Month: March 2013

Troy Carter Talks ‘Generation Flux’ With Fast Company At SXSW Panel

From left: Padma Warrior, CSO & CTO of Cisco; Troy Carter, CEO of Atom Factory; and Robert Safian, editor of Fast Company, discuss Generation Flux at SXSW Interactive (Photo: Andrew Hampp) First Douglas Coupland’s 1991 novel popularized the term Gen X, then an Ad Age editorial declared a movement around Gen Y. Now Fast Company…


Swedish House Mafia Discusses Split Up After Rise To Fame

There is no alcohol in the green room. There is Cozy Chamomile herbal tea, a fruit bowl, a plate of red velvet cupcakes and a copy of “Art & Sole,” a book about sneaker design, with a note that reads “For Seb.” There’s a TV connected to a Sony PlayStation 3. There’s a production assistant,…


Production Sound Mixer Nicholas Allen

Nicholas Allen, C.A.S., was born in London, England in 1965. He has been married for 14 years and is father of three boys. He is a film and television production sound mixer with twenty-seven years’ professional experience and in his work combines new technology and proven practices. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston…


Getting Grouplove their First Gig with Nicky Berger

Nicky Berger started out managing Grouplove from his dorm room at Penn and then moved to California to be closerto the band after graduating. When he hopped onboard, Grouplove had not played any live gigs yet, nor had they managed to sign with any Booking Agents. Therefore, Nicky had to put on his thinking cap on how to get the bandtheir first couple opportunities to play live. In this segment from Renman Live!, Nicky recalls getting the band their firstGig in the unlikeliest of…


Jimi Hendrix Set For Highest-Charting Album on Billboard 200 in 44 Years

Rock legend Jimi Hendrix’s new archival album, “People, Hell and Angels,” is set to debut at No. 2 on next week’s Billboard 200 chart, according to industry sources. The album might sell around 70,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on March 10. The new Billboard 200 chart’s top 10 will be revealed…


SXSW Panel Offers Advice to Hopeful Web Series Creators

“Don’t ask anyone’s permission.” That was the recurring theme of a panel on creating successful video content online Friday evening at the Palmer Events Center during the kickoff of this year’s South by Southwest. Each of the panelists served as a living testimony to both the virtue and commercial viability of the closely watched, little…


Miley Cyrus Signs With Larry Rudolph for Management

Miley Cyrus is readying a big return to the music world, not only with her fourth studio album, which is currently being recorded, but also by signing with a new manager. Larry Rudolph, best known for guiding the career of Britney Spears, has taken on the 20-year-old former Disney star as a client, The Hollywood…


Uh Oh!! Frank Ocean Faces A Lawsuit?!?!

Production Disputes on Frank Ocean’s latest album ‘Channel Orange’ brings Ocean and some others to court! Hit jump for the full story. A Lawsuit was filed against Frank Ocean by producer/songwriter Micah Otano. He claims that he never received credit or compensation for his production work on the song “Lost” from Frank Ocean’s album ‘Channel…


Mac Miller And The Most Dope Family (Episodes 1)


Mix Engineer Manny Marroquin – Pensado’s Place #105

5 time GRAMMY award winning mix engineer, Manny Marroquin sits down with Dave and Herb on the 105th episode of Pensado’s Place! The three talk about Manny’s work on the new Imagine Dragon’s record (produced by past guest, Alex Da Kid) the latest Bruno Mars album, Linkin Park, Alicia Keys and more! You don’t want…