ryan rapsys :: composer, producer, musician, filmmaker


Homegrown Music Video Festival 2009

My fiance Christine Latvala and myself both created videos for the 2009 Homegrown Music Video Festival in Duluth, MN. The filmmakers who participated in the festival drew songs from previous Homegrown compilation CDs out of a hat and had to create a music video over the weekend.

To read more about the festival and watch the entries: Homegrown Music Video Festival Entries 2009

Christine’s film: The Alrights “Happy Birthday Universe”

My film: The Keep Aways “Rivalry”

Enjoy!



Men As Peacemakers Video Festival 2009

I created a video for the Men As Peacemakers first Video Festival. The entries can be viewed here: menaspeacemakers.org Video Festival Entries

My video can also be viewed on YouTube here: The Evolution of Peace

Be sure to visit http://www.menaspeacemakers.org.



Huff & Rapsys – Daylight Savings video on YouTube

Huff & Rapsys have released a music video for their track Daylight Savings, which can be viewed on YouTube: Huff & Rapsys – Daylight Savings video

I shot and edited the video, Huff & Rapsys (consisting of Jesse Huff and myself) wrote/performed the music (Huff & Rapsys on MySpace).



Nina’s New BFF at the Short Shorts Film Festival

A new short film by Christine Latvala and myself will be playing at the Duluth Playground’s Short Shorts Film Festival. Here is some more info about the film:

A short film satirizing reality television, celebrities and pop culture through parody on several different levels. Written by Christine Latvala & Ryan Rapsys. Music and Sound Design by Ryan Rapsys.

Try to come by and check it out! Here’s a little secret…it’s on YouTube now, but I’m not going to put the link to it quite yet…you should try to see it at the festival if you can!



Erratik Music Solutions – Updated

The Erratik Music Solutions page has been updated/redesigned. Here’s a little bit more about it:

Offering cutting edge music and sound solutions for your cutting edge product or service. Commercial or creative. Radio, television, theater or web. Discuss total audio solutions for your project with us today.

If you’re looking for music for any kind of project, feel free to contact me through that site! Be sure to look through the examples – I’ve worked on a variety of projects, including commercials, web videos, corporate videos, training videos, industrial show videos, theatre, film (documentaries, short films, feature films, art films), etc. Samples of nearly all of these are included at: http://www.erratikmusicsolutions.com



Erratik Music Solutions

The new Erratik Music Solutions web site is now up. From the site:

Offering cutting edge music and sound solutions for your cutting edge product or service. Commercial or creative. Radio, television, theater or web. Discuss total audio solutions for your project with us today.

Check it out here: www.erratikmusicsolutions.com



“Visual and Sonic Study of Plastic” on WDSE-PBS in Duluth

Short film called “Visual and Sonic Study of Plastic” will be airing on WDSE-PBS Channel 8 in the Duluth/Superior area. The program begins at 11pm Central Time. Be sure to watch it as well as the other films by local filmmakers in the show “Smart Films.” Hope you enjoy!

Also, be sure to check out: Ryan Rapsys YouTube Channel

And if you haven’t had the chance, I also appeared in a live interview on WDSE-PBS along with Craig Blacklock: Interview of Ryan Rapsys with Craig Blacklock

And one other show I appeared on: Ryan Rapsys on On The Road with Jason Davis

Thanks and enjoy!



Minnesota’s North Shore Soundtrack on iTunes

 



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Minnesota’s North Shore Soundtrack Disc 1 || Ryan Rapsys (iTunes)
Disc 1 of the relaxing, ambient soundtrack to Craig Blacklock’s film Minnesota’s North Shore.



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Minnesota’s North Shore Soundtrack Disc 2 || Ryan Rapsys (iTunes)
Disc 2 of the relaxing, ambient soundtrack to Craig Blacklock’s film Minnesota’s North Shore.



The-Novus-Arcadia – album trailer on YouTube

I created a trailer for the album The-Novus-Arcadia which includes excerpts from all the tracks on the CD. You can view it here, right now: YouTube: The-Novus-Arcadia Album Trailer. Enjoy!



Minnesota’s North Shore Soundtrack

I’m considering a release of a double CD containing music from the film Minnesota’s North Shore by Craig Blacklock. Any feedback concerning this would be greatly appreciated. Comment on this here: Craig Blacklock: Minnesota’s North Shore – Soundtrack?

Thanks!