WORKING TITLES http://glenleck.com/blog Day-to-day musings. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:38:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en work with me! http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=38 http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=38#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:38:19 +0000 glen http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=38 … a wonderful marriage of music, design and marketing. Clients include: Wintersleep, Hey Rosetta!, Postdata, Matt Mays, The Novaks, and many more. Plus, be a part of the concert promotion team –  Bloc Party, Queens of the Stone Age, Feist and countless others. Live the dream.

Graphic Design / Web Marketing position available.

Sonic Entertainment Group is a collection of companies encompassing the following: Sonic Records (record label), Sonic Concerts (concert promotion), Quay Entertainment (artist management), The Sonic Temple (recording studio) and Phillips Public Relations.

http://www.sonicentertainmentgroup.com

Skills required:

* Proficient in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
* Comfortable in Adobe inDesign or Quark.
* Proficient in front-end website development (HTML, CSS, etc.) and current best-practices.
* Ability to deploy simple content management solutions, or manipulate existing CMS strategies, i.e.: Wordpress.
* Understanding of web marketing and social media with its practical use in the realm of artist and concert promotion.
* Ability to execute simple Flash designs an asset.
* Ability to innovate or think creatively in planning campaigns to reach audiences.
* Ability to adapt and upgrade your skill set.
* Knowledge of the music industry an asset, as well as the importance of the web in the current landscape of music promotion.

Duties include:

Plan and execute marketing campaigns in support of our artists, be it album releases or tours, etc. Design advertisements for both print and web campaigns. Design and manage company and artist websites.  Design album artwork and promotional material for artists. Work amongst team to manage online sales, digital distribution and direct-to-fan relationships.

Atmosphere:

Some projects are deadline oriented, while others will require you to be self-motivated. You will work in collaboration with or under the guidance of a small team. Being passionate about music is a definite asset.

Please submit portfolio and resume electronically, and electronically ONLY, to job.at.sonic@gmail.com. Walk-ins are not appreciated. This is an entry-level position at 40 hours per week. Professional freelancers who can commit to being in-house (downtown Halifax) for approximately 20 hours per week will also be considered.

]]> http://glenleck.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=38 Y-fronts! going rogue! http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=37 http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=37#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:58:23 +0000 glen http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=37 the dudes!

vote for it at this year’s Bucky Awards.

CBC Radio 3 Bucky Awards 2009

]]> http://glenleck.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=37 makin a rekkid http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=36 http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=36#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:45:20 +0000 glen http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=36 analog / basement style. excuse the phone-quality photos.

isolating guitar amp:

]]> http://glenleck.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=36 3D draw-rings http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=35 http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=35#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:11:33 +0000 glen http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=35 Bonus points for the Neil.

Some of the scrawls and sketches remind me of older Buck 65 records:

squarevertex

]]> http://glenleck.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=35 Lil’ Willy, Hurrilame http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=34 http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=34#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:17:38 +0000 glen http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=34 I just got in from a run with (Hurricane) Bill.  Moderately heavy rain at best. Underwhelming.

But look at this surf forecast! 35.5 foot swells in Lawrencetown!

bill surf

Unfortunately I saw none of this action from my downtown locale. Last night I made jean short cut-offs while listening to Hall & Oates, and I still feel tougher than Hurricane Bill.

]]> http://glenleck.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=34 kind of bloop http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=33 http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=33#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:51:03 +0000 glen http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=33 An 8-bit tribute to Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue. What would the jazz masters sound like on a Nintendo Entertainment System? Coltrane on a C-64? Mingus on Amiga?

Official site.

]]> http://glenleck.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=33 GWAR, Polkaroo, Little Tancook, onset type 2 diabetes http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=32 http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=32#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:35:07 +0000 glen http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=32 We’re promoting a GWAR show. They’ve provided a technical rider, a hospitality rider, and a spew safety document.

An unrelated video:

I’m headed to Little Tancook for the weekend again.  10-15,000 calories will be consumed per day.

]]> http://glenleck.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=32 The Archive http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=31 http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=31#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:31:37 +0000 glen http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=31

The Archive from Sean Dunne on Vimeo.

]]> http://glenleck.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=31 A comprehensive archive of Blue Note artwork http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=30 http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=30#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:34:38 +0000 glen http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=30 I don’t understand much else on the site, but it all appears to be there. Check it out here, and be sure to browse the sections at the top.


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]]> http://glenleck.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=30 California on business… ok, pleasure. http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=29 http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=29#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:31:27 +0000 glen http://glenleck.com/blog/?p=29 I’ll be heading out to meet with this company very soon:

NARM 2009 Keynote Interview With Ian Rogers from NARM on Vimeo.

Very exciting.

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