aE|Media, the parent company of audioEngine|NYC, audioEngine|PHX, Broadcasters and KIND editorial, adds Shout It Out Loud Music (SIOLM) to its roster. SIOLM will occupy the John Storyk-designed Studio B at aE’s NYC headquarters with the addition of a live room and a fully integrated writing suite adjacent to its primary studio.
“From my first conversation with SIOLM’s creative director Francis Garcia, I knew he was the right person to help us expand our music offerings in the New York market,” said Bob Giammarco, aE|Media’s CEO. “Bringing SIOLM in to collaborate with our other brands under one roof in New York was the next logical step, and I’m very happy that Francis will stay on as partner.”
audioEngine|PHX Composer Jason Camiolo, who has crafted scores for numerous Emmy-nominated commercials and television programs, will be represented as a writer by SIOLM in New York.
“We’re thrilled to be partnering up with one of the most respected audio professionals in the industry,” said Garcia about Giammarco. “Shout has always aspired to elevate the creative process. The ability to actively collaborate with aE|Media’s visual effects and editorial brands is another means of accomplishing that.”
SIOLM employs a roster of independent recording artists to create both licensed and scored musical content under the guidance of Garcia, whose 17-year career includes the role of head of music supervision/composer at Elias Arts prior to founding SIOLM which has turned out work for clients such as CoverGirl (Grey Advertising), Labatt Beer (Ammirati), The Vampire Diaries (The CW Network), Royal Pains (NBC Universal) and Nickelodeon.
Working in-house alongside Camiolo and Garcia are producer Kate Grom and engineer Mark Leombruni. The staff augments a roster of 30 recording artists, including Electric Youth (known for their single “A Real Hero” from the motion picture, Drive), VHS or Beta, Ringo Deathstarr, Coasts, Scorpion Child, Kisses and Ejecta (featuring Leanne Macomber of Neon Indian and Autre Ne Veut producer, Joel Ford).
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More