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Georgetown University
Without an Edge
The Georgetown University Men’s Basketball team needed a song to come out to that pumped up the crowd. The song was to be played on the Jumbotron during their home games accompanied by a video created by Future View.
An Added Edge
Hardly Square composed a song in their sound studio Georgetown University could play on their Jumbotron that excited and engaged the crowd. The song encourages the audience to stomp their feet along to a beat fasioned after the sound of bleachers being stomped.
I Do and I Don’t
Without an Edge
B’more Pictures needed music for their comedy, I Do & I Don’t featuring film actress Jane Lynch. In a scene where character Dick Stelmack (played by Matt Servitto) gets dressed up to go out to a strip club, it was crucial to have a heavy beat and percussion to set the mood in the scene.
An Added Edge
Hardly Square’s Chief Creative Officer, C. Devin Byrnes collaborated with vocalist, Owen Lang to create the song “Givin’ It Up” for the scene. Hardly Square’s original music sets the mood and creates a unique effect through the use of percussion and harmony.
Rubbermaid (RCP)
Without an Edge
Hardly Square built Rubbermaid’s (RCP) eLearning platform from the ground up. Rubbermaid and Hardly Square wanted the eLearning solution to be as engaging and high stimulus as possible. It needed a song to get the learners enthusiastic about learning.
An Added Edge
Hardly Square composed a custom song for Rubbermaid’s (RCP) eLearning solution that was up-beat and positive. The song was then integrated into the custom Flash content within the eLearning courses and used within the eLearning introduction.
IRWIN
Without an Edge
IRWIN and Hardly Suqare were building their custom eLearning plaform from the ground up. IRWIN knew they needed their course content to be as high stimulus as possible and was in need of voice talent for their narration.
An Added Edge
Hardly Square acquired a voice talent and recorded the narration in studio. After sound engineering all the audio, Hardly Square implemented top quality voice naration the their custom Flash eLearning solution.
SuiteLinq
Without an Edge
Hardly Suqare and SuiteLinq were desiging promotional materials to communicate to potential customers that SuiteLinq is a high tech and cutting edge multimedia company. SuiteLinq knew they had to surround their audience’s senses with high stimulus content.
An Added Edge
Hardly Square recorded their voice talent in studio. After sound engineering all the audio, Hardly Square implemented top quality voice naration the their custom Flash promotional materials.
A Non-Local Arrangement
Without an Edge
M Cubed Productions had a concept for a film in which the main character treks through Baltimore, sampling the soundscape with a special microphone. He later combines these sounds into a complex arrangement at his home studio. A Non-Local Arrangment needed sound design and foley to create an atmosphere that would compliment the cinematography.
An Added Edge
Hardly Square began by editing the dialogue from the film, followed by overdubbing and foley to capture all the sounds missing from the scene. Hardly Square also scored a soundtrack for the film, which combined all of the sounds that the character captured over the course of his journey. The attention to fine detail (i.e. panning, reverb, delay, filtering) were critical to achieving a rich aural experience for the film.
DVAC Lady
Without an Edge
Hardly Square needed higher visiablity throughout Rubbermaid (RCP). We were known for our custom eLearning solutions and our engaging Flash courses with voice naration. We decided to make a viral song that would spread around the office during a launch of their new product
An Added Edge
While recording the voice naration for Rubbemaid Commercial Product’s eLearning courses in our sound studio, Max Rudy the voice of RCP University sang this autotune song about RCP’s new product. The song was an instant hit in their office and was just one more effort that strengthened our relationship with Rubbermaid (RCP).
NY Lady
Without an Edge
Chicago based electronic music band, The Greenskeepers released their album “Polo Club” on Om Records. The band needed a remix for their single, “New York Lady”. Om Records is a record label with a global reach and diverse collection of electronic dance music.
An Added Edge
Hardly Square’s Chief Creative Officer, C. Devin Byrnes was chosen to remix “New York Lady”. Hardly Square’s “Danger Mix” can be heard in nightclubs and retail outlets across the globe. It is also available in all major digital music outlets.
Kinjo Music
Without an Edge
Montreal based record label, Kinjo Music needed remixes for their June 2008 release “Southside EP” from house music producer, Raphael Accorsi of São Paulo. The strongest track on the EP, ”75 Cents” was broken down into bits and pieces for another producer to re-organize and remix to bring a different perspective to the original song.
An Added Edge
Hardly Square accepted the challenge of remixing “75 Cents”, and shaped the song into a high energy, dance floor hit. The remix quickly climbed to number one, out-selling all other house music releases for several weeks on Stompy.com (One of the largest distributors of digital dance music).
