AUGUST 2013

Videographer/editor (and graphic artist to boot) Marty Berg has joined the AXE Productions studio team.  AXE has worked with Marty over the years in his role with the Youth Conferences across Canada.

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CORB LUND HEADLINED HALF TIME SHOW FOR ESKIMOS

The game was dedicated to the flood victims and raised $500,000.  AXE Productions provided production.

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SOUNDMAN ANDREW WHITE 

CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY

The veteran of thousands of concerts and shows, many of them with AXE, Andrew sat back in his new throne (a birthday gift from AXE Productions) behind the console at the Beaumont Blues & Roots Festival. Happy B'Day big guy!

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BRADEN GATES IN STUDIO FOR MUSIC VIDEO

The 2013 Youth At The Blues Contest Winner, Braden Gates, sang and played his way into AXE Productions studio with this compelling original performance at the Beaumont Blues & Roots Festival.  The studio recording session (both the music track and the video) is part of the grand prize sponsored by AXE Productions. (artist photo by Brian Zahorodnuik)

MARTY BERG

VIDEOGRAPHER/EDITOR

He looks intense.  But really, he's a soft spoken and very focused 20-year veteran professional who prefers to be behind the camera and not in front of it. In addition to being a brilliant videographer, he is an outstanding editor and graphic artist.  His experience ranges from spending a year in Africa with Watoto training the locals in media production to the Youth Conferences in Canada handling everything from theme design (graphics and materials)  to video production.  Marty has produced music videos (one in Belfast) for the group Blue Tree.  He is currently working on his own documentary, "Value", a compelling look at how we value life and possessions in different parts of the world.  Marty and his wife Kim have 3 children. We're lucky to have him on board as part of the AXE Productions family. 

Check out Marty's past work.

Often, the organizations we work for have already decided on a creative theme for an event.  What makes AXE Productions unique in our industry is our ability to help develop the creative concept even further. With our decades of experience in producing award shows, special events, concerts and more, we have learned about what works. Our creative experience is such that we have been asked to script entire events and pre-produce elements. This was the case, for example, with NAIT's 50th Anniiversary Gala.  We suggested the use of an actor to play a student character from each of the decades, bringing some comedy relief to the evening.  The next time you are planning an event, consider including us in the creative development of your event or show.  We're more than just audio, video, lighting and staging.  We're about brilliant creative ideas that take your event to the next level.  

 

Tom Cochrane doesn't disappoint at the Edmonton Rock & Roll Music Festival @ Hawrelak.

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AXE Productions Creative Director Michael Kryton with new lap slide guitar from Twisted Wood Guitars at the Beaumont Fest.

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In our last newsletter we incorrectly identified the award given to Corb Lund at the Mayor's Celebration of the Arts.  The country/roots musician won the inaugural ATB Financial Ambassador for the Arts Award at the Mayor's Celebration of the Arts awards.  Our apologies for the error.

 

          Michael Kryton