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GOOGLE+ HANGOUTS ON AIR W/ CHICKENFOOT (JOE SATRIANI, MICHAEL ANTHONY, SAMMY HAGAR, & KENNY ARONOFF)
Jan 7, 2012
On Saturday, January 7, Chime (in partnership with Google), held a series of Google+ Hangout On Air sessions with members of Chickenfoot. These sessions follow up on the Hangouts done with the band back in 2010 (the first with established artists) and were among the first to make use of the brand new "on air" features that allow unlimited fans to watch the hangouts (beyond the previous limit of 10 participants), and also have them recorded on YouTube. The band fielded questions in realtime from fans who submitted questions a few hours ahead of time to earn an invitation to ask their questions directly via the video conference that Hangout provides.Produced by jon r. luini
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F. WARREN HELLMAN, BELOVED FATHER, HUSBAND, BROTHER; PRIVATE EQUITY PIONEER; FOUNDER OF SAN FRANCISCO'S HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL (1934 - 2011)
Dec 21, 2011
All of us who were lucky enough to know Warren, or simply enjoyed Hardly Strictly Bluegrass each year (his gift to San Francisco and beyond) are still in shock after his passing in late December. For friends, family and the public who loved him, the memorial service was broadcast live online and is also still available to watch below. Being fortunate enough to handle video production & archival for the past decade has been an amazing pleasure and the highlight of each year. Though Warren has ensured the festival will continue for many years, it will not be the same without him there. The service was incredibly moving and full of touching stories and music. We miss you, Warren.In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the San Francisco Free Clinic (sffc.org), The Bay Citizen (baycitizen.org) and the San Francisco School Alliance (sfschoolalliance.org). Also, consider a donation of blood or platelets to your local blood bank. In San Francisco and the Bay Area, Blood Centers of the Pacific (bloodcenters.org) provides this gift of life to those in need.
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"What does move me is the philanthropic stuff," he told Forbes magazine in 2006. "Giving really does move me. Part of it is selfish. It's fun to be appreciated. But the other part is that good things really are growing."
He called the bluegrass festival a "selfish gift," one that he, the musicians and the community could all enjoy.
"How could you have more fun than that?" he told Forbes. "What the hell is money for if it isn't for something like that?"
Hellman Family Statement
Article on the Memorial
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
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SAMMY HAGAR'S 21ST CABO BIRTHDAY BASH (30 MINUTE MINI-DOCUMENTARY)
Dec 26, 2011
Sammy Hagar gives this 30 minute documentary of the 2011 Cabo Birthday Bash week as a special FREE Christmas gift to Redheads everywhere - whether you came down and were there with us or watched the live webcast while partying along from your home across the globe, we hope you enjoy this special inside look at the 2011 party! Every year's Birthday Bash features a number of special guests and 2011 was no exception - In addition to the Wabos (Vic Johnson, David Lauser, and Michael Anthony sitting in for Mona who was at home tending to her mom), there was Kenny Chesney, Chad Kroeger (Nickelback), Vinnie Paul (Pantera), Brad Wilk (Rage Against the Machine), Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony and Kenny Aronoff (Chickenfoot), Guy Fieri, plus a behind the scenes look at Sammy and Emeril Lagasse's annual fundraiser dinner at Sammy's house in Cabo!Directed by jon r. luini & Arthur Rosato; Produced by jon r. luini.
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BEHIND THE FOOT: THE TRUTH BEHIND CHICKENFOOT II
Dec 16, 2011
Directed by jon r. luini & Arthur Rosato; Produced by jon r. luini.
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NEW WEB SITE SLIMSPRESENTS.COM FOR SLIM'S & GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL
Nov 16, 2011
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CHICKENFOOT UNVEIL POWERFUL VIDEO FOR "THREE AND A HALF LETTERS (I NEED A JOB)"
Oct 19, 2011
Directed by Arthur Rosato & Produced by jon r. luini
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CHICKENFOOT PERFORMS LIVE WEBCAST FROM TRI STUDIOS TO CELEBRATE LAUNCH OF NEW ALBUM, CHICKENFOOT III
Sep 27, 2011
Directed by Arthur Rosato & Produced by jon r. luini with TRI Studios
(Archives coming)
CHICKENFOOT "III" VIDEO PODCAST SERIES
Sep 11, 2011
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Now a #1 NEW YORK TIMES Best Seller!
RED, MY UNCENSORED LIFE IN ROCK
- Produced teaser "Every Picture Tells A Story" video in advance of the book's release
- Produced exclusive video content with an interview with Sammy and co-author Joel Selvin. This footage was used as exclusive enhanced content for the eBook release and also was the source material for exclusive promotional video podcast teasers.
- Following the book release, produced an additional "behind the scenes" video which took fans with Sammy on the book tour
- Managed social networking updates before release, during the book tour, and post release
- Ran giveaway contest providing exclusive prize packs for fans attending the book signings
LITTLE KIDS ROCK & JOSHUA RADIN ON THE ROAD
May 8, 2011
Check out this look into the work Little Kids Rock is doing with
supporting artists like Joshua Radin. Josh took time out of his
touring schedule to visit a handful of classes across the country,
and even brought the kids up on stage with him to since his hit
song "Brand New Day" with him! We here at Chime are stoked to
able to support such an organization and hope you enjoy (and share!)
this video.
BLACK SWANS AND WORMHOLE WIZARDS VIDEO PODCAST SERIES
Joe's album debuted at #7 on Soundscan digital charts and also #45 on the Billboard Top 200! Digital sales were an impressive 25%, fueled by our digital strategy activities.
visit site »WEBBY AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR TOM PETTY & U2 SITES
Apr 12, 2011
Two LiveNation/PROD/chime sites are up for Webby Awards-- Tom
Petty and U2. Voting for the people's voice portion begins today.
Vote at http://webby.aol.com/ and look at all of the nominees
here.
Big props and cred to Robin Sloan Bechtel, producer extroidinaire
and Adria Petty (Tom Petty site) and Django Bayless and Tim Honan
from LiveNation (both).
WELCOME, TOAD THE WET SPROCKET
Mar 31, 2011
Wayback machine alert! I remember back in 1994 in the early days
of IUMA going with our advisor Michael Tiemann (then of Cygnus,
later Redhat) to have dinner with Glenn Phillip's brother and
talk about the music biz and see his home studio. My band at the
time was covering Toad songs and we were young enough to still
be impressed by anyone remotely connected to bands we liked. It
was a great evening (great homemade teriyaki chicken, as i recall).
I bumped into Glenn here and there over the next decade or so and
was happy when they reunited as Toad a while back. So this is a
roundabout way to say it's a pleasure to have Toad the Wet Sprocket
join the Chime family at last. Nothing fancy, just helping out
with hosting, but I imagine it won't be long until we do something
more involved!
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Quality music on and off since 1986 www.toadthewetsprocket.com
GEORGE HARRISON - CONCERT FOR GEORGE
Feb 22, 2011
Come join us at
georgeharrison.com
for a cool free concert stream this Fri celebrating George's birthday!
And of course also check out the brand new store we launched, which
features a very cool Topspin/Drupal integration with two separate stores
(UK and US/Rest of world) plus related items.
CHICKENFOOT IN THE STUDIO
Feb 14, 2011
We had a great time with Mike, Sammy, Joe, and Chad in the studio the
other day documenting a very cool thing for the new album packaging (sorry,
can't talk about it yet) but while we were there we also shot this video
update for the fans. Take a moment to check in with the guys as they talk
about recording, burgers, Ric Flair and sing some Little Richard.
SAMMY HAGAR - THE RED ROCKER GIVES BACK
Jan 31, 2011
After forty years, Sammy Hagar and his Redheads are still just
getting started. Here's a brief look at some of the charity work
that is near and dear to his heart. Edited by Jon Luini and Arthur
Rosato with raw footage from all over the place, some shot by
Chris Sentovich, some from news reports and some excerpted out
of early cuts of "Go There Once, Be There Twice" upcoming DVD.
AL HIRSCHFELD INSTALLATION AT NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY @ LINCOLN CENTER
Jan 25, 2011
Once in a while we are fortunate enough to work with people outside
of the music space that just bowl us over. The Al Hirschfeld Foundation
is one such example and we headed to New York and had a great time at this
fine shindig unveiling an amazing Hirschfeld installation. So
much talent and history in the room! David Leopold and everyone
did a wonderful job putting it all
together, Louise Hirschfeld Cullman shared some kind words about
the Hirschfeld web site we've been working on and Eli Wallach was
a particularly entertaining man to meet!
KORG KRONOS MUSIC WORKSTATION PRODUCT VIDEO
Jan 13, 2011
Another KORG Product video-- for the groundbreaking new workstation
KRONOS, announced here at NAMM this morning at 10am. The usual
crack Chime team on this one- Directed/Edited by Jon Luini, camera
by Kurt Nangle, & Jarid S. Johnson, production task master Kiki
Kurvin, PA Charley Weston, fantastic animations by Willy C Notes
at PROD & of course the amazing crew at Korg USA (especially
Mike Bradley & Rich Formidoni).
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