And here we are. After more than a year and a half of shooting and editing, we’re launching the show tomorrow.

I’m excited. We’ve got a year of uploading new episodes, and I’m scripting the final conclusion to the show, which I’m super psyched about.

It feels really good to finally be able to launch it.

I hope you guys enjoy it.

I realize that while I’ve been blogging away on other topics, I’ve been neglecting talking about Mayfarers. Part of that is simply because it’s not done yet. But we’re getting close. Really, really close.

In the meantime, please Friend us. Subscribe to us. Link.  The more we have before we launch the better.

I’ll have more launch info soon.

Thanks so much!

When we started filming “Meet the Mayfarers” in November ‘07, I had a difficult time trying to explain to people what, exactly a web show was, and why someone would want to do it. Is it like a TV show? A short film? Er, no. Was it a “viral video?” Not that at all.

In the time it’s taken us to shoot and edit, web shows have seemed to become more mainstream. Many popular TV shows have some component of a web show, or webisode. (I’ve personally been calling this a “web sitcom.”) But nonetheless, they’re out there. And the reasons are varied. For some people, it’s about connecting, for others it’s about communications, or marketing.

For me it is simply a way to bypass traditional distribution.

I had spent the better part of that year working with various sales reps on the film I had shot the year before. And distribution, as any filmmaker knows, is the most difficult part of making a flick. At best, it’s an uphill battle, with the sales rep/distribution company getting the majority of whatever profits there might be. And this was before the current gloomy climate for indi film sales.

When I started to hear about people “airing” their shows online I got excited - really excited. Finally a way to get past the nonsense of distribution. Finally a way to get the work up there. Finally a way to shoot something and then have it online in a few months….well, most of that is true, but the editing took far longer than I thought.

But there’s a bigger answer to that. Why a web show? Sure, you bypass distribution. Why a web show? Sure, you have an immediate platform to show your work. But the real important reason? To just keep shooting. For me the important part of filmmaking has always been striving to work on new projects. I’m a huge believer in the power of “the more you do, the more you learn.” I admire artists who keep working and creating new stuff, and it’s fascinating to see them evolve.

So why shoot a web show?

For me the answer was - why not shoot a web show?