Oprah’s latest TV promos were mixed at BAM Studios. The spots titled “Beginning To End” and “Over the Rainbow” started airing this week to promote her 25th and last season of the Oprah Winfrey Show. The spots contain highlights from the shows 25 years on television. The farewell season premieres Monday, September 13th!
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Macy’s Passport Presents Glamorama is back to Chicago for a night of music, fashion, and helping out for a good cause. This year all proceeds will go to The Ronald McDonald House Charity. BAM Studios’ Dave Leffel mixed the opening video for the show. The video demonstrates what Ronald McDonald House Charities has been able to do for just one of many families. The show tours to four city’s across the U.S.. This years musical talent is Eric Hutchinson, and Macy Grey. Fashion show includes designers, Tommy Hilfiger, Marc Jacobs, Just Cavalli, Jean Paul Gaultier, and many more. You can find out more about the show here:
http://www.macys.com/campaign/sitelets/glamorama/index.jsp
We would like to thank everyone that came out to our 3rd annual summer party. We had a blast and hope everyone had a great time! For those who weren’t able to make it, we hope to see you next year! Big thanks to Dan Smith from Hearty Boys for their amazing food, Jacob Barbosa from Wansas Spirits for introducing his new tequila, and Max Jacobson for providing the music as always.
Tony Plana and Dave Leffel
PBS hired BAM Studios to record Tony Plana (Ugly Betty, The Three Amigos) as the narrator of PBS’ new documentary “The Longoria Affair”. The PBS documentary focuses on Private Felix Z. Longoria who is the first Mexican-American soldier buried in Arlington National Cemetery. The historic burial became a symbol of Mexican-American civil rights. Tony is in Chicago while performing in The Goodman Theatre’s “The Sins of Sor Juana”. ”The Longoria Affair” is set to air this fall on PBS.
For more information on Tony Plana visit http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0686470/
BAM Studios Studio C is featured in Argosy’s Dream Studio Blog. Argosy makes furniture designed specifically for audio workstations and mixing consoles. BAM uses the Aura 260 personal workstation in their third audio suite to accommodate Protools digital workstation and additionalsound design tools.
To see the Argosy blog visit: http://dreamstudioblog.argosyconsole.com/?p=1547
Evram Productions brought on BAM’s sound team to mix their 1 hour program for the Big Ten Network. The documentary titled “Greatest Seasons: 1999” showcases the great players, legendary coaches and amazing teams that played during the 1999 Big Ten season. A season that included Ron Dayne breaking the all-time NCAA career rushing record while battling for the Heisman trophy against great quarterbacks Tom Brady and Drew Brees. The program also highlights Plaxico Burris, Eddie George, Barry Alvarez, Glenn Mason and coach Jerry Sandusky’s 30th and final year with Penn State.
The show was written and produced by Matt Engel of Evram Productions, edited by Mike Buhrow of Old Oak Studios and mixed by Brian Reed and Matt Sauro of BAM Studios. The show debuted June 25 and will play for many, many years.
For more information visit: http://www.bigtennetwork.com
BAM’s favorite entertainment reporter, WGN’s Dean Richards, mentioned BAM Studios in his Chicago Tribune column today. Titled “Toy Story 3 boasts local voice connections” Dean writes, “I was the guest of Disney-Pixar, where I learned about the Chicago voice connections to the film with Joan Cusack (the cowgirl, Jessie) and Jeff Garlin (Buttercup, the unicorn). Chicagoan Bonnie Hunt (Dolly, the doll) is also in the voice ensemble – all of Cusack’s and Hunt’s parts were recorded at BAM Studios on Erie Street in the Loop.”
Great column Dean!
You can view an online version at: www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment
BAM Studios utilized their Facebook page to give away four AMC gift cards to help to inspire people to go see Pixar’s latest movie “Toy Story 3″. BAM’s Facebook Fans entered the contest by commenting on their page saying which character they liked the most from any of the Toy Story movies. The contest lasted a week and ended on the evening thatToy Story 3 opened, which was June 18th. The winners of movie tickets giveaway were: Mike Marbach, Anthony Izzo, Melissa Barany, and Jerris Breslin.
Thanks to all that participated. And, of course, go check out the movie … it’s playing at a theater near you!
Become a Facebook fan of BAM Studios at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/BAM-Studios/44751836231
BAM Studios owner Brian Reed created a real-time vuvuzela noise elimination process. “The noise coming from the South African vuvuzela sounds like deafening swarm of locusts” Reed says. We’ve precision-crafted a preset processing chain for broadcasters which pretty much eliminates vuvuzela noise. The chain utilizes the latest in noise suppression and reduction software, filter technology, and expansion techniques. Not only does the process take care of the vuvuzela noise, it increases the intelligibility of the game announcers’ play-by-play action and commentary. The process is available today as a stand-alone system ready to be installed by TV stations around the globe.
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