Louder Than Rock – Kappa Impact

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Louder than rock:
Director's Cut

Director’s Cut of the beloved documentary account of the life of musician Caleb Quaye. It’s a story of “Rags To Riches To Rags To Redemption.

Funds will be used for finishing and distribution of this new Director’s cut.

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Louder Than Rock: Director’s Cut

The original version of “Louder Than Rock” was released theatrically on April 28, 2023. This campaign is to fund the BRAND NEW Director’s Cut of the beloved documentary. More footage, more scenes, more inspiring moments!

“Louder Than Rock” is a feature length documentary account of the life of musician Caleb Quaye. It’s a story of “Rags To Riches To Rags To Redemption.

Caleb Quaye is best known as Elton John’s Original guitarist, but not many people know the story of the man who helped Elton get his first recording contract at Dick James Music (DJM) while they were teens. He became Elton’s first producer as well as his guitarist playing on all of “The Classic” albums. Caleb has also been called “The World’s Greatest Guitarist” by Eric Clapton.

Caleb reunited with Elton in 1975 for the “Captain Fantastic Tour” and “Rock of The Westies” tour. After Elton dissolved that band Caleb went on to tour with Hall & Oates. During this period on his 30th birthday in Oct 1978, after a performance in Atlanta Caleb heard “The Voice” for the first time. His life had spiraled out of control. Beginning with his father’s desertion at age 12…as an adult he lost his wife, his money and almost his career. He became a drug addict who was selling drugs, guitars and whatever he could get his hands on. While on tour with Hall and Oates in Atlanta on his 30th birthday Caleb first heard “The Voice”.

His Salvation came in the form of his friend Chester Thompson, drummer for Genesis and a devout Christian. For years he would ask Caleb if he’d like to come to church. Caleb would decline… All that changed on Easter Sunday 1982 when Caleb at his lowest point called Chester and he invited Caleb to church. Caleb agreed, went to service that day at Church On The Way in Van Nuys, CA and heard “The Voice” again who told him “Today you WILL come to ME” Caleb was SAVED that day and hasn’t looked back. He left the Rock world and became an ordained minister. He has a thriving music ministry and has performed at Worship conferences worldwide.

In 2009 Caleb returned to his musical DNA by forming his present band “The Faculty”. The band is a mix of inspirational jazz-fusion music with 2 cds released “Out Of The Blue” 2010 and “All The Way Live” live recording in 2011. They are currently performing around Southern California.

To bring it all full circle, Caleb was named Worship Pastor at Church On The Way in May 2014… After more than three decades he’s back in the place where his new life started. Caleb resides with his wife, daughters and grandchildren here in Southern California. WHAT A LIFE!!

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$690,000 of $785,000

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Episode 1

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2,173 People*

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Featuring The Songs of Petra

Petra is one of the most popular Christian rock bands of all time! An iconic 80’s rock band, Petra has sold over 10 million records, won 4 Grammys and 10 Dove Awards, and been inducted into both the Christian Music Hall of Fame and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.

Directed By Johny Meier

Johnny made his directorial debut on the feature film “One Hit From Home,” distributed by Pure Flix Entertainment and available nationwide on Redbox, Netflix, and other platforms. He also directed and wrote “Grace Wins,” another faith-based feature film, which will be released in October 2024 through Bridgestone Media.

Produced By Dave Stone

Dave has collaborated with Pure Flix on films such as “God’s Not Dead 2,” “Samson,” and others. He served as Producer of “The Encounter” series for the PureFlix streaming platform, which has been seen by over 8 million people.

Cinematography By JJ Bukowski

JJ is a film industry veteran who has helmed over a dozen feature films, including the upcoming “The Wayfaring Stranger” with Stephen Baldwin, “Grace Wins,” and “Disciples in the Moonlight,” which will hit theaters nationwide in 2024.

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Kappa Distribution is a new entity launched by Kappa Studios to formalize their status as faith and family content aggregators. They act as a conduit between Christ-centered content creators and outlets, aiming to influence the world with media that points people to Christ.

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Kappa Studios helps content creators who lack the necessary funds to complete their projects. They launched The Christian Film Finishing Fund (CFFF), a 501c3 fund that receives tax-deductible donations for the completion of these projects.

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Acceleration: Expedite the completion of Christ-advancing film and TV projects.Quality: Utilize their extensive experience to ensure projects are completed with excellence.Repetition: Free content creators from the need to raise funds or find distribution, so they can focus on creating more projects.

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What is the Kappa Studios impact investment model?

Kappa Studios has an innovative financial model where, after distribution income is received, this income is divided between the content creator (40%), the impact investor (40%), and Kappa Distribution (20%). Once the investor has received a 100% return, the split changes to 75% for the content creator, 10% for the investor, and 15% for Kappa Distribution.