Chasing Aces The Musical

Aaaand we're back and better than ever with lots to talk about. We've been relatively busy here at Desperate Times, and we relish the opportunity to share some of the fruits of our labor with you; our loyal followers.

Jared was in a movie, a movie musical to be exact. It is very short. It was produced by a great group of people, collectively known as Four Square Productions We wrote, rehearsed, shot, edited and scored this baby in 24 hours. Brainstorming began at ten p.m. Friday night. By 12:30, Eric had written the music and lyrics. We started Recording the scratch track around 1:30 at CBS studios, in the 'Guiding Light' editing room. By about 4 a.m. we had finished recording and headed out to Queens to shoot the outside chase scenes. Around Five a.m. Ben, Damian and I begin running around Queens in the freezing cold rain... Observers would have witnessed a magician running down Woodside blvd, being chased by a frenchman and a cowboy (I play the frenchman) It was freezing, we were exhausted and we had no water... it was a glorious experience, some of the most fun I've ever had. By 8:30 we were fed and setting up for the first interior shot. Shooting went smoothly and by 1 p.m. we had wrapped. We returned to CBS studios by 3:30 to edit and score the film. Aside from an hour of laying down guitar tracks, I was asleep for this period of time on a fake hotel room bed from the set of Guiding Light. By 10 p.m. Saturday we had submitted our film to the 24-hour NYC film race! The screening will be next Saturday at the NYU Cantor Film Center on Washington and University place. The cast and crew were all amazing to work with - we all had a blast churning this baby out. So here she is, without any further ado...

Chasing Aces

Chasing Aces: The Musical from Josh Miller on Vimeo.

Next up... Jared croons at the Wyndham Garden Hotel 4/1,4/2