Before the Music Dies

Before the Music Dies

95 mins | Documentary | Nov. 2, 2006

B4MD tells the story of American music at this precarious moment. Filmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled the country, hoping to understand why mainstream music seems so packaged and repetitive, and whether corporations really had the power to silence musical innovation. The answers they found on this journey are what makes B4MD both riveting and exciting.

Before the Music Dies

95 mins | Documentary | Nov. 2, 2006

Before the Music Dies
B4MD tells the story of American music at this precarious moment. Filmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled the country, hoping to understand why mainstream music seems so packaged and repetitive, and whether corporations really had the power to silence musical innovation. The answers they found on this journey are what makes B4MD both riveting and exciting.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers
Original title Before the Music Dies
Directors Andrew Shapter
Writers

Cast

Elvis Costello

as Self - Musician

Les Paul

as Self - Musician

Erykah Badu

as Self - Musician

Bonnie Raitt

as Self - Musician

Branford Marsalis

as Self - Musician

Eric Clapton

as Self - Musician

Dave Matthews

as Self - Musician

Questlove

as Self - Musician: The Roots (as Questlove)

Forest Whitaker

as Self - Narrator (voice)