I recently recorded a 45-minute documentary on the Sundance Channel called Air Guitar in Oulo. It focuses on one (odd) Canadian's journey to the World Air Guitar Championships in Oulo, Finland. I found it both fascinating and painful, mostly because the guy seemed lonely and completely misunderstood, but I have to admit the movie stuck with me.
Last week, I was going to buy additional tickets to the Ashland Independent Film Festival (beyond the world premiere of Bruce Campbell's newest, My Name Is Bruce) and noticed Air Guitar Nation was showing on Saturday night. I thought it was the same movie I'd already seen, but, no, it is actually a new film about air guitar which chronicles the birth of the US Air Guitar Championships.
Funnily enough, Air Guitar Nation is distributed by New Video, the same company that produces and distributes the DVDs I used to market at A&E and The History Channel. I spent quite a bit of time with them over the years, especially early on in my A&E career when I focused a lot of energy marketing The Avengers releases in the US. Kudos to Susan and Steve--this is their first foray into theatrical releases and I'm sure it'll be a success. Small world.
Anyway, fans have a chance to rock themselves into a featured role on the Air Guitar Nation DVD. Through June 1, you can submit photos of yourself playing air guitar and the winner will be on the DVD extras and win a trip for two to the US Air Guitar finals in NYC this summer. The top 10 finalists will be featured at http://www.AirGuitarNation.com.
If you have no idea what air guitar even is (or just want to be amused for a couple minutes), check out this video. If you want to be really cool and play a real guitar, visit GuitarCenter.com or MusiciansFriend.com!
