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Congrats to all the Emmy winners - http://www.coffeysound.com/pages.php?pageid=37
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As my friend Tom Curley knows, Current TV has a studio in the heart of Hollywood, and continues to be a non-union network. Shame on Al Gore.
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I am curious if this link to my website works. Anyone interested, click on the link and let me know if it takes you directly to a slideshow (Quicktime movie) that we showed at Don's class last year. This is images only, no content from class, sorry. http://jwsound.net/Site/dcboomshow.html Thanks, Jeff Wexler
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There was an error in the credit listings for "Rush Hour 3" in that, my name was mistakenly placed with Jeff Wexler's under Production Sound Mixer for the main unit. With help from Bob Maxfield and a thumbs-up from Jeff, I wound up mixing three days on a "Stunt/Additional Photog. Unit"; Very exciting indeed, yet, it does not give any green light to say 'I did the sound for the movie'. That credit belongs to Jeff, Don Coufal, Robert Maxfield, and the support staff that assisted them in the U.S. and Europe. To be credited this way overshadows the fine work that this team consistently performs, and it's just not fair to Jeff. In our profession we all know it's nice to ha…
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hello everyone, Just shipped 4 lectro's w/sanken lavs, some schoeps components and comtek's to compliment the local mixers sound package to yukon Oklahoma. apparently that state is now "pushing " real hard for the film & tv market. fyi, OK. state has a 27% tax break for filming in the state. it seems all the states but Cali is doing this. when will cali get this going?? I know "we" tried doing pushing this fact with runaway production to Canada, but can we do anything like petitions. anythoughts on this? where is Arrnold?
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I am pleased with the new look of the Discussion Group and I hope there is agreement on this. Please do contact me, either personal message from this site, or public post for us all to read, or private email to me directly (private email of course if you are having problems even getting on the site). Anyone who encounters login problems should try and solve them locally since it usually relates to a bad cookie, the browser performing an "auto-fill" that doesn't work properly, or in the case of Macs sometimes a Keychain issue. For those with Macs who do not know how to deal with Keychain issues, the Keychain Access Utility can be found in the Applications Folder> Utilit…
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I am trying to get my webhost to update the Simple Machines Forum software that runs this whole thing. I don't know when they will get to it. If the forum seems to be down, please DO NOT change anything on your end. I will do my best to have it up and running again smoothly as fast as I can. Regards, Jeff Wexler Note: we just had a little outage about 10 minutes ago but now everything is back to normal.
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Depending on how they want to use it this could be a good thing...or atleast better than AT&T getting it. http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/07/23/google-fear-hits-at-t-square-in-the-jaw
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You heard it first on jwsound.net... DeWitt Stearns is just about to open their doors to a new and groovy way of doing business with us sound guys/gals, actually all production folks, but this is a sound community so... Now don't go and cancel your existing policy. Be kind and wait until your current coverage expires. Beginning 1 August 2007: I don't have time to post all the details, but this may be the best news you've ever heard regarding production equipment insurance. Short: Reduced premiums. Can't whine about that. No more serial numbers required for items with unit cost under $5K. This allows for much buy and sell, trade, ebay, L&D replacement, e…
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I just read in the L.A. times the obituary for Laszlo Kovacs. This is very sad. I worked with Laszlo a few times but never had the chance to do a full movie. Laszlo first came to prominence shooting "Easy Rider" which was just another biker movie, or so he thought, for Laszlo early in his career. He had shot more than 70 feature films, including "New York, New York," "The Last Waltz," "Frances," "Ghostbusters," "Multiplicity," "My Best Friend's Wedding" and "Miss Congeniality." Note: the L.A. Times screwed up and put a picture of Sven Nyquist (another great cinematographer who died in September 2006. The Times used the same picture in Sven's obituary). Regards, Jef…
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I have put up a website for information regarding MonaVie. For those who don't already know, MonaVie is a health drink, a juice made from the Acai berry and 18 other fruits, which Don Coufal introduced me to. It is great tasting and provides undisputed health benefits, rich in antioxidents, phytonutrients and all the good things, things which seem to be cropping up in current health and nutritional news items every day. MonaVie also offers the chance to build a business with the product. MonaVie is not sold in stores but is sold through a very well thought out and well run multi-level marketing system with MonaVie, Inc. Beyond just the obvious benefit of MonaVie for every…
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I am recommending Lunarpages web hosting service for anyone who wants to put up any sort of web presence whether it is a personal website, a blog, a forum discussion group like this, ftp or email service. I have been with Lunarpages for about 3 years now and the service and support has been terrific. There has been almost no downtime at all and the few times that I have needed some technical support, I have always reached a pleasant and helpful English speaking support person. I have recommended Lunarpages to lots of other people and have personally helped many of them to sign up for their web hosting. The union Local 695 website is now on Lunarpages after struggling for …
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I'm working on a new blog format for my personal blog (and you thought this Discussion Group was my only kingdom) using the blogger system now owned by Google. Check it out if it interests you, or not, and we'll see how things develop. http://jwsound.blogspot.com/ Regards, Jeff Wexler
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Hello everyone. I thought it might be a cool networking thing, if all the mixers,boom ops, and post sups etc. if we listed the upcoming tv shows and the networks or the studio.(episodic, 3 camera sitcoms, features films,indie features, reality shows, and documentary projects. and who there crew is. Jeff got me thinking when he "put his name in the hat" re: he has nothing concrete until nov.(craigslist is not the only site to help fellow mixers??if it helpa at all.) that if we posted what all of us were doing this year. the better for all of the other mixers to day play or give a idea if they might have a chance at second unit etc. just a thought if it does lead to a co…
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the big 140! Happy Canada Day to all of my fellow canucks. -JP
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Interesting new product from MOTU called the V3HD. It's a f/w audio AND video interface. It's not really for our application for the most part, but the interesting spec is that in audio only mode it becomes a 32 channel interface. http://www.v3hd.com/
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I am very pleased to see that Ty Ford has joined us here. Ty's wealth of experience and his unique take on things will be a valuable part of this forum. Welcome aboard. Regards, Jeff Wexler
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LIFT productions in New Orleans, possibly in some HOT water...
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The same news blurb I posted on ramps. Should be interesting to see what happens to production in the pipeline... http://tinyurl.com/2a3lcz
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This August will bring the long-awaited release of the biggest film I've keyed to date. "D-War" is hitting 1500 screens domestically, and will also have a worldwide release as well. It's the highest budget film ever released by a Korean production company, and it's an effects bonanza where giant serpents tear LA apart. It's spent a long time in post, and had trouble getting distributed, so it's coming out more than 2 and a half years after it was shot. I was hoping its release would've boosted my marketability a couple years ago, but if nobody's seen it, then what good is it, right? Check it out at www.d-war.com Anyhow, my question to the folks who've seen many of t…
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I have now started to have a problem, once in awhile, where the "Show unread posts since last visit" button does not function properly. This is a problem that has been reported by a few other members. My basic routine, as I am sure many others, is to go the site with the URL < http://www.jwsound.net/SMF/ > then sign in and click on "Show unread posts..." link. This usually works but sometimes shows nothing (even though in looking at the Board list there are check marks indicating there are new posts). I believe this problem relates to the forum software and browser cookie function. One thing I have discovered is that even the initial URL to get to the site MUST read…
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It has come to my attention that one of our members has had some very suspicious reponses to a posting he has made offering some gear for sale. At the present time, anyone coming to the Discussion Group, even unregistered guests, are allowed to READ any post but are not allowed to post to the Group without registering. I need to know whether people would like me to restrict just the board "Want to Buy - Want to Sell" so that ONLY registered members can view these posts (and of course respond using the Group methods). If was a little smarter I might be able to put up a POLL here for members to respond. I will see what I can do. Regards, Jeff Wexler
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Having the classified section board "Want to Buy - Want to Sell" viewable by un-registered guests opens up the possibility of spam/scam responses from unknown people. Restricting viewing to only registered members limits the exposure a classified add will have. What would you like me to do? Regards, Jeff Wexler
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In case you haven't heard, Glen Trew has had a serious motorcycle accident. He is in the hospital getting good treatment for several broken bones and other injuries. Peter Kurland has informed me that Glen is doing well but got really messed up --- it was a serious accident. We should all hope for a speedy recovery for a tuly fine person. Regards, Jeff Wexler
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My father is running for President of the International Camera Guild. If he wins, and he very well could, this will be a very good thing for all of us. http://www.haskellwexler.com/ Regards, Jeff Wexler
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I have added a Gallery feature for our Group which should make it easier and a little bit more organized for those wishing to post images. The Gallery can be accessed using the main menu selection GALLERY. The main menu is the menu that reads: HOME HELP SEARCH ADMIN... etc. I haven't discovered all the things that can be done with this feature but it looks as if you may be able to start your own image gallery that is available to all of us. In its most basic function the Gallery is like a specialized Board for images where you post a "topic" that is essentially an image with description. It is the feature of more extensive description and comment that may make the …
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