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Human Factor client Abby SomeOne wins the Songwriter Universe June "Best Song Of The Month" Contest, with their song "Fall Down". Good job, boys, you deserve it. 6/5/05 - Back again! Pale Beneath the Blue is coming back to the Human Factor studio from their home base in Ohio to do another project with us. Glad to have you again, ladies. 5/24/05 - Mariana Bell motors from NYC to work with Human Factor on her latest project! 5/21/05 - West African artist Richard Homawoo starts a full album project with Human Factor - welcome, Richard! 4/8/05 - Human Factor's seminar, Maximizing Your Song's Potential at Six Points Music Festival, hosted by WAMA 3/24/05 - Human Factor Re-mixes Abby SomeOne's second single, "Without Light" 3/21/05 - Human Factor partners with WAMA for Thinking Outside the Box: A panel discussion on building your audience through creative production, marketing, and promotion of your music 3/04/05 - Noa Tylo returns to DC to work once again with Human Factor on his latest single, "Hang It Out" 3/04/05 - Jennifer Cutting sweeps the Wammies this year with five big awards, including the prestigious Musician of the Year and Album of the Year Human Factor is very proud to have been a part of the musically amazing and critically acclaimed Ocean: Songs for the Night Sea Journey and very proud of Jennifer for all her long hours and heartfelt work is now getting the credit it deserves. 12/5/04 - "Fall Down" single, finished and already on the air! Abby Someone and Human Factor are finished work on the soon to be hit single, "Fall Down". South Dakota audiences are already listening to it on their drive home. 11/15/04 - Split Faces Human Factor ready to start with DownLow Records' artist, Split Faces. 11/1/04 - Abby Someone Human Factor to begin working with South Dakota's own Abby Someone on their latest single, "Fall Down". 10/26/04 - Publishing Deal Signed We are very happy to start working with VU Music. Welcome to the HF team, VU! 10/4/04 - Back from the tour! Whew! A lot of traveling, talking, seminaring, panel sitting, standing at a trade show booth and PARTYING later - Human Factor is back in the studio and ready to get back to work. Big thanks out to Sean Rhiney, MPMF and Vikki Walls, Dewey Queen. 9/25/04 - Industry Networking Party Announced Come and spend some time with Human Factor at Gary's Dewey Beach Grill during the Dewey Beach Music Fest on both Friday and Saturday nights, 10/1 and 10/2. We will make you glow! 9/01/04 - Seminar Tour Blake will be showing his face at Midpoint Music Festival in Cincinnati and Dewey Beach Music Fest and entertaining the crowd with the "MAXIMIZING YOUR SONG'S POTENTIAL" Seminar. 8/24/04 - Welcome Twisted Dee Human Factor is very proud to welcome Twisted Dee to the Human Factor family. Sorry the welcome is so late in coming, Dee! 8/24/04 - Rhonda Everitt / 23 Shades Video Congratulations to Pale Beneath the Blue for this Friday's Video Premiere in Cincinnati! We'll see ya there! 7/23/04 - Rhonda Everitt / Pale Beneath the Blue We at HF are very happy to have Rhonda of Pale Beneath the Blue back in the studio recording a new song to go with her upcoming music video. Can't wait to see the results, Rhonda! 5/29/04 - Blake on Stage Human Factor's senior producer, Blake Althen will be hosting a seminar entitled "Unlocking Your Song's Potential" as well as joining the Producer's Panel at the Millenium Music Conference. Check the schedule at Millenium Music Conference to see when and where. 5/29/04 - Repeat Customers HF welcomes back Mark Bodino and Noa Tylo for continuing work on their latest work this June. Welcome back, boys! 5/25/04 - Ocean finished and soon to be released! Ocean, Jennifer Cutting's latest colossal project is in the presses. It is due for release on June 6. Congrats, Jenny! 5/20/04 - Introducing Pale Beneath the Blue Human Factor would like to congratulate Rhonda Everitt for finishing her latest solo EP project for Pale Beneath the Blue titled Hologram. 5/9/04 - Human Factor welcomes new Producer Aaron Broadus has joined the Human Factor team. Aaron brings his expertise in the jazz and R&B genres. We are very happy to have you, Aaron. 5/4/04 - Congrats to Tommy Wosyluk! Tommy's first solo EP, Page 37, is finished. Way to go, Tommy! 4/12/04 - Scandelle hits the Charts! Human Factor artist Scandelle hit #47 on the TOP 50 DANCE CHART on Starfleet Music Pool! -- Congratulations, Scandelle! 4/6/04 - A flurry of news...(read like an auctioneer) - From South Africa, pop artist Noa Tylo will be spending the weekend getting to know HFP. Welcome to beautiful Washington, DC, Noa! - Mark Bodino just finished his first song with HFP and is threatening to come back for more. HFP says, "Bring it on, Mark! We'd love to have you!" - Rhonda Everitt was recently back in DC finishing up the tracking of her new 6 song EP soon to be released - can't wait, Rhonda! - Ocean, the long-awaited release by Jennifer Cutting is in its final stages of gestation, soon to be birthed. - Tommy Wosyluk will be back this month to complete his 4 song EP, Page 37. HFP is looking forward to having you back, Tommy! - Justin (not Timberlake) from Gate 22 will be flying up to DC this weekend to lay down the final vocal tracks for the Gate 22 demo. Welcome, Justin! 3/16/04 - HFP on the road! SXSW is here! -- HFP is headed down to Austin, TX for a whole lotta music. If you'll be there, be sure to stop by our booth at the Exhibition Hall. 2/22/04 - HFP is happy to welcome Rhonda Everitt back! Rhonda Everitt is back! -- bringing all of her rich, witty and intelligent songwriting along with her 'funkified' keyboarding style. Welcome back, Rhonda. 2/16/04 - Jennifer Cutting takes home a WAMMIE HFP congratulates Jennifer on her most recent WAMMIE for Best Contemporary Folk Instrumentalist! Yeah, Jen! 2/6/04 - Korea Hits the Airwaves Korea is playing live on the air on "106,7 Rockklassiker" during the morning drive this coming Tuesday Feb 10. If you're in Stockholm, be sure to tune in between 7:30 and 8:00! 2/6/04 - Blake Althen to perform at Nation with Rachel Panay, Saturday February 7. Come and check it out! 2/6/04 - Paula Goes Abroad Human Factor's own Paula Bellenoit will be joining rock band Korea in Stockholm for their debut stage and radio performances! 2/1/04 - Dance Sensation Rachel Panay signs with HF Productions for the R&B version of her acclaimed single "The Walk of Shame" 1/29/04 - Mark Bodino Signing to HF Productions Mark Bodino signs a single deal with HF Productions, to be recorded late in March. 1/8/04 - Warm Thanks to Silver Note Music HF Productions says Thank You to Silver Note Music for listing us on their upcoming all-new Producer's page. The link is very generous and much appreciated by HFP. We wish them all the best in 2004! 1/8/04 - In the WAMMIES! This year's Wammie nominations are out, and HFP and HFP Clients are in the running: - In Contemporary Folk, Jennifer Cutting is nominated for Best Instrumentalist and Best Duo/Group. - In Rock, Chris Stewart is nominated for Best Instrumentalist. - In World Music, Jaqui MacMillan is nominated for Best Instrumentalist. - Joanne Juskus (www.joannejuskusmusic.com) is nominated for Best Website. - In Electronica, Human Factor is nominated for Best Duo/Group and Best Recording. So join the fun and cast your votes! 12/22/03 - Getting started with Matt Cheplic HF Productions is eagerly anticipating their upcoming trip to New York to being work with singer/songwriter Matt Cheplic and Figleaf Records. 11/23/03 - Tommy Wosyluk signs up with HF Productions Tommy Wosyluk, bass player from the Florida-based band, Gate 22, is branching out solo! He will be recording his debut EP over the next 3 months with the HF Productions team. The project will start in mid-December and we're all looking forward to the vocal subtleties and Florida sunshine Tommy brings to Washington, DC! 11/23/03 - HF Productions welcomes Mark Bodino! Hailing from New Jersey, sometimes smooth, sometimes rockin' guitarist/composer/singer Mark Bodino will be spending part of his Christmas holiday with HF Productions this December to test drive the production studio. Thanks for taking the trip, Mark -- we are looking forward to working with you! 10/31/03 - HF Productions welcomes Rhonda Everitt! Smooth and sexy vocalist Rhonda Everitt is making the trek to DC from Dayton, OH, this weekend with her bass player, James, to check out HF Productions and see what we can do for her sound. All of us at HF Productions are looking forward to the meeting and send a great warm welcome to Rhonda and James. 10/7/03 - Scandelle Project Wrapped Up. Scandelle's debut EP is finished, and he is ready to break out of NYC and storm the world with his fresh sound and stunning lyrics. So, get ready out there, Scandelle is coming at ya! 9/29/03 - Shaking the sand out of our shoes. We'd like to thank everyone who stopped by our exhibit at the Dewey Beach Music Conference & Festival on September 26th and 27th. The show was a great success and we got to meet a lot of wonderful people over the weekend. And hear a lot of great music. Did I mention meet a lot of great people? So thanks to Vikki Walls for making it all happen. HF Productions is looking forward to next year already. 9/9/03 - Going to the Beach! HF Productions is very excited to be exhibiting at the Dewey Beach Music Conference & Festival on September 26th and 27th. This event promises to be a real blast, with 150 bands on 17 stages, panels of industry professionals, trade show, food, drink, and more -- and all at the beach! Did I mention golf? Everyone's going to be there, so you should, too! 9/9/03 - Scandelle - "In the House!" Halfway there now, Scandelle will be returning to DC this month to complete arranging and tracking of the soon-to-be-released EP. We at HF Productions are looking forward to the productive and laughter-filled sessions that working with Scandelle promises. 9/7/03 - Back from overseas; tracking a success! Blake has safely returned from Sweden where dynamic rock band, Korea, has successfully completed tracking of their debut EP. Keep your ears out for these four gentlemen because they are sure to cause a stir when this EP is released. 8/1/03 - HF Productions Welcomes Scandelle to the HFP Family. NYC's Scandelle has just signed to produce a three song EP with HFP. HFP and Scandelle seem to be a perfect match. Scandelle's ear for cutting edge tunes mixed with HFP flexibility and creativity will prove to be a project that will turn some ears. Scandelle's project will be created in Emagic's Logic with assistance from Native Instruments in Arlington, VA. 7/31/03 - HFP goes International. Swedish rock band, Korea, has hired HFP to produce their EP. This power-house rock band is poised to smash into the USA with their infectious grooves and monster choruses. This project will be tracked in ProTools LE in Sweden, then taken back to the USA to be mixed in Emagic's Logic Audio in TDM/HD Mode melding Digidesign's Hi Def power with the synth power of Logic. The project is due to start on August 29th. 6/3/03 - Gate 22 finished tracking this weekend! HF Productions just returned from a very productive week spent in Central Florida. Gate 22 completed tracking for their demo EP at Mirror Image Studios in Gainesville, FL. Now back to the studio for mixing and mastering! Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra is back at HF Productions Jennifer Cutting is back in the studio with HF Productions, working to the finishing stretch of her amazing Ocean CD. Michelangelo Project wrapped up!! Finally all the t's are crossed and the i's are dotted. Michelangelo finished his self titled EP. It will be released in a few weeks. The project was created in Logic Audio with a bit of help from Protools HD in the Mastering phases. Congrats goes out to Michelangelo and the rest of his team in NYC. Human Factor Online has been redesigned. Thanks to all at Lunafield Media Global that helped make this happen. Please feel free to drop us a line and let us know what you think of the new site.
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