Founder/Creative Director
Amber Music
1) I think every job is nearly always a creative challenge. It may be because you have been given a temp track and have to deliver a track that says the same thing but doesn’t lead you to law courts. It maybe because you have to try and convince the agency that there are other ways of looking at things, or sometimes it's just that no one has really briefed you properly. Lessons to be learned are to stick to your guns, only deliver what you believe to be good and just hope that everyone else feels the same.
2) I am especially proud of the music we have done for the Marines Anthem which was produced though Fixer for JWT Atlanta. I think the piece we produced was emotional without being cheesy in anyway. I am also very proud of the music we have done for JWT NY for a PSA against Tampon Tax in the US. It complements the film featuring Amber Rose and is the brainchild of Sarah Barclay. Hopefully it will be on a screen near you very soon.
3) The music business has changed over the years and I pride myself that so far we have been able to adjust with it.
4) I think the scariest of all trends is the use of cheap stock music. It's not that it just affects the financial aspect of our business but it shows a lack of respect to our craft. It takes talent to score music well for a commercial and this talent should not be thrown aside for what sounds like c–p because it was cheap. Maybe that’s part of the reason why the general public are not reacting to spots in the same way as they used to, be it online or on the networks.
5) Music is music and good music should be able to fit any medium.
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
Defense counsel says that prosecutors tried to establish a link... Read More