Champagne for everyone – cause Armin van Buuren has been distinguished with a Gouden Harp award, the highest distinction a Dutch artist can get! Last night, during the Buma Harpen Gala, the DJ/producer received the important prize.
Candy Dulfer, saxophonist and Gouden Harp-winner of 2008, presented the much wanted oeuvre-prize to Armin. The Gouden Harp (‘Golden Harp’ in English) is an award for music composers and artists that made an extraordinary contribution to Dutch music. Some of the previous winners are Krezip, Within Temptation and Ilse DeLange, artists with who Armin has collaborated with. After the presentation, Armin gave a performance with VanVelzen and Within Tempation lead singer Sharon den Adel, supported by the Metropole Orchestra.
The Gouden Harp, that’s been awarded since 1962, is part of the Buma Harpen Gala. The Gala is an initiative of Buma Cultuur, founded by Buma/Stemra; the institution that takes care of the interests of music authors in the Netherlands. Buma Cultuur plays a big part in the promotion of Dutch music in and outside of The Netherlands.
We recently completed a website for our friend Matt Bishop, a freelance music promoter. We can’t thank him enough for the amazing words he has written about our company. Check out his full post below:
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I owe a huge thank you to Bryan Hamilton at East Coast EFX for creating such a visually appealing and functional layout for the site. They knew exactly what to do when I realized that the old NiLLB was outgrowing its humble beginnings at Blogspot.
What started as a simple Instant Message sent to Bryan asking “yo u know a good place to buy a domain” turned into us teaming up to rebuild the site from the ground up. Our goals were to make music easily available with direct, fast downloads, and to not overwhelm people with too much content. The minimalistic layout and the continuity of site make it easier for NiLLB to serve its purpose: spreading good music.
It’s been an incredibly rewarding process. Seeing the site move from a vision into a finished product has been an amazing thing to witness. I’m extremely fortunate to have such a capable team of people for the site, who share the same passion as I do for music and visual design. We are very excited to grow the site, so please share NiLLB with your friends if you’ve enjoyed it.
East Coast EFX is looking for new, young, hip and trendy talent! If you fit this description, WE HAVE JOBS AVAILABLE!
We are currently looking for a graphic designer, Flash developer, and a 3D video and/or After Effects developer. We are looking to hire separate individuals for each position, so you will only be required to perform the duties specific to your position, i.e. if we hire you as a graphic designer, we will not ask you to make us a Flash movie.
Graphic Designer
Responsible for logo/branding creation, full custom MySpace and website layouts from concept to completion.
Flash Developer
Duties would include creating ads, “intro” videos, and full websites. Must be well versed in Flash 10 and AS3.
3D Video/After Effects Developer
Responsible for creating dramatic, eye-catching 3D videos and/or typographic visuals for video use. These would be primarily “intro” videos for client use, or for use at live performances as a visual element.
You must be well versed in your craft, able to work efficiently, and under tight time constraints. Most projects should take 1-5 days.
There are no age requirements for these positions. You must be legally able to work in the United States.
You may work wherever is most convenient. You are fully allowed to, and encouraged to, work from home!
If you are interested in any of these positions, please send either a digital portfolio (online or zipped), and/or a complete resume with cover letter. Prior work experience in the field is not required as long as you can back-up your skills with your sample work.
We at East Coast EFX wish you the best of luck. We have big things in the works and we would love to have you join us as we strive to expand our portfolio and capabilities. We look forward to hearing from you soon!
We would like to give a huge shout out to EFX’s Joe Gazzola and encourage you to check out his submission for the Nikon Film Festival below. Please visit this link and show your support and leave some positive comments!
As promised, we have launched our yearly holiday contest today, a bit earlier than usual.
We are giving away:
1) A fully customized website
2) A custom MySpace page
3) An engraved 8gb iPod Touch (Your name & East Coast EFX)
Three winners will be picked and the prizes will be first come first serve in the order the winners are chosen.
To enter, visit our homepage and the contest entry form will pop up. If for some reason you have crazy ninja internet security that is blocking pop ups, you can visit the contest page directly, here: http://www.eastcoastefx.com/contests
The sign up form logs your computer’s IP address, which means, one entry per computer.
If you have any questions give us a shout via the contact page…
Winners will be announced on November 26th, 2006. Prizes total over $5,000!
Our client, Hype Artist Management, has officially teamed up with the New Jersey Nets! They will be providing their artists for a good amount of their upcoming home games, as well as getting involved with major game promotions such as December 2nd VS. Dallas Mavericks & January 2nd VS. Clevland Cavaliers (LEBRON JAMES) in association with Hype Event Planning .
If you like the Nets, click the image below to get some steep discounts on upcoming games! Promo code: Hype
East Coast EFX would like to congratulate one of our favorite clients, Armin Van Buuren, for being announced #1 DJ in the world for the 3rd year in a row on DJ Mag’s top 100! You can view his thank you video below:
In the summer of 2007, Pronti & Kalmani (former members of the widely successful Dutch electronic music group, Alice DeeJay) formed a new act together with Jeffrey Sutorius: Dash Berlin. This group has its focus more on the trance genre instead of the dance genre. Their first single, “Till The Sky Falls Down”, became a massive hit all over the world in the dance/trance scene. In April 2008, the single had its commercial release. The videoclip for the single is shot at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin.
Dash Berlin announced on their official Myspace that the next single released would be “Man On The Run”. The video to “Man On The Run” was shot in America. They also said that they are working on their debut album which was set to be released in May 2009 but has been delayed, it will be released on October 5th 2009.
Check out our latest work for client Marcus Schössow… He requested a full album, including cover, 8 page CD insert, back and CD print. Cover was featured on the home page of http://trance.nu, one of the worlds leading websites for news related to trance music.
