Is the grass greener in stereo or why is your regular VO track stereo?

This is a ANDY personal : In the last months I recieved more and more session screen shots and session templates from readers and friends with stereo VO tracks as basic VO tracks to go from. I always did my basic VO tracks as mono tracks. Why do you use basic stereo VO tracks? Cheers [...]

Imaging India – Meet Binoy Joseph

I am sure you remember Binoy, Creative Service Director for…Radio City Network Bangalore, India and his amazing Iron Imaging submission. He was a finalist, but he couldn’t make it to LA, because of VISA issues.  Anyhow, after listening to his piece I knew I had to interview him and get to know more about him and [...]

10.000 miles away, but having the same idea – Check David Konsky and me getting hands on Sammy Adams’ ‘Only One’

Last week my friend David Konsky  and I came up with the kind of same idea. Using ‘Sammy Adams – Only One’ as a sample for a piece of production. I did a sweeper to position our CHR flagship station Z 90.3 and Konsky did a longer piece to showcase 2day FM music and morning [...]

RIP Donna Summer or why speed is king!

  Yesterday, Donna Summer, the legendary queen of R&B died at the age of 63. Her musical legacy will stay forever and we at Benztown honored her within an hour with Sweepers, Promos and samples for various formats.  Here’s what Hollywood Hernandez, Program Director @ The Touch, thinks about our work: “Kudos to everyone involved. [...]

Sports Imaging or Meet Brian Haddad

Most of you guys still remember Brian Haddad a.k.a. “Sludge” and his attendance in Benztown’s first Iron Imager Contest. Sports Imaging always has been underrepresented here, so I am really happy Brian had a few minutes to answer my questions. Brian is currently the Creative Director/On-air host at CBS Radio’s Sportsradio WIP in Philadelphia. He has [...]

Pure Emotion or what Imaging is all ABOUT

I don’t use this word very often, but this time I have to. Attached you hear a MASTERPIECE, a true MASTERPIECE of IMAGING (Perfect music, perfect  interview material, technically perfect etc…) It is the story of Kristian Anderson. A brave man fighting cancer, knowing he could only extend his live and would not be able [...]

How do you get sucked into music, if your dad is a professional Wrestler? GET a composer with Shane Drasin.

Shane is one of the newer members of the Benztown family and someone I work very close with. Shane is a really talented, maybe the most versatile and flexible composer I know in the business. The great thing about this fact is: Shane is MY GUY. A guitar hero, a multi instrumentalist and  the son [...]

AND here is Benztown’s Iron Imager : The Irish Pitbull Paul Duffy!

It was so close, I personally loved both pieces and the fact they were done in an hour is almost unbelievable. To me, both finalists were winners, but his time my opinion did not count at all. It was all up to the Jury consisting of some of North America’s most influential decision makers in [...]

Iron Imager – It is getting closer or Celebrity Judges

The battle of the Imaging Titans is coming, soon. Only 2 days to the final round of Benztown’s Iron Imager Contest – live at the Worldwide Radio Summit at the W Hotel, Hollywood. Check out the contest rules and the world-class celebrity jury:

How an Irish guy makes it to the Iron Imager Contest finals in LA or meet the Iron Imager Contest finalists: Paul Duffy and Brian Haddad aka “Sludge”

I am so proud of you. The entries we received for Benztown’s first Iron Imager Contest  have just been awesome. The entire jury had a hard time choosing and rating the best submissions, as most of the entries (from all around the world) have been outstanding! Four submissions were ranked first place, by having the [...]