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>> Sir Harry Departs Rive Droit, Forms Private And Confidential Music

After almost 4 years at Rive Droite Music UK and over 3 and half years as managing director, Sir Harry has decided to leave the company to pursue new challenges in his professional life. He comments, "My time with the company has been exciting, educational and further, great to see the new team of writers and producers achieve international success. Needless to say, I am very proud over what I, together with my colleagues, have achieved during these past 4 years. I would just like to say a big thank you for all the support you have given me over this period." In his new venture, Sir Harry has been given an amazing chance to start a new private city funded production, label and management company (Private and Confidential Music Ltd). The new PNC Music offices and recording studios will be fully up and running by October. For more information contact Sir Harry at Private And Confidential Music LTD at Tel +44 (0)208 977 0632 Email: sirharry@pncmusic.com Web site: www.pncmusic.com

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>> Atlantis Group Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary

Atlantis Group Recording Studio in Santa Monica, CA just passed a milestone, celebrating five years in business. "Considering we've survived a voice-over strike, 9/11, a recession, a war, and a very tumultuous time in our industry, I've got to credit our staff and our loyal clients for getting us this far," said company president John Chominsky. Atlantis Group has not just survived, but prospered. The recent addition of another studio equipped with a Digidesign ICON system has complimented their commitment to stay on top of the latest technology. Whether it's the state of the art equipment, the staff's friendly personality, or their desirable location with proximity to the 3rd St. Promenade, Atlantis Group continues to wow local, out of state and even an international clientele. "We're flattered that many of our clients prefer to fly out to be present for a session in lieu of just patching in," added staff recording engineer Jaimie Siedow. "Lately we've been doing a bunch of sessions for clients from Arizona, Chicago, Canada and even Australia". Originally conceived as an audio post-production facility catering to the advertising community (radio and TV spot work), Atlantis Group has evolved to a multifaceted audio facility that caters to video games, indie films, and now even supports a music division. Eargasm Studios was created as a sister company that focuses on music mixing and recording. Sean Graham, staff engineer stated, "It was a natural evolution for us. Nowadays you need to diversify your services."
Chominsky concluded, "We're in it for the long-haul." For more information, visit the Atlantis Group online at
www.atlantisgrouprecording.com

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>> Moir/Marie Ent. Owner Lisa Maria Sues Former Partner Steve Moir

Moir/Marie Entertainment operated by sole remaining owner Lisa Marie sued former co-owner Steve Moir and his Moir Entertainment last month over the two managers’ business breakup. The complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, states that Moir split the company earlier this year after secretly forming another company and taking MME client/producers Brendan O’Brien (Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots) and Phil Ek (Modest Mouse, The Shins) plus some employees with him. Other high-profile clients such as Ron Aniello (Lifehouse, Guster), Chris Lord-Alge (Green Day, Black Eyed Peas) and Tom Lord-Alge (Blink 182, Avril Lavigne) then left MME and moved to Nettwerk Producer Management. MME alleges in the complaint that Marie began working with Moir in 1989, with Marie representing producers and Moir shifting his services from producers to industry executives. In 1996 they formed MME with the same responsibilities. Marie held a 50% equity share of the company and Moir with wife Susan Moir sharing the remaining equity shares equally. When labels began consolidating, the complaint says, Moir began losing many executive clients and wanted to work with the producers. He then set up Moir Entertainment, taking confidential client information and interfering with Marie’s relationships with many top producer clients, MME alleges. MME seeks an unspecified amount of damages for misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty and contract, intentional interference with contractual relations and other claims. “The claims are without merit,” Moir tells Billboard.biz. “All clients went where they thought they would be best served without any interference. I am confident all of this will come out at trial.” --From Susan Butler, N.Y. / Billboard Bulletin

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>> Butch Walker Produces Puffy AmiYumi, Russ-T Cobb Produces Atlanta Locals

Ruby Red Productions' owner/producer and Epic recording artist Butch Walker, took a few days off from his touring scheduling to fit some sessions this summer. Epic recording artists and Japanese sensations Puffy AmiYumi tracked "Radio Tokyo" and "Call Me What You Like," written and produced by Walker, engineered by Paul Hager, and engineered and mixed by Russ-T Cobb. The songs are to be included on a February 2006 release. Look out for Tommy Lee's Tommyland: The Ride dropping in August. Walker wrote and lent his vocals to the first single "Good Times," which is also the theme to Tommy's reality show Tommy Lee Goes To College on NBC this fall. Cobb put Ruby Red to good use this summer, producing/engineering the new release Every Trick's A Good One for Atlanta local artists The Swear (www.theswear.com). The record is due out on October 18, 2005. Cobb stated, "The Swear session was cool because it was nothing over the top, it was very stripped down rock. Elizabeth [Elkins, The Swear's lead vocalist] wrote great songs and I really didn't want the production to get in the way of it." Atlanta artist Tim Brantley selected Cobb to produce and engineer his second record The Lion of Truth slated for a fall release. Lending their considerable talent to the project were: Kenny Creswell on drums, Tony Reyes on bass, I Nine's Bryan Gibson on cello, Cobb on guitar and percussion and Brantley on piano and the Wurlitzer. Cobb had this to say about the session, "Recording Lion was great because we had an amazing group of musicians playing well-crafted songs with Tim's compelling voice." Warner Brothers recording artists My Chemical Romance stopped in the midst of the Warped Tour to have Russ-T do edits for a live show filmed in Orlando, FL. The show will be aired on MTV in the coming months. Ruby Red Productions www.rubyredproductions.net and Butch Walker www.butchwalker.com.

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>> Rupert Neve Announced As 119th AES Keynote Speaker

Rupert Neve, a prime mover in the development of modern mixing consoles, will deliver the Keynote Speech, “Where Audio Comes Alive,” at the 119th AES Convention at noon on Friday, October 7th at New York’s Javits Center. “Rupert Neve has led a remarkable life, dedicated to perfecting the art of audio reproduction,” said AES Executive Director, Roger Furness. “His career spans over 60 years and has influenced generations of audio designers. We are honored to have him present this year’s Keynote address.” Mr. Neve’s speech will focus on Recording: “Interest in the satisfactory recording, storage and reproduction of sound has never been higher,” he says, adding the eternal question, “Have we got it right?” Rupert Neve, began his life in audio in Argentina, mending radios to bring people news of WW II. Arriving in England at 17, he converted a retired US army ambulance into a mobile studio, recording choirs, music festivals and public events on 78 RPM lacquer disks. These early steps led to his pioneering development of the modern recording console. By 1964, Neve had developed high performance transistor equipment that replaced traditional valve designs. His first client for the new transistor equipment was Phillips Records Ltd . The success of these units led to orders from Phillips and other recording studios for mixing consoles. These attained a reputation for sonic clarity and excellent workmanship. Demand grew rapidly and by 1973 the Neve team had grown to over 500 members worldwide. During this period Neve introduced 'Moving Fader Automation', or NECAM, the first moving fader system. In 1976, a Neve 16/4 console had been equipped with machine control and legendary producer George Martin was invited to try out the new system. After a day remixing masters his comment was, "How soon can I have one?" Rupert Neve was inducted into the Mix Magazine Hall of Fame in1989. He received the 1997 Technical Grammy Award, was honored as “Man of the Century,” by Studio Sound Magazine in 1999, and was selected by his peers as the Number One Audio Personality of the 20th Century. Over the last 20 years, operating as ARN Consultants, Mr. Neve collaborated with a number of manufacturers to produce some of the finest audio consoles the industry has ever seen (or heard) -- including the Amek 9098, the Focusrite Forte and Studio models, and with Legendary Audio, Masterpiece Mastering, Summit Audio and Taylor Guitars -- to produce a variety of audio products, from preamplifiers to fully automated analog mixing consoles. Now based in Texas, Mr. Neve established Rupert Neve Designs in April 2005 and launched The Portico range of modular preamplifiers, equalizers, dynamics, image controllers and other new high performance products. 119th AES Convention – Where Audio Comes Alive - Jacob Javits Center, NYC – October 7 – 10, 2005. www.aes.org

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Nashville has been hot this year but not just on the streets. The studios are jammed with platinum acts from every genre and “the new kids on the block,” Karian Studios seem to be leading the way. No sooner had American Idol winner, Carrie Underwood left the resort studio when Maverick Records act, Tantric checked in for three weeks to mix with producer/engineer Elliott Blakey. The guys from Tantric: vocalist Hugo Ferreira, guitarist Todd Whitener, and drummer Matt Taul are “regulars” in the Nashville studio scene doing most of their first two records here. They are, however, first timers at Nashville’s newest and most buzzed about facility. “It feels good to just be pampered,” said Ferreira of Karian Studios five star client services package. Producer/engineer Blakey, was most impressed with the value of the studio not just the pampering aspects. “I still can’t believe how fair and competitive the day rates are. And the fact that all of the amenities are included and not add on’s is a plus. The fact that it sounds so incredible in here makes it the perfect studio,” he says of the SSL studio with Pro Tools HD Accel. “We have been able to mix a great record and have a good time while doing it.” For more information about Karian Studios please visit their website at www.karianstudios.com or call studio owner/manager Karen D’Souza for more information at 615-230-4999.

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>> Kazaa Is Ruled Illegal By The IFPI

The IFPI, the organization that promotes the interests of the international recording industry worldwide, has welcomed a landmark court judgment establishing that the internet peer-to-peer operator Kazaa is illegal, and called on similar networks throughout the world to stop infringing copyright or face the legal consequences. The judgment, coming just 10 weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against the 'file-sharing' operator Grokster, concludes the 18-month trial of the best-known international file-swapping service and helps to lay down the law for the new generation of unauthorized peer-to-peer operators. The federal court of Australia ruled that Kazaa--until recently the world's biggest single internet piracy operation with 2.4 million users worldwide--is an illegal business that is liable for copyright infringement. The move is part of a global trend clarifying the rules around internet music distribution. A court ruling in Korea last month required the peer-to-peer service Soribada to stop unauthorized file swapping on its network or shut down. The ruling in Sydney by Justice Murray Wilcox is the culmination of legal proceedings, which were brought by the Australian recording industry in 2004 against a number of parties involved in Kazaa. Judge Wilcox ruled that companies and individuals associated with Kazaa knowingly facilitated and profited from massive copyright infringement, failed to take any measures to stop it and must now start to filter its infringing recordings within two months or face closure. Justice Wilcox made findings of liability against Sharman Networks, LEF Interactive Pty Ltd, Altnet Inc, and Brilliant Digital Entertainment Inc, along with executives Nicola Hemming and Kevin Bermeister. In his landmark judgment Justice Wilcox concluded that Sharman had power to prevent, or at least substantially reduce, the incidence of copyright file sharing. Yet Sharman did nothing; even when it introduced KMD v3 [the latest version of the software] one week before commencement of the trial of these proceedings. IFPI represents the recording industry worldwide with over 1450 members in 75 countries and affiliated industry associations in 48 countries. For more information visit IFPI at www.ifpi.org

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Glenwood Place is proud to announce the re-opening of Studio A. Neither fire nor flood could keep the North Hollywood, CA studio from reopening this room. They have completely remodeled the floorplan, raised the ceiling, opened it up, retained the 3 iso booths and threw a Yamaha C7 in there to boot. The SSL 9K is still in the control room with a full ProTools HD rig. Recent clients who stopped by to check it out include Nathan East, Prince, John Fields, D’Angelo and Mandy Moore. There aren’t very many rooms left with pedigrees dating from the 1960’s, and we feel compelled to keep this one running. In addition, Glenwood is pleased to announce that Abe Senna, formally of The Enterprise, has joined the studio as Chief Tech. For availability please call Kit Rebhun, Studio Manager Glenwood Place at 818 260 9555 or email kit@glenwoodstudios.com

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>> 119th AES Convention in NY Presents Comprehensive Student Program

The 119th AES Convention Student Program is geared to provide fledgling audio pros with opportunities to jump-start their careers. Education Committee Events Co-Chairs Dottie Kreps and Felice Santos-Martin have coordinated a series of panels, one-on-one mentoring sessions and creative recording competitions designed to test student mettle and get their creative juices flowing. Set for October 7-10 in NYC's Jacob Javits Center, the Convention will host 400+ exhibitors and anticipates 20,000 attendees. Participating mentors/competition judges and panelists include mastering engineer Emily Lazar (David Bowie, Natalie Merchant), Kevin Killen (Peter Gabriel, Elvis Costello), and 5.1 Surround sound/THX pioneer Tom Holman. Scheduled events include: Career Fair, Mentoring Sessions, Student Recording Competition, Design Competition, Education Forum, Education Fair, Student Delegate Assembly Meetings. Student prizes include: Sony Pictures Sound Effects Series, a comprehensive collection from the archives of one of the world's major movie studios; Neumann's TLM 103 Anniversary Edition Professional Microphone with accessories; Rane Corporation and Serato's new Serato Rane Series Pro Tools Plug-ins with graphic, parametric and dynamics modules; and Lavry Engineering's LavryBlue unit (a two channel A/D D/A conversion system.) For more information visit AES www.aes.org.

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The Young brothers of AC/DC, Angus and Malcolm, now each have one of Mackie's new Digital X Bus X.200 recording consoles in their personal studios-located in the Netherlands and London respectively. In addition, they have both specified Mackie HDR24/96 hard disk recorders and completed their updates with a pair of Mackie HR824 Active Studio Monitors in each studio. Acting on a strong recommendation from Paul "Pab" Boothroyd, who is AC/DC's FOH engineer and audio consultant for their recording studios, Angus also read every review and piece of information he could gather on the Digital X Bus. This was followed by a call to Mackie and an on-site demo that showed him just how easy it was to get the most out of the new console. In their previous studio configuration, they fed the output from their recordings into a Neve mixer, and then used separate Fairchild compressors to create the sound they casually describe as "that classic valve, phat thing." Unfortunately, after years of service, their trusted compressors became unreliable, and the brothers were fed up with having to give them a thump every now and then to keep them going. With that, Both Malcolm and Angus opted to specify a Universal Audio UAD-1 DSP card for their new Mackie consoles-giving them faithful emulations of favorites like the 1176LN and of course, their trusted Fairchild compressor. Each Mackie Digital X Bus will support the use of both VST plug-ins as well as accommodate up to three Universal Audio UAD-1 cards. For more information visit www.mackie.com

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>> The Rogers Sisters and The Heroine Sheiks Record At Excello

The Heroine Sheiks have been at Excello Recording Studios in Williamsburg Brooklyn working on their newest release for Reptilian Records with house engineer Ethan Donaldson tracking and chief engineer Hugh Pool handling mixing duties. On hand for the session was Excello's newest assistant Alex Sniderman. Rob Carlyle of The Compulsions also did some work on their upcoming full-length with Pool engineering and mixing. The album's being produced by Pool and Ken Rich (Joseph Arthur). Brooklyn-based The Rogers Sisters are in session at Excello all this month to record their next album for Too Pure with Tim Barnes producing and TJ Doherty, of Sear Sound, engineering. And NYC mainstay Richard Green has been in to Excello to mix some Pale Moon Gang tracks with Pool. For more information visit Excello Recording online at www.excellorecording.com.

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>> Matthew Gerrard Heats Up The Charts

"White hot" writer/Producer Matthew Gerrard celebrates having songs or productions on 3 of the albums in this weeks Top 50 Chart. He wrote and Produced "Why not" on Hilary Duff's # 1 album "Most Wanted" and wrote Breakaway on Kelly Clarkson's double platinum album "Breakaway". He also produced 2 tracks on the debut album by Hollywood act Aly & AJ "Into the Rush". Matthew also wrote & Produced 7 tracks on Jesse McCartney's Platinum album "Beautiful Soul" and Sony have just released "Lost Without You" the debut US release by Australian superstar Delta Goodrem, featuring another Matthew song & Production. For more information contact Sandy Roberton Worlds End at (323) 965 1540

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>> Ikey Owens Of The Mars Volta Rocks With The KORG CX-3

Having built credence since opening for the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2003, The Mars Volta is now selling out every show on their own U.S. tour. Bandmates Isaiah “Ikey” Owens, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala combine hardcore, progressive/psychedelic rock and free jazz to the delight of critics and crowds. Their new album, Frances the Mute, garnered a 4-star rating from Rolling Stone and scored #4 on the Billboard Top 200, selling more than 123,000 copies its first week. Known for creating a warm atmosphere with his organ skills, Owens uses a Korg CX-3 Combo Organ on stage. He states, “Playing live, all of the band’s songs are pretty organ-heavy. The Korg CX-3 is kind of like the second guitar. Whenever there’s a heavy part, I’m playing the organ. A feature I especially like about the CX-3 compared to other organ modules is that I have the ability to switch the drawbar settings quickly. Once I set up my favorite sounds it’s like having another version of them immediately available.” Owens plays with Free Moral Agents on the side and is also collaborating with artist/producer Danger Mouse. The Mars Volta have scheduled a Fall U.S. tour supporting System of a Down. Log onto www.themarsvolta.com for more info.

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>> Bits & Pieces...

The Next Generation of Consumer Disc Formats - HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc has been announced as part of new series of Training Seminars at the 119th Audio Engineering Society Convention, October 7-10, in New York. These two sessions, sponsored by Dolby Laboratories, will be held at 3:30-5 pm on October 7 and 8th at the Jacob Javits Convention Center.

The new Death Cab For Cutie album, "Plans", produced/engineered/mixed by Tsunami producer client Chris Walla, enters the charts at #4 on sales of 90,000 records. Released by Atlantic Records, this is shaping up to be the band's biggest album to date. Other Walla productions you'll soon be hearing include the forthcoming Nada Surf album on Barsuk (September 13) and his mix of Youth Group's cover of "Forever Young" for The OC. For More Information on Chris' production work contact Adam Katz Tsunami Entertainment (323) 210-2525 x129

Producer/engineer D. James Goodwin is wrapping up a busy summer with new Eyeball Records band Kiss Kiss. The bombastic rock quintet tracked to 2" analogue tape at the Clubhouse in Rhinebeck, New York. Goodwin and the band are slated to enter the studio through September to finish tracking and begin mixing. In June, Goodwin went into the studio with Island Records group Thursday to produce and engineer a single for the upcoming Tony Hawk American Wasteland video game soundtrack. This came just after mixing the new Blackout Pact LP "Hello Sailor" for AstroMagnetics. Goodwin is currently working on preproduction with Motion Picture Demise for Orange Peal Records, and Pompeii for Eyeball Records. For information, or to contact D. James Goodwin: 518-965-5589 or email : djames@clubhouseinc.com

The AES Los Angeles Section is holding a Technical Workshop on Saturday, November 19, at The Beverly Garland Holiday Inn in North Hollywood, from 9 AM - 6 PM. The all-day workshop will cover the important facts of outfitting a studio in a spare bedroom, a garage or a temporary environment. Attendees can also secure one-on-one demonstrations at a special "Vendor Showcase" that will feature recording and acoustic-treatment products. Cost for the one-day workshop is $40 for AES members, $50 for non-members and $30 for students. Course materials, a buffet lunch and validated parking are included with registration. Participation is limited to 100 attendees. Full details can be found at www.aes.org/sections/la

Grammy Award winning songwriter Charlie Midnight currently has six songs he co-wrote and co-produced on the #1 Hilary Duff “Most Wanted” record. Charlie Midnight is a prolific song-writer who’s written songs with/for the best in the business, including Joni Mitchell, Christina Aguilera, Natalie Imbruglia, Joe Cocker, Marc Anthony, Seal, and James Brown. To inquire about meetings, co-writes, and production work contact Leslie Gerard at Boo Management & Consulting (818) 562 – 3355 or email lesliegerard@boo-management.com

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