Thursday, June 16, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
June EarJam Playlist
The sun is shining so get out your earphones and tune in to this month's EarJam playlist!
This month we are featuring the slower and faster, whimsical yet sunny energy of Rozi Plain's "Humans", Canadian songwriter Dave McFarlane's "Revelation", Toronto's own electro-indie Paradise Animals "At This Time" & Tamara Miller's piano driven pop song "Stay" which has been nominated for the HMMA's (The Hollywood music in Media Awards) this year.
Take a listen and download the app here .
Monday, June 6, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
Urs Fisher at Venice Art Biennale 2011
"Untitled, 2011 by Urs Fischer is on show in the arsenale complex at this year's venice art biennale under the title "Illuminations". His work involves three 1:1 sized wax candle sculptures. The figures will self-destruct during the month long show, as the wax and limbs start to drop off.
Monday, May 16, 2011
EarJam Playlist for May
We've got three new songs that will be sure to brighten up your rainy day today.
Currently, the EarJam playlist for May includes Will Conquer's "Margaret James", a tune from Sunreels Demonstration EP "My Head", Topanga's "Lion Heart", & The Mynabirds "Numbers Don't Lie".
http://musicoftopanga.bandcamp.com/album/topanga-ep
Stay "tuned" for further additions throughout the month.
You can download the free app here from the iTunes store.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Teaser | Creators Project @ 2011 Coachella | J. Spaceman & John Glazer
Below is a teaser of the amazing interactive installation showcased at Coachella, 2011.
It is an innovative collaboartion that creates new ways of connecting & enjoying the art that is music. The project includes the talents of Interpol, J. Spaceman and UK film maker Jonathan Glazer.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Lady Gaga & Britney Spears Remix - Tyson Kuteyi
What do Tattoo Sound + Music, K'naan, K-OS, Ginuwine, Nelly Furtado and Kardinal Official all share a common? Our handsome devil Tyson Kuteyi.
His latest projects include mixing the Lady Gaga Culture Shock Remix for "Born This Way" as well as mixing Britney Spears's Culture Shock Remix of "Till the Worlds Ends".
As you can tell we're pretty stoked and pretty proud!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
April EarJam Playlist
We have a new and exciting playlist to share with you this month!
The showcase includes the talented Marta, The Cavaliers, Flying Fox and The Hunter Gatherers, Kopecky Family Band, Sunlit Ambush, and Thundermonks.
I think you'll agree it's music to your ears.
If you haven't downloaded the app yet you can do so by clicking here.
Happy listening!
Friday, April 1, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Source E Creative Article - Hip Hop in Advertising by Tyson Kuteyi
Our very own Tyson Kuteyi shares his viewpoint on hip hop in advertising via Source E Creative. "Finding the Right Groove for Hip Hop".
You can view the full article by clicking here.
We're not going to lie. We think it's the bomb!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Drew poisons minds of young writers at Humber College
Last week, writer/director Drew Frohmann gave a scintillating (he claims) lecture to the post-grad copywriting class at Humber College. Instructor (and award-winning writer at Riddoch Communications) Natalie Antaya invited Drew to come talk about the wonders of radio. Armed with a slew of great radio spots and some fancy cue cards, Drew talked about why radio is a giant invisible sandbox, gave tips on how to write great radio, how to write crap radio, and told a couple of dirty jokes to boot. Thanks to the lovely Nat A. for the opportunity, and to the students for being so smart and nice enough to clap at the end!
One of the spots Drew played for the class, from the award-winining National Thoroughbred Association campaign can be found here.
CMW Videos of Daytime Living Room Series now on Spinner
Canadian Music Week was a great sponsorship success!
All the videos from our TA2 sponsored event Live Near Bellwoods, CMW Daytime Living Room Series are now up on Spinner (AOL's online music news site, and one of the largest music portals in the world with 5-6 million viewers per month worldwide) as well as on the showcase website here.
Reviews of featured artists and press from the events can be found across the web and in print:
Some highlight articles include Lithium Magazine, NOW Magazine - review #1 & NOW Magazine - review #2 (in print and online), Spinner (front page banner + full day recaps with video), BlogTO (full series review), Exclaim!, and "Best Bet for CMW" picks by: NOW, BlogTO, 102.1 The Edge, Torontoist.com and multiple others.
Additional reviews can be found online at AUX, CHART, the TAKE, Indie Music Filter, & Toronto.com
Our special thanks to Bobby Kimberley at MuseBox for having the opportunity to sponsor such successful events. You rock!
Friday, March 18, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Live Near Bellwoods CMW Living Room Series Starts Today!
Tattoo Sound + Music sponsored event "Live Near Bellwoods, CMW Living Room Sessions" kicks off today with a wealth of amazing talent! Check out the right up of our sponsored event in NOW Magazine here.
Come to The Toronto Institute for the Enjoyment of Music at 821 Queen St. W and see for yourself. It's free and open to the public. No wristbands required. Set times are approximate.
3:30 - Wool on Wolves www.woolonwolves.com
4:00 - Paper Lions www.myspace.com/paperlions
4:40 - Allie Hughes www.alliehughes.com
5:20 - Rich Aucoin www.richaucoin.ca
4:00 - Olenka & the Autumn Lovers www.olenkalovers.com
4:40 - Pick a Piper www.pickapiper.com
5:20 - Hooded Fang www.hoodedfang.com
2:40- Ingrid Gatin www.myspace.com/ingridgatin
3:20 - The RG Morrison http://the-rg-morrison.tumblr.com/
4:00 - Loom http://loommusic.ca/
4:40 - Aidan Knight www.aidanknight.com
See you there folks!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
March EarJam - CMW Talent & More
TATTOO SOUND + MUSIC, PROUD SPONSOR OF CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK
Our March EarJam app is up and running showcasing some of the many talents that will be performing at the 2011 Canadian Music Week Festival March 9th - March 13th in downtown Toronto.Such talents include Nash, Bravestation, Zoobombs, Paper Lions & Great Bloomers to name a few. We also have the rockin' additions of Fossil Collective and Vicious Kid!
Canadian Music Week = 5 nights of performance, more than 800 showcasing acts and 60 live venues in the downtown core.
See you during the Festival and in the meantime check the app for some tunes to tie you over!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Pioneers of Sound - Oscars Past
Ladies and gentlemen, Douglas Shearer and Alfred Newman are two of those heroes.
Douglas Shearer (November 17, 1899 - January 5, 1971)
Born in Westmount, Quebec, a leader of sound desi
gn and technology for motion films started his career in the 1920's. He relocated from Canada to Hollywood when his sister Norma was able to find him a home at MGM. While there, Shearer out of necessity originated the concept of "playback" to eliminate undesirable background noise during sound recording. MGM's 1929 musical "The Broadway Melody" was the first time Shearer attempted to use this technique. It was the top grossing movie of the year and was the first sound picture to be awarded the Academy Award for best picture. He won his first Oscar for "The Big House" in the Best Sound Recording category (1930) and went on to win eleven more through the duration of his career in the categories of Best Sound Recording, Best Special Effects, and Scientific and Technical for such films as; "Naughty Marietta" (1935), "San Francisco" (1936), "Strike Up the Band" (1940), "10 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" (1944), "Green Dolphin Street" (1947), and "The Great Caruso" (1951). Shearer has worked on more the 900 movies in his career, has been nominated for an Academy Award 21 times, winning 7 times for Sound and Special Effect.
Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 - February 17, 1970)
If you're not familiar with his work go and grab an
encyclopedia right now. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S on March 17th, 1900 Newman is the most nominated composer in Oscar history and falls second to Walt Disney as individual winner. He was know in his position at Fox to have contributed an extraordinary amount to film as a music composer, arranger, musical director and conductor. Best known for composing music in over 200 films he was also nominated for 45 Academy Awards. You may recognize his memorable scores in "How to Marry A Millionaire" (1953), "The Seven year Itch" (1955), "The King and I" (1956), and "Camelot" (1967) to name a few. In addition, he conducted the orchestra for all Rodgers and Hammersmith musical film adaptions with the exception of "Oklahoma!" and "The Sound of Music". His daughter, nephew ad two sons have played an important role in carrying on the Newman legacy to this day.
The Silver Screen would not have evolved sound wise where it is today without the influence of both of these talented individuals committing each to forty years of passion, innovation and dedication in their field.
This year's 2011 films nominated for both Best Sound Editing and Best Sound include Inception & True Grit. Also, Inception is up for Best Music (Original Score) and just won the BAFTA award for Best Sound in Britain.
Since it's Oscars Eve "everyone" is a winner for now. Enjoy the show!
Friday, February 25, 2011
The Artists Project - Showcasing Rea Kelly
It is with great pleasure that I present to you the wonderful and unbelievably talented Rea Kelly!
Rea is not only an award-winning broadcast producer for many of Canada's top advertising agencies, she's also an event planner and one heck of a visual artist.
Mark the date in your calendars folks. The Artist Project, an event not to be missed.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Little City to Rock Canadian Music Week
There's nothing little about this band. Classic and solid, "Little City" is one loaded gun of a band. Every performance is delivered with strong emotion, lyrical intelligence and a wide variety of instruments. Your heart strings will be tugged at and your dancing shoes will start tappin' all by themselves.
Little City rocks the house at Canadian Music Week on Saturday, March 12th at the Velvet Underground. Doors open at 7pm, show begins at 8pm and Little City goes on at 9pm.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Tattoo Sponsors Select Events at CMW Festival!
We'll be sponsoring the Living Room Shows on Thursday, March 10th to Saturday, March 12th from 2pm-5pm. What's the Living Room Show you ask? It's a series of stripped down acoustic sets from top Canadian artists in an intimate environment. Come join us at the Toronto Institute for the Enjoyment of Music to hear the ambiance of acts like Paper Lions, Allie Hughes, and The Elwins to name a few.
In addition, we're also sponsoring the Ballroom CMW Mixer which is an exclusive event to industry professionals and artists from the festival only. Secret location and secret time. We can tell you that the lineup will include the likes of Allie Hughes, The Lines plus some DJ action.
Stay tuned for further details.
Rock n'roll.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Wooo Caela!
Production Coordinator | Media & Culture Liaison
Want proof that big things come in small packages? Meet Caela.
At an intimidating 5’ 2”, Caela packs more smarts, charm, and talent into one human being than anyone we know.
In fact, we needed two job titles just to contain all the great things she brings to TA2.
Ridiculous production chops. A gargantuan voice. Scads of friends in the worlds of music, advertising, photography, and oceanography.
Caela even lives large. She’s partied with Dave Matthews and Daniel Lanois. She’s a regularly performing singer/songwriter. And she has a scar four inches long but will never tell you why or where.
As you can tell, we think she’s kind of a big deal.
February EarJam Playlist
In the words of Ray Charles: "I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart...It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water."
Hungry for great new music? our February playlist is up showcasing the likes of Hands and Teeth, Data Romance, Behind Saphire, Ori Dagan, Lady Hayes, Pacifika and The Rucksack Willies!
Download the Tattoo Sound + Music EarJam app for free here!
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