The CLIO and Addy award-winning music composer will be at Harlem's Hue-Man bookstore to promote his new book, THE 30-30 CAREER: Making 30 Grand in 30 Seconds! Producing Music for
Commercials. He has over 600 commercials to his credit, including work for major marketers such as McDonald's, Mercedes-Benz, Pepsi and Nike. He's also won a Cannes Lion and and Andy Award.
The book--the first of a two-volume set-- is presented as "the most up to date "How To" resource in music composition for the advertising industry, featuring commentary and interviews from many of the leading names in the ad game such as Vito Desario, Josh Rabinowitz, Bob Schriber, Karl Westman, Joel Simon, Robert Miller, Bob Nelson, Barry Walsh, Michael Montes, Roberta Griefer, and Michelle Curran as well as celebrity figures like Russell Simmons, Oleta Adams, Little X, and Wynton Marsalis."
Scoring techniques, music house profiles, musician residuals, beating deadlines, interviews with top ad agency creatives, mixing secrets are covered as well.
Hue-Man Bookstore
2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd
Between 124th and 125th Streets
New York, NY 10027
Tel: 212-665-7400
4:00PM
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I know Wendell as a great composer - http://file.sh/Wendell+torrent.html , but have never heard about his book... I think it is worth reading!
Posted by: annyt | April 17, 2009 at 10:20
Congratulations to Wendell on his first book of education into the world of music for the advertising.
We need this. ....keep on bringing the knowledge Wendell.
Posted by: Ricky Gordon | August 15, 2008 at 05:37