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‘I hope our trip around the world will inspire others to do something different with their lives’
Ewan McGregor

The above quote was made on the successful TV series "Long Way Round" starring Ewan McGregor and his actor friend Charley Booreman when they toured around the world in their motorbikes.

This greatly inspired "Soundview Avenue" a Glasgow based still unsigned music group formerly called FREEFALL to conceive a unique idea of touring the world in a bus to benefit 3 children's charities, The Rainbow Trust, Scottish International Relief and Peace. The 4 months musical tour spanning 14 countries is planned and will be filmed as a exciting new TV documentary.

"It is exciting that this band is following in the Long Way Round tyre tracks and I wish you the best of luck for the trip." Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor and Charley Booreman from "Long Way Round" with Sean and Colin.

The snapshot of this unique tour is given below.

• The Band:Soundview Avenue (Group of five talented musicians within the age group of 18/19 years)
  
• Purpose of the tour: The experience, raising funds for Charity… Peace, collecting along the journey donation cheques, ticket money and cash!  
• Number of countries covered: 14
• Mode of transport: A Bus (supplied by Stagecoach)
• Duration of the tour: 4 months
• Number of music shows: More than 100 stage and TV shows all over the world!
• Celebrities Involved: Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman, Adrian Paul, also all Fender musicians all over the world! ( get your bass ready Sting!) More support coming soon.
• Use the web to its full advantage this is something that has never been done before, the tour will be covered on the web, blogs, where are they now, gigs, on the bus, web chats, the first reality music based show going out all over the world, everyone will tune in to see what the guys are up to next!

BIG IDEA...small world  pilot trailer

Many thanks must go to our great sponsors, Stagecoach, Fender, Orange Music, The Beatles Story Liverpool, Meinl and CPL. (see sponsors page for more details)

The four month tour will be filmed for a great documentary. This film will be premiered at various cities for charity, then put out on TV, DVD etc. This tour is a unique blend of music, adventure, charity, learning and most importantly the heart of the film will be how the young men will cope travelling the world on this unique journey?

They have come a long way over the 5 years all of which has been documented on film from day one, the first rehearsal, the meetings, the whole story of how they became friends and group members which will give the viewers a good solid background on the guys so they can hopefully witness the changes of what this experience will do to them on this tour.
Soundview Avenue will be playing every sort of performance, from supporting well known bands and appearing on local TV and news programs, right down to playing in remote villages that had never heard live music like theirs before, and from one extreme to another, the month after they could be in the USA, Hollywood, Las Vegas!

The band wants to give their music to the world but the world will give them something in return; a life changing experience and this is the true "heart" of this documentary, how will this trip change these young men as they are all different characters and individuals We will see these 4 young boys mature into men over the 4 months through their adventures and exploits.

BIG IDEA.. small world………THE ROUTE:

This is a massive project and has never been attempted before; five young guys from Scotland "gigging" around the World.

A number of gigs will be planned in advanced but the intention is to keep the tour flexible so it can adapt quickly depending on what happens. The aim is to keep this tour as honest, un-staged and natural as possible. If the Band encounters a village or town that looks interesting they will perform there. The more spontaneous the Band are, makes for more unique and engaging viewing.

Some of the team….

Adrian Paul

Adrian Paul is giving his full support for this project as we intend to follow his great work with his charity he set up called PEACE (Protecting, Educating, and Aiding Children Everywhere.)
The most recent auction, completed in November 2005, raised more than $60,000, bringing the total raised by Adrian in 2005 to more than $100,000.

Visit the PEACE Fund's official website www.adrianpaulpeace.org for more information on the auction and all the latest news about Adrian's latest relief efforts for children who need a helping hand.

Adrian is best know for being Duncan MacLeod in six seasons of Highlander: The Series. This ground breaking TV series which has still one of the biggest followings can still be seen all over the world!

Adrian is also a director ever since he sat in the director's chair for the Season Four opener "Homeland", the first and only episode of the series filmed in Scotland.

He returns to Scotland again to help Soundview Avenue with this amazing project.

Adrian is currently producing and starring in a new Highlander adventure called Highlander: The Source, which will be released in 2006.

Russ Malkin: Main adviser/consultant.

Russ has been asked by Ewan to help us this global event as he has all the necessary experience for this project. He produced the hit TV series “Long Way Round” when the 2 actors went around the world on motorbikes, and because of his involvement in the above documentary film he is the perfect man to be at the helm of our world trip.

Russ has been producing TV events and films for the last 15 years, His experience in large scale event management, TV production and distribution has helped make LWR happen and he will also help make this unique tour happen!

He is just finished a new documentary film called "Race to Dakar" which will be broadcast this year, on Sky One.

"I think your trip sounds amazing and Ewan has asked me if I can help in any way as he is dead impressed that a Scottish band would follow in his tyre tracks!"

Gary Gillies: Manager/ Executive Producer.

Gary is experienced in organising large projects. He was one of the creator and producers of Alien War; a 20th Century Fox themed, multi-million pound attraction based on the Alien movies that opened in London in 1993

He produced Alien War for over four years, and in that time worked closely with Sigourney Weaver, Lance Henrickson and all the cast of all Alien movies on various video/film projects.

On the music side of things, Gary has managed Soundview Avenue for over five years, since they were only 13 years old.

From left to right, Lance, Sigourney, and Gary

Recently he worked with Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac on a number of music projects.

Kenny Caldwell – Executive Producer/cameraman.

After graduating from Glasgow University, Kenny set up his own production company ‘Being There Productions’. With work ranging from documentary, commercials and CGI to High-end DVD authoring and advanced web media.

Currently completing a number of intimate documentaries, currently in post production on a project for 20th Century Fox with Gary Gillies.

Kenny also works extensively with Scots entrepreneur / philanthropist Tom Hunter on a number of film projects. Most recently on a number of high profile Andrew Carnegie projects, including the 2005 Medal of Philanthropy Awards held in the Scottish Parliament Building and a new Robert Burns film due out in the summer of 2006.

Kenny has been working with Soundview Avenue for over a year and has captured “in the can” lots of footage which will be used in the build up of this documentary.

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