WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL WEB SITE OF THE REDS FROM PHILADELPHIA, PA · USA
“Dirty Step Upstage” Nominated in 10 Categories by MAVERICK MOVIE AWARDS
DIRTY STEP UPSTAGE has been nominated by the MAVERICK MOVIE AWARDS in the following categories: Best Picture─ Producers, Bill Casale, Edward Wheeler, Amber Moelter; Best Director─ Amber Moelter; BestScreenplay─ Amber Moelter; Best Actor─Tom Wontner; Best Supporting Actor─Brad Madison; Best Actress─Nova Reid; Best Supporting Actress─ Amber Moelter; Best Editing─Amber Moelter; Best Soundtrack─Music Supervisor - Bill Casale; Best Sound Design/Editing─Rich Cutler, Yvette Wojciechowski.
Maverick Movie Awards was founded by moviemakers who have been through the glorious highs and crushing lows of the international film festival circuit. From their shared experiences came the calling to create a real alternative to the nepotism, politics, and commercialism that defines far too many festivals.
As noted here previously, Rick Shaffer and Bruce Cohen contributed the songs, “We’re On” and “Last Exit,” to the film, and The Reds are included on the Dirty Step Upstage soundtrack CD. Tarock Music and The Reds enthusiastically congratulate all the nominees. NOTE: The above photo is the first Girl In The Red Dressfan art poster by artist, Fetish-Ginkgo, and it will soon be available to purchase at the ALM TALKIES STORE.
• February 4, 2010
License Songs By THE REDS Via KUSSU MUSIC Tarock Music is pleased to announce we have signed an agreement with United Entertainment & Media Ltd., London, UK, to license our songs via Kussu Music Licensing Network, Oberhausen, Germany. Kussu Music Licensing's extensive catalog offers cutting edge and creative music for film/TV, advertising, video games, corporate video, and they are continually at the forefront of the newest and unique placement opportunities.Their expertise and close attention to a client's artistic needs, budget and time schedule is outstanding, and they can provide immediate pre-cleared licensing material in every genre, to suit any project. Songs written by Rick Shaffer and Bruce Cohen, a/k/a The Reds, are now available from United Entertainment & Medial Ltd., via Kussu Music Licensing's catalog, and Tarock Music looks forward to a successful relationship with these two very innovative companies. • January 8, 2010
"SALLY" Now In Editing Mode
Sky Jam director, David Smith, has started editing the film short,“Sally,”which he plans to complete by mid-February.The Redssong, “Sidebuster,”from their album EARLY NOTHING is featured in the film. And, look for actress,Caryn May, who plays Sally, in upcoming Super Bowl XLIII commercials.
When notified by ALM Talkies producer, Bill Casale, that she was the winner, Ms. Allen replied by e-mail saying, “Oh my goodness, you just absolutely made my day!!!!! I could not be more excited—Merry (early) Christmas to me!”
The Reds, Rick Shaffer and Bruce Cohen, were happy to sponsor the Girl In The Red Dress Giveaway, and congratulate Ms. Allen on being the lucky winner.
• December 4, 2009
Tarock Music Releases Film Short of “SO LONG” by The Reds
"So Long," a garage rock noir film short by British director, Peter McAdam (McDada.com) was released today by Tarock Music. “So Long” is track 9 on THE REDS album, Early Nothing.
"The best part of this job is I get a sneak peek at some of the exciting entries to this year’s festivals, and my personal favorite fave isDIRTY STEP UPSTAGE.
Director, Amber Moelter,keeps the viewer guessing . . . is it a real documentary, or a fictional thriller? It reminded me of Jacob Aaron Estes’ gritty and brooding, “Mean Creek” (2004). Both films share secretive and oblivious, driven by obsession, fame, and revenge.
With all the proper thriller elements in place, a slow documented pace adds an underlying tension to the film. The visuals are supplemented by a soundtrack that's both memorabe and infectious." As mentioned in earlier posts, THE REDScontributed two songs to the film’s soundtrack, so Tarock Music is especially pleased that the Shanece’s Compass review noted thatDirty StepUpstagehas a “memorable and infectious” soundtrack.
• October 16, 2009
THE REDS on “DIRTY STEP UPSTAGE” Soundtrack CD
ALM Talkiesproducer/music coordinator, Bill Casale, has added "We're On,"one of the two songs by The Reds licensed for Dirty Step Upstage, to the film’s soundtrack CD.
A special screening of DIRTY STEP UPSTAGE is scheduled for opening night of the 2nd Annual Chashama Film Festival, 217 East 42nd Street, NYC, on Wed., Oct. 21st, at 8:10 PM, in The Tank.
Funded and curated by film director/producer, Rick Kariotic, the 2nd Annual Chashama Film Festival explores global expression through film making, while setting the stage for audiences and filmmakers to cultivate the unknown in various cultures. Note: Get to the screening early to see Amber Moelter performing live as the "Girl In The Red Dress."
Dirty Step Upstageis the directorial debut of Amber Moelter, who also wrote and stars in the film. Moelter hails originally from South Dakota, and has performed as an actor, dancer, and singer on four continents. While living in London, she starred in several independent films including, “Cross-Eyed Waltz,” which launched her career as a producer. After returning to the USA she produced, co-wrote, and starred in the short fan film, “Catwoman: Resolution,” which inaugurated her production company, ALM Talkies.
Watch THE REDS BLOGfor the release dates of the film and soundtrack album.
• October 15, 2009
AudioSparx Adds “SIDEBUSTER” As Top Seller AudioSparxhas added “SIDEBUSTER” to their’ ”Top Selling Production Music” list.
“Sidebuster” is track #2 on THE REDS album, “EARLY NOTHING,” and is available on CD BABY, iTunes, Digstation, and right here in THE REDS STORE, look for it onyourfavorite download site.
• October 2, 2009
“Dirty Step Upstage” at Chashama Film Festival
ALM Talkies, who recently licensed “We’re On” and “Last Exit,” written, produced and performed by The Reds, for the feature film, "DIRTY STEP UPSTAGE," has announced that final editing is almost completed, and the film will be ready for New York’s CHASHAMA FILM FESTIVAL in October.
Amber Moelter is the film’s screenwriter, director, and star. Look for the “Dirty Step Upstage” trailer to appear soon on The Reds Official Web Site.
• September 29, 2009
THE REDS on STELLAR AWARD Nominee QUICKSTAR’s New Compilation CD
Quickstar Productions',Unified by Grace: SoulVolume 4, has garnered two nominations for the 25th Anniversary Stellar Awards, for “Best Compilation” and “Best Benefit album.” ”We’re really excited,” said Joe Bird, co-founder of Quickstar Productions, “ecstatic really. We’ve always been proud of the compilations we produce, but to have one of them recognized on a national level is an amazing honor.”
QUICKSTAR PRODUCTIONS, recently added, “BIG TOWN” from The Reds’“Fugitives From The Laughing House”album, to anewcompilation CD,“QUICKSTAR’S ALL STARS.”A portion of the money from sales will be donated by Quickstar to charities like the Go Green Initiative, as well as organizations like Brighter Planet,who help lower the carbon footprint of corporations and individuals.
The Redsand Tarock Music are happy to contribute to this important issue, and we hope you will help support these organizations by your purchase of a “Quickstar’s All Stars” CD on Amazon, iTunes, Napster and eMusic. And, we congratulate Quickstar on their Stellar Award nominations.
• September 10, 2009
AudioSparx SPOTLIGHTS The Reds
The Reds have been featured as a “Hot New Artist” in the AudioSparxSeptember Newsletter. The spotlight will bring the song writing team, Rick Shaffer and Bruce Cohen, to the attention of more than two-hundred thousand AudioSparx licensing clients worldwide.
Full song tracks by The Reds, and a Bruce Coheninstrumental solo album, can be licensed via their AudioSparx profiles.
• August 31, 2009
"Do You Play The Game" Licensed For POLK COUNTY Director, Kenneth Vathauer, has licensed, “Do You Play The Game,” by The Reds, from their Stronger Silencealbum, for the feature film, "POLK COUNTY."
Currently in production, NocturnalPictures, has not set a release date yet.
• August 21, 2009
Bruce Cohen Releases SOLO Album
ONE BC,(Tarock) the first solo venture by Bruce Cohen, a/k/a The Reds crazed keyboard player, is a culmination of all his influences from Miles Davis, Tangerine Dream, Brian Eno, Trent Reznor, Peter Gabriel, and then some. All thrown into a blender and poured out as ambient instrumental soundscapes and grooves.
• August 17, 2009
MUSYNC ®
Numerous songs from Tarock Music's catalog are now available in the MUSYNC library for licensing.
Located in San Francisco, Musync researches and licenses music for TV, movie, event producers, music editors, game designers, sound designers, and content producers.
Musync's understanding of the current music scene, and insight into musical trends allows them to get the perfect piece of music for a project, on time, and under budget for clients such as Toyota, Frito Lay, AOL, and Adobe, to name a few.
Tarock Music looks forward to working with Seb Jarakian, and everyone, at Musync.
• March 30, 2009
Bruce Cohen's BIG FUN 3 SIGNS RECORD DEAL
The Reds keyboard player, Bruce Cohen, has a brand new side project in a totally different genre.
Bruce, along with Rik Myers (guitar), and Brandon Cruz (drums), have put together a heavy, psychedelic, Hammond organ jazz trio, called BIG FUN 3. The blueprints for the band are The Tony Williams Lifetime, and late 1960's to early 1970's Miles Davis, with a little King Crimson thrown in.
Big Fun 3's mission is to explore and expand the possibilities of the organ/guitar/drum trio, then taking it as far out as possible. The Miami based jazz trio recently signed with ROPEADOPE RECORDS, and their first album is scheduled for release in 2010.
• January 26, 2010
RICK SHAFFER SOLO ALBUM ON THE HORIZON Necessary Illusion, the first solo album by Rick Shaffer, is a neo-sixties garage blues excursion, with a Joe Meek and Excello Records production style. Currently near the end of mixing, and cover art design, the ten song album is scheduled for release at the end of March.
• January 21, 2010
SPOT ON SONGS at SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Tarock Musicis happy to announce that we are now working with Stacy Richards who will be instrumental in licensing songs by Tarock Music composers, most notably, Rick Shaffer and Bruce Cohen, a/k/aThe Reds.
Ms. Richards’ background includes thirteen years as a music supervisor, in addition to extensive experience in music licensing and business affairs. She currently has her own unique company, SPOT ON SONGS, which licenses songs for film, TV, games, and other digital media projects.
Look for Stacey at the 2010 SUNDANCE MUSIC FESTIVAL, January 21 – 31, in Park City, Utah, where she’ll be representing Tarock Music, and networking with film industry clients old and new.
• December 10, 2009
ENTER THE ALM TALKIES 16GB iPOD NANO GIVEAWAY SPONSERED BY THE REDS Win the new 16GB RED iPOD NANO . . . it shoots VIDEO! . . .by simply visiting the ALM Talkies Newsletter and SUBSCRIBING no later than Dec. 2 . . . THAT’S IT! You could be the winner. Already subscribed to the ALM Talkies newsletter? No worries, you’ll automatically be entered.
Thefirst weekof Girl In The Red Dress Giveaway starts Nov. 26th, and is sponsored by THE REDS. Thefirst winner’s iPOD Nano will be loaded with three Reds songs, SIDEBUSTER, DIGGIN' IT and BIG TOWN, PLUS a brand new film short by British director, Peter McAdam, of The Reds song SO LONG, and two enamel Reds pins.
Also loaded on the iPOD, for every winner, will be Girl In The Red Dress EP, single “Who’s That Girl,” and artwork, Dirty Step Upstage Trailer, featurettes, unseen stills, and exclusive music video preview, a personalized video to the winner using the iPod Nano video recorder, and Dirty Up Stage promotional pins, and DSU movie poster!
Hey, before you click over to the ALM Talkies web site, SUBSCRIBE TO THE REDS BLOG,to get The Reds news and promotion info first.
• November 24, 2009
Amber Moelter BEST ACTRESS at Chashama Film Festival
Recipients of the festival’s Victor Awards were selected by a jury made up of five film industry professionals, and the winners were announced at an awards ceremony held in New York, NY, on October 25th 2009.
“It’s fantastic to have been recognized by the Chashama Film Festival,” said Moelter. “My journey here has involved many different people and some crazy events. Without those events, both good and bad, it would have been impossible for me to perform as Girl In The Red Dress in this film.”
The soundtrack to “Dirty Step Upstage” features two songs performed by Girl In The Red Dress, who also performed in person as part of the festival’s Opening Night event. As mentioned here before,THE REDScontributed two songs to the film’s soundtrack and will also be included on the “Dirty Step Upstage” CD.
Inspired by real events, “Dirty Step Upstage” is a reality thriller about the price an aspiring young singer is prepared to pay for fame. As well as appearing in the film, Moelter also wrote and directed it.
Festival director Rick Kariolic said he was, "proud to have shown “Dirty Step Upstage” at the festival. Amber Moelter put on an exceptional display of all-around talent, as singer, song writer and film maker,” he said. “It drew me in.”
Tarock Music and The Reds congratulate Amber on her Best Actress award.
• November 3, 2009
“ONE BC” Now Available On CD BABY
ONE BC, the first solo venture by Bruce Cohen, a/k/a The Reds crazed keyboard player, is now available for download on CD BABY.
“Sidebuster,” from The Reds album, “EARLY NOTHING,” is currently their most listened to track on LAST.FM.
CD’s of "Early Nothing" and their critically acclaimed 2007 album, "Fugitives From The Laughing House,"can be purchased at THE REDS STORE as a COMBO DEAL for $14.99.
• October 2, 2009
THE REDS “Featured Artist” On TuneCrypt
The Reds are “FEATURED ARTIST,” as well as added to the main page rotation, on TuneCrypt’s music forum web site. TuneCrypt’s goal is to promote and share the music of unique artists to the masses around the globe.
Visit TuneCryptto view The Reds FEATURE and listen to some tunes, you just might discover other interesting artists in the process.
• September 30, 2009
UK Film “SO LONG” Now In Post-Production
British filmmaker/director, Peter McAdam, has completed shooting the song “SO LONG,” from THE REDS album,EARLY NOTHING.
After filming throughout the UK, McAdam is now in London to complete post-production. The film short is expected to be released worldwide mid-November.
• September 11, 2009
ROLLING STONE Reader’s ♥ THE REDS
ROLLING STONE ON-LINE LISTENER / READER REVIEWS
• Phnymiboy writes: Wow! What a great CD. Very electronic and organic at the same time. The guitar and keyboards blend into one giant sound. Has the spirit of the the great 60’s bands but still has a new modern edge to it. The vocals will send a chill down your spine along with intense subject matters. These guys have a history and it shows in their music but they look and play to the future. Driving drums and thick heavy bass along with loud razor blade guitars and sweeping swirling organ and synth are the order for the day. If you are a fan of the Doors, early Stones and Iggy/Bowie era stuff than this CD is for you.
— 5 of 5 Stars
September 6, 2009 2:45 PM EST
• EmmaS writes: The opening track, Big Boy, hit me in the mouth like a fistful of quarters. The song really rocks with edgy metallic guitars and psycho-sixties organ. It’s LA Woman, only NOW! These guys are f%#*ing great!
— 5 of 5 Stars
September 9, 2009 8:26 PM EST
INDIE MUSIC UNIVERSE NAMES THE REDS “INDIE BAND OF THE WEEK” INDIE MUSIC UNIVERSE has named The Reds INDIE MUSIC BAND OF THE WEEK, as well as naming The Reds video, “CRY TOMORROW,” as a FEATURED VIDEO.
Indie Music Universe is at the forefront of spotlighting the hottest indie acts across all genres, with album reviews, and the latest info about happening events.
• September 2, 2009
REPO FILMS DISCOVERS THE REDS
I came upon The Reds latest release “Early Nothing,” (March 2009) when discussing a script set in Tijuana, Mexico. One of the writers was playing the album’s last track, “Strangeness,” and I commented how the song captured the gritty, late night vibe of TJ’s red lights, where the intersection of poverty and narco excess is always a stone’s throw from the U.S border. As the meeting progressed, and we were discussing a film about Iraq war veterans set in Los Angeles, the track, “Diggin’ It,” played. The catchy guitar riffs and surf hooks, with the ever present organ, captured the Venice beach and Sunset Boulevard of old. But it also captured the inescapable anxiety of today’s America. The dark and grimy undercurrent we all feel but don’t talk about: Is the party over? It was like I was speeding the windy roads of Mulholland in a stolen Ferrari, as the city below burned after the big one finally hit. Again, the music was packed with images and tone.
Throughout listening to “Early Nothing,” track after track, the music and lyrics kept evoking images and feelings that worked for all the films we have set for production. The album’s variety and scope was perfect. After doing a little research I wasn’t surprised to find The Reds have done score work for Michael Mann and other productions. It made perfect sense. What did surprise me was how long these guys have been making music. I assumed they were the tripped out peers of bands like Interpol and Artic Monkeys. I was thrilled to discover The Reds have been pushing the throttle with their own distinct sound for thirty years, a sound that’s grown and captures today so soundly. But then again, maybe they knew what was coming all along.
Brooks McLaren Repo & Shogun Films Los Angeles, California
• August 28, 2009
Tarock Music has licensed forty songs from its catalog to EOS MUSIC for TelAdvantage, the worlds most recognized brand of telephone messaging products and services, including state-of-the-art digital players and messaging. EOS provides their subscribers continuous, reliable service, regardless of the weather.
• May 26, 2009
TAROCK MUSIC EXPANDS LICENSING
Compositions from the Tarock Music catalog are now available for licensing via Mike Baiardi's Soundfile Productions, located in Sherman Oaks, California.
Mike's background includes A&R and record production for Sony, Epic, Priority, EMI and Capitol Records. In 2000, Mike started Soundfile Productions, and has worked on various film, televison and album projects, composing and contributing music for a variety of feature films including “War” (Lionsgate), “Waitress” (Fox), and “The Protector” (Weinstein Company) to name a few. He also has contributed music to many hit television shows including CSI (CBS), Law and Order (NBC) and Sleeper Cell (Showtime).
Mike's expertise is the foundation of Soundfile's ability to provide clients with unique music for their projects, and Tarock Music is pleased to provide songs for upcoming projects and clients.
