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admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 22:10:15 +0000

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Fashion Blurbs

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 22:05:26 +0000

Here are a couple of retro and tribal track blurbs I did recently for a fashion website.
Retro (1411 KB)
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Tribal – ish (1250 KB)
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Career Club – Old Fashioned

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:58:32 +0000

Old – Fashioned by Career Club (4671 KB)
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Another IBM spot – 3 Months

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:01:26 +0000

IBM posted the second internet promotional video I worked on.
"3 Months"

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New IBM Ad Spots

admin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:54:56 +0000

Here is one of the finished Ad Spots I worked on for IBM/Intel online advertisement campaign.

IBM Intel – Online Advertisement “90%”
Song title Pieces. Whole Clip
Artist/Composer: Hans Gutknecht/Hans Gutknecht

New reel clips – YouTube

admin — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:39:07 +0000

I had a chance to edit some clips from my past TV placements and upload them to YouTube.

As always the full discography and can be viewed here and some recent work is uploaded to my Posterous.

A clip from Smallville, the movie Beowolf are up, here are the previews/links.

Smallville – The Prodigal Son
Song title Black Vanilla. Whole Clip
Artist/Composer: Morphic Field/Hans Gutknecht, Joe Faraci, Keith Kohn

Beowulf (2002)
Song title Universe. Whole Clip
Artist/Composer: Laughing Us/Hans Gutknecht, Joe Faraci, Keith Kohn

Katy Mae – GOR review

admin — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:59:05 +0000

The latest five-track excursion from NYC’s Katy Mae showcases a beefier output than past releases thanks to the group adding a second guitar, a move that furthers this unit’s reputation of taking its rock ‘n roll seriously. Strengthened by their ability to draw from their vast influences ranging from anthemic heartland rock (”Falls Down”) and upbeat college rock (”Let Me Bring You Down”) to alt-country twang with Smithereens-like wallop (”You May Already Be a Winner”), Katy Mae blends classic rock aura with chunks of modern rock muscle to create stirring tunes with sweeping dynamics (”Dust of My Friends”), reminiscent of a powerful mix of Pearl Jam and The Who. Multi-faceted and always ready to rock, Katy Mae’s balancing act is worthy of repeated spins for anyone that can appreciate genuine rock ‘n roll that knows its roots.

~ Mike SOS – http://gearsofrock.com/

Career Club – Vans placement

admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:10:57 +0000

The instrumental song Skatta Du from Career Club’s 2008 record Pure Hearing was featured in the Van’s “Downtown Creature” online skate video on their site vans.com.

~ H

Katy Mae EP – CD Review – Racket Magazine

admin — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:09:17 +0000

Katy Mae – You May Already Be A Winner – CD Review

December 18th, 2008 by Racket Magazine

Maggadee Records – 7/10

Some rock bands imitate their muses, while others fuse their influences to create their own sound. Then others seem to sprout out of the earth. That is Katie Mae in a nutshell. Even though their new six track EP, You May Already Be a Winner is a wide-ranging, synthesis of sounds that is not pure rock, pop, or alt-country. And while the band hails from upstate New York, this is not a ‘cowpunk’ band.
From the bluesy opening number “Two Dollars Late” to the hard-charging closer “Let Me Bring You Down” the album is a mixture of Southern rock and early alternative, garnished with a dash of punk. There are notes of Lynard Skynard, The Heartbreakers, Crash Test Dummies and even the Gin Blossoms. But none of it seems derivative or even descended from any of these artists in any major way.

The best description of it would be if Steve Earle and Doug Hopkins were thrown in a blender and mixed with essences of Joe Strummer.

Katy Mae EP – Guestlist Magazine Review

admin — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:55:06 +0000

KATY MAE
You May Already Be A Winner
Maggadee Records

http://www.guestlistmagazine.net/reviewsk
Every now and then a band comes along that blurs the lines of genres and just simply creates great music that all comers can fall in love with. Katy Mae is that band. Hard to classify? Absolutely. The country genre has fused together with rock, rock has fused together with country, then of course the little sub-genre of alt. Country now exists for those that don’t want to fit either category, and the list goes on. Katy Mae walks the line between them all and has put out what has quickly become one of my favorite EP’s in my collection. Though they are hard to classify, the comparisons to the likes of The Replacements, The Byrds and Wilco are easy to spot, but Katy Mae also finds a way to stand out on their own two feet. With great, relatable, story telling in their lyrics, mixed together with an outstanding vocal delivery from Phil Doucet, and catchy though simple guitar riffs this band can fill up a Lower Broadway honky-tonk in Nashville and have the place packed and they will quickly have the patrons raising their drinks to the ceiling. But, put them on stage in front of a great rock-n-roll crowd and they are going to have the same thing happening. By stretching the lines of genres and what is and what isn’t acceptable amongst music today, Katy Mae has created an amazing EP with a sound unlike a lot of the other bands out there right now. For the first time in a long time, I am really excited about some new music and can’t wait to hear more from Katy Mae.