No Footing Wins Best Film!

On Friday Oct. 1, the film No Footing was shown at the Project Twenty1 Film and Animation Festival. The screening was well attended and much enjoyed. The festival concluded on Sunday Oct. 3 with an awards ceremony, where No Footing took home the prize for Best Feature! Congratulations to everyone who worked on the film. Hopefully this is just the beginning...

No Footing Arrives at October Film Festivals

Who wants to go to the movies?! In October you will have 3 chances to see the film No Footing (inspired by my song No Footing) at 3 different film festivals. The first is this Friday in Philadelphia and concludes with a Q&A with cast and crew. Here are the details:

Oct. 1 - 7:00pm ***THIS FRIDAY*** Philadelphia Filmathon at the Project Twenty1 Film and Animation Festival International House 3701 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA (map) Full Screening Schedule and Tickets Oct. 15-17 Downbeach Film Festival/ Atlantic City Cinefest - Screening Date, Time and Location Coming Soon - Oct.17 - 5:45pm Manalapan Independent Film Festival Manalapan Township Municipal Building 120 Rt. 522 Manalapan, NJ 07726 (map) Full Screening Schedule and Tickets

Thank You Hartford

Had a great time in Hartford last night! Many thanks to all the old friends who came out to support my first performance in Hartford with my trio. I hope to be back in CT and the rest of the New England for more shows this summer. And if you're ever passing through Hartford, definitely check out Black Eyed Sally's for some good music and great food.

New Gear in the Family

2010 started out cold, gray, and quiet for me. But I was woken up in mid-March when my car was totaled in a parking lot accident. Unfortunately, my trusty Roland keyboard that you see in all my videos and heard at all my shows was is in the back, and was also destroyed. For the complete story, see my BLOG.

But, several weeks later I'm happy to say that I've rebuilt and I'm back in action! Two weeks ago I replaced my blue 1998 subaru wagon with a green 2002 subaru wagon. And my trusty Roland Hp101 piano has been replaced with a great deal I found on a Roland FP7. What can I say, it's not much of a change, but when something you like is taken away from you, it's best to just replace it with a newer version of what you liked.

Tonight will be my first performance on the new keyboard. I will be performing with friends Dan and Lauren Smith at Messiah College. I'm looking forward to breaking in the new rig, and if you're in the area you should come check it out!

No Footing Film Premiere

This past Thursday was the premiere of the film No Footing in Pitman, NJ. The film, written by Mike Licisyn and inspired by my song of the same name, was a huge success! Over 350 people paid to see Licisyn's first feature length film. The audience was active, reacting throughout the film and staying through the credits to meet the cast. On a personal note, having only seen clips of the film until Thursday, it was a great pleasure to see the completed project and to hear five of my songs shape the emotional content of the story.

But don't take my word for it. Read what critic Lavinia DeCastro of the South Jersey Courier Post had to say about No Footing in her online article from Dec. 18. I even got a blurb!

"Brooklyn-based singer songwriter Nate Graham’s music was almost a character in the film, sometimes serving as a narrator of sorts and providing a window into the main character’s thoughts."

Thanks to everyone who made the film and the opening night a success! Stay tuned for news on future showings elsewhere in the Philadelphia area.