BANDED: A Collaborative Songwriting Documentary

A Berklee PULSE Production
How do musicians come together to create? BANDED is an experimental music documentary that chronicles the creative processes of five Boston bands as they take the spark of an idea and turn it into a reality. To capture the process, cameras followed the musicians as they wrote, reworked, recorded, and performed an original song. Along the way, each band was partnered with a Berklee College of Music faculty member to help hone their skills. The eclectic bands represent a spectrum of genres ranging from world-soul and indie-baroque to americana, psychedelic, and indie rock. BANDED connects music theory to real world musical collaborations, along the way capturing the struggles and successes of what it means to be a musician in today’s creative landscape.
Cast:
Aloud –
Henry Beguiristain: co-lead vocals, guitars, keys
Will Belew: trumpet
Jen de la Osa: co-lead vocals, guitars, keys
Frank Hegyi: drums, percussion
Charles Murphy: bass, backing vocal
Matt Wan: trombone
Ghost Box Orchestra –
Chris Johnson: guitar
Jeremy Lassetter: vocals, guitar
Dennis Noble: bass
Martin Rex: drums
Nazli Rex: keyboards, percussion, vocals
Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library –
Jane Allard - glockenspiel, melodica, voice
Lisa Battiston - bass
Rachel Leah Blumenthal - flute, voice, oboe, piccolo, hand claps
Sophia Cacciola - drums, voice
Holly Collins - kalimba, voice
Michael J. Epstein - voice, guitar, percussion
Tanya K. Palit - voice, ukulele
Susannah Plaster - viola, voice
Tumbleweed Company – ...
Jeff Adamczyk: vocals/piano/mandolin
Will Cafaro: bass
Dana Osterling: vocals/cello
Jayme Tardiff: drums
Derek Toa: guitar
Ryan Toll: vocals, guitar
Zili Misik –
Stephanie Baird: trombone
Kana Dehara: piano, vocals
Lexi Havlin: guitar, vocals
Tina Jacas: flute Joanna Maria: bass
Joy Roster: saxophone
JoBeth Umali: drums, percussion
Kera Washington: vocals, percussion
Berklee College of Music Faculty Mentors
Prince Charles Alexander: Professor, Music Production & Engineering
Linda Chase: Professor, Liberal Arts
Marti Epstein: Professor, Composition
Mark Simos: Associate Professor, Songwriting
Executive Producers
Sharon Lynch & Dan Newsom
Directed by
Audrey Harrer
Produced and Edited by
Jeannie Greeley
Sound Design by
Chris McLaughlin
Production Design by
Audrey Harrer