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I'll be adding news and events in an upward direction ... so the latest entries will appear at the top. However, many of
the listings here are ongoing ... so be sure to scroll down the page and check them out!!!
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2010 MPSE Golden Reel Nomination
I'm honored to be nominated, along with my colleagues at Advantage Audio (http://www.advantageaudio.com) for another MPSE Golden Reel Award in 2010! This nomination, my 20th to date, is for the Nikelodeon show Fairly Odd
Parents - "Wishology: The Big Beginning" ... in the category Best Sound Editing: Television Animation. I have
won five Golden Reel Awards previously for mixing and sound design/supervision ... this is my second nomination for my Foley
endeavors (last year for Nikelodeon's 'Tak and the Power of Juju"). To see my online awards page, click my picture.
To see all of the 2010 Golden Reel nominees, click on the statue or the logo above. Congratulations to all my friends
and colleagues who were also nominated!!
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| 2010 MPSE Golden Reel Awards Nominees |
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| my Awards page |
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| 'The Fairly Odd Parents' |
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| Nickelodeon |
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Because the MPSE site only has a link to a pdf file for the names of the people
nominated, I've posted our nomination page below for you to aee:
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| Click to hear 'Wild Horses' by Interstate 71 |
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Click the picture above to hear 'Wild Horses'
... the Rolling Stones' song ...recently recorded by Interstate 71 ... which is a group comprised of me and some musical
cronies from George Washington High School in Philadelphia, Class of 71 (mostly).
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| Bravermania 'Studio' |
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A mic, a piano, my personal shrine ... what else would anyone
need for inspiration? Lately I have been recording
some very cool music at Chez Roy. My place is not acoustically treated, but it is isolated and very quiet ... so (as
long as the air conditioner compressors aren't humming) I can have lots of musical fun. I've been recording Michael Caruso here ... and the results have been magical.
Some people ask what we are doing to get great results. It's as simple as this: We love making music.
No drama ... no craziness ... just making the music because, well ... it's what we do. Michael's music is not yet ready to post (coming soon!) ... but I have two new
gems for you. Click the pictures below. Enjoy!
Repeat.
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| 'Tammy Is A Rascal' |
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| 'You Are The Star' |
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EcoGift Festival
The EcoGift Festival was some event!
Three days at the Santa Monica Civic
Auditorium dedicated to ecologically sound gifts for the holidays ... featuring guest speakers (like Arianna Huffington) and
16 musical acts. I was mixing and recording the musicians' stage ... and whew! ... what a festival indeed!
With the very much appreciated assistance of Alex Daro and Danny Langa (thankyou guys!!!!!!) we set up the sound system, moved
it for the fire marshall, cha-chaed our way through complex act changes (from solo performers to 9-piece bands) and then broke
it all down. Again ... whew! And again ... Thank you Alex & Danny!!!
Special thanks to event coordinator
Jay Donnellen (whom I met at a NARIP brunch ... see below) ... Jay did an amazing job handling so many aspects of the event.
Most of all ... she gave me so much responsibility ... how did she know I would handle it? She's eithera very good
judge of people ... or very lucky! :)
All of the musicians were amazing. Click on the EcoGift picture above
to visit the website ... and click through to check out all the artists. And come out to the EcoGift Fwstival next year!
One more special note: Jackson Brown sat in with Tom Freund on two of the three days. Quite a treat!
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NARIP, LAMN, and all things Tess Taylor
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| Nat'l Assoc. of |
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| Record Industry Professionals |
As I like to say: 'Networking is better than not working!'
I've attended many NARIP functions lately ... and I always meet at least a few fascinating people with whom I
become friends and go on to do business. Singers, songwriters, musicians, producers, vocal instructors, entertainment
attorneys, publishers, record company folks (yes ... they still exist!) ... I have met many great people at NARIP functions.
I have also been recording, editing and mastering many of the NARIP events ... available at the NARIP website. Click
on the NARIP logo to go there!
| My favorite NARIP event |
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| Bird's-eye view of |
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| My first NARIP event |
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| Los Angeles Music Network |
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| LAMN Jam |
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| Urban Music Contest |
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| LAMN Jam |
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| Rock Music Contest |
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| Starving For Gravity |
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| Rock Winners |
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| Aunt Kizzy's Boyz |
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| Urban Winners |
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I enjoyed mixing these live events!
It was a great challenge to have 4-6
acts per night ... juggling microphones and direct boxes ... and dealing with mega decibels ... but in the end everyone praised
the sound :) And ... it was good training for the EcoGift Festival (see above),which was far more challenging!
I want to say that Zab Spencer was an enormous help at the LAMN Jams ... I would have had a very tough time without his help!
Click on the LAMN Jam logos to visit the LAMN website ... and click on the winners' pics to visit their websites.
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| Winery Music Awards Finals |
It's been a pleasure working with Tess on many NARIP and
LAMN projects and events. She is a great person, always bringing excellence and intelligence to everything she does ... while
doing more than any ten other people to help advance the art and careers of all musicians. You would be wise to attend
NARIP and LAMN events!
| Tess & I |
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Here are some musicians, singers, songwriters and producers I have cha-ched
with recently!
Click on the pictures to visit their websites and learn more about them.
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| Michael Caruso / Michael's Disciples |
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| At Kulak's Woodshed |
| Michael Caruso / Michael's Disciples |
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| At The Rainbow |
| Michael Caruso, Steve Eisenberg |
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| Me, Rick Rydell |
Michael's a great guy and an amazing talent ... Our history goes waaaaaaay
back to our first album in New York ... then moves through band travels, label deals, songwriting, performing ... Click on
the top picture to visit Michael's MySpace ... Click on the middle picture to see my Bravermania page about our history
... Click on the bottom picture to read about our band's first trip to L.A.
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| Steve Eisenberg |
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| Steve E Love Sound |
| Steve Eisenberg |
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On a recent trip to my hometown Philadelphia, I reunited with Steve E after many
years ... I visited his studio in Lansdowne, PA ... jammed with Steve, Rick Rydell, and Steve's band 'Don't Tell
Becky.' Also, Steve recently came up with a great idea: He asked various people from our high school to record together
... long distance (via file transfers). He calls it 'Interstate 71' (yeah ... that's when we graduated ...
just before they discovered fire!). Our first song: 'Wild Horses' ... I plan to remix it soon and will post
it on Bravermania. The top pic links to the Steve E Love Sound website
... The bottom pic links to my Bravermania 'Live Music' page where you can find a picture od me, Steve, Michael Caruso,
Rick Rydell, Walt Barr & Paul Schwartz in an ad for our band 'Sunrise' :)
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On that same recent trip to Philly, I reunited with Rick Rydell ... our band
disbanded many years ago, and we all drifted our separate ways. Rick and I had great fun reminiscing, looking at old
photos, listening to some ancient recordings (Rick was the recording buff back then) ... then we did some jamming (jazz at
his place, pop-rock a couple days later at Steve Eisenberg's studio). Rick is now a successful video editor ...
and I don't think he has a website (not even a MySpace!) ... so his picture links to my Bravermania page about Rick and
his bringing me into my first studio sessions in New York.
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| Elinor Sitrish |
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| Israel's Finest! |
| Elinor Sitrish & Me |
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| At Viva Cantina |
Shortly after I met Elinor we began playing open mic nights around L.A. ...
planning to work up a full set of material and to play gigs. We also talked about writing and recording. Much
to our surprise ... the feds denied her visa extension and she had to return to Israel. Dang! She will be back!
I want to say that I always thought Elinor had a beautiful voice ... but I was shocked to hear her belt out some serious pop
tunes in the L.A. Idol competition. She was amazing!
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| Sheri Pedigo |
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I met Sheri at a NARIP brunch (those NARIP events are the best for networking!)
... We quickly became good friends. Sheri sang on a children's CD I co-produced ... then we started writing songs
and performing together. She's a great person and a great talent!
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| The Sin Twins |
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A few times a year I perform with The Sin Twins ... a 20+ piece tribute to
the Blues Brothers and blues-rock horn hits. On the most recent gig, I split a fingernail after the third song ... blood
all over my keyboard for the rest of the show! I give my all.
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Here is a collection of TV & film audio post-production projects I did
recently!
Click on the pictures to visit their websites and learn more about them.
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| 'Krusing America' |
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| Atticus Productions |
| Directors |
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| Linda Kruse & Tom Geagan |
Re-recording Mixer, Foley Mixer, Some editing of production dialog/music/sound effects.
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| '3 Days Blind' |
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| Those Keith Brothers |
Foley Mixer
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| 'Mostly Ghostly' |
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| Universal Studios Home Entertainment |
Foley Mixer
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| 'Phineas & Ferb' |
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| The Disney Channel |
Foley Mixer
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| 'Tak & the Power of Juju |
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| Nickelodeon |
Foley Mixer Nominated for 2008 MPSE Golden Reel Award: Best Sound Editing in Television: Animated See my 'Credits
and Awards' link below!
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| 'Watchmen' Motion Comics |
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| Cruel & Unusual Films - Warner Premiere |
Dialog Recordist (One
Episode)
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| 'Care Bears' (TV Series & DVD/Movies) |
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| American Greetings |
Foley Mixer
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| 'The Fairly Odd Parents' |
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| Nickelodeon |
Foley Mixer
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| 'Closer To Truth' |
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Dialog Recordist (Two
Episodes)
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| 'Curious George' |
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| Imagine Entertainment / Universal / PBS |
ADR Recordist (quite a few episodes) Foley Mixer (ditto)
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| 'The Things We Carry' |
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Foley Mixer
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| 'Resistance 2' Trailer |
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| Insomniac Games |
Foley Mixer
(Trailer
Only)
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| 'Timon & Pumba' Safety Videos |
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| Disney |
ADR Recordist (quite a few episodes) Foley Mixer (ditto)
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| 'Angelina Ballerina' |
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| HIT Entertainment/PBS Kids/Nick Jr. |
Foley Mixer
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| 'The Ex List' |
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| 20th Century Fox Television |
ADR Recordist
(2
Episodes)
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| 'Fairytale Dreams' |
This was my entry to American Idol's 2008 Songwriting Contest.
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| William Shatner Hollywood Charity Horse Show |
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| Sheri's MySpace page |
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I'll be accompanying Sheri on keyboards
as she warms up the crowd for Randy Travis at the "William Shatner
18th Annual Hollywood Charity Horse Show" (Saturday, April 26th,
2008, at the LA Equestrian Center in Burbank). Click on the picture
above to get more information about the event and to purchase tickets. Sheri is a wonderful singer/songwriter whom I met at a NARIP brunch (http://narip.com/). She sang for me on a children's music project, and recently
we began writing songs together. As we get them finished and presentable,
I'll be posting them for your listening pleasure!
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| "Monday, Monday" |
A strange series of events led
to my recording this song ... Click the picture above to hear
"Monday, Monday" and learn the story behind the song. Then
bop over to my 'songs' page to hear more of my music!
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| "Kresha" |
This song was written basically
on a whim ... Click the picture above to hear "Kresha"
and learn the story behind the song. Then bop over to my 'songs'
page to hear more of my music!
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| Another nomination in 2008! |
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| MPSE Golden Reel Award |
I'm thrilled and honored to have been nominated for a 2008 MPSE Golden Reel
Award
for my work at Advantage Audio on the Nickelodeon television show
'Tak and the Power of Juju.'
The category is 'Best Sound Editing in Television: Animated.'
Congratualations to my talented and hard-working
associates Jake Allston and John 'J' Lampinen!
(Click on the award above to see all of the 2008 TV nominees.) (PS: The award was won in a tie by two shows for which I've previously
won awards: SpongeBob and The Batman. Congratulations to my old cronies for winning! And I do mean 'old!'
Ha ha.)
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| the Tak website |
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| my credits & awards page |
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| One of Advantage Audio's 3 Mix Stages |
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| Click this pic to visit the Advantage Audio website |
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| Click this pic to visit J's |
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| Congo & Steve website |
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| Someone To Love For Christmas |
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In 2006, I again approached the idea of recording 'Someone To Love For Christmas' ... this time with the intention of
taking it to one of the world's most successful producers. My hope was that he would want to cover the song with a major
musical artist.
I enlisted the help of long-time friend and amazing talent Rob Trow, who has appeared on so many of my recordings. Fate
stepped in when a close friend of Rob's passed away, and Rob became intricately involved with the family and related events
... delaying the completion of this recording by nearly two months. By the time we finished the vocals and the mix, it was
well into November ... far too late for anyone to cover it.
As with so many 'demos' in the past, Rob's vocals (and, in this case, co-aranging) made this a very special recording!
My friend (and legendary producer) Jim Hilton was the first to point at my speakers and exclaim: 'That's a hit!'
From his lips to God's iPod!
Thanks to Jim, 'Someone To Love For Christmas' found airplay on Sirius Satellite's Playboy Radio last year ... and generated
interest from several film producers and radio stations.
My hope is to get it back on the air this year,
and hopefully find the perfect holiday film to make it a classic!
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| The Michael Caruso Project |
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As of November 1, 2007, Michael and I are beginning a new era in our long-time musical relationship. We are and will
be writing, rehearsing and recording continuously ... every chance we get. Let's see what happens!
Michael and I have had great experiences in our life by doing this. We used to hop the train from Philly to New York,
sleep on friends' floors, grab a guitar and walk the streets ... knocking on the doors of record labels and music publishers.
We made friends. We got deals.
When we landed in California and our band rented a house in Canoga Park, we met in the living room every day for weeks
and 'played staff writer' ... leading to a great number of songs. Some sucked. Some were great. Several found their way
onto our RCA album.
Let the games resume!
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Recently I attended a party at Nickelodeon for the premiere of 'Tak & the Power
of Juju' ... where I bumped into composer Guy Moon. I met Guy when I edited his music on the Cartoon Network show 'Cow
& Chicken.'
Guy was kind enough to recommend me to Mark Heyes, who now has asked me to edit music for
the DVD release of several classic TV shows.
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| Mark Heyes' credits on IMDB |
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| the Tak website |
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| Cow & Chicken on Wikipedia |
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| One of Advantage Audio's 3 Mix Stages |
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| Click this pic to visit the Advantage Audio website |
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As many of my friends and associates know, after many wonderful and successful years in audio post production I recently decided
to refocus my energy back to my true passion:
Music!
This was partly due to evidence of abusive and distasteful management amongst the audio post community. However ...
I've found a new 'home' for TV and film audio ...
where everyone is wonderful, happy and treated well:
Advantage Audio.
Click on the logo to learn more about this fine facility with top credits, high professional standards and talented people.
Bring your audio post to Advantage Audio!
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iFanz is a magnificent web marketing tool created by Martin Nethercutt & Ruth McCartney.
If you are a musician, actor, photographer, author, public speaker, model, singer, songwriter, composer, or if you operate
a business of any kind ... iFanz will help you communicate with your fans and clients and keep track of vital statistics!
You can track how many of your email 'blasts' are delivered successfully, how many are bounced, how many are opened, how
many people click on each link in your blast ... and so many other stats.
With the iFanz player, which can be embedded on your website (or MySpace page) with simple copy-and-paste html, you can
track who listens to and downloads your music ... and (via Google Earth cross-referencing) track the location demographics
of your fans or clients!!
Click the iFanz banner to check it out ... and sign up for a free test account. iFanz rocks!
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| Me (in hat) at the WMA's with (from left) |
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| Martin Nethercutt, Ruth McCartney, Michael Caruso, John Braheny |
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A festival of music and fine wine in beautiful Paso Robles wine country. I was one of the judges in 2007! Click the Winery
Music Awards logo to learn more about the events in 2007 ... and come enjoy the festivities in 2008!
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| Me at the NARIP shminglefest |
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I recently attended the NARIP LA Networking brunch, a shminglefest! Every element of the music universe was well represented
... musicians, songwriters, composers, recording engineers, sound designers, publicists, managers, music attorneys. Co-hosted
by NARIP-LA President Tess Taylor and iFanz creators Martin Nethercutt & Ruth McCartney.
If you are in any aspect of music, click on the NARIP logo and read all about it ... then come to the next event!
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| Me with Lee Gordon of Lee & The G*Spots |
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| Jessica Caterina |
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| Heart tribute band Dreamboat Annie |
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In recent times, I've played live shows quite a bit. It's been part of my 'All Things Musical' campaign ... to once again
live my life as a musician.
Things are getting a bit overloaded lately, thanks to a lot of freelance work at Advantage Audio, some music production
projects that are underway and a big, secret project.
Ooooooh!
So I'm cooling it a bit on live performances. Just for a while.
If you'd like to know when I will be playing, click on this text link and join my F.riends O.f R.oy email!
To the left & right are pics of some of the acts I've performed with recently.
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| Misha'el |
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| The Sin Twins |
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