270. Piers Sanderson
September 13th, 2011 | Published in Backers
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UK
www.highonhope.com
I have been watching this campaign and kept meaning to donate but didnt get round to it so was glad to get an opportunity to help this time. Record shops have a particular place in my heart – see below- and I think you have done really well in getting the finance you have, its an inspiring for myself and other film makers who are treading the less walked path of self finance.
Plus crowd-funding is the future for liberating filmmakers!
When i was 21, myself and two friends, opened a dance music record shop in Birmingham called Global Grooves. It was part shop, part cafe meeting place and part photographic gallery. It became the catalyst for Birmingham’s dance music scene and led to further ventures in clubs, bars and 3 record labels. After 6 years having great fun we admitted what we always knew that the shop was an expensive hobby and closed it down to concentrate on the parts of the business that were making money – the bars and restaurants. I sold the business in 2002 and now i am trying to make a living in what some people may call an even more expensive hobby – film making!
The first and last record I bought:
First – Ghost Town by The Specials
Last – Joan As A Police Woman – The Deep Field