Session work for "That The World May Know"

This month I had the privilege of once again assisting my good friend Eric Schrotenboer; laying down guitar parts on scores composed by Eric for the latest Ray VanderLaan teaching series called "That The World May Know", distributed by Focus On The Family. This current series follows Ray as he leads his group through Egypt, Israel, and Jordan on the path of Moses during the Biblical Exodus. It is an honor to once again work with Eric and contribute to this series.

-David Purnell

Composition for "American Sailor"

DP Creative Audio produced an acoustic guitar piece featured in "American Sailor", a film by Grooters Productions of Holland, MI. "American Sailor" is a one-hour adventure feature celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Chicago-to-Mackinac sailboat race. The film will air on July 4, at 9PM on WGN.

Biggs|Gilmore Named Top Agency in "09 Internet Advertising Competition

Biggs|Gilmore continues to be my chief client. I have produced music for their Pop Tarts, Raisin Bran, and American Idols Live sites. I want to congratulate Biggs|Gilmore on this outstanding award! It is always an honor to work with them on their ad campaigns. (see write up below)




Biggs|Gilmore Named Top Agency in 2009 Internet Advertising Competition
3/30/2009
KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Competing against some of the world’s best, interactive agency Biggs|Gilmore was named Top Agency in the 2009 Internet Advertising Competition, taking home 19 awards, including a Best of Show, eight Best of Industry awards and 10 Outstanding awards.

The Internet Advertising Competition, sponsored by the Web Marketing Association, is the first and only competition dedicated exclusively to online advertising.

“We get a lot of recognition for the Web sites we create. But online advertising and applications are just as important for building brands in the digital age,” said Marino Puhalj, senior vice president, executive creative director.

Entries were judged on design, ease of use, copywriting, interactivity, use of technology, innovation and content.

“Being named Top Agency validates the decision we made several years ago to become a digital shop. Across all categories, clients are getting more innovative and really embracing the digital possibilities of brands,” said Andy Gould, senior vice president, executive creative director.

Biggs|Gilmore won the Best of Show Online Newsletter award for Rice Krispies.

The agency’s eight “Best of” awards included Best Consumer Goods Online Campaign (Scott Tissue), Best Food Industry Rich Media Online Ad (Morningstar Farms), Best Insurance Rich Media Online Ad (Premera Blue Cross), Best Food Industry Rich Media Online Campaign (Rice Krispies), Best Food Industry Online Newsletter Campaign (Rice Krispies), Best Movie Interactive Application (IMAX), Best Food Industry Interactive Application (Apple Jacks), and Best Food Industry Integrated Ad Campaign (Pop-Tarts).

Parent Pager

DP Creative Audio just wrapped up the music for a promotional video for Parent Pager, a hi-tech child/family check in system. It was "developed for managing the security of children while under the care of a ministry or care center. Parent Pager focuses on speeding families through the check in process and providing real-time communications and information to the staff and guardians while providing the tools to help manage the security of the children in the care center."

To find out more about Parent Pager visit http://www.parentpager.com

Omnisphere

We just purchased the newest soft synth from Spectrasonics, called Omnisphere, and can't wait to use it on new projects. In the company's words...

"This epic ‘Power Synth’ breaks completely new sonic ground by combining a wide variety of hybrid realtime synthesis techniques, an epic library of remarkable ‘Psychoacoustic’ sounds, and many innovative features that have never been seen before in any hardware or software synthesizer."

The sounds and capabilities of this new synth are astounding and I could easily spend all day just exploring it's sonic offerings. I'm sure it will get a lot of use!

-Dave

Addy Awards '09

What a great event! Once again, I was struck with the amount and degree of talent that is to be found in West Michigan. Congratulations to all of the winners! Hearing from Steve Frykholm was another high point of the evening.

-Dave

Creative Crawl

This evening I took part in the Ad Club of West Michigan's "Creative Crawl". In their words, "Area ad agencies, design firms, photo and video production studios and other ACWM members meet, greet and treat area business and community leaders, students, clients and other interested publics to a taste of West Michigan's creative side." It was a lot of fun, and a great chance to meet industry people at all levels. I came away truly impressed with what a vibrant advertising community Grand Rapids is home to.

-Dave