in 3D

Next on my summer agenda was creating two music videos. I embarked on what turned out to be a successful fundraising drive and managed to triumphantly find contributors who donated generously towards the creation of my Music Video in 3D. This video was then premiered at a beautifully renovated art deco movie theater in Moraga, CA. This showing was followed by a European Premiere in Edinburgh, Scotland only to be followed by another showing at the Orinda Movie Theater (this Sunday, Sept. 18th at 7pm!) near Berkeley, CA. It was a pleasure to work with Aldo Chaidez and Gabriella Prado and their crew on this music video.

Flute Mermaid still from Music Video in 3D

I then embarked on filming one of my own compositions, The Lady of the Lake Music Video which is still in production at the time of this posting. After two intense days of filming, I am hoping to view the finished product soon. According to the legendary “Tales of King Arthur”, The Lady of the Lake was the bearer of Excalibur and Merlin’s Mistress. Her name was Vivian (or Viviana in Spanish). My father named me after this popular fairy tale. In this music video I show how The Lady of the Lake gives Viviana the magical sword and when she takes it, the sword turns into a golden flute thereby curing Viviana of her physical ills! Half mythological, half biographical, I look forward to unveiling this video soon.

In short, It was an incredibly productive and rewarding summer and for this I need to thank my dear mother Clara for providing me with the gift of music, my dedicated father, Mario (RIP) for endorsing the pursuit of my dream, and for Steve, Anika & Sue for providing the inspiration and platform to continue to live a life in the arts full of music, dance, poetry, and above all, MAGIC.

On set of Music Video in 3D

Honor Roll of Distinguished Contributors towards the making of my Music Video in 3D:

Phil Berolzheimer Lori Lee

Drita Protopapa Ted Viviani

Steven Dibner Steven Weinmann

m muranami Kristin Douty

Paulina Mark Volkov

Linda Shum Peter Inglis

Lance Albertson Christine Holding

Christopher Lee Elizabeth Pickens

John Tyler aragons

harpo marx Gustavo Rabin

Karen Bentley Pollick Mari Kimura

joan madson Lainie Veenstra

Steve Manning Ted Adams

Robert Foss Diane Grubbe

Elizabeth Gaston Veronica Barzelatto

Evan Herberg Nancy Tyler

Juan Carlos Bacino Tina

Carmen Barruel Emely

Jane Heaven Rajarshi Chaudhuri

Judith Malear Sue Rupp

Dave Karlin Adnane Raiss

Nicole Esposito Robert Arns

JOHN SINGISER

T H A N K Y O U ! ! ! ! ! !

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October 2011 Newsletter Concerts in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, & Bangkok

September 29, 2011 By Viviana Guzman

Photo: Gracie Slegers

Click here to view October 2011 Newsletter

Concerts in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, and Bangkok

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Showing my Music Video in 3D at the Orinda Movie Theater

September 12, 2011 By Viviana Guzman

NEWS FLASH!!! I’m performing and presenting my Music Video in 3D at the Orinda Movie Theatre this Sunday for the Orinda Jazz Festival. The benefit jazz concert will be Sept 18th (which is also the Chilean Independence Day) at 7 pm and features Grammy Winner, Mads Tolling, Frank Martin, Viviana Guzman, Mary Jenson, Carol Alban, Alvenson Moore, Holly Penfield and George Cole. Great lineup for only $20. Call 925.254.9065 for tickets and information. http://lamorindatheatres.com/events_orinda.asp ‘ I will be promoting this event oin my interview for Univision KDTV Channel 14 on Friday, September 16 during the morning show (6:30-8am).

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National Flute Convention

August 16, 2011 By Viviana Guzman

Convention Center in Charlotte

Have you ever woken up in the morning, exhausted? I knew I had slept enough, yet this morning my feet were still pulsating and my head was slightly throbbing after the sensational weekend at the National Flute Association Convention in Charlotte, NC. I flew out to perform on Thursday and since I was continuing on to Edinburgh on Monday, I decided to make the best use of my time Thursday through Sunday, by creating a delightful but demanding new project for myself. I set out to interview the convention’s top flutists! Initially I didn’t think it would be such a demanding project to embark on, but when you add on rehearsing, performing, catching up with old friends, attending concerts, and looking for the perfect head joint, it turned in to quite an exhaustive venture of 16 hour days and very little sleep. The end result is that I feel thrilled with all the material I gathered for my new website www.flutechats.com (going live in September) and was especially happy to visit and connect and hear my beautiful fellow flute friends of which a small list would include Rhonda Larson, Paula Robison, Christina Jennings, Greg Pattillo, Jim Walker, Carol Wincenc, Robert Dick, Trevor Wye, etc. I wanted to take this opportunity to mention a wonderful new resource to find flutists called www.supportflutists.com created by Terri Sanchez. Off to Edinburgh, Scotland now! Weeeeeeee!!!!

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7 Keys to Running a Successful Kickstarter Campaign

July 12, 2011 By Viviana Guzman

Flute Goddess photo by Susan Friedman

Dear Friends,

As grants for the arts quickly diminish, I wanted to introduce to you analternative way to raise funds for creative projects by using Kickstarter.com.

Click here to view my proposal and make a pledge create my Music Video in 3D: http://kck.st/kw7FPD

Seven Keys to Running a Successful Kickstarter Campaign:

1) Have good idea combined with a well written pitch. This is a given, I suppose, but I have seen a few unsuccessful proposals that were too convoluted to make sense. Short and to the point seem to work best.

2) Produce a solid, well presented video which is clear and concise. Again, this is probably obvious. I can not express enough the importance of the video, where it is filmed, how it is filmed, with what camera and how it is edited. This is your pitch. Have fun with it while also making it informative about your goal.

3) Have a built-in network of supporters (social networks, press, friends and family). Keep in mind that it takes time to get the word out. I only allowed myself a month and in hindsight I would have opted for 2 months which would give more opportunities to aim for different press sources, blogs, and networks.

4) You might want to consider building a team of people to help collectively work on your project. Like presenting a concert, it’s all about getting the word out and the more people you have rooting for you, the better. I have seen that the most successful projects have a collaborative component. The power to get the word out seems to increase exponentially with every person involved in promoting it. I did not have a team, and in hindsight, I would have put one in place before starting the campaign.

5) Work through as many details as possible before going live with a project. Put together a roll-out plan to spread the word in different phases using creative strategies. Don’t expect to just sit back and wait for the money to roll in. You will have to put in considerable hours coming up with different ways to promote and help spread the word about your project.

6) Review articles and testimonials from people who have used Kickstarter. Compare successful and unsuccessful campaigns to determine what works and what doesn’t. I enjoyed this process as there are a lot of interesting and creative ventures out there that never would have stood a chance for funding prior to this new platform called Kickstarter.

7) Have fun with the process! I certainly have. I have learned tremendously through this undertaking and I hope that with this email I have been able to outline a few pointers to make your project successful, too.

Wishing you happy funding adventures!

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