>> RPM Direct Inc. to Launch New Features at RPMDirect.com

RPM Direct and its technology partners Imagistic Media Studios are preparing to launch all new features at www.RPMDirect.com. These new, long awaited features will allow users any time access to their listings for udpates, contact information changes, credit updates and more. Subscribers will find new improvements in producer/engineer searches and billing options. Meanwhile, RPM Direct and The Music Business Registry are set to release another printed edition of the online directory found at RPMDirect.com. Please take a minute to review your online listing and notify us of any needed updates or changes. Send all updated discographies, client rosters and contact details to Info@rpmdirect.com. If you are interested in advertising in this directory please go here for affordable ad rates. Meanwhile, please add us to your lists for your studio, client or company press. If you have recording industry related news, producer, engineer news, studio sessions news, announcements, producer client updates, pro audio product news, music for review or something else to contribute, send it to News@rpmdirect.com. We Want to hear from you.

>> Chris Lord-Alge and Tom Lord-Alge Join Nettwerk Producer Management

Nettwerk Producer Management is proud to announce the addition of 5 time Grammy Award winning superstar mixers Chris Lord-Alge and Tom Lord-Alge to our roster. Chris and Tom both remain consistently at the top of the charts having mixed such recent smash records as Green Day's "American Idiot," Blink 182's "Blink 182, " Hoobastank's "The Reason", Avril Lavigne's "Under My Skin," The Black Eyed Peas' "Elephunk" and Sarah McLachlan's "Afterglow.” For more information on Chris and Tom Lord-Alge or any of the Nettwerk Producer Management clients please contact Alia Fahlborg at 310 855 0668 or via email at alia@nettwerk.com.

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>> Solid State Logic Purchased By Peter Gabriel And David Engelke

Solid State Logic is pleased to announce that the company’s assets have been acquired by a joint venture established by musician and technologist, Peter Gabriel, and broadcast industry entrepreneur, David Engelke. The company, which will trade as Solid State Logic, will continue to design and manufacture mixing consoles and related audio technology at its Begbroke, Oxford headquarters. The principal investors bring considerable experience of both the company’s main markets: music recording and broadcast. Peter Gabriel’s background as an artist is well known, but he has had a long involvement with technology. Syco Systems, which he co-founded, developed the ‘Tablet’, one of the world’s first purpose-built digital audio workstations. Real World Multi Media, part of Peter’s Real World Group, won awards for both technological and creative innovation. More recently, he has had success with OD2 (On Demand Distribution), now the leading European platform provider for the distribution of on-line music. At the same time his many years as artist and studio owner at Real World in Wiltshire have given him a passion for the possibilities of technology, and how it can serve and transform the process of music making and post production. American David Engelke, formerly also an SSL console owner, has been involved with production and broadcast companies including Pinnacle Systems, Montage Group, and Digital Editing Services and invented several widely adopted technologies in the broadcast industry. Technologies developed by him and his engineering teams have earned them three EMMY Awards from the US National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and an OSCAR from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. David Engelke, who currently heads up Broadcast Devices LLC, spoke about his enthusiasm for the company, “The Solid State Logic brand stands for excellence like no other pro audio company in the world. We are investing to strengthen the company and bring these brand values to a broader market through continued innovative product development.” Peter Gabriel added: “I have been a long time fan of SSL. We’re very excited about the opportunity of working with the company and to have a chance to participate in its future and its product development. Real World has enjoyed a close relationship with the company for many years.” For further information contact: Niall Feldman Solid State Logic Ltd. E-mail: niallf@solid-state-logic.com or visit www.solid-state-logic.com.

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>> SAE Institute Aquires AMS NEVE

In a surprise move Mr Tom Misner – President and Founder of the multi-national SAE Group announced today the acquisition of the world’s leading console manufacturer AMS Neve. Tom, an audio technologist, visionary & educator in the music field has maintained a very strong industry association and has been a user of Neve consoles for the past 30 years. AMS Neve Ltd Managing Director Mr. Mark Crabtree said “we are very happy to now be part of such a strong global organization” Mr. Crabtree adds “with the full support of the SAE Group it will enable us to increase our market share and above all accelerate the introduction of our new product range”. SAE Institute will now be providing through its network in over 45 colleges in 20 countries AMS Neve broadcast/music/film and post seminars for past and new clients. This will be a first of a kind service only AMS Neve is now be able to offer. Mr Romy Hawatt, SAE’s Strategic Business Development advisor said “the coming together of AMS Neve & SAE is a unique strategic alliance of two of the worlds leading audio industry organisations. One in audio technology & manufacturing and the other in audio education & training. Both the AMS Neve and SAE brands have a very strong global synergy”. Tom Misner adds “the feedback we have attained over the years from our large international student network has provided us with valuable information and insight that is now being applied by AMS Neve in the development of the soon to be released range of new products”. The acquisition of AMS Neve by SAE represents a new Genesis in the world of audio technology. For more information visit AMS Neve Ltd (www.ams-neve.com) and SAE Institute (www.sae.edu).

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>> Steve Moir Departs Moir/Marie Entertainment - Forms Moir Entertainment, Inc.

Steve Moir is no longer affiliated with Moir/Marie Entertainment and has formed Moir Entertainment, Inc. The initial producer roster includes Brendan O'Brien (Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against The Machine, Bruce Springsteen) and Phil Ek (Sunny Day Real Estate, Modest Mouse, Built To Spill, The Shins). The new offices are located in the offices of Borman Entertainment and Moir\Borman Entertainment in Santa Monica. The address is 1250 6th Street, Suite 401 Santa Monica, CA 90401. Phone - 310-656-3150; Fax - 310 656-3160. For more information contact Steve Moir, Damon Monteros, Alissa Razansky or Laura Monaco.

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>> Mick Guzauski Signs with Joe D’Ambrosio Mgmt. for Worldwide Representation

Mick has recently completed mixing Eric Clapton’s upcoming Warner Bros. release (5.1 and stereo) and in the midst of finishing mixing Res’ upcoming Universal release. Mick has just begun mixing Lulu and begins the Cream reunion CD in a few weeks. With over a half billion units sold over the course of his lifetime as a mixer, Mick’s mixed the platinum-plus releases by Michael McDonald (Motown and Motown Two), Eric Clapton’s Riding With The King as well as tracks with Christina Aguilera, Marc Anthony, Backstreet Boys, Boyzone, Boyz II Men, Brandy, Toni Braxton, Sarah Brightman, Mariah Carey, Ray Charles, Paula Cole, The Corrs, Deborah Cox, Celine Dion, Earth, Wind and Fire, Gloria Estefan, Aretha Franklin, Kirk Franklin, Vince Gill, Josh Groban, Faith Hill, Whitney Houston, Enrique Inglesias, Kenny G, B.B. King, KISS, Nick Lachey, Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, Ricky Martin, Jesse McCartney, Brian McKnight, Monica, 98 Degrees, *NSYNC, Luciano Pavarotti, LeAnn Rimes, Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears, Barbra Streisand, Talking Heads, Thalia, Jaci Velasquez, Deniece Williams and Vanessa Williams. In 5.1, Mick has mixed 461 Ocean Blvd.; Layla; Riding With The King; One More Car, One More Ride; Crossroads Guitar Festival and Live at Hyde Park…all Eric Clapton releases. For more information contact Joe D'Ambrosio Joe D'Ambrosio Management, Inc. Phone - (914) 422-0022 or email - info@jdmanagement.com

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Jim Anderson, an internationally recognized recording engineer / producer, and Zoe Thrall, an industry veteran who has served as general manager for such world renowned NYC studios as The Hit Factory, Avatar and The Power Station have been named Co-Chairs of the 119th Audio Engineering Society Convention. Themed Where Audio Comes Alive, the convention will be held in NYC’s Jacob Javits Convention Center, Oct. 7-10, 2005. In making the announcement AES executive director Roger Furness remarked, “Chairing an AES Convention is a singularly demanding and rewarding experience. The time and energy required to coordinate an event of this scale has grown exponentially as AES Conventions have expanded their scope to keep pace with our rapidly changing industry. We could not wish for a more capable and enthusiastic co-Chair team than Jim Anderson and Zoe Thrall,”

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>> Worlds End Welcome New Clients To The Roster

Ross Robinson, John Feldmann and Tony Fagenson join the World's End Producer Management roster. Ross Robinson recently produced, mixed and engineered last year’s self titled album by The Cure (Geffen). He’s best known for working with such platinum selling metal acts as Korn (Epic), Slipknot (Roadrunner) and Limp Bizkit (Interscope). He’s also worked with indie bands At The Drive In (Grand Royal) and The Blood Brothers (Artist Direct). John Feldmann plays guitar and sings in the band Goldfinger whose albums he also produces, engineers and mixes. He is next producing the forthcoming Mest album for Maverick and has worked with them on past projects as well. John produced, engineered, and mixed last year’s album by The Used (Warner Bros.) and Story of the Year for Maverick. Tony Fagenson is the former drummer of the band Eve 6. He is a young, up and coming producer working with the band Malbec. In other World's End news - Multi-Platinum mixer Mark Needham mixed tracks on The Killers Hot Fuss album as well as radio single mixes for “Mr. Brightside,” and “All These Things That I Have Done.” He is currently mixing We Are Scientists for Virgin at the new, state of the art Hollywood Hills Park View Studios. Recent projects include Clear Static, Smashmouth, Paul Simon, Pity Sing, Chris Isaak and Tamar (Beverly Martel Music). Contact Sandy Roberton or Andrew Brightman for booking. Worlds End 183 N. Martel, Suite 270, Los Angeles CA 90036 Tel: (323) 965-1540 Fax: (323) 965-1547 email: info@worldsend.com

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Jane Scobie is back in town after taking a short sabbatical after the sale and closure (as a commercial facility) of Royaltone Studios in North Hollywood at the end of February 2005. Scobie ran the legendary studio facility and company for almost a decade. We recently caught up with Jane over a bite to eat in Hollywood. "I am happy to be back home and excited to see what is out there for me" Scobie says. "The music industry has changed a lot, but I am confident that it will re-build itself in a much more effective and lucrative way" she added. Jane has a number of irons in the fire - all of them from a welcomed creative direction. "I'm all about the music. I'm looking forward to putting my diverse experience in the music industry into action". Jane can be contact by telephone on 323-646 7345 or by e-mail: janescobie@sbcglobal.net

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>> Recording Academy P & E Wing Names Steph Jorgl as New Exec Director

The Producers & Engineers Wing (P&E Wing) of The Recording Academy broke new ground with the appointment of recording technologist/pro audio journalist Steph Jorgl as its new Executive Director and by launching a new remix delivery standards committee headed by Brian Transeau (BT), a member of the Producers & Engineers Wing Steering Committee. "The P&E Wing is a key component as the Academy strives to grow and develop its operational infrastructure to serve its members in a relevant and focused manner," said Recording Academy President Neil Portnow. "Steph possesses vast knowledge and understanding that encompasses broad segments of the technical industry which will be of great value to the P&E Wing, along with her diverse background and expertise." For the last six years, Jorgl has worked as a pro audio journalist, editor and publisher covering new developments in digital audio, reviewing audio software and hardware, and writing in-the-studio pieces and feature stories on top producers, composers, engineers, and sound designers such as Butch Vig, Jimmy Douglass, and Trent Reznor for Apple.com, Digizine, EQ, Prosoundweb.com, Scratch, and her own Web site, Audiohead.net. She brings to The Recording Academy more than 13 years of hands-on industry experience. She studied audio engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She holds a B.A. in political science from San Jose State University. Following closely on the heels of the release of its technical recommendation document, "Guidelines for Pro Tools Session Interchange" (www.grammy.com/pe_wing/guidelines/index.aspx), the Producers & Engineers Wing has begun development of a "Remix Delivery Standards" guideline. The Producers & Engineers Wing was established for producers, engineers, remixers, manufacturers, technologists, and other related creative and technical professionals in the recording community. Currently, 6,000 professionals comprise the Producers & Engineers Wing. This organized voice for the creative and technical recording community addresses issues that affect the craft of recorded music, while ensuring its role in the development of new technologies, recording and mastering recommendations, and archiving and preservation initiatives.

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The Doors of the 21st Century recently gathered at Ocean Way Recording to lay down some new tracks with renowned producer/engineer Ken Scott (Beatles, Elton John, David Bowie). Led by founding members Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger plus singer Ian Astbury, known for his rich baritone voice in the Cult, the band is rounded out by Phil Chen on bass and Ty Dennis on drums. One distinctive element of the seminal Los Angeles group is how the musicians - especially the multifaceted Ray Manzarek - successfully blend rock, jazz-inspired improvisation and Weill-esque angularity into dramatic musical backdrops. The band is currently touring North America, South America, and Europe. For information about Ocean Way call (323) 467-9375

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>> Court Won't Review Beastie Boys Lawsuit

AP -- The Beastie Boys might have to fight for their right to party, but they won't have to defend themselves against claims they stole part of a jazz flutist's recording. Without comment Monday, the Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling against jazz artist James W. Newton. Newton contended that the punk rappers' 1992 song "Pass the Mic" included a sample from his musical composition "Choir" without his full permission. The Beastie Boys paid a licensing fee for the six-second, three-note segment of Newton's work but failed to pay an additional fee to license the underlying composition. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to dismiss Newton's lawsuit alleging copyright infringement. The appeals court reasoned that the short segment in "Pass the Mic" was not distinctive enough to be considered Newton's work. Several members and representatives of the jazz and independent artists community -- including the American Composers Forum, the Electronic Music Foundation and Meet the Composer -- had filed a joint friend-of-the-court brief in support of Newton. They urged the Supreme Court to clarify the scope of copyright law, given the growing practice of digital sampling, or recording a portion of a previously existing song, they say increasingly infringes on their ownership rights. The Beastie Boys burst onto the national music scene in 1986 with their No. 1 album "License to Ill," which featured the party anthem "Fight for Your Right (to Party)." The case is Newton v. Diamond, 04-1219.

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>> Coyote Recording Studios Update

What's been happening at Coyote Recording Studios? Earlier this year Smuggler Production rented out Coyote to shoot scenes for rapper, Nas' "Just A Moment" video with Director Ben Mor. Production company "ilovestress Music" is currently recording 12 year old trumpet player, Liam Heath (from Scottland). This will be his debut LP, its a jazz/hiphop collaboration with John Patitucci, Ben Gramm, Jay Binich and Law Worrell. John Patitucci and Pilly (ila's dress) are producing with Michael Caiati engineering. Vivian Campbell (Def Leopard) was in to cut vocal tracks with guest Joan Osborne for his up coming solo blues project to be release on Sanctuary Records. This is a Hylo Production, produced by Tor Hym (Lou Rawls) and engineered By Michael Caiati. Grammy-winning producer/engineer Jason Corsaro was in recording the debut LP of trio "Ruby Bullet". Ruby Bullet was founded by ex-members of NYC prog-metal band Sexdigital. The trio is fronted by Sterne on bass and lead vocals, Pete Vassil on drums, and Josh Rivel on guitar. For more information contact Michael Caiati at Coyote Recording Studios, 100 North 6th Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 Phone - 718 387-7958 or email - coyotestudios@optonline.net.

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>> Kevorkian Mastering Opens at Avatar Studios

Avatar Studios, New York’s premier tracking and mixing facility, is proud to announce the grand opening of its Kevorkian Mastering facility. Mastering engineer Fred Kevorkian joins Avatar’s Creative Community of audio professionals with the completion of this new room. Located on the 3rd floor at Avatar Studios, Kevorkian Mastering now provides clients the option to also master their projects at Avatar. Avatar’s President, Kirk Imamura commented, “We can now offer our signature, high-quality service from tracking to mixing to mastering, all under one-roof. Package deals are now possible.” The mastering room is approximately 300 square feet. The room was constructed from a design originally conceived by Sam Berkow of SIA Acoustics and was further enhanced and refined by Roy Hendrickson, Avatar’s Chief Engineer, who also designed Avatar’s Studio G. Membrane absorbers were incorporated into the walls of the room and Skyline diffusors made by RPG are used on the rear and side walls of the room. Randy Merrill, from Avatar’s technical staff, worked with Fred to fine-tune the room acoustically and helped put the finishing touches to the installation of his equipment. The room features state of the art analog and digital equipment such as the Muth transfer console, Sontec equalizer, Weiss and Z Systems processing units. Fred’s recent credits include albums by Ryan Adams, The White Stripes, Dave Matthews Band, Phish, Iggy Pop, The Walkmen and Jesse Malin as well as Cassandra Wilson, Dave Holland, Clark Terry, Danilo Perez and many others. Kevorkian Mastering is available right now for bookings. For more information, please contact Fred Kevorkian at Tel: 917-406-9147 or Studio Manager Tino Passante at Tel: 212.765.7500, Fax: 212.765.7450, or E-mail: tino@avatarstudios.net.

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>> Bits & Pieces...

After 10 years, Bennett Kaufman has departed Moir/Marie Entertainment and forms The BK Entertainment Group. Bennett's current producer/engineer client roster includes Johnny K, David Schiffman, David Bendeth, David Holman, John Travis and more. Bennett will announce a new office location shortly. Current contact details are available at rpmdirect.com. Meanwhile, he can be reached by cell (818) 231-2399 or Email: bkball@earthlink.net.

The Apples in Stereo are currently in pre-production on their next album. The group based out of Lexington, KY and Denver, CO, is for the first time in more than a decade looking for a new label to call home. Lead Apple Robert Schneider will be Producing the album. Seriously interested parties can email Dan Efram at dan@tractor-beam.com for more info.

David Surnow has moved on from Lippman Entertainment. He recently formed Solid Music Company with a client roster featuring The Dan Band, The Outline, Fielding, Matt Mahaffey, Chris Fudurich, Tim Harkins, Dave Dominguez. For more information contact David at Phone - 323-654-6085 or email solidmusic@sbcglobal.net

Top engineers Dave Reitzas and David Russell have been making musical magic on the new Solid State Logic XL 9000 K Series SuperAnalogue Console recently installed in Studio 1 at the premiere recording facility Larrabee Sound Studios in Los Angeles. The console is the second room at the facility upgraded to an XL 9080 K and is testament to the demand top engineers, producers and artists have for this trend setting console. Reitzas and Russell, working on separate projects, love the new XL in Studio 1. For Larrabee Studios booking information contact studio manager Madeline Marotto at PH - (818) 753-0717 or email at Larrabeemanager@yahoo.com

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