RPM Direct Newsletter - November 5, 2002 - Record Producer and Engineer & Recording Studio News

The RPM Direct Newsletter

Tuesday November 5, 2002

As the industry starts to slow down, the RPM Direct office is alive and buzzing with anticipation over the forthcoming relaunch of our website. In just a few short weeks, you'll be invited to take a look at the all new and improved RPM - or RPM 2.0 as we are fond of calling it - a December preview of our Jan 1 relaunch. The revamped site will feature an international recording studio directory, a retooled producer directory, valuable recording industry resources and upgraded navigation - all making RPM Direct more useful, powerful and neccessary than ever. Not a subscriber? Get in touch to find out how to set up access for you or your creative team. If you do not regularly receive this newsletter and would like to, please click here. If you have something to contribute, send it here.

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RPM Direct Announces 2003 Recording Studio Calendar Lineup
Just in time for the holidays, RPM Direct is pleased to announce the release of our 2003 Recording Studio Calendar. 12 A-list studios are profiled during the twelve months of the year, with various music and recording industry events and other tidbits already penned in for you. The calendar also features the sponsorship presence of industry companies that you should all know and love. This stunning piece was designed by Larimie Garcia of GIG Design and will easily knock all studio calendars that have come before it out of the sumo ring. Our 2003 edition features these 12 world class recording facilities: Wisseloord Studios (holland), The Saltmine (arizona), Armoury Studios (vancouver), Parkgate Studios (east sussex), Studio Atlantis (hollywood), Battery Studios (nyc), Remote Recording Services (pennsylvania), Royaltone Studios (north hollywood), Luminous Sound (dallas), Sing Sing (sydney), Hitokuchi-zaka (tokyo) and Pachyderm Recording (minnesota). All current RPM Direct subscribers will receive a copy of this calendar, a holiday-timed gift that says, "At RPM Direct, we care about you and want you to know. Now you can use RPM for studio research too." If you're not a subscriber to our online directories, scroll to the bottom of this newsletter for the deal of the century. Or contact Info@rpmdirect.com to secure your copy today.

Alex Oana Wins Second MN Producer of the Year Award
Acclaimed Minneapolis based producer/engineer Alex Oana (pronounced Oh-wanna), has been named Producer of the Year in Minnesota for the second year in a row, by the Minnesota Music Academy, a group made up of local musicians, club owners, music critics and music fans. Alex shared the ballot once again with past winner John Fields (Evan and Jaron, Andrew W.K., Mandy Moore). Some Oana's recent work includes the recently recently released Alic Peacock record (Aware/Columbia) that Alex engineered. The record includes guest appearances by Jon Brion, The Indigo Girls, and John Mayer. Alex also mixed one half of the record and Bob Clearmountain mixed half. When asked about his work on the record, Oana commented, "This was a really fun project. I'm excited to have my name in the credits again with Bob, who I met in 1997 while working on Semisonic's "Feeling Strangely Fine" here in MN." Meanwhile, Arista Records is sending out the Alex Oana produced Spymob single "Sitting Around Keeping Score" to radio stations on translucent, lime green vinyl. Neptunes/N.E.R.D. mastermind Pharrell Williams came up with the idea in order to promote Spymob's debut release on his Arista imprint Star Track. The Spymob record is scheduled to be released Spring 2003. Along with working in the big rooms in Minneapolis, Oana has his own cozy Pro Tools room in Minneapolis called citycabin, formerly known as Blackberry Way (Replacements). Alex is also having fun playing minisynth bass in his band Vicious Vicious who are known for their "Super-Happy-Number-One-Fun-Time" music. For more info, visit AlexOana.com

Dallas Austin Executive Produces Upcoming Movie "Drumline"
As a songwriter/producer, as the original story behind one of next year's film DRUMLINE, Dallas Austin's career has grown leaps and bounds in both the music and film worlds, and the story continues to grow. On the film front, Austin has Executive Produced the film DRUMLINE, set for release on Fox Films in January, 2003. Austin approached Fox with the idea of creating a movie based on his own experience as a drummer in his High School Marching Band and within a few months, developed a story line for the movie with scriptwriter Tina Chism and Director, Charles Stone. The experience has culminated into a feature film, which captures the significance of urban America's Marching Band culture and the impact that it has on African American teens across the U.S. Austin has also taken the roll of Executive Music Producer for the film, involving himself in all creative aspects of the film's music including writing and producing songs for the movie and the soundtrack. And on the musical front, in the past year Austin has produced the Grammy nominated #1 HIT "Hit Em Up Style (Oops!)" for Blu Cantrell and has also produced two singles from Pink's current album Mizundastood - the hits "Don't Let Me Get Me" and "Just Like A Pill". Austin has also produced the first single "Quicke" for the highly anticipated new TLC album and is currently working with Jermaine DuPri, Ice Cube & Mack 10, IMAROBOT and Verite. Austin is also currently producing a new film project for Warner Brother Studios called Jellybeans and has numerous other music and television projects in the works. For further information, please contact: Deborah Radel at DRPR, 323.656.9031 ^BACK UP^

The UK's 365 Artists Producer Clients Are Delivering The Hits We recently checked in with 365 Artists' manager Adam Clough who represents a mixture of young, gifted and in-demand producers, engineers, mixers, remixers and programmers. ANDY BRADFIELD is currently working on tracks for the forthcoming "Lord of the Rings" sequel "The Twin Towers" in addition to mixing new singles by Aqualung, The Manic Street Preachers ('There by the Grace of God') - UK Top 10 and Alys Martineau. He's also completed mixing the new Everything But The Girl Live DVD. Other recent projects include mixing on Appleton tracks with Marius De Vries and the Bombay Dreams cast album with Marius and AR Rahman for Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Really Useful'. Other projects this year include mixing Beth Orton's new album, "Daybreaker" with Ben Watt. CRASH, aka Jon Dixon and Giulio Pierucci, who had previously collaborated under the auspices of 'Almighty Associates', have collected an incredibly impressive list of remixes for many leading artists. Most recently they adding their touch to new singles from Alexis Strumm, Holly Vallance, Milky, Bond, Rick Guard, Soula Samantha Mumba,and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, D-Mac, Darius, Enrique Iglesias, Westlife, Liza Minelli and Atomic Kitten. MAGNUS FIENNES is currently writing and producing tracks for Bertine for Capitol Norway. He's also been writing and producing material for the new Bond album as well as producing the Sony Classical artist Lara St John. In addition he's recently produced singles for Epic signing Alys Martineau and Telstar's Dirty Harry. Magnus has recently enjoyed success producing Alex Lloyd's new album and the debut album from Bond. He is also writing and producing material for his Freefonix multi media project. Other Artists include: All Saints, Fierce, Morcheeba, Tom Jones/Zucchero, Conner Reeves, Pulp, Neneh Cherry, Erasure, Geneva, Spice Girls, Eagle Eye Cherry, Seal, Sinead O'Connor & Zucchero Marianne Faithful, Nicole, The Stranglers, Metisse, McAlmont, Ian McCulloch, Dot Allison. YOAD NEVO is currently producing and mixing tracks for Appleton and Bertine as well as programming for Jeremy Wheatley on various projects including Daniel Beddingfield, The Dandy Warhols, Holly Vallance, Duran Duran, Morcheeba, and Vanessa Amarosi. This year, he's also Produced and Mixed the new Noa album for Mercury Holland and is currently Co-writing and Producing tracks for hot unsigned singer Jem. In addition, Yoad has been enjoying recent chart success having completed programming the recent number 1 singles for Sugababes, as well as all of the Top 3 Sophie Ellis-Bextor singles. With 3 UK Number 1's this year, JEREMY WHEATLEY has had a very busy and hugely successful year and is currently working on various projects including The Dandy Warhols, The Bangles, Adama, Additional Production and Mix on singles for Daniel Beddingfield, Holly Vallance and Vanessa Amorosi, as well as Mixing several tracks for the Darius album inclding the new single 'Rushes'. He's also working with Duran Duran on their new material and has also mixed the new Sophie Ellis-Bextor single "Music Gets the Best of Me. " Other projects this year include new signing Rick Guard, and Morcheeba's 'Way Beyond' single. For further information, please contact: Adam Clough or Rebecca Duncan at 365 Artists +(44) 208 762 9590 +(44) 208 743 5624. ^BACK UP^

"Surround Delivers" At 4th Annual Surround Coference
"Surround Delivers: Multichannel, High-Resolution Audio Reaches the Masses" is the theme for Surround 2002: the 4th Annual Surround Conference & Technology Showcase. Set to take place December 13-14, 2002 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA., this year's show will focus on ways that multichannel audio is now reaching more listeners than ever before. The conference program will focus its attention on several specific areas of multichannel audio: DVD-A, DVD-V, Super Audio CD, broadband, film and broadcast. Presented by United Entertainment Media (UEM), a CMP Information Company and publishers of Surround Professional, Pro Sound News, EQ, the annual Surround Conference has become an important networking opportunity for engineers and producers on the leading edge of the surround sound revolution. Professionals attend Surround 2002 to share ideas and techniques, and to immerse themselves in the latest technologies presented by showcase exhibitors.To register online for the Surround 2002 conference program, please visit www.surroundpro.com. For more information on how to exhibit, please contact Katie Conover at 212-378-0468 ^BACK UP^

Tom Dowd, Legendary Producer Of Aretha, Clapton Dies At 77 Tom Dowd, legendary record producer and engineer who worked with Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton and a host of other stars spanning jazz, soul and rock over 50 years, has died at the age of 77. Among his many hits was the Derek and the Dominos' classic "Layla," featuring the duelling guitars of Clapton and the late Duane Allman. Tom Dowd started his music career in 1948 at New York's Ampex Studio where he became acquainted with Ahmet Ertegun, co-founder of Atlantic Records, who invited Dowd, then still a teenager, to join the label. His relationship with Clapton was one of his most enduring, lasting from the British guitarist's days with Cream through Derek and the Dominos and his later solo successes. Clapton called Dowd "the ideal recording man" in a 1996 interview. Clapton, who referred to Mr. Dowd as a father figure, has written that it was only through their relationship that he began to learn who he was and what his skills were as a musician. In the February 2002, issue of Grammy Magazine, he wrote: "There is a tribe of musicians, spread all over the world, who have been fostered and nurtured by Tom Dowd. We know who we are, and we are proud of who we are, but most of all, we are proud of him. I am honored and privileged to be one of them." Mr. Dowd worked at Atlantic records for more than 20 years before becoming a sought-after independent producer in the mid-1960s. The roster of artists he recorded with included Charles Mingus and jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, with whom he engineered "Giant Steps" and "My Favorite Things." Dowd worked with soul/r&b diva Aretha Franklin on her hit "Respect" and also recorded other black artists such as Wilson Pickett, Ray Charles, Otis Redding and James Brown in Florida and Memphis for Atlantic. Mr. Dowd also produced the Allman Brothers Band in the southern rockers' heyday. Their "Live at Fillmore East" was probably the recording he liked most that he had worked on, he told Reuters in 2000. Dowd, who worked out of the famed Criteria Studios in Miami for many years, also recorded Neil Young, Rod Stewart and Lynyrd Skynyrd, including the band's classic anthem "Freebird". He was considered a pioneer in the studio and is credited with introducing the first eight-track recording machine into a major studio in 1957. He also engineered the first stereo album, by the Wilbur De Paris Dixieland Band, which required customized equipment, including two needles, to play it. In later years, he lamented what he thought was the sorry state of the modern pop music industry he saw as lacking in real talent and overly driven by commercial interests. He was recently honoured with a National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Lifetime Achievement Award. ^BACK UP^

Little Labs Introduces The New Red Eye Recording Tool
Continuing in the tradition of creating unique tools for the pro audio engineer, Hollywood, CA's Little Labs introduces the Red Eye Recording Tool. The Red Eye is a passive re-amp box/direct box with unique expansion capabilities. The high quality passive direct box in the Red Eye features phase reverse and earth lift. At the push of a button the Red Eye converts from a direct box into a re-amp box with its own input and output connectors. The re-amp in the Red Eye features earth lift, phase reverse, and level control. Daisy-chaining multiple rack-mountable Red Eyes (4 units fit a 1U space), with the supplied expansion in and out rear jacks and front panel expansion button, opens up the further creative potential of the Red Eye. Multiple guitar level impedance outputs can be created from a single balanced line level source, allowing you to correctly interface multiple vintage effect pedals or re-amp to multiple guitar amps. When used with any active direct box, whether it be a Little Labs Multi Z DI or other brands such as Avalon, Demeter or Evil Twin, the Red Eye creates a superb quality guitar level/impedance multiple output guitar splitter with as many outputs as Red Eyes in the rack. The Red Eye also can be used as an expansion box, creating extra transformer-isolated guitar level / impedance outputs for the popular Little Labs PCP Instrument Distro. The heart of the Red Eye is a Little Labs custom wound transformer. This transformer was chosen for its sonic characteristics and is made with the same core material and winding technique as the legendary UTC transformers found in many classic pro audio devices. The Little Labs Red Eye Recording Tool will work overtime for the creative audio engineer in every stage of production. Originally established in 1988, Little Labs was founded by Jonathan Little and has grown to be a leading independent manufacturer and distributor of pro-audio devices for the professional audio industry. For more information and a complete range products, contact Little Labs at, (323) 851-6860 or visit www.littlelabs.com ^BACK UP^

Les Architekts: The Fusion of Art and Technique
Les Architekts, the creative duo-whose song "Le diable joue un jeu" (The Devil is playing games) was featured on RPM Direct Presents: Unsigned Vol 1 - actually started making some real noise in the hip hop scene a few years ago as producers for the successful albums by talented Montreal MCs Sans Pression and Yvon Kreve. Back in 2001 they released their own critically acclaimed self-produced debut album "Le plan" (Militant Muzik) along with three music videos, with solid featurings by well-known Rainmen, SP and Marseille's own heavyweight Faf Larage. Recognition soon followed: winners of the MIMI 2002 for Montreal's best hip hop/urban artist as well as a nomination for Ray Ray & Stratège as best producers, nominations at the Canadian Independent Music Awards 2002 in Toronto for best Francophone album and at Quebec's GALA de l'ADISQ 2002 for hip hop album of the year. Their reputation has since been growing by leaps and bounds - including a performance at Francofolies 2002 (seen on bandeapart.fm), opening for Canada's grammy-winner Nelly Furtado and Vancouver's Swollen Members (Metropolis), De La Soul and Toronto's Choclair (Aria) and Nelly & the St.Lunatics with Slum Village and the Rascalz (Molson Centre). They were chosen by the BBC to represent Montreal's French hip hop scene for its World Clubbing series, set in many international cities, and later invited by EMI, along with Muzion, to do the "French remix" of "Heaven Only Knows" by Toronto poet/rapper K-OS. They are guests on the new album by Quebec City's popular 83 crew on the Ray Ray-produced posse track "8-3-1-3". Ray Ray is also busy producing Montreal's young English MC Bless' debut album featuring such established artists as New York's Guru (GangStarr), Mister Cheeks (Lost Boyz) and b-boy Mister Wiggles (original member of the Rock Steady Crew). "Montreal French hip hop starts here, like Guru and Primo taken that one extra step, Ray Ray and Stratège have not only produced beats for everyone else, but they save the best shit for themselves. Le plan, a well-orchestrated blueprint for success…" says Scott C. of The Mirror. For more information contact manager Danielle Rousseau (R&R Musik), (514) 845-1713 trilingual Web Site : www.lesarchitekts.com ^BACK UP^

AKG'S Enhanced Audio CD, Mic Check, Now Available
AKG Acoustics has completed and is distributing Mic Check, a CD-ROM and audio CD that enables musicians, producers, engineers and retailers to compare and contrast AKG microphones with various features and prices. This free enhanced audio CD can be played in a standard CD player or as a CD-ROM and includes 89 dynamic tracks. AKG Acoustics U.S Marketing Manager, Sarita Stewart, states "Most microphone purchases are made without the benefit of a real demonstration. The main goal of this enhanced audio CD is to provide the reference points that are needed for the consumer to make a more informed and, ultimately, better purchasing decision. Listeners can hear for themselves the uncolored difference between microphones on many different instruments. Mic Check doesn't replace listening comparisons in a studio, but it is AKG's best attempt to bring the end user one step closer to that ideal." Mic Check is intended for distribution to serious musicians, studio owners, home recording enthusiasts, and is available directly from AKG and at the company's website, www.akgusa.com. The enhanced audio CD had been in the works for over nine months. Recording took place during three sessions at Masterlink Studios, Nashville, and in Chicago at both Pipertoonz and Perfect Sound Studios. In each case, multiple microphones were used to record professional musicians playing various instruments. Listening to each track in relation to one another will give the listener a chance to make an informed decision on the sound qualities of each microphone. When Mic Check is played as a CD-ROM in computers, it will provide not only audio tracks but also commentary from the producers and engineers, as well as details on the AKG products used on each track. "We recognize that there are many variables when recording and that each instrument, musician, room and placement is unique," explains Stewart. "We've made no creative or technical decisions on the end users behalf. On some instruments, the end user may prefer a lower priced microphone to a studio standard, or a 1/2" condenser to a 1" large diaphragm. The idea is to give the listener a chance to make their own decision based on their own needs and based on what they are hearing." AKG Acoustics, U.S. is located at 914 Airpark Center Drive, Nashville, TN 37217. The telephone number is 615-620-3800. The web address is www.akgusa.com ^BACK UP^

The Umbrella Group Producer Management News
We recently caught up with The Umbrella Group's Sharon Tapper for the latest on their busy producer and engineer clients. MATTHEW ELLARD's recent work with Sean Slade on S.T.U.N.'s album (Warner Bros) is currently getting airplay on KROQ in Los Angeles. Matthew also co-produced Tayna Donelly's album 'Beauty Sleep' and EP 'Sleepwalk' for Beggars Banquet/4AD. MICHAEL GARVIN wrote and produced Nicole Lacy's second single 'Dynamite' to be released from her debut album for Playground Music. He also wrote and produced two songs for Chica on Word Entertainment. Currently he has a hold placed on his songs for Backstreet Boys, Patty Loveless, Travis Tritt and Jo Dee Messina. STEVE HILLIER's writing, arranging and production work with Keane (BMG Music Publishing) has resulted in them securing a record deal with 2M (Ministry of Sound's new pop/rock label). Hillier's recent remixes include Dirty Harry (Telstar), Billy Bragg (Cooking Vinyl) and Venus Hum (BMG/MCA). TONY PHILLIPS has recently been mixing album projects for both Vinx (Peer Music) and Agnes Chan (multi-platinum Japanese recording artist). Kate Ceberano's single 'Yes' was the #1 most added single at CHR radio in it's first week of release (Chicago Kid) and Tony also mixed Will Seabrook's album for Maverick. ERIC SCHERMERHORN just returned from the U.K. where he has been co-writing and recording with Eagle-Eye Cherry (Polydor/MCA). He recently co-wrote with Matt Johnson of The The for their next album. Canadian producer Ben Dunc has had him write and record for Lee's project (Warner Bros Canada). Eric also co-wrote a song with Jason Mraz that will be appearing on his debut album (Elektra). GREG LADANYI is currently producing 5.1 version of Midnight Oil's 'Capricornia' album for DTS and producing numerous songs for Circle The Cat's project for True Wave Productions. Greg is also working with Siedah Garrett. PHIL BURNETT is about to go into the studio to produce various songs for Preacher Boy (Manifesto). JO DAVIDSON has been co-writing and producing independent artist Brianna Sage and co-writing with James Stewart (major South African recording star). For more information contact Sharon Tapper at The Umbrella Group. (212) 529 1160 or Fax: 212 529 1160 ^BACK UP^

Luminous Sound in Dallas, Texas Installs New SSL 9080J Luminous Sound, the premiere Texas recording facility, announces the first SSL 9000j series console to come to the Lone Star state. The 80 channel console with surround monitoring will replace the existing SSL 6040 in the A control room. The console will be used for both mixing and tracking to a Studer A827 analog machine and Pro Tools HD. In 1999, Luminous Sound moved into its new 6500 sq. ft. Studio Bau:ton facility, featuring three state of the art control rooms, four iso booths, and a 650+ sq. ft. main recording room with 24ft. ceilings. Recent clients include: Kirk Franklin, Erykah Badu, The Polyphonic Spree, Mercy Me, and Faith Evans. For more information contact Julia Sizemore or visit LuminousSound.com. Also watch for Luminous Sound's profile in RPM Direct's forthcoming 2003 Recording Studio Calendar. ^BACK UP^

Indian Composer Sues Dr. Dre, Interscope, UMG Over Sample Famed Bollywood lyricist and music composer Bappi Lahiri, has filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming the recent hit single "Addictive" by Truth Hurts borrowed heavily and without permission from Hindi song he wrote 20 years ago. The lawsuit also charges hip hop mega producer Dr. Dre, with practicing a form of "cultural imperialism" by not crediting Third World artists. Lahiri recently filed suit in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles seeking a halt to the further sale of the album "Truthfully Speaking" on Aftermath Records. Aside from Dre, the defendants named in the lawsuit include Interscope Records and parent company Universal Music. Lahiri claims that the producers of "Addictive" lifted four minutes of the original recording by Indian artist Lata Mangeshkar of the song "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai." "They literally superimposed their own drum track and lyrics over the beat," said Lahiri's lawyer Anthony Kornarens. "It's not just a small loop." "It's our opinion that the label simply took it for granted that Hindi music was something they didn't need pay for, that it could be used simply at will," Kornarens said. Truth Hurts' album has sold about 600,000 copies since it was released in June. "Addictive" was released as a single and became a top 10 hit. Saregama India Ltd., the Bombay-based film and music company that produced the original recording of Lahiri's song, filed its own suit last month in federal court in Houston, seeking $500 million in damages. Howard King, Dr. Dre's attorney, said his client had little to do with the production of "Truthfully Speaking." "There's no reason for him to be a defendant in this lawsuit, except that somebody's taking advantage of his name," King said. "He didn't write or perform on the record. It happens to have been released on a label he's part owner of." Truth Hurts, whose real name is Shari Watson, recently told MTV that Dre had remixed "Addictive," according to an article on the MTV Web site. "He really took it to another level," she said. "He took another part of the Indian sample and added it to the beginning and to the middle." The producer of the song is listed on "Truthfully Speaking" as DJ Quik, whose real name is David Blake. He told MTV that he had stumbled upon the Indian recording while channel surfing. "I woke up one morning -- I turned on the TV and landed on the Hindi channel," he said. Finding himself "grooving" to the beat of Lahiri's song, DJ Quik said, he was impressed by the music. "So I pushed record on the VCR," he said. ^BACK UP^

United Airlines Offers In-Flight 5.1 Surround Sound Audio
Silverline Records and Dolby Laboratories have teamed up this holiday season with United Airlines to offer travelers a stunning multichannel music experience on all overseas 777 flights during the months of November and December. Utilizing the airline's in-flight entertainment system, passengers will be able to listen to a selection of Silverline Records' DVD-Audio repertoire enhanced by Dolby Headphone technology. Dolby Headphone processing enables standard stereo headphones to realistically portray the surround sound experience of a five-speaker audio system, as employed in home theater systems. Silverline Records, a division of the 5.1 Entertainment Group, is providing music from several of their high-resolution DVD-Audio surround titles for playback on United Airlines using Dolby Headphone technology. John Trickett, chairman of 5.1 Entertainment Group (the parent of Silverline), said, "I first heard music on Dolby headphone about three years ago, when it was in its early stages of development. I was instantly convinced. I am excited that we are able to bring the same experience to the customers of United Airlines." "Dolby Headphone for In-Flight Entertainment has greatly enhanced the entertainment experience for airline passengers watching films on board. Now it will introduce United Airlines customers to a multichannel music experience from DVD-Audio, bringing enjoyment of music while flying to a whole new level," says John Kellogg, general manager, multichannel audio and music production for Dolby Laboratories. Dolby Headphone's unique effect is achieved via a powerful advanced algorithm that processes multichannel as well as two-channel content to create a dramatic surround sound listening experience from a standard pair of headphones. Dolby Headphone technology can be incorporated into DVD-Video and DVD-Audio players, set-top cable boxes, satellite receivers, digital televisions, VCRs, personal computers, video game consoles, A/V surround decoders, auto sound systems, multimedia speaker systems, and wireless headphones. An additional advantage of Dolby Headphone is the absence of "listener fatigue" that often accompanies other listening experiences. ^BACK U P^

A Few Quick Los Angeles Producer Management Updates SANTANA's new album, "Shaman," debuted at #1 and features "Sideways" featuring CITIZEN COPE, Mixed by DAVID BIANCO and "Why Don't You And I" featuring CHAD KROEGER of NICKELBACK, mixed by DAVID THOENER. For more info, please contact Frank McDonough at McDonough Management LLC (805) 446-3370 www.mcdman.com

Legendary Producer ROY THOMAS BAKER has been using Glenwood Studio's new SSL room to produce the new SPLIT SHIFT record for Elektra Records. JASON ROBERTS recently delivered RESORTE's new record to Warner Mexico. Next up for Jason is PLASTILINA MOSH (EMI Mexico) and he then starts his third album with CONTROL MACHETE for Universal Mexico. BJORN THORSRUD is currently engineering the new record for Billy Corgan's ZWAN. Bjorn will be producing SLEEPING AT LAST for Interscope. DAVID TICKLE is Mixing tracks by PETER GABRIEL and THE PRETENDERS for the new Paramount film , "The Wild Thornberries", as well as consulting on the score. Next up David is producing WILSHIRE for Columbia Records.For more information on these and other clients contact Adam Katz at Tsunami Entertainment (323) 210-2525.

Producer wizard CHRIS VRENNA has been tapped to remix upcoming songs for P.O.D. and ADEMA. Vrenna will be remixing the P.O.D. song "The Messenjah" off their recent multi-platinum Satellite CD (Atlantic Records). The remix will appear on an upcoming soundtrack to be determined. This will be the second time Vrenna remixes P.O.D. Vrenna was first paired up with P.O.D. last year to remix "Set If Off" for The Scorpion King soundtrack (Universal Records). Vrenna is also remixing the ADEMA song "Freaking Out" from their recent self titled album (Arista Records). The song will be included on the forthcoming Insomniac's Dream EP, in stores this month. For more information please contact Jeff Antebi at Waxploitation and check out www.tweaker.net

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Help Us Find These "Missing" Producers

Due to constantly changing management rosters and a few of unexplained "disappearances", we have lost touch with the folks on the list below. If you know where they are or are able to reach them, please ask them to get in touch with RPM Direct. We want to update their listing in our directory so that people who can hire or collaborate with them will be able to get in touch. We are currently trying to reconnect with:

Nick Addison
Michael Andrews (Elgin Park)
Mark Arnell
Chris Arvan
Rob B./Da Loops
Rob "Fonksta" Bacon
Andy Baker
Ball & Vauk
Boilerhouse Boys
Charlie Brocco
Bruce Brody
Bug City
David Castell
CC Groove
Ronnie Champagne
Phil Chill
Rob Christiansen
Jessica Corcoran
Jason Coreare
Jamie Cullum
Lee Curle
Andre Cymone
Darkman
Lee De Carlo
Dave Dederer

Anjali Dutt
Phil Ek
EZI-CUT
Steve Fisk
Tom Frederikse
Eric E. Garten
Eric O'Brien Garten
Global Communications
Dito Godwin
Jim Goodwin
John Gosling
Richard Gottehrer
Roger Greenawalt
Tom Grimley
Mark Haley
Ray Hedges
David Hemming
Dave Hillis
Stephen Hilton
Mike Hoffman
Ivan Ivan
Bob St. John

Juno Reactor
Ben Kape
Rob Kirwan
Ko-Jo
John Lee
Ken Lomas
Reggie Lucas
M Beat
Ollie Marland
Ray Martin
Glen Matlock
John McEntire
Eric "E" Miller
Gustavo Moratorio
Roli Mosimann
Richard T. Norris
Eddy Offord
Jon P.
Randy Pekich
Dave (Deptford) Pine
Marco Pirroni
Pistachio Boys
Tony Pizarro

Poetic
Prince Paul
Prophecy Entertainment
Rickidy Raw
Mykaell Riley
Tim Russell
Micajah Ryan
Michael Schlesinger
Paul Schroeder
Shad Scott
Skold
Mike Stewart
Studio 7
Dave Swanson
Paul Taylor
Louie Teran
Eric "E.T." Thorngren
Tim & Bob
Tosh
Haig V. (Vartzbedian)
Simon Vinestock
Richie Wermerling
Mark Wilkin (Solo)
Sam Williams
Aaron Zigman

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