Dave Grohl Announces Music Project & New Documentary ‘Play’

All round music legend Dave Grohl is at it again.

Foo Fighters frontman has just announced the release of a two-part mini documentary and 23 minute instrumental song next week.

The project titled ‘Play’ will be released through Roswell Records/ RCA 10th August with a limited edition vinyl release due out 28th September.

PLAY is a two part mini-documentary, directed by Grohl with help from his SOUND CITY / SONIC HIGHWAYS collaborator Mark Monroe.
The doco follows Dave’s journey of rediscovering and connecting with learning and playing new instruments and all of the challenges that come with the process along with the release of a 23 minute instrumental, with every part of the song written and performed by Dave Grohl.

Part one of PLAY opens with narrated behind the scenes footage featuring discussion of the love of playing music and the lifelong relationship with an instrument, and detailing the process and challenges of recording and filming this unique experience.

Follows is the 23-minute, one-man-band instrumental recording on which Grohl plays all seven instruments on the track, all live. The entire song was played by Grohl, each time on a different instrument, live for 23 minutes. Beginning with the recording of the entire drum track purely from memory, with no sheet music or guide tracks, followed by guitar, then bass, then keyboards, and so on… Grohl tasked himself with a one-man-band recording session that was forced to start from the very beginning of the 23-minute song any time the slightest mistake was made or if Grohl felt he could do a better take.
CONCRETE AND GOLD engineer Darrell Thorp was on hand to capture the sounds.

Talking about PLAY, Grohl says: “Watching my kids start to play music and learn to sing or play drums, it brings me back to the time when I was their age listening to albums, learning from listening… and when I take my kids to the place where they take their lessons, I see these rooms full of children that are really pushing themselves to figure this out.  And even now, as a 49-year-old man, I’m still trying to figure it out… it’s not something that you ever truly master. You’re always chasing the next challenge, and you’re always trying to find a way to improve on what you’ve learned.”

Watch the teaser:

PLAY online interactive experience offers viewer/listener/participants the options of taking in the mini-doc and Grohl performance as is, focusing on one instrument, and/or downloading PLAY sheet music. The online version of PLAY also includes a list of organisations where time, money and instruments can be donated to the cause—and places where musicians young and old alike can have the opportunity to play live music.

Through partnerships with music and media organizations, schools and charities the world over, PLAY and the awesomeness of playing music should be a catalyst for discussion and action to benefit music education on a global level.

Keep your eyes on play.roswellfilms.com for information on upcoming auctions with proceeds benefiting local music education organisations.

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