I’ll make the first post of 2008 a great one!

I had a chance to sit down with Peter Mathews and ask him a ton of questions about his project, Far From Haggersville.

We cover everything from the themes of the story as well as the various ways that Peter is giving you to interact with this creative project. We also discuss dreams, the challenges of being an independent musician and film maker, and his recommendations for overcoming those challenges.

You can download the complete interview with Peter Mathews here.

You can open the interview with Peter Mathews in iTunes here.

The complete conversation is just under 20 minutes, including music clips and some sound clips from the short films that are a part of the project. A full download of the MustardCast is about 18mb.

You can learn more about Peter Mathews and Far From Haggersville at www.haggersville.com.

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Ha! And you thought I was gone forever, didn’t you? Oh ye of little faith. . .

I had a new dishwasher installed a couple weeks ago (apparently the model we replaced has started on fire in numerous homes - cool). The new one’s a Bosch, because, as we know, I’m a Germanphile (and it was rated well by Consumer Reports). The cool thing about our dishwasher is that the guy installing it is an aspiring musician. Of course, I had a lot of questions for him.

It’s not everyday I get to meet people who are really going after it. This guy is working to build out a recording studio, has an album finished and wants to keep going. He’s cranking away at his day job to support his musical dreams. Impressive.

You can listen to Patrick Bodell’s music at www.patrickbodell.com.

We may even connect and do some recording together.

Nice surprise in a dishwasher install I would say. (and, weeks later, I have clean dishes too!)

PS If you haven’t yet purchased Peter Mathew’s “Far From Haggersville,” go to www.haggersville.com and do it now!

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I’ve had a great last couple of weeks far from my computer (more about that later). Now I want to tell you about a new CD called, Far From Haggersville. It’s a unique project that tells the story of a young musician via song, film, and other media. I helped with some of the drumming, some of the film shoots, and just general overall project assistance.

Peter Mathews, the musician/songwriter/director, is a great friend of mine and I would encourage any of you reading this to learn more via any of his websites. I’ll probably work up a podcast with Peter in the future.

Brit Rice, who I interviewed in my last MustardCast (I know, it’s been a while), produced the music.

If you like art, music, or life (I think I’ve covered you all!), you should be listening to this. . .

Here are some links and more information I recently got from Peter:

It is with great pleasure that I announce the release of the music album Far from Haggersville. We are also happy to announce the release of select scenes from the film Far from Haggersville available on the Enhanced CD.

We have been working on this project for several years and have finally come to its completion. You can find more about the album and film at www.haggersville.com or www.petermathews.com. The CD includes 9 songs many with sound scenes that preclude the music tracks as well as the Enhanced CD content (for your computer) such as scenes from the film, wallpapers, mp3 songs, artist promotional music and more.

Please feel free to download the QuickTime file of the Far from Haggersville Trailer and distribute and post it as you desire or link to a low quality version of it on Youtube. You can find the links on the www.haggersville.com homepage.

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