"There are two ways to consider a musician beyond category. One is to perceive them to be so out of the loop that they're sort of a head-scratcher and the other is to find them competent in so many styles that one label wont suit. John Watts falls into the latter group. John Watts has been recording in multiple styles for three decades, resulting in 17 albums, which collectively have sold over 2 million copies. Perhaps another descriptor could be popular."
John Watts’ Morethanmusic - A New Live Model. Press Release.
At a time when the whole music industry has turned to live performance
as a primary stream of income and everyone from Prince to Simply Red
gives away albums on the front of a newspaper, John Watts once again
turns the business model on it's head.
Following on from his innovative 'Artefact' art pieces each featuring a
unique hand drawn picture and a song written specifically for the buyer
along with the exclusive right of exploitation and a 13 track album with
13 accompanying films, John Watts is now offering an art and musical
event where ART STUDENTS are invited free to take part in the
performance by dressing in white and forming a living projection
screen as part of the show. These are young people who wouldnʼt be
able to afford the concert.
As Watts himself says 'With ticket prices going up and up and the
market over saturated with over priced bands I wanted to find a way to
allow people to take part in something unique where not only do they
get to see the show for free but they also become part of it'. They might
even want to buy a CD! All they have to do is wear all white clothing.
Morethanmusic is available on Smarten Up Records from 22 Oktober.
DEUTSCHE STUDENTEN FREUNDE
More People for the Human Screen !!!!!
MEHR ALS MUSIK
26.Oktober - Frannz Club, BERLIN
27.Oktober - Knust, HAMBURG
28.Oktober - Kantine, KOLN
Please come and join us at our ʻWhite Nights/Nuit Blancheʼ
Morethanmusic Event and be a part of a White Film screen.
If you are dressed all in white clothes with your student ID..
Ask for John or Sarah and you will get in free!
JOHN WATTS' MORETHANMUSIC - 2010 SHOW DETAILS.
HINTERGRUND
The White Night/ Nuit Blanche is a cultural celebration to mark
the end of British Summertime as the clocks go back in the last
week of October. At the beginning of the performance the stage
will be filled with people in white clothes. Gradually they will join
the audience to reveal the band.
KRITIK
“At a ʻWhite Nightʼ John Wattsʼ Morethanmusic performance
the musicians and audience become an integral part of the
visuals. By using two video projectors, the stage and the
musicians together provide the white screen for the projection.
This is More Than Music!” – Brighton Latest 2010
http://www.facebook.com/pages/John-Watts-Fischer-Z-Official-
Page/110164202354204
http://johnwatts.co.uk/MtM/Twitter.php
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheJohnWatts
JOHN WATTS' MORETHANMUSIC - 2010 SHOW DETAILS.
BACKGROUND
The White Night/ Nuit Blanche is a cultural celebration to mark the end of British Summertime as the clocks go back in the last week of October.
At the beginning of the performance the stage will be filled with people in white clothes. Gradually they will join the audience to reveal the band.
A REVIEW.
“At a ‘White Night’ John Watts’ Morethanmusic performance the musicians and audience become an integral part of the visuals.
By using two video projectors, each overlapping the other just slightly, the stage and the musicians together provide the white screen for the projection.
The projection is a continuous flow of John's footage shot for the 'Morethanmusic' album, interspersed with other chosen black& white imagery.
This is More Than Music!” – Brighton Latest 2010
Hopefully I will see some of you ............ maybe in white clothes!
Don't hesitate to mail me on info@johnwatts.co.uk.
