Episode 509 - Filmmaker Gorman Bechard

2023-07-19

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If you’re above a certain age, you recall when the world of music reviewing existed beyond the print pantheon of Robert Christgau, David Fricke, and Greil Marcus. In other words, reviewing music was an actual job, and almost every newspaper or magazine had someone who did that. Gorman’s gateway to music examination began as a music writer for his hometown rag, The Waterbury Republican, in Waterbury, Connecticut. Very quickly, Bechard set about blazing the creative path that has led him from “The Brass City” of Waterbury to the flashy ...

If you’re above a certain age, you recall when the world of music reviewing existed beyond the print pantheon of Robert Christgau, David Fricke, and Greil Marcus.

In other words, reviewing music was an actual job, and almost every newspaper or magazine had someone who did that. Gorman’s gateway to music examination began as a music writer for his hometown rag, The Waterbury Republican, in Waterbury, Connecticut.

Very quickly, Bechard set about blazing the creative path that has led him from “The Brass City” of Waterbury to the flashy world of Hollywood, to editorial vices of the New York City Publishing world, and eventually to independent narrative and documentary filmmaking.

Gorman has made a name for himself in the world of documentaries with the blog Too Loud proclaiming:

“What makes Gorman Bechard's documentaries work is that he takes these high falutin film concepts and uses them for film documentaries. While Bechard is an obvious fan of his subject, he shows them as is, and doesn't try to show them glossed over or hyped up."

Gorman stopped by to chat with Keith about all his music documentaries.

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LINKS

Gorman Bechard on Wiki

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