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Screen Magazine - Screen Magazine: Vol. 29, Issue 16 - Index

Guitar Center Announces Make Rock History Contest
Sunset Boulevard was blocked off yesterday as Guitar
Center announced its partnership with Motley Crue for
the Guitar Center On-Stage competition. From now
through September 22, up-and-coming bands are invited
to compete for the chance to Make Rock History and go
on tour with one of the world’s greatest rock bands-Motley
Crue.
“Guitar Center On-Stage is our most audacious and
ambitious program yet. We are offering nothing short of a
chance for greatness. A way to step out of the shadows of
obscurity and into the light of legends,” said Norman Hajjar,
EVP and Chief Marketing Officer for Guitar Center from the
official contest website.
In the preliminary stage, bands submit three original
audio tracks and a live concert video where bands are
encouraged to run publicity through press and websites
like Myspace, Purevolume, and Facebook. The preliminary
stage of the contest ends Sept. 22nd.
//www.makerockhistory.com
Modern Music Launches New Identity With Addition Of New
Staff Composers
Modern Music, creator of original music, sound design, music
licensing and supervision for advertising, film, television,
gaming and new media, welcomes two composers to
its team. Both veteran musicians, John Hermanson of
art-rock Alva Star and acoustic duo Storyhill, and Eric
Fawcett, drummer for N*E*R*D and Spymob are welcomed
by Modern Music’s resident composers Daron Walker,
Bryan Hanna (director of production) and Joanna Jahn
(producer).
Hermanson’s music has been featured on MTV, HBO and
ABC including episodes of “Six Feet Under” and “Dirty Sexy
Money.” A multi-instrumentalist and engineer, his music is
also featured in the Lifescapes kiosks in Target stores.
Fawcett is set to tour with China pop sensation Lee Hom
Wang, playing on his song for the 2008 Bejing Olympics.
Fawcett, also a multi-instrumentalist and record producer,
is the writer of the monthly column “Mind Set” in Drummer
Magazine and is contributing editor of his “dumbdrummer”
blog.
//www.modern-music.com
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Zaxcom To Receive Primetime Emmy® Engineering Award
Zaxcom, a pioneering provider of professional audio
equipment, today announced that the National Academy
of Television Arts and Sciences will present Zaxcom President
Glenn Sanders and Chief Engineer Howard Stark with a 2008
Primetime Emmy® Engineering Award at the Engineering
Awards ceremony on Aug. 23 at the Renaissance Hotel in Los
Angeles. The award recognizes Zaxcom’s accomplishments
in designing the Deva on-location audio recorder/mixer.
“It is an absolute honor to receive an Emmy Award from
the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences,”
said Sanders. “The Academy’s recognition further highlights
Zaxcom’s engineering strengths, as well as our commitment
to developing premium-quality recording and mixing
systems that anticipate - and exceed - the real world needs
of television audio professionals.”
//www.zaxcom.com
Shout It Out Loud Music Teams With The Zellner Bros. On
Acclaimed Feature “Goliath”
Shout It Out Loud Music (SIOLM) was recently commissioned
by filmmakers Nathan and David Zellner of the Zellner Bros.
for their music licensing needs on feature film “Goliath.” The
film is currently available on-demand on IFC Festival Direct
and will be released on DVD in the Fall/Winter of 2008.
The acclaimed comedy, which has screened at Sundance,
SXSW, Independent Film Festival of Boston, AFI Dallas,
Cinevegas, Florida and Maryland film festivals, focuses on
a man who loses everything - his wife, his job, his mind, but
most importantly, his cat Goliath.
“Goliath” was an exciting opportunity for the Zellner Bros.
and Garcia to join creative forces again. The trio had
previously collaborated on the music for the Zellner’s 1998
feature, “Plastic Utopia.”
//www.shoutitoutloudmusic.com
Artist/Actor Common To Receive Emerging Artist Award
The 44th Chicago International Film Festival will honor
Grammy® Award - winning hip-hop artist and actor,
Common, in person with an Emerging Artist Award at the
Black Perspectives Tribute on Saturday October 18, 2008,
at Chase Auditorium, 10 S. Dearborn Ave., in downtown
Chicago.
Chicago’s Fox News anchor Robin Robinson will host the
special tribute evening that will begin with a cocktail
reception and red carpet arrivals at 6:30 p.m., followed by
the tribute presentations from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Immediately
following the tribute, guests are invited to a reception with
live entertainment by Terisa Griffin.
A Grammy® Award-winning artist, actor and author,
Common made his debut on the big screen in 2006 in
“Dave Chappelle’s Block Party”. In January 2007, he made
his acting debut in writer/director Joe Carnahan’s “Smokin’
Aces” where he co-starred opposite Jeremy Piven, Ben
Affleck, Alicia Keys and Ryan Reynolds.
//www.chicagofilmfestival.com/
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