Audio post house audioEngine, with offices in New York and Phoenix, has diversified. The shop is expanding its sound design services in New York, and adding music production through its Phoenix studio. Heading up original music services is Phoenix-based composer Jason Camiolo. Sound design and music supervision is under the aegis of Tom Goldblatt in New York. AudioEngine’s general manager Michael Porte described the diversification as “a natural next step” for the company, “allowing us to provide quality service to our clients and deliver a complete package as appropriate.” The audioEngine talent roster consists of sound designers/audio post mixers Goldblatt, Rex Recker, Joe Vagnoni, Bob Giammarco, Carl Mandelbaum and Hillary Kew, as well as composer Camiolo……..
Composer Andrew Hollander, who helped start New York-based Company X with editor Barney Miller in ’02, has announced the launch of music/sound design company SugarboX, New York. Joining the new venture will be composer Paul Riggio, formerly of Big Foote Music, New York. Other key artisans are partner/engineer Robert L. Smith and assistant engineer/composer Jeff Slutz–
New York-based music/audio post shop Tonic has entered into a cooperative venture with audio post house Light at the End of the Tunnel, best known for its work in the Hispanic market. Light at the End of the Tunnel has moved into Tonic’s Manhattan space, bringing both companies’ resources together under the same roof. Tonic principal/composer Peter Fish, noted that his shop has been active in Hispanic ad assignments and that the affiliation with Light “will help us to better serve and expand into that marketplace. Conversely Light owner/mixer/sound designer/composer Juan Aceves said the relationship allows his company to be part of a larger infrastructure, freeing him to spend more time behind the console…..In a separate development, Tonic has launched the Tonic Song Library (TSL), a collection of fully licensed songs from a range of songwriters, from street-level indie artists to Grammy Award winners. All master and synch licenses are administered for Tonic by Spirit Music Group, an independent publisher. Metro Music is also on board to handle some of the library’s distribution….
Yessian has graduated from its temporary digs in New York City to a full-fledged facility. Ad agency vet Marlene Bartos joined Yessian last June as East Coast exec producer, heading operations at the interim quarters in preparation for the completion of the new studio, which she now oversees. Meanwhile, Yessian’s geographic expansion is not confined to the Big Apple. Continuing to maintain its original Detroit office, Yessian has opened a state-of-the-art audio facility in nearby Royal Oak, Mich. All three Yessian shops are networked together with both audio and video. Executive producer Brian Yessian oversees production at the three studios. Michael Yessian is VP/director of operations….
Chicago-based BAM! Studio has hied audio design veteran/voiceover artist Dave Leffel as its new engineer. He comes over from Swell, Chicago. The move reunites him with BAM! owner Brian Reed; the two first met while developing the audio department at Szabo Tohtz/Skyview, Chicago….
Bryan Hanna has joined Modern Music & Sound, Minneapolis, as a composer/sound designer/mixer. He is well known as a rock producer in the records industry, working out of Terrarium Recording Studios, Minneapolis. Per the arrangement, Modern Music & Sound has forged an alliance with Terrarium, a shop for which Hanna continues as an engineer/producer and co-owner…..
Lisa Blackwood Hope has been named VP of operations at Media City Sound, a Studio City, Calif.-based audio post house associated with the Alan Ett Music Group….
Groove Addicts, West Los Angeles, sent a team–headed by executive producer/creative director Dain Blair–to Jose Feliciano’s estate in Connecticut to record Spanish vocal tracks and original songs by Groove Addicts composer/guitarist Carl Verheyen (Supertramp) for OneTouch Ultra’s “Diabetes Can Hurt” and “Diabetes Never Waits.” Both ads open with Feliciano’s hand strumming his signature guitar, followed by a super noting that the performer has had diabetes since 1994, and accompanied by his voiceover testimonial for One Touch’s ability to deliver blood sugar results in three seconds. The spots were directed by Leonardo Ricagni of A Band Apart, Los Angeles, for DDB San Francisco….
