Free Spirit Enterprises is a consortium of friends united for certain purposes: the advancement of our creativity and to help bring our creative crafts to the world. The crown jewel of Free Spirit Enterprises is Nightmare Park, a seasonal dark attraction with a major growth potential.
Creativity MUST stand up by itself in the world today. Art for it's own sake cannot survive on its own without subsidy. Nor can art be bastardized to fit the masses. That negates the purity of it.
The trick to keeping art alive and vibrant is to find its place in the world where it will do its best. For example, the Dark Matter soundtracks could have merely stayed in Nightmare Park as our custom soundtracks. Those who listened to it saw immediate commercial potential and have told us so. Ergo, it was then manufactured and is selling nicely with rave responses all around. That is an example of the niche market it has found for itself.
On the whole, our other artistic endeavors have immediate application within Nightmare Park. Electronics, robotics and painted and other artwork has immediate application as well as original ideas. When they receive rave reviews and suggestions to bring them to market, they will become items sold under the Free Spirit Enterprises banner.
The Free Spirit Enterprises banner is NOT merely haunted house equipment. It is designed to cover a wide range of endeavors all around. Some other projects being worked on for the future include a pinball machine CPU for the Fireball pinball series made in the 1970's, This is a design offshoot of a generic CPU system which will power the Nightmare Park robotic systems and some sound and other control applications. One design application some years in the future is a magnetic levitation rollercoaster design being made in conjunction with Meyer Entertainment.
Any new ideas for the future will also be able to be evaluated and possibly manufactured if it is the correct thing to do.
Current news as of 6/15/06
Sorry for taking so long with updates. Many things going on with life all around.
The reason is a NEW movie project called Horrorween. I am called upon to do the musical soundscapes and design the haunted house used within the movie. You can check out the movie website at www.Horrorween.com The movie haunt will use some props from mine and a haunt stored here at the farm by my friend Midnight Evil. Should be a fun combination.
Pro and home haunters alike have been quite happy with the re-release of the JBCorn books. I am very pleased to let you all know that his 3 instructional videos have been set to a single DVD and edited. The family is currently evaluating the content and release will be on their approval. The release schedule will be the same with the first pressing going to all IAHA members and then a general release thereafter. The videos are quite instructional and should provide a valuable asset to the haunt community.
The biggest problem in getting Nightmare Park fully up and running is PEOPLE. We are still seeking ties with a charitable organization which wants to put on a haunt as a fundraiser. I am working on the prospectus for interested groups to download and learn about being a part of Nightmare Park. PLease email me if you are interested immediately. We can swing the haunt out here still!
And that is it for now. Take care, will update as it goes along once again...
Nightmare Tony
Below is the picture of the Iron Horse, my monster rollercoaster model in my living room. Eventually, it will get bigger. This is art for the sake of itself.