Collaborators

Beautiful Empty Short Film Conspiracy

What we did for this project: Two members of The Umbrella Brigade, David Dyster and Derek Johnson, collaborated to create a music video/short film for the Beautiful Empty Short Film Conspiracy. Derek, in all his writing ingenuity, created a beautiful story and David took that story to the place he knows best-behind the lens of a camera. Juan-Carlos Gomez, half comedian-half Columbian, has an amazing eye and donated portions of it towards the cinematagraphy.
 
The Umbrella Brigade is a collaboration of artists in Denver working together towards a greater goal: to inspire, to create, to change mindsets. In the words of one of our own: "The secret has been established. It will feed thousands. It will change perspectives. The limp will learn to walk, the hungry will eat, the blind will see. The deaf will hear."

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Evan is an inventor, bass player, designer of instruments, and cracker of jokes. He also books JC&BFoL.  He's also frickin' hilarious.  Bueno Huevo.

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John's one of the coolest people I know. Oh, he's also an incredible engineer. Oh, and he'll break your heart with his pedal steel playing too. He engineered and mixed Beautiful Empty. We're making other records with him too. You'll see.

Danielle does promotions and marketing for JC&BFoL.  And God bless her for that.  She's the perfect mix of sugar and "Do not fuck with me."  And God bless her for that.  She loves music and musicians.  And God bless her for that.  She used to be in Up With People.  I bet God already blessed her for that.

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Sam Hill was born in a forest made of blown speaker cones and old rusty radio towers.  She grew up in the hollowed out trunk of an eucalyptus tree tucked in a magical valley about halfway between here and there.  To stay warm, she made her nest out of old three quarter sleeve concert T's and pages torn out of mid century British romance novels.  She raised herself with guidance from discarded comic books and National Geographic mags from the very early 1980s.  These days, she makes her living translating the dreams of tourists and strays.  You can see her just about any day down by the quay.

John Common & Blinding Flashes of Light

Eryc is a fantastic writer. Seriously good. He's so good, I even forgive him for being a 'music critic'. He's also freakishly smart and genuinely hilarious. You should go drinking with him sometime. It's good to have friends like this -- they help you keep the pin in the grenade.

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Jennifer Newell is "Just a little bird floatin' on a hurricane."  She also frequents all things digital.

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Adrienne is an incredible designer, flower sculptor, jewelry maker, seamstress and maker of beautiful things. She's been a big help to us as we try to come up with some band merch that is creative and original and supercool.

It's a little known fact that Adrienne organized every detail of the United States European invasion at Normandy during World War Two.  It's true -- she was the mastermind behind D-Day.

John Common & Blinding Flashes of Light

Haleigh... What to say about this woman? Everything she touches becomes smarter and more elegant and beautiful and funky. She's put me and my friends up too many times to count. I owe her a thousand bottles of wine and a lifetime of music. She also runs THE COOLEST cashmere company on earth.

Beautiful Empty Short Film Conspiracy