SPECIAL FEATURES

In the making of this movie, as with any movie, many great bits and pieces of footage had to be abandoned on the editing room floor...

Over time, some of this footage will be resurrected from the archives and added to the RAINMAKERS YouTube channel. You'll have the chance to hear more from the main characters in RAINMAKERS, but you'll also get to glimpse footage from additional stories that weren't featured in the movie.

In addition, you can visit the YouTube channel for curated links to videos made by others that explore similar questions and ideas.

MUSIC

RAINMAKERS features the music of some incredibly talented musicians. Support these folks by purchasing their music! Music from the film is included on several of their albums.

GUARDIAN EAR is an acoustic quintet from Seattle, WA. With the unusual combination of guitar, cello, oboe, and two percussionists, Guardian Ear blends the primitivism of tribal percussion with the art of classical composition to create a completely original sound has been called "avant acoustic chamber rock" and "thrashical", blurring all boundaries between low art, high art, world and rock. Guardian Ear openly flaunts their irreverence for convention, custom, expectations and beauty with every last scratched-out note. The resulting "pieces" are often simultaneously bitter-sweet, confusing, pretty and ridiculous -- exploring new realms of music, new concoctions of sounds and genres, and emerging with something legitimately original.

ETHAN ROSE's work reflects his interests in old technologies, new sounds, and the restless exploration of musical form. His music is electronic in nature but maintains an organic quality because of his exclusive use of acoustic sound sources. Much of his recent work has centered around instruments from eras long past, including music boxes, player pianos, and carillons. However, Ethan Rose pulls new sounds and ideas out of these antiquated devices rather than treating them with a sense of preservation. By bringing a carefully detailed sense of arrangement to his music, Ethan's pieces transport the close listener to a warm and unusual place. Check out this beautifully crafted short documentary about Ethan Rose and the making of one of his albums.