THE MEMPHIS CHAPTER OF THE RECORDING ACADEMY® HOSTS MEMBERSHIP CELEBRATION

WHO: The Memphis Chapter of The Recording Academy® and members of the music community.

WHAT: A special Membership Celebration featuring poignant, Southern-themed music documentaries and menu tastings to complement the individual films. The event is free for Recording Academy members and $20 for guests and the general public. Take advantage of the opportunity to network with members of the Memphis music community, learn about (or renew) membership, and enjoy live entertainment, food and drinks. There is limited seating in each theater. Select a documentary to attend by calling 901.525.1340 by Friday, June 22.

Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied
A documentary spotlighting legendary bluesman Muddy Waters, co-directed and co-produced by Robert Gordon. It traces Waters's evolution from a sharecropping acoustic folk singer to a sharp-dressing, Chicago-based leader of one of the greatest electric bands ever, along with reminiscences and accolades from friends, family, and fellow musicians like Keith Richards, Bonnie Raitt, and Buddy Guy.

Menu tastings provided by Central BBQ

Flow: Living In The Stream Of Music
The film, produced and directed by Jim Gabour, follows famed composer/trumpeter Terence Blanchard as he performs on four continents with his band of young, engaging musicians. Filmed over an entire year, Flow documents the mentoring and growth of what many critics are calling one of the premiere jazz bands of our time, as they prepare and perform before sold-out audiences in Paris, Tokyo, Osaka, and Cape Town, South Africa. Part travelogue, part concert, and part engaging documentation of what it means to commit to a life in music, Flow aims at both entertaining and enlightening its audience.
Menu tastings provided by Spindini

Before The Music Dies
Before The Music Dies tells the story of American music at this precarious moment. Filmmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled the country, hoping to understand why mainstream music seems so packaged and repetitive, and whether corporations really had the power to silence musical innovation. The answers they found on this journey–ultimately, the promise that the future holds — are what makes Before The Music Dies both riveting and exhilarating. At the heart of the documentary are interviews with musicians, industry insiders, music critics and fans that reveal how music has reached this moment of truth. The film features interviews and performances by the Dave Matthews Band, Erykah Badu, Elvis Costello and Branford Marsalis.
Menu tastings provided by Square Foods

WHERE: Malco Studio on the Square
2105 Court Ave.
Memphis, Tenn. 38104

WHEN: Thursday, June 28, 2007
5 – 8 p.m.

***Attendees must R.S.V.P. their film choice to 901.525.1340 by Friday, June 22

Established in 1957, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., also known as The Recording Academy, is an organization of musicians, producers, engineers and recording professionals that is dedicated to improving the cultural condition and quality of life for music and its makers. Internationally known for the GRAMMY® Awards, The Recording Academy is responsible for groundbreaking professional development, cultural enrichment, advocacy, education and human services programs — including the creation of the national public education campaign What's The Download® (WhatsTheDownload.com®). For more information about The Academy, please visit www.grammy.com.

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Event Contact:
Katherine Sage/Memphis Chapter of The Recording Academy/901.525.1340/kaths@grammy.com

Media Contacts:
Brad Carmony/inferno/901.278.3773/brad@creativeinferno.com
Lourdes Lopez/The Recording Academy/310.392.3777/lourdesl@grammy