http://blog.particleaudio.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:44:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We're wrapping up for the year. We just finished two great events and are looking towards the future. Check out a little bit of our Particle family in action at our holiday party. http://blog.particleaudio.com/2010/12/happy-holidays-to-all/ Check out our seats being used by one of our lovely clients and his wife. We got it all on video from another client of ours — we're glad somebody else obsessively watches the Blackhawks too. http://blog.particleaudio.com/2010/11/spotted-clients-at-the-blackhawks/ Ever heard this expression before? A discussion ensued this morning regarding this phrase as the women of the office were discussing fitness guru Jillian Michaels. In her video tapes she warns participants not to "phone it in." We took it upon ourselves to define this phrase, and by that I ... http://blog.particleaudio.com/2010/11/random-fact-phoning-it-in/ So it may have been awhile since you last heard from us — but we've got some exciting things going on right now. First things first, we have a new addition to the office. Megan, our new receptionist, she hails from the University of Kansas and she's ready to tackle this ... http://blog.particleaudio.com/2010/10/the-new-girl/ By now, you're surely well aware that more than 600,000 iPads have been sold. And the number keeps rising. One of those went to James Michael Henry, of Radar Studios, who was the top winner of the Comma + Particle Brackets. Indeed, James won the "Commarticle Madness" tournament by a landslide, with 44 ... http://blog.particleaudio.com/2010/04/commarticle-march-madness-winner-takes-it-all/ Particle received the best Christmas present this year!  No it wasn't a years supply of socks, the newest NOW cd, or a bacon of the month club membership.  We got..... A totally expanded voice over booth! Check out the progress the crew has made on our booth since they started just one ... http://blog.particleaudio.com/2010/01/all-i-want-for-christmas-is/ The Kino Flo lights were glaring and Red Cameras were rolling at Leo Burnett’s Starbar this week.  What was the occasion?  A live recording and video shoot for Particle’s own Mike Middleton, of course!  He showed up with nothing more than his acoustic guitar and rocked the lounge with his ... http://blog.particleaudio.com/2009/11/lights-camera-perform-acoustic-music/ What in the world does Jello sound like? To tackle the sound design for a spot featuring the wiggly dessert, it was up to engineer Dave Kaduk and his assistant Dominic Morris to find out what Jello would say if it could talk. They spent time with it, ... http://blog.particleaudio.com/2009/08/f-u-n-with-j-e-l-l-o/ Coors Light may be ice cold in the can, but is red hot on the international awards scene. Three spots promoting the Cold Activated Can- you know your beer is ready when the mountains turn blue- were short listed at the 56th Annual Cannes Lions International Festival. The radio series ... http://blog.particleaudio.com/2009/07/cannes-lions-rawr/ You can't stop the rock here at Particle Audio. Well, until you break the drumsticks. Then you kinda have to stop. Band Aids are not yet designed for this type of repair work. The apology note was very thoughtful though... THIS IS HOW MUCH FUN WE HAVE! http://blog.particleaudio.com/2009/07/you-break-it-you-buy-it/