Liz Phair on How TV Scoring Saved Her Love of Music
Liz Phair has spent 17 years in the recording industry as a saint and a “sellout,” a cavalier grandmaster of articulation whose monotone delivery and Stones-y dispassion on Exile in Guyville, her breakout 1993 album, inspired countless confessional female singer-songwriters. Now, after being declared a pop misfit with her self-titled album in 2003, Phair returns to her fringe roots with [...]
Lottery Commercial Thanks To RED
Production company Grace & Wild (G&W) announced that it used the high-tech RED HD camera to film the Money Match commercials in the USA.
iPhone 4 Camera Used to Shoot TV Commercial
FLF Films, an ad production company based in Reno, Nev., recently shot the first TV commercial with an iPhone 4. Apple’s new iPhone was released while FLF was working on a shoot for Minelab, a maker of metal detectors, and the folks at FLF decided to mount the device right next to their RED camera and even take it on [...]
Austin Film Festival lines up David Simon for outstanding TV award
The Austin Film Festival, which pops in October, announced today that David Simon, the creator of “The Wire” and “Treme,” will receive the outstanding television writer award at the 2010 edition. Simon, who will also appear on several panels during the 17th annual fest’s companion conference, will receive the honor at the award luncheon Saturday, Oct. 23 at the Austin [...]
Hulu Debuts $10-per-Month Hulu Plus Subscription Service
Hulu launched a preview of Hulu Plus, a $10-per-month subscription service that will offer full current seasons of TV programs from ABC, Fox and NBC across a range of devices. Hulu Plus supports PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Samsung Blu-ray players at launch, and will eventually be extended to Sony’s PlayStation 3, Bravia TV line and Blu-ray players, as well [...]
For ‘Treme, Music Is Everything
In David Simon’s HBO series Treme, the music is almost as important as the people picking up the pieces after hurricane Katrina.
“Jersey Shores” Soundtrack Finally On The Way
Hold on to your Deli Fresh ham, Jersey fans: The Shore soundtrack is coming. MTV announced today that it will release the show’s first official soundtrack on July 20, with the lead single, Enrique Iglesias’ “I Like It,” featuring Pitbull, arriving on iTunes May 25; other artists scheduled to be featured include Lil Jon, Taio Cruz, Akon, and LMFAO (the [...]
A-List TV Music Supervisor
If you’re running a TV series with the budget to hire a professional music supervisor, they don’t come more top-shelf than Liza Richardson. Not only does she work on the critically-acclaimed series “Friday Night Lights” but her resumé shows a shockingly prolific career that all started at Santa Monica’s famed public radio station, KCRW, more than fifteen years ago.
Music adds authenticity to HBO's ‘Treme'
“I’ve got five bands today,” Blake Leyh said while standing on bohemian Frenchmen Street in New Orleans, where cameras, crew and extras including a punk on a skateboard with an upright bass surround street musicians playing “The House of the Rising Sun.”
