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We Love Soaps announced the nominees for the 3rd annual Indie Soap Awards. Out With Dad is nominated for 7 awards including Best Use of Music and Best Drama! Congrats to the team on an amazing showing!
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Late July’s latest (ahem) release, Hospital Quiet, got a very nice review in Spill Magazine, which called it “a work of art from beginning to end”. Hmmm… glowing, I dare say! Congrats to Nicole and all at team Late July! We are gearing up for production to start on her third release, and are launching [...]
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From www.outwithdad.com Last night actress Kate Conway, series creator Jason Leaver, composer Adrian Ellis and producers Natalie O’Brien and Vanya Garraway were all on hand at an exclusive party, at which Mark Greenspan, Executive Producer of nextMEDIA 2011 announced the “The List,” the definitive index of Canada’s digital elite and the 2011 nominees for this year’s Digi Awards. The [...]
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It’s been a wild Summer here, with crazy weather and a tonne of interesting projects moving forward into the Fall. Soul Train By Jove it’s finally here! SOUL TRAIN will hit the stage on September 16th, at The Great Hall! For tickets and information, see: http://soultrainto.eventbrite.com/ TEDxTO 2011 I’m writing material for a collaborative work [...]
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Having provided a new theme and music package for the 15th anniversary of Discovery Canada’s flagship program Daily Planet, I’m very excited to be again working with the team at CTV on an exciting new version of the theme to launch the 17th season with new co-host, Dan Riskin. The season kicks off on August [...]
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I’m really excited to again be moderating a panel discussion on music in film and the director/composer relationship at the Worldwide Short Film Festival this year. I’ll be speaking with director Nicolas Brault and composer Pierre Yves Drapeau about their wonderful animated film The Circus, and composer John Rowly about his excellent work in Defendor. [...]
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Just got the news that Out With Dad has won in the category of Best Use of Music at the 2nd Annual Indie Soap Awards held in New York City! http://www.welovesoaps.net/2011/02/winners-2nd-annual-indie-soap-awards.html A huge congrats to everyone on the team, who are heading back from NYC as I write – looking forward to celebrating on your [...]
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In addition to breaking 1/2 a million views, Out With Dad is starting to rack up nominations for a number of awards, including the following from the Indie Soap Awards: OUTSTANDING USE OF MUSIC OUSTANDING LEAD ACTOR – Will Conlon BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE – Kate Conway OUTSTANDING DIRECTING – Jason Leaver OUTSTANDING WRITING – Jason Leaver [...]
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Discovery Canada’s flagship show, Daily Planet, got a sonic makeover for the premiere of it’s 2010/11 season! I composed an exciting new theme for the show, as well as a full music package including 8 variations on the theme in different styles. These were incredibly fun and challenging to produce, and had me researching multiple [...]
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Following 2010′s well received Sideswept, Late July’s sophomore effort Hospital Quiet will be released in late March, 2011! I had a wonderful time producing and writing the string arrangements for this record with the talented Nicole Simone aka Miss Late July, and musicians Dave Paoli (Guitar), Martin Dulac (Drums) Ben Kobayashi (Keyboards/Piano), and Chris Osti [...]
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