http://www.ravimusic.com/blog hold on tight, the chorus is coming... Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:51:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm always looking for opportunities to make a positive impact, so I was thrilled to help my friends at Gotham Advertising with their promotional campaign for Mandela Day 2009, "an annual celebration of Nelson Mandela's life and a global call to action for people to recognize their individual power to make an ... http://www.ravimusic.com/blog/2009/08/11/mandela-day/ Whenever my friends at Plus call, I know it's going to be something good. They were asked to redesign the opening title sequence for The Food Network's "Grill It," starring Bobby Flay, and I provided a new score. http://www.ravimusic.com/blog/2009/08/11/grill-it-show-title-theme/ While I don't often use this space for anything beyond news bits and spots, I thought it'd be nice to summarize my great adventure to Austin's SXSW Music Festival with some list action. Best Overall Concert Experience The Decemberists debuting their new album, with Heartless Bastards and Avett Brothers opening up. The ... http://www.ravimusic.com/blog/2009/03/24/sxsw-recap/ From left to right: MAC Cosmetics with my friends at Plus Et Plus, Fallout 3 with my friends at AKQA, and Northland dark fruit juices, directed by my buddy Michel Suissa.    Thumbnail plays the video. Enjoy!    http://www.ravimusic.com/blog/2009/03/21/recent-spot-update-for-the-spring/ I haven't been putting much new content here in the last few months... been quite busy launching the new company. But I did get around to a new holiday playlist, much like last year. Check it out here! http://www.ravimusic.com/blog/2009/01/01/happy-new-year/ Another exciting launch! The dark, shoe-gazy and utterly brilliant album that my good friends in Black Swan Green have written, which I was honored to bring to life with my production, engineering and guitar-playing, will be available on CD October 10th, 2008, and digitally soon after. To celebrate the album's ... http://www.ravimusic.com/blog/2008/10/08/black-swan-green-cd-release-oct-10th/ I'm very excited to announce the launch of my new creative partnership with Jason Menkes, COPILOT Strategic Music + Sound! Please visit our new site, www.copilotmusic.com for more about us. http://www.ravimusic.com/blog/2008/09/23/introducing-copilot/ As a very devoted fan of Mad Men, the AMC drama following the swingin' 50's/60's adman Don Draper, I was thrilled to collaborate with my friends at Plus et Plus, contributing sound to AMC's new logo animation before each episode. http://www.ravimusic.com/blog/2008/09/07/five-seconds-of-fame/ Having a baby changes everything. So does having a Martin D1R acoustic guitar and a Neumann U87 microphone. Video here. http://www.ravimusic.com/blog/2008/08/01/johnson-and-johnson-olympic-athlete-campaign/ My friends at Grey Advertising were looking for a big cinematic-trailer type score for their new spot promoting the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in Doha (November). I was happy to oblige. Video here. http://www.ravimusic.com/blog/2008/08/01/ravi-scores-womens-tennis-super-hero-trailer/