Musical Chairs
The call for entries has gone out for the 2005 Association of Music Producers (AMP) Awards for Excellence in TV Commercial Mixing. This will mark the fourth year of the event and the second as a national competition honoring the skills of the postproduction audio engineer who mixes the final sound on TV spots. (The first two years of the awards honored the work of mixers on the West Coast.)
Entry deadline is Feb. 28. AMP will host an evening awards gala to announce the winners in April. Each entry must consist of three TV commercials by a single mixer; the spots need to be from different campaigns. The work should reflect high audio production value, mixing skills and sensitivity to the relationship of voiceover, dialogue, music and sound design. Judges are looking for versatility, which is why spots from the same campaign aren’t accepted, and why entries are required to have voiceover. Commercials with all music or all sound design will be disqualified. Eligible spots must have made their on-air debut in the U.S. between Jan. 1, 2004 and December 31, 2004. Submissions must be accompanied by an affidavit signed by an official at the post facility or agency attesting that the mixes are the on-air versions of the commercials.
Entry forms can be found at www.ampnow.com; DVDs, affidavits and fees ($125 per entry) must arrive at Trivers/Myers Music, 2816 The Strand, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266, no later than Feb. 28. Last year’s top winner, proclaimed “Mixer of the Year,” was Bob Gremore of Mike Recording, West Los Angeles. The competition also recognizes finalists, honorable mention (for a campaign or spot) and a Judges’ Special Merit Award for a newcomer to the field….
Meanwhile, in other news……
Recording engineer/mixer/sound designer Scott Persson has come aboard McBone, New York, which is McHale Barone’s commercial music/comedy radio production company. Persson had previously been with Creative Bubble, New York…..Composer/sound designer/producer David Logan has joined New York-headquartered Q Department….Ten Music, Los Angeles, has added five record labels to its roster for the ad community; the labels are Badman, Jagjaguwar, Record Collection Secretly Canadian and Stones Throw. This brings the total number of labels represented by Ten Music to 23…..Composer/sound designer Joseph Spallina has joined tonefarmer, New York….Stompbox Music and Sound Design, Santa Monica, has upped Tommy O’Brien to creative director/executive producer, and hired sound mixer Paul Hurtubise. Additionally, the shop has hooked up with several composers for representation: Gary Myrick, Ben Einziger, Sam Farrar, Steven Morrell, Chris Horvath, John Author and Kevin Hayes….. Composer Amy Tung, a recent graduate of Musicians Institute, Los Angeles, and director of marketing Brian Kaplan, formerly of Buzzplay.com, have joined Howling Music, Malibu Lake, Calif…..
Actor Daniel Day-Lewis Ends Retirement For A Film Directed By His Son
Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out of retirement, seven years after his last movie, for a film directed by his son Ronan Day-Lewis.
The project was announced Tuesday by Focus Features and Plan B, who are partnering on "Anemone." The film, Ronan Day-Lewis' directorial debut, will star his father along with Sean Bean and Samantha Morton. The film was co-written by the two Day-Lewises.
Earlier Tuesday, Daniel Day-Lewis and Bean were spotted driving a motorbike through Manchester, England, stoking intrigue about his impending return to acting. After making Paul Thomas Anderson's 2017 film "Phantom Thread," the 67-year-old had said he was quitting acting.
"All my life, I've mouthed off about how I should stop acting, and I don't know why it was different this time, but the impulse to quit took root in me, and that became a compulsion," he told W Magazine in 2017. "It was something I had to do."
Since then, his appearances in public have been infrequent. In January, though, he made a surprise appearance at the National Board of Review Awards to present an award to Martin Scorsese, who directed him in "Gangs of New York" (2002) and "The Age of Innocence" (1993).
"Anemone," currently in production, is described as exploring "the intricate relationships between fathers, sons and brothers, and the dynamics of familial bonds."
Ronan Day-Lewis, 26, is a painter who has previously exhibited his works in New York. His first international solo exhibition debuts Tuesday in Hong Kong.
"We could not be more excited to partner with a brilliant visual artist in Ronan Day-Lewis on his first feature film alongside Daniel Day-Lewis as his creative collaborator," said Peter Kujawski, chair of Focus Features. "They have written a truly... Read More