PERFECT MATCH

MIXED SIGNING NOTES STORIES
MUSE PERFORM GRAMMY NOMINATED TUNES AT STAPLES
British power-trio Muse recently played to a packed Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA.
Implementing crowd favorites as well as tracks from their 2013 Grammy nominated album
2nd Law, which received an 8 out of 10 in Music Connection, the band showcased incendiary
licks, thick bass lines and punchy percussion hardly found in today’s Grammy scene.
CRYSTAL METHOD GO BEYOND IN MANHATTAN:
The Crystal Method's Scott Kirkland (right) and Ken Jordan perform
with Casio's XW-P1 Performance Synthesizer at the Beyond Sound
Launch party in New York. Among reecnt accolades, Casio's XW-P1
was a recent recipient of Electronic Musician's "2013 Editors' Choice
Award for Affordable Synth Awesomeness."
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JAMES DONNELLY
HIP-HOP AND NFL COLLIDE FOR SUPERBOWL
Rapper Wale and New York Giants receiver Victor Cruz attended the Jay-Z &
D'USSE Super Bowl Party at The Republic in New Orleans, LA. Other guests
included Adrian Peterson, Bob Johnson, Will Clay, Justin Tuck, Braylon
Edwards, Keyshawn Johnson, Sway, Trent Richardson and DJ Clue among
others. The party was hosted by D’USSE® Cognac, Jay-Z’s preferred cognac.
Pictured (l-r): Wale and Cruz.
TEC AWARDS HONORS: TOWNSHEND,
ROSE MANN CHERNEY
The Les Paul Award was created in 1991 to
honor individuals or institutions that have
set the highest standards of excellence in the
creative application of recording technology.
The 2013 Les Paul Award recipient, Pete
Townshend, has enjoyed one of the most
intriguing, respected and multifaceted careers
of any artist in the rock & roll era. The TEC
Awards honored Rose Mann Cherney, with
The Hall Of Fame Award. Cherney was the first
female president of a major recording studio
as well as the first woman to be inducted to the
TEC Awards Hall of Fame. She is still active in
the industry as a principal with the renowned
Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles, CA.
Get a full wrap-up of the 2013 TEC Awards at
http://tecfoundation.com.
(l-r): Ocean Way Studios owner Alan Sides, engineer
Lenise Bent, engineer Leslie Ann Jones and SAE
Director of Operations Bridget Gardner.
Ron Fair and Slash presenting the Hall of Fame
award to Rose Mann Cherney.
34 March 2013 www.musicconnection.com