I just joined the Handmade Music Clubhouse. It’s a Ning.com community founded by Ted Crocker. Ted is the luthier who built the guitar used in the John Sayles film, “Honeydripper” and he’s been making amazing musical instruments for years. He also served as a content consultant for my documentary, “Songs Inside The Box.” Handmade Music Clubhouse is an offshoot of Cigar Box Nation, the cigar box guitar online community founded by Shane Speal, but it has a broader scope to include any sort of fun handmade instrument. Ted has been a friend of mine for many years now and I [...]
Shane Speal wrote on my Facebook wall last night, “Max, check out the front page of Cigar Box Nation.” When I did, I found that Shane had made a special banner and posted an article noting that “Songs Inside The Box” had won an award from the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival. Thanks Shane! I produced and directed “Songs Inside The Box,” the cigar box guitar documentary and Shane is one of the leading characters featured. He is the self-proclaimed “King of the Cigar Box Guitar,” after all. He is also the creator of Cigar Box Nation. “Songs Inside The [...]
