Picture Post - how did it come about?

Chimera Man · **Joined:** Sun Nov 27, 2005 8:08 pm **Posts:** 48

Not sure if this has been covered elsewhere but I am listening to "Picture Post" and curious as how Bill got asked to do this and how he was approached for this project?

Who found who?

Did the twenty2product approach Bill because they were aware of his music and heard something previously which triggered them to think a certain style / sound would be perfect companion for their documentary or some other reason?

They have uploaded about 26 minutes of the documentary onto Youtube - go check it out.

martin jordan · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:37 pm

hi chimera man - thanks for the info. I can't find the documentary on you tube - what does it come under ? cheers martin

Bill Nelson · **Joined:** Sun Apr 03, 2005 4:40 pm **Posts:** 8559

Chimera Man wrote:

Not sure if this has been covered elsewhere but I am listening to "Picture Post" and curious as how Bill got asked to do this and how he was approached for this project?

Who found who?

Did the twenty2product approach Bill because they were aware of his music and heard something previously which triggered them to think a certain style / sound would be perfect companion for their documentary or some other reason?

I was approached by twenty2product to make the music for the documentary. They're incredibly talented people who were already fans of my work.

martin jordan · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:53 pm

Found it chimera man by putting 'american stamps' in the you tube search

Chimera Man · **Joined:** Sun Nov 27, 2005 8:08 pm **Posts:** 48

Thanks Bill for the info.

twenty2 · **Joined:** Wed May 06, 2009 3:51 am **Posts:** 2

hi phil!

shortly after noise candy came out, i emailed bill's management about the american stamps doc to ask if bill might be interested in supplying music for the project. i really liked holiday express and pink poodle parade (^_^), and thought something similar would be perfect for the initial test segment we were putting together for usps art director carl herrman and his stamp for duke kahanamoku. we sent bill the test and he said he would work w/ us. we shot the rest of the art directors in 2004, re-contacted bill's management and forwarded new segments as we finished them. we worked on american stamps in between client projects until 2008, when pbs licensed it for 5 years.

a friend introduced me to the love that whirls in 1982, and i've loved bills music ever since.

best wishes from t + n / twenty2product

MondoJohnny · **Posted:** Thu Jul 19, 2012 1:45 am

Has anyone ever been on a message board and asked a question and got an answer from not one of but BOTH parties personally involved? :shock:

I love this place.

Andre · **Posted:** Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:27 am

T'is the twilight zone, Johnny :mrgreen:

Chimera Man · **Joined:** Sun Nov 27, 2005 8:08 pm **Posts:** 48

Mondo - only just seen the message from Twenty2 on this topic. Brilliant to get a reply from him and Bill....

www.billnelson.com

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