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Black Toast connects with TV producers C HATSWORTH, CA — Independent music pub- lisher/production music library Black Toast Music Bob Mair’s company turns 20 this year. (www.blacktoastmusic.com) has placed tracks in a num- ber of hit TV series recently, as well as in other media. The company was founded by Bob Mair and recently turned 20. Numerous HBO shows have made use of Black Toast music, including True Blood Season Three, Treme, and the animated hit The Life and Times of Tim.In addition, the music publisher has been a regular contrib- A ‘Buggy’ release from Blastwave D ETROIT— Blastwave FX (www.blastwavefx.com) has released a new sound effects collection that focuses exclusively on insects. The Bugs! sound effects library is a collection of 700 insect sound effects spanning more than 30 categories. Every sound effect in Bugs! was recorded at 24-bit/96kHz and is deliv- ered in high resolution.The collection also comes with MP3 reference files. Categories include ambiences, ants, bees, cicadas, cockroaches, exter- mination, flies, hornets, mosquitoes, movements, scorpions, spiders, and squishes, among others. 5.1 surround tracks of flies are also included. Blastwave FX is delivering Bugs! on 16GB USB Flash drives. All sounds are embedded with metadata that is compatible with Pro Tools, Sound- miner, NetMix, iTunes and other popular sound library search engines. utor of songs to the series The Wire throughout the pro- gram’s four-year run. Showtime’s Dexter uses music from the Black Toast cat- alog on a regular basis.The company has contributed a va- riety of songs, including those in the Latin and hip-hop genres, to that series since its inception. On the reality side, Black Toast has worked with Amer- ica’s Next Top Model,The Hills, Run’s House, Daddy’s Girls, High Society, Fly Girls and Sunset Daze. 36 Post • June 2010 www.postmagazine.com

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