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August 10, 2005 |
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 Sound Ideas: A Canadian Giant's
Worldwide Success
And For Production Music
Libraries, There's Westar
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What's New
Are you going to the NAB Radio Show at the Pennsylvania
Convention Center in Philadelphia Sept. 21-23? Lots of production music
and sound effects library companies will be in attendance peddling
their
wares, including the two we profile below: Canadian SFX giant Sound Ideas and Westar Music
Library. Not only is this NAB show a chance to catch up with the
latest in radio programming and technology (and to meet a whole bunch
of
folks who use libraries daily in their work), it's also an excellent
opportunity to chow down on some real Philly cheesesteaks (instead of
those bogus ones that are probably sold in your town) and nosh on some
koogle; reasons enough to go. And, oh yes, Randy Jackson, American
Idol judge and session bassist extraordinaire, will be addressing
the NAB Radio Luncheon on Sept. 23. For more info on that show, go
to www.nab.org/conventions.
And if you want to reach me with any comments, requests or to claim
that
you really do have a good Philly cheesesteak place in your city, write
to blair@blairjackson.com
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Inside Info
Sound Ideas: A Canadian
Giant's
Worldwide Success
For more than a quarter-century, Sound Ideas,
based
in Richmond Hill, Ontario (near Toronto), has been practically
synonymous with sound effects libraries; indeed, it is the largest such
operation in the world. There's no way of knowing precisely what its
market share in the SFX library business is, but it's abundantly clear
that its market penetration is immense—it seems to be
everywhere. Its offerings are broad and voluminous, encompassing
thousands of FX produced inhouse, thousands more contracted from
outsiders, and truckloads more licensed from such establishments as the
BBC, DeWolfe, BMG, and numerous top film/TV studios and
producers,
including Lucasfilm, Universal, Jay Ward, Hanna Barbera, and Warner
Bros. Keeping up with everything it releases is almost impossible: If
you only bought its most recent offerings you'd have thousands of FX
to wade through—the latest installment in its massively popular
Series 6000 (Extension V); Guns ("a library of the
highest
calibre," according to the company's description); Sony Pictures
Sound
Effects (available for the first time!); and, what is sure to be an
all-time best seller, the 2-CD Original Fart Collection
("hilarious farts, barfs, and belches," according to the company's
description).
Tasteless? Unquestionably! But also practical in this age of gross-out
humor and explicit sonics. To read the rest of this article, click here.
And For Production Music
Libraries, There's Westar
Although in the interview above Mr. Nimens indicated
that it's been challenging for Sound Ideas to break into the heavily
populated production music library market, he neglected to mention that
Sound Ideas is affiliated with a quite well-established PML: Westar Music,
based in the same building as Sound Ideas, and also headed by Nimens.
To read the rest of this article, click here.
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FESTIVAL, SEPTEMBER 19-24!
Set within one of the most spectacular natural settings in North
America, the eighth Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival convenes in
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming this September. Showcasing the
industry's latest technology and celebrating the world's finest natural
history films in a remarkable week of in-depth seminars, special
screenings, and hands-on workshops with over 650 industry leaders.
www.jhfestival.org
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