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Manchesteropens music vault C ONWAY, MA — Composer and musician John Manchester is trying to change the way post pros think about and use royalty-free library music. He is opening Manchester Music’s (www.manchestermusiclibrary.com) extensive li- brary of royalty-free, original music for direct on- line access and offering two fee arrangements for library users. Pros can now select directly from Manchester In NYC, AudioEngine’s (www.audioengine.net) Tom Goldblatt mixed a spoof music video for Bounty that stars hip-hop legend Rev. Run. White Gloveis a follow-up to the paper towel company’s “Paper Towel Gang” virals, which feature rappers Mr. Absorbent and Dr. Spotless. Scooter Bartacci directed the piece for Brain- wash Films, which was conceived by agency Publicis. Chinagraph’s Thomas Ostuni handled the edit. The track was created by Mark Chu at Yessian Music. Music’s catalog of more than 500 musical pieces. Under Manchester’s online fee schedules, users can choose between an entire music collection annual blanket charge or a royalty-free, one-time (per track or CD) charge to download and use Manchester’s compositions.The pieces are the work of Manchester and a variety of national and international composers who range from talented young artists to veteran composer/musicians. In addition to original, individual tracks, the library contains lighter mixes that pros can use to open or close a production, or to score the middle with related theme underscores.The tracks are organized in 36 theme suites that offer multiple arrangements of the same theme. “Our music offers real melodies, real feeling,” says Manchester. “The arrangements are fresh, not static, because they have a musicality that keeps listeners interested and entertained.” John Manchester at work,composing new offerings for his collection. » 48TB with 8 x 8Gbit FC host connections per 24 bar enclosure » Up to 2300MB/sec per 24 bay enclosure » Aggregate multiple enclosures to increase both storage capacity and performance with the HyperDrive file system » Unify SAN, NAS and Archive under a single global namespace » Efficiently allocate block or file level storage with the proper performance to all users including graphics, editing, rendering, DI, color correction and archive » Application Tested: Assimilate, Autodesk, Bright Systems, DaVinci, Digital Vision, Iridas as well as NLE Systems Galaxy Aurora ® Get your facility into HyperDrive Integrated storage solutions for Media & Entertainment © Rorke Data. All rights reserved. Rorke Data and the Rorke Data logo are registered tradmarks of Rorke Data Inc. All other trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners. www.rorke.com