The Thriftshop Band is an automated music machine meant to serve as a backup band for a live musical performance.
This project is designed to be the successor to my previous theatrical band The Secondhandpants. I have been working on this for over two years.
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The result of a two week artist residency at Deep Bay Cabin in Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada in August, 2015. An exploration of characters, visual ideas and music regarding a feature film I hope to produce one day.
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Queen Hazel and the If-Pigeons is a song novel (concept album) I conceived and created in the twilight of my 20’s. A decade later, I rediscovered it and was inspired to continue work on the project.
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It is my tradition to make a short film every Christmas. This past December (2014) I decided to give my puppet, Walter, his first real staring role in this short musical film.
A short film documenting a search for the obscure cowboy balladeer who inspired the music for Curtis L. Wiebe’s short film, Of Truth and Magic.
Trailer for the short film – Of Truth and Magic
Released in June of 2014 in Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Stills from my short film project “Of Truth and Magic”. Release date: 2014.
Production on “Of Truth and Magic” took place between 2010 and 2011.
Here are some behind the scenes photos of the production as well as a short video by Mr. M. Wiebe (my creative consultant, collaborator, go-to camera operator and brother Marlon).
