You may not know it but if you’re the least bit involved with the local Nashville music scene you’ve probably encountered work in some capacity from Ben Marcantel. He is, quite honestly, one of the busiest and most prolific creators about town. So, I decided to have him catch me up on everything he’s had his hands involved with over the past year or so.. and he delivered. It’s a lengthy read but such is the nature of the beast when you’ve got your hands in as many projects as he does.

2010 has been an odd one, I started the year by getting three stitches in my ring finger after the fluorescent light fixture I was replacing at work fell through the ceiling and ripped my digit open, yum! Since that bloody brush with nearly passing out, I’ve taken the lack of flying cars etc. promised to us in this futuristic year of 2010, as a sign that much fun should be had. I’ve fashioned a timelinesque thingy to organize the numerous going-ons.

Late Winter/Early Spring: The Forrest Bride LP Cats with Wings, Hands off Cuba LP From Arrival to Survival, both released by the incomparable William Tyler via sebastian speaks. Later I did a stop motion short for the Hands off Cuba song, “Defibrillator” – Ryan Norris helped out when we were snowed in during the er blizzard; It was like the Shinning except we had all the booze and French synthwave we wanted. At this time Ryan and I began working on a film soundtrack for local film maker Jefferey Stanfill, shot on some serious soviet film gear and it includes a few notable locals – the film should be screened next year. I believe Mr. Stanfill is setting up a kickstarter account to complete funding for the transfer/processing of the film, worth checking out for fans of cinema.

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Were you planning on hitting up Mercy Lounge tonight to see this lineup of acts? No? Well maybe you should partake in this epic bit of promotion to get you into it.. a three part series of interviews and musings from each band, shot and compiled by Oscar Anthony. After watching you certainly can’t say you aren’t at least somewhat familiar with all of the bands involved.