The Association of Music Producers (AMP) has announced new officers to serve on its national board. Lyle Greenfield of Bang Music, New York, is set for a two-year term as president of AMP. First VP is Ray Foote of Big Foote Music, New York. Second VP is Liz Myers of Trivers/Myers Music, El Segundo, Calif., and Jan Horowitz of David Horowitz Music Associates (DHMA), New York, is AMP secretary.
Also elected to the AMP national board were: Craig Hazen of Zen Music, Brooklyn Heights, N.Y.; Larry Pecorella of Comma Music and Sound Design, Chicago and Santa Monica (Pecorella is also president of AMP’s Midwest chapter); Jon Slott of Juniper Music, Dallas; Andy Snavley of Bendy Music, Inglewood, Calif.; and Roger Wojahn of Wojahn Bros. Music, Santa Monica.
Greenfield succeeds Tiffany Senft of tonefarmer, New York, who is immediate past president of the AMP board. “Since the national board was formed last year, it has taken on many tasks, including exploring performing rights issues and compensation models,” said Greenfield, who served on the 2007 national board and is a past president of the New York chapter. “As AMP celebrates its tenth anniversary, our intention is to turn up the volume–from celebrating the work of our member companies to increasing our presence and respect at the heart of the production process.”
Initiatives currently before the ’08 AMP national board include the introduction of new business tools to streamline workflow, and forward-looking discussions with the musicians’ union involving contract models for new media. Additionally, AMP will host a multi-city event this spring to celebrate its 10-year anniversary.
AMP was founded in 1998 for the purpose of educating its members, as well as the production, advertising and media communities, on all facets of music production, from creation to final use. The national board was formed in ’07 to work with the regional chapters in setting the agenda for the organization, and to support those chapters in their own programs and initiatives.
Oscar Nominees Delve Into The Art Of Editing At ACE Session
You couldn’t miss Sean Baker at this past Sunday’s Oscar ceremony where he won for Best Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay and Editing on the strength of Anora. However, earlier that weekend he was in transit from the Cesar Awards in Paris and thus couldn’t attend the American Cinema Editors (ACE) 25th annual panel of Academy Award-nominated film editors held at the Regal LA Live Auditorium on Saturday (3/1) in Los Angeles. While the eventual Oscar winner in the editing category was missed by those who turned out for the ACE “Invisible Art, Visible Artists” session, three of Baker’s fellow nominees were on hand--Dávid Jancsó, HSE for The Brutalist; Nick Emerson for Conclave; and Myron Kerstein, ACE for Wicked. Additionally, Juliette Welfling, who couldn’t appear in person due to the Cesar Awards, was present via an earlier recorded video interview to discuss her work on Emilia Pérez. The interview was conducted by ACE president and editor Sabrina Plisco, ACE who also moderated the live panel discussion. Kerstein said that he was the beneficiary of brilliant and generous collaborators, citing, among others, director Jon M. Chu, cinematographer Alice Brooks, and visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman. The editor added it always helps to have stellar acting performances, noting that hearing Cynthia Erivo, for example, sing live was a revelation. Kerstein recalled meeting Chu some eight years ago on a “blind Skype date” and it was an instant “bromance”--which began on Crazy Rich Asians, and then continued on such projects as the streaming series Home Before Dark and the feature In The Heights. Kerstein observed that Chu is expert in providing collaborators with... Read More