FOMA* CD Release Event

FOMA*

If you haven't seen this band live yet or heard them on Denver area radio, you're in for a treat. These guys won the "Almost Famous" band battle this year, with a prize package that included a weekend of recording here at Coupe and a co-bill show at The Fox Theatre with Colorado favorites Meniskus.
Alice 105.9 Presents: FOMA* CD Release

Friday July 24th 2009 @ Herman's Hideaway

Foma* w/ Vonnegut & Sweetmo 7:30 PM to 1:45 AM (21+) $8 ($4 with a ticket)

Foma will officially be releasing their album "Songs for the Surgeon General" (4 songs recorded at Coupe with Greg McRae) on July 22nd

Available for purchase July 22nd at Independent Records

Foma will be performing an in-store acoustic performance and holding a meet and greet at Independent Records in Denver on July 22nd from 5-7PM.

For more information visit http://myspace.com/fomafomafoma or www.hermanshideaway.com

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.