Soundbreaking the Documentary

Behind Their Music

This interview was done live with David Paro at NAMM in Anaheim following a panel and feature on the documentary. David Paro of Higher Ground is a veteran marketer and presenter of the film-series. Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music is a breakthrough eight-part documentary-series which was the final project of legendary Beatles' producer Sir George Martin. The show, which made its U.S. debut on PBS in November 2016, can be found on iTunes, Amazon, Hulu, Vudu, among other digital outlets, and is available in DVD and Blu-Ray, as well as for download. Presented by Higher Ground and produced by award-winning filmmakers Show of Force, Soundbreaking combines unprecedented access to more than 150 of the world’s most celebrated music artists, producers and innovators with rare archival studio footage and an extensive musical soundtrack. One of the most comprehensive documentaries on the making of music ever produced, Soundbreaking was nominated for a Critic’s Choice Documentary award and named one of the top 5 TV shows of 2016 by The Hollywood Reporter. Soundbreaking charts a century’s worth of innovation and experimentation and each themed episode contains more than 40 songs from a host of music luminaries. A companion coffee table book, available via PBS, presents a curated selection of 21 seminal artists sharing their personal insights. Soundbreaking has undertaken an extensive educational outreach initiative in partnership with The Rock ’n Roll Forever Foundation and PBS Education, as well as a series of education conferences organized in partnership with The Grammy Museum.Find out more about Soundbreaking at Soundbreaking.com and @soundbreaking on social media.To connect with David, you can follow him on twitter and intstagram @davidparo. For more information on Laura you can go to her website www.laurapowers.net and you can find the podcast by searching Behind the Music with Laura Powers on Facebook and follow her on twitter @thatlaurapowers.