Come Worry with Us! Page #3

Synopsis: Violinist Jessica Moss and singer/guitarist Efrim Menuck are struggling to balance parenthood with making music in their internationally acclaimed Montreal-based band Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra. They are one of a growing number of bands to have accepted an infant (Efrim and Jessica's son, Ezra) into their touring life. Making a living has never been more difficult for musicians: a downloading generation has shattered the economics of the music industry, and constant touring has become synonymous with economic survival. Touring with children is both costly and complicated, yet Jessica and Efrim, and fellow band mates Sophie Trudeau, Thierry Amar and Dave Payant, are determined to combine family life and being on the road with the band's deep political commitment. As SMZ perseveres in making art and an honest living, we follow Jessica as she discovers the parallel path that mothers can find themselves on while attempting to pursue artistic endeavours along side their peers.
Director(s): Helene Klodawsky
Production: CatBird Films
 
IMDB:
7.8
Year:
2013
81 min
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all of a sudden you realize

that you're totally lame

with that stuff.

Look at that.

Look at the camera.

MENUCK:
In Ezra's first year,

Godspeed started rehearsing full time,

like a day job,

and it was reaching this point

where I felt like the cliche.

I was coming home from

practices like, you know,

"I need a drink," and like practically

loosening my necktie

and then Jessica had been with Ezra

the whole day and...

(BABY TALK)

We have to figure out something else

other than me being on the road

and you being

at home, right?

I don't want that.

Hearts! Are! True!

Some! Hearts! Are! True!

Some! Hearts!

DAVE PAYANT:
I can think

of a couple of friends of mine,

musicians who in the last

few years have had kids

and they don't do the

music so much anymore.

I think Efrim and Jessica are showing

that it's possible, but I don't know

if their example is enough to inspire

the courage for me to...

I don't know how...

Personally how I would fare

in the same situation.

True!

Some! Hearts! Are! True!

PAYANT:
So as Ezra's godfather,

you are to be his spiritual advisor?

Is that one of the, uh...

-I don't really know.

What's the job description

of a godfather?

(WHISTLING)

THIERRY AMAR:
I see it

as just someone who's a protector

and someone

who's there for him.

And I think we're lucky

to be in a band

where most of us are really close

and we're really good friends.

(SINGING)

MENUCK:
Most bands don't

share anything equally.

You know,

once money comes in,

generally most of the money goes

to one or two people in the band.

And that's a sure-fire way

to earn a living in this business.

You know, if you take

more than your bandmates do

then you'll probably

be okay.

To me that's dishonest.

We're committed to the idea of

wealth redistribution, you know?

The rich shouldn't be so rich

and the poor shouldn't be so poor.

So why would we replicate

any of that class system

in our own band

dynamic, right?

EZRA:
Six! One, two,

three, four, six!

EZRA:
One, two, three,

four, six!

SOPHIE TRUDEAU:
We

have to make a little money

but we live pretty simple lives.

We're not extravagant

and success is being able

to do what you love doing

and not having

to compromise.

That I haven't had a job

for the past ten years

is pretty much

my success.

(BABY TALK)

MENUCK:
The sides of the...

Have to keep the

workflow going.

They're labeled for...

PAYANT:
You guys want to stack

these in order?

MENUCK:
Why not just number

them after they're folded?

AMAR:
We're like a

neighborhood grocery store.

We earn, you know, basically

a lower middle-class living

and I feel content

with that if it could last.

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