Side by Side

New campaign for Dish Network - we composed and produced the music, recorded the VO and mixed it - and had a darn good time doing it.

...And that was the last we saw of him.

Our friends from The Integer Group were up here today working on a multitude of projects; one of which was a TV spot for Victory Motorcycles.

With the exception of our work for Discovery Channel's "The Human Body," we always like to get hands on with the product.

Scott Roche, our Fearless Leader, is pictured here leaving our parking lot on one of the finest two-wheelers we've ever had the opportunity to ride. If you see him, tell him Victory called, and it turns out they are NOT willing to trade this bike for our sound design services after all.

Science Channel

A fun little promo for the new show "The Science of The Movies" - an entertaining look at how they make magic on the big screen.

Transformers!

More than meets the ear...
The sounds of explosions and robots have been filling the halls here as of late. Here's the result:
www.bktransformers.com/
A tie-in cross promotion site for Burger King and the new Transformers movie. We had an absolute blast doing the sound design for this bad boy...

Ad Music...

Check out the link from Cactus's blog (purethinking.typepad.com) to an interesting article on AdAge about songs in advertising. Now, bear in mind that the piece doesn't cover any original music - only pop songs that have been licensed or re-recorded for the ads. There's certainly a time and a place for that - (Like the remake of The Carpenters "Come On Get Happy" we recently did for a national TV campaign), but for our money, there's something to be said for having an original song scored just for your ad.
Peep a couple of these we've done:

McDonalds Radio - Break for Breakfast

Victory Motorcycles

While you're on a roll - cruise over to our website for some mo!

Ad2 News

It hasn't even hit The Denver Egotist yet, but the Ad2 Board of Directors voted in the 2009-2010 Board last night in a closed-door beer and pizza fueled marathon meeting.
Melissa Reeck of Coupe Studios was unanimously elected to the Board as Chairperson of the Programs and Social Committee. Mel, along with her co-chair Corey Hayes will be responsible for the most visible events in the Denver advertising community, including the upcoming kickball tournament, speaker series, and the well-attended networking events.

Other new Board members include folks from The Onion, Henry Gill, Integer, and two from Cactus.

Also last night the charity radio spot Coupe produced for Wish for Wheels was presented to the Board - and we learned that it is being presented by Ad2 Denver reps in Washington, DC next week in the national public service competition. Denver took second place last year, thanks in part to the radio ad we produced - We'll keep you posted on how we fare this year.

$5,000. Going once! Do I hear $6,000?

CP+B continues to set the bar for inventive marketing strategies – even for themselves. This year’s CP+B interns are up for sale on ebay. Weird? Yes. Brilliant? Yes. Attention-getting? Of course!! But why do this…? Don’t interns suffer enough?

This was one way to give them a little extra cash - they'll split the proceeds. Plus, the interns gain that ever so valuable “real world” experience by putting together a marketing/branding/creative presentation for the winning bidder.

The clock is ticking. Place your bid or just rubberneck at the eBay listing here...