"NBYO / Matt Andersen DVD Blues on the Boulevard DVD release party!"

Hemmings House Pictures is kicking out the jams this year with great concert DVD releases from the Jimmy Swift Band, Matt Andersen, Jessica Rhaye, Thick 'n Thin (Ross Neilson / Matt Andersen), New Brunswick Youth Orchestra, and more in the pipe! Please come join the celebrations as we release our latest concert film for the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra!!! This film features Matt Andersen and Les Muses! For a tease check this clip.

http://vimeo.com/6699503



Matt Andersen New Brunswick's Matt Andersen has a larger than life showmanship that has been earning him a fervent and steadfast audience wherever he graces the stage. Matt's sprawling blues, roots and rock musical hybrid with his sorrowing and soulful voice has sparked a phenomenal buzz.


The New Brunswick Youth Orchestra A recent winner of ECMA 2008 Classical Recording of the Year, has been described as “one of the best Youth Orchestras in Canada”. They performed for Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II and on the most legendary of stages in New York City, Carnegie Hall. In July 2005, NBYO performed and recorded the program Virtuoso Italia, at the Auditorium Paganini in Parma, Italy. And in July 2007, NBYO completed a tour of China.


Les Muses This female vocal quartet has captured everything good in music and song. They were met with enthusiastic appreciation wherever their love of music has taken them; from Acadie, to Québec, Ontario, Louisiana, as well as France, Belgium and Switzerland. From 2000 to 2005, they presented well over 500 concerts and today, although the quartet no longer exists, they still get together for their annual Christmas concerts and are delighted to reunite for the NBYO’s fundraising concert. Isabelle Bujold, Nadine Hébert, Monique Poirier and Isabelle Thériault make up this dynamic group. Their great love of harmony, words, and beautiful melodies, has helped these four young women to effortlessly evolve into a unique style that makes their songs come alive.

"ECMAs drop DVD Catagory - We are sad"

August 23, 2009

I was disappointed to hear that the East Coast Music Awards are dropping the DVD category from their awards slate. As you all know music is our passion, filming is our love, and filming music makes us feel like we are on cloud 9, it's what we do best!

Here is an email I just sent to our friends at the ECMA's. I really do appreciate all the ECMA committee have done, thjey put on a stellar conference, I've been going for years and always look forward to it! But like I said, I am a bit disappointed. The much anticipated hurricane has just begun in Halifax, so I'm gonna blog before the lights go out! haha.


Hi there ECMA friends!

Hope you are bunkering down for a windy day!


I have copied a group of artists and management that we have worked with over the year into this email, I am however only speaking on behalf of myself and my company Hemmings House Pictures.

I was disappointed to hear that the DVD category has been dropped for this coming ECMAs. Our company has filmed hundreds of bands over the years (and have filmed the ECMAs for the last 5 for Aliant.net) and this year we have invested heavily into the local music scene by producing very high quality live concert DVDs for artists of note,

By the time ECMAs happen, we will have released the following for 2009

1) The Jimmy Swift Band - Live from the Marquee (Dolby 5.1 Surround)
http://www.vimeo.com/2774795

2) Matt Andersen and Ross Neilson - "Thick and Thin" (Imperial Theater SJ)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuoO3u0muaQ&feature=PlayList&p=F7127DA54D6F3EEC&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4

3) New Brunswick Youth Orchestra featuring Matt Andersen (Live at the Moncton Wesleyan Celebration Center)
(In the edit suite as we speak, looks amazing!)

3) Jessica Rhaye " Good Things"
http://www.vimeo.com/2081606

4) Matt Andersen "Live at the Phoenix"
(filming in October)

OTHER RELATED PRODUCTIONS

5) Sam Roberts
http://www.vimeo.com/1085099

6) Kings of the East (Breakdancing)
http://www.vimeo.com/5194605

7) Chris Cummings (Welcome Back Video)
http://www.vimeo.com/1983987

And to see a much larger selection of our previous years work, check
http://hemmingshousepictures.com/hemmings/1184/Music

The artists have invested a lot of money into these projects, and we have invested alot of in-kind time, we would have loved to have the opportunity to showcase these projects and put them in the running for an ECMA. Is there anyway we can get that award back for the industry awards?

On another note, we still want to showcase these products and let people know we exist and can produce high quality live concert films. We may look into renting a room at the Delta and get a projection system or something of that nature and invite the industry in to check out soe of the films. Who would I contact to arrange this?

Thanks so much!

Greg





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