High Rise The Series

HIGH RISE Welcomes BREE DAWN SHANNON

High Rise — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:50:28 +0000

After an exhaustive search across the US, HIGH RISE would like to welcome BREE DAWN SHANNON to the cast of Season 2! Bree has been cast in the lead series regular role of “Brenda Corelli” and will be shaking things up at The Atlantic this Spring. The drama is coming…

HIGH RISE Unsigned Band Search

High Rise — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:00:39 +0000

The HIGH RISE Season 2 Unsigned Band Search is ON!

How would you love to get your music to the masses? We can help! High Rise Season 1 had amazing music from bands like Shawn Mullins, Ken Block, Ike, Michael Tolcher, The Ruse, The Outfield and many more. Season 2 will be EVEN BETTER as we search for the BEST unsigned bands on the planet. Follow the easy steps below and YOUR MUSIC could be featured during episodes of Season 2 gaining you massive TV and social media exposure. Here’s all you have to do to submit.

1. You must be “unsigned” meaning you possess both mechanical and performance rights to your music and can sign off on usage.

2. You must send ONE SONG, your BEST song in a digital format.
(only 1 entry per band or artist)

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN TO ANY GENRE and ANY ARTIST WHETHER SOLO OR IN A BAND. ROCK ON.

CLICK HERE FOR ALL INFO

HR Backstage Live w/Michael Tolcher

High Rise — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:44:00 +0000

Michael Tolcher sounded incredible as we did our first interactive broadcast to the world! Check out the show below hosted by Steve Barnes with a performance/interview with Michael Tolcher. The segment was broadcast LIVE on Wed. Sept. 29, 2010 and this is the recording from that broadcast. High Rise LIVE will air on the internet right after episodes air on TV in The Spring. This was a test run–hope you enjoy the great music!!

HIGH RISE A Winner At The Indie Soap Awards in NYC

High Rise — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:34:21 +0000

High Rise, nominated for 9 Indie Soap Awards including Indie Soap Of The Year, walked away winner of the “Best Business Model” Award. Charles Van Eman (Writer/Director) and Steve Barnes (Exec Prod./”Austin”) accepted the award via satellite tonight from inside the HIGH RISE.

HIGH RISE up for 9 Indie Soap Awards!

High Rise — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:06:54 +0000

Congrats to the Cast & Crew up for 9 Indie Soap Awards. The 1st Annual Indie Soap Awards are put on by We Love Soaps.net and winners will be announced on Feb 1, 2010. Please, CLICK HERE to vote for HIGH RISE as Fan Favorite of 2009. Look for Charles Van Eman (Director/Writer), Steve Barnes (Austin) and Marla Malcom (Devon) appearing on the LIVE broadcast Monday night (Feb 1) at 9 pm (est) which can be seen HERE. Congrats to the nominees:

Best Indie Soap: High Rise
Best Writing: Charles Van Eman and Mike Stiles
Best Directing: Charles Van Eman
Best Editing: James Schroeder
Best Use Of Music: High Rise
Best Performance By A Lead Actor: Rob Pralgo
Best Performance By A Guest Actor: Dale Tino
Breakthrough Performance: Greg Corbett
Best Performance In A Comedic Role: Ashley Ledbetter

HIGH RISE to go! Now for iPhone and iPod from iTunes.

High Rise — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:22:14 +0000

Download HIGH RISE Season 1 HERE from iTunes and take your DRAMA to go!

Steve Barnes (Austin Prescott) On DROP DEAD DIVA

High Rise — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:44:22 +0000

Catch Steve Barnes (Austin Prescott) on DROP DEAD DIVA (Lifetime, 9 pm est) Sunday July 26th as “Gary Monroe” who is the President of a California trucking company who is on trial in a wrongful death case.

See it here:

HIGH RISE plug on Atlanta & Co./NBC Atlanta

High Rise — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:50:43 +0000

Thanks to Atlanta and Company (Weekdays 11-12 on 11 Alive/NBC Atlanta) for the HIGH RISE plug! Holly Firfer did a fabulous job as the “Kraft Executive”. Congrats to Holly for her Emmy nomination for Atlanta & Company!!

YOU will KILL a character off the show!

High Rise — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:14:33 +0000

Stay tuned for details on how you will mold SEASON 2 of HIGH RISE. Someone will be killed off the show at the end of SEASON 1 and you will be making the choice of who will be leaving us. You will also choose who gets with who and the general direction of SEASON 2. More info is coming soon as we get to the end of SEASON 1 on June 5th.

High Rise Gets Some AJC Love

High Rise — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:44:58 +0000

Network built around Atlanta-based reality shows
Comcast on-demand lineup features 25 shows focused on local landmarks

By KRISTI E. SWARTZ
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Cousins Properties The new show ‘High Rise’ is set at the Terminus condo and office complex in Buckhead.

Comcast likes Atlanta to the point that it’s started an entire on-demand network focused on the city and the people in it.

Real City TV/Atlanta, which starts next week is the first time the cable provider has built an entire lineup of reality programming — 25 shows — around a major city. Should the network prove successful, Comcast has plans to create other ones in other cities, said Larry Schweber, a Comcast spokesman.

“We’ve always had a real strong focus here on the local community, and we had had a very robust local on-demand content that was successful,” Schweber said. “The reality is a lot of people are still really enamored with reality shows.”

The lineup includes “Bodies of Art,” set in the Little Five Points neighborhood; “Hard Courts,” a feature on playing tennis at some of Atlanta’s most exclusive clubs; and “High Rise,” shot at the Terminus condo and office complex in Buckhead.

Steve Barnes, executive producer and one of the actors in “High Rise,” said he developed the idea for the series, broken into short, 5-to-7-minute pieces, while driving by the building each day on his way to work.

The scripted show features a mix of actors as well as residents of the Terminus building, which sits at the corner of Peachtree and Piedmont roads.

“I thought it was a good property to use,” Barnes, former morning show host on 99X and Dave FM, said. “I could have easily come here and made it some fictitious building, but I didn’t.”