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3rdSide Music
Derek Windle
Belmont, NH
603-524-8240
E-mail: kendra@3rdsidemusic.com
Web: www.3rdsidemusic.com

3rdSide is a New Hampshire based band with a collection of songs ranging from acoustic to rock to reggae to alternative. Their 2006 album, "The Sunroom Sessions" boasts a good deal of this variety and the songs make a flavourful and fascinating contribution to film soundtracks. Samples of unreleased tracks from 3rdSide are available immediately upon request.
Last update: 2008-06-19


Alternate Future Productions, LLC
Adam Frechette
1652 Front Street
Manchester, NH 03102
603-232-4112
603-661-9814 (cell)
E-mail: adamcfrechette@yahoo.com
Web: www.audiostreet.net/artist.aspx?artistid=15429

Music composition
Last update: 2008-06-19


Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music
Eric Stumacher
P.O. Box 217
East Sullivan, NH 03445-0217
603-847-3371
Fax: 603-847-9734
E-mail: music@applehill.org
Web: www.applehill.org

Chamber music
Last update: 2008-06-20


Betsy's Folly Studios, LLC
James McClure
PO Box 157
Lyndeborough, NH 03802
603-654-2465
617-851-8963 [C]
Fax: 603-654-6854
E-mail: jim@betsysfolly.com
Web: www.betsysfolly.com

Music/sound editing, mixing, and mastering using ProTools, SONAR, Sony SoundForge, and Adobe CS4 software. Extensive network of local composers/musicians for licensing or original compositions in classical, folk, country, and rock styles. High-quality post-production effects including AltiVerb convolution reverb/ambience generator, Vienna Symphonic Library instruments, Ozone Mastering plug-in, etc. Visit Web site for album production credits. Member, International Documentary Association (IDA).
Last update: 2010-03-17


Bill Barnes - Jazz Guitarist, Composer
Bill Barnes, Jazz Guitarist, Composer
Hampton, NH
603-926-3065
603-380-2089
E-mail: billbarnesjazz@hotmail.com
Web: www.billbarnesguitar.com

Offering custom-written guitar jazz, free-fusion, r&r and blues tailored to your film project, I strive to capture the intimate nuances of a scene relevant to the film's character, through the spontaneity of on-the-spot scene-by-scene improvisation, as well as ensemble renditions of original compositions and fresh interpretations of standards from many genres. Credits: Original Music for independent film "Larry Does Hamlet", directed by Ray Dittmeier; Music CDs, "Winds of Bodhgaya", "Live at the Jazz Factory", "Zensibility", Blue Cliff Records (indie,) various guitar studio work (please refer to bio on website.)
Last update: 2010-08-30


Cartway House Studios
Ellie-Marie Murphy, Owner/Manager/Songwriter
83 Old Lake Shore Road
Gilford, NH 03249
603-393-7863
E-mail: ellie@metrocast.net

Vocalist and acoustic guitar.
Last update: 2008-06-20


Charles Carpenter - Composer for Media
Charles Carpenter
594 Hundred Acre Wood
Bristol, NH 03222
877-314-4242
603-545-5154 [C]
E-mail: charles@charlescarpenter.net
Web: www.charlescarpenter.net

Music custom composed and produced in a variety of styles for film and other media. Orchestral scores (acoustic or electronic) a specialty.
Last update: 2009-11-23


Decato Sound
Chris Decato
3 Union Street
Lebanon, NH 03766
603-617-0424
E-mail: csdecato@gmail.com
Web: www.decatosound.com

Credits include: Home Depot's Holiday Mini-Site; Duracell's North Pole MiniSite; Duracell's "Rule the Storm" Hurricane preparedness interactive site; Game Logic's many online casino games; Provided score, sound FX design, and final mix for Hatchling Studios; Liberty Mutual; Signiant; Rochester Electronics; Gandy Dancer Productions; Produced music for Timberland, IWP, and the Dept. NH Tourism commercial broadcast Spots; Scored a number of award winning short films and documentaries like "Celebration" directed by Daniel Steadman; Provided mixing services for a number of independent films like Babatunde Olatunji Concert Recorded live at The Portsmouth Music Hall for Atlantic Media; "Marilyn's Man" Directed by Schani Krug; I have engineered and performed on several full-length music CD projects "Sooner or Later" with Michael Landgarten; "Cruising The Creek" With "The Serfs"; Provided CD Pre-Mastering Services to over 1000 other music CD projects.
Last update: 2009-11-30


Design Rhythmics Sonification Research Lab
Martin Scott Quinn
92 High Road
Lee, NH 03824
603-659-5239
603-988-7107 (cell)
Fax: 603-659-5239
E-mail: marty@quinnarts.com
Web: www.quinnarts.com/marty

Music composition and sonification services. Specializing in converting data of all kinds into music. Creative musician, vocalist and percussionist (tablas and drums) and computer scientist developing unique sonification music software since 1992. Clients include Channel 11, Experimental Space Plasma Group, Climate Change Research Center, University of Arizona, Christa McAuliffe Planetarium, and NASA.
Last update: 2008-07-03


Dilmore Lane Studios
Ward Dilmore
Dilmore Lane
Hampton Falls, NH 03844
603-422-5433
E-mail: wdilmore@comcast.net

Original music scored in a beautiful 40-acre setting in seacoast NH. Renovated barn for small orchestra or midi scoring. All styles. Demo CD available. Over 30 years experience scoring for WGBH, WENH, ABC, NBC, Kodak, NH Films, Atlantic Films, JBC Communications, Ciao Italia, NH Crossroads.
Last update: 2009-07-14


EUTOXITA
James B. White
PO Box 22
Raymond, NH 03077
603-303-3562
E-mail: mail@eutoxita.com
Web: www.eutoxita.com

I am a public school teacher, and an independent songwriter/composer/musical artist (James Blanco, Bird In The Badlands – completed for the 2007 RPM Challenge; EUTOXITA, trainwreck – available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/EUTOXITA) and engineer/producer (Kevin Farley's The Invisible Thread). I am also a member of the New Hampshire bands Floodwatch, Those Charming Deviationists, and My Father’s Guns. I dabble in filmmaking, both animated and educational. I'm currently getting quite a few hits for my educational hip-hop song, "5 Themes of Geography", available for viewing on YouTube and TeacherTube. I recently completed an original soundtrack for the 1922 silent film, Nosferatu. I am interested in scoring films. Through my independent work, as well as through my bands, I have original songs available for use as music in your films. Please feel free to contact me.
Last update: 2010-04-05


Fastestmanintheworld Music
Duncan Watt, Founder/Creative Director
P.O. Box 687
Stratham, NH 03885
603-686-0033
Fax: 603-297-4958
E-mail: info@fastestmanintheworld.com
E-mail: dwatt@fastestmanintheworld.com
Web: www.fastestmanintheworld.com

Multiple award-winning composer Duncan Watt has provided music, compositions and sound assets to clients such as Sony, CBS-TV, ABC-TV, Lifetime Channel, NCsoft, SolidWorks and countless national and regional recording artists. His wide range of musical interests and eclectic style has earned him a reputation for versatility and artistic unpredictability. Services include scoring-to-film, composition and orchestration (virtual and live), sound mixing and editing. Full studio (Kanuba Digital) with sync-to-picture available.
Last update: 2008-07-03


Hanover Strings
Eric Kenyon
34 South Main Street
Hanover, NH 03755
603-643-3143
Fax: 603-643-1388
E-mail: strings@valley.net
Web: www.hanoverstrings.com

Instrumental, PA recording equipment rental, lessons and musician contacts.
Last update: 2008-07-03


Bob Lord
2 Bay Road
Newmarket, NH 03857
978-973-1814 [C]
603-659-6366
E-mail: info@boblordmusic.com
Web: www.boblordmusic.com

Composer/Producer.
Last update: 2008-07-03


McDaniel Shore Music
Gene Sibley
14 Cherokee St.
Dover, NH 03820
603-749-1437
E-mail: genesibley@verizon.net

Composer. Recent work on independent film projects and television documentaries.
Last update: 2008-07-03


Monadnock Music
P.O. Box 255
Peterborough, NH 03458
603-924-7610
800-868-9613
Fax: 603-924-9403
E-mail: mm@monadnockmusic.mv.com
Web: www.monadnockmusic.org

Last update: 2008-07-03


RJ Murphy
22 Scott Road
Bedford, NH 03110
603-247-2183
E-mail: rjxmurphy@gmail.com
Web: www.vimeo.com/rjmurphy

Award-winning short filmmaker. Special interest in narrative drama, but willing to work on a wide variety of projects. Editor: 5 years experience with Final Cut Studio. Efficient and creative editor. Owns: Macbook Pro, w/ Final Cut Studio 2 w/ all video editing capabilities. Music: I've been writing and recording my own music for over 10 years. I've been in many bands, and toured the country, playing shows, on three separate occasions. I love composing music for film, or just about anything else.

Credits include: "Beneath the Sinews," "The Big Thaw," "Disconnection," "Working Class Stiffs." All of the short films are available for viewing at www.vimeo.com/rjmurphy.

Last update: 2010-05-12


Mx4Px Studios
Andy Frazier
Salem, NH
603-458-5647
E-mail: andy@mx4px.com
Web: www.mx4px.com

Last update: 2008-07-03


New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra
David Graham
52 Symphony Lane
Center Harbor, NH 03226
603-279-3300
603-279-3484
E-mail: info@nhmf.org
Web: www.nhmf.org

Last update: 2008-07-03


North Country Chamber Players
Linn Downs
P.O. Box 904
Littleton, NH 03580
603-444-0309
Fax: 603-444-0309 *51
E-mail: nccp@ncia.net
Web: www.newww.com/org/nccp

Award-winning chamber music, musician contacts, lessons, music lectures.
Last update: 2008-07-03


Nouveau Records, Inc. / The Sugar Shed
Wes Chapmon
P.O. Box 144
Bath, NH 03740
877-204-7422
603-747-9978
E-mail: wes@sugarshed.com
Web: www.nouveaurecords.com

Nouveau Records is an independent record label and owns/operates the Sugar Shed Studio in Bath, Nouveau's artistic services include composition, scoring, production and sound design services.
Last update: 2008-07-03


Claes Nystrom
310-991-0749 [C]
E-mail: cnystrom@mac.com
Web: www.nystrommusic.com

Los Angeles film composer Claes Nystrom recently moved to New Hampshire to raise a family. He brings with him 15 years of Los Angeles film industry experience. See website www.nystrommusic.com.
Last update: 2010-08-30


Todd C.W. Parker
Manchester, NH
603-289-2428

Film Composer. "The Donut King", "Country Boys" (dir. David Sutherland).
Last update: 2008-07-03


PARMA Recordings
Sam Renshaw
861 Lafayette Road, Suite 6B
Hampton, NH 03842
603-758-1718
E-mail: sam.renshaw@parmarecordings.com
Web: www.parmarecordings.com

PARMA Recordings offers musical solutions to any project or medium, from small independent projects to large scale productions. We will work with you to compose, record or license top shelf music that will exceed your expectations. We guarantee a customized, cost-effective, and quality musical product delivered in a timely fashion. PARMA CEO Bob Lord has built a successful track record of high-quality audio production and composition for a wide cross-section of media with a specialization in classical music. Bob has produced hundreds of in-studio sessions in the U.S. and Europe with artists such as Richard Stoltzman, Emmanuel Feldman, Vit Micka, Andrew Kohji Taylor, and Fumito Nunoya among others, and has supervised releases featuring the London Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, and Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra. His work spans the film, television, and radio industries, and as a performer he has shared the stage with John Entwistle (The Who), Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel), and NRBQ. While Music Director of the award-winning “Writers On A New England Stage” NHPR series he has composed music for and appeared with Madeline Albright, Alan Alda, John Updike, Elmore Leonard, and more. The PARMA RECORDINGS team has worked with artists such as Leonard Bernstein, Richard Stoltzman, Yo-Yo Ma, Ken Burns, Glenn Dicterow, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw National Philharmonic, Moravian Philharmonic, and many more to produce the finest audio and best creative product possible. Our collective work has been featured on releases from Universal, Naxos, MMC, Navona Records, Comet Records, Big Balloon Music, Red Fez Records, Ravello Records, Empire MusicWerks, Soundrush, Big Round Records and MALS, among others.
Last update: 2009-11-24


Play2Picture
1950 Route 109
Sanbornville, NH 03872
603-617-2388
E-mail: info@play2picture.com
Web: www.play2picture.com

PLAY2PICTURE provides original music and sound design for film, television, gaming and radio production. Sound editing, live tracking sessions, and surround sound AC3 5.1 & 6.1 output are also available. Musicianship and technical savvy are applied to each project and reaches a variety of clients and musical styles. Clients: AT&T, THX, Pantene, IAMS, Eagle Snacks, PSA, Wendy's, Daily Soup, Reach Toothbrush, Cosimo- Director , Kyle Ruddick- Director, among others.
Last update: 2008-07-03


Pushpin Productions
Marc Gartman
65 Wallis Road
Rye, NH 03870
603-817-7063
E-mail: film@pushpinmusic.com

Music composition. Resume, reel and references available upon request.
Last update: 2008-07-03


Rikpmusic
Dr. Rik Pfenninger
MSC #37 17 High Street
Plymouth, NH 03264
603-535-2311
603-536-2987
Fax: 603-535-2645
E-mail: rikp@mac.com
Web: www.rikpmusic.com

Film Composer. Dr. Rik Pfenninger holds degrees from Eastman School of Music, The University of Michigan, and Temple University. Rik is currently Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies and Music Technology at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Rik's music can be heard on the Weather Channel, the Warner Bros. Network's "Survival of the Rich and Famous', the TLC Network, PBS network's "The Difference Between Right and Wrong", commercials for Xerox, Ski New Hampshire and WMUR TV, the WMUR New Hampshire Chronicle, Rowntree Film production's "The Diary", numerous independent documentary, commercial, and website projects, music for the Princess Cruise Lines Christmas CD, and the soundtrack for a CD ROM titled "The Hereford Mappundi". Rik's seven solo jazz recordings can be heard on Apple itunes, MusicMine Records, and "The Best of Smooth Jazz Christmas" by the Universal Music Group.
Last update: 2009-05-07


Errol Weiss Schlabach
110 Tamarack Road
Thornton, NH 03223
603-726 4481
E-mail: eweissschlaba@adelphia.net

Composer and performer.
Last update: 2008-07-03


Unu Mondo Productions
Randy Armstrong, Music Director and Composer
PO Box 128
Dover, NH 03821
603-664-6768
603-512-4325
Fax: 603-664-6768
E-mail: info@randyarmstrong.com
Web: www.randyarmstrong.com

Original music for Film & Television featuring the music of Randy Armstrong. Music Director for the primetime PBS series, "Dinner on the Diner" produced by filmmaker, Jon Guilbert and Gandy Dancer Productions. Specializing in Acoustic, Electronic and World Music.
Last update: 2008-07-03


Virtue Records
Kelli Bertram
P.O. Box 158
Center Strafford, NH 03815
603-664-7200
Fax: 603-664-7400
E-mail: virtuerec@metrocast.net
Web: www.edgerhard.com

Virtue Records is an instrumental guitar label representing the brilliant stylings of musician/composer Ed Gerhard.
Last update: 2008-07-03


Wade Settle Sound Design
Wade Settle
286 Cabot Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801
917-513-6345
E-mail: wsettle@gmail.com
Web: www.wadesettlesounddesign.com

Post production music - digital audio recording, audio production, recording, engineering. Jingles, songwriter ,motion branding, film and picture mix, commercial brand identity, logo sound design ,film and game soundtracks, original music production for broadcast televesion and radio. Singer/Songwriter for NY bands, "ROCKETHOUSE, and "AERIAL LOVE FEED."
Last update: 2008-07-03


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