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South Texas Soul Documentary Features Legendary Texas Musician Augie Meyers

Tracy Ready — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:56:58 +0000

South Texas Soul: The San Antonio Sound – Augie Meyers, Doug Sahm and the history and influence of South Texas on popular music of today. Documentary filmmaker Tracy Ready examines the influence of German, Polish and Irish immigrants in South Texas on popular music styles including Country, Tejano, Blues and Rock and Roll, from a unique perspective.

“Welcome Back, Pluto” Video: Understanding Parental Alienation

Tracy Ready — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:48:16 +0000

Welcome Back, Pluto is an educational DVD written and produced to teach children and parents how to preserve good relationships in situations that threaten to undermine love and respect. Entertaining, humorous, and packed with valuable advice, the program shows how alienation originates and why both parents and the children should work to prevent and overcome disrupted relationships. Welcome Back, Pluto is the only product of its kind available to families and professionals alike.

Keep the “Social” in Social Media

Tracy Ready — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:10:07 +0000

Freelance Media Professional Tracy Ready discusses the analogy of social media for freelancers as going to series of parties, and outlines the relationship between social networks, a blog and small business websites.

Social Media Simple – 3 Videos

Tracy Ready — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:05:29 +0000

Having worked in "traditional" media (television) for more than 20 years, I have been astounded at the growth of social media and it's impact on how we do business as freelance media professionals. It's also apparent to me that many of my colleagues in television and music production are not taking part in this revolution, often because of a lack of understanding of how it all works.

Miss Marcy & her Texas SugarDaddys CD Release at Pearl!

Tracy Ready — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:50:26 +0000

The stars are aligning in the muggy North Texas heat this week. Miss Marcy and her Texas Sugardaddies, a group of some of my favorite Dallas players are releasing new CD with a show at my favorite blues club in the world (and believe me I've been to a bunch) - PEARL in Dallas, Texas. Friday night June 11, 2010 This will be a flat out Texas music blast as Miss Marcy takes the stage in her baudy, in your face, struttin' diva vocal best, flanked by some of the finest blues and jazz players in the region - Her normal "SugarDaddys" are Mike Beall, Bass and Dave Burris, Guitar. They will be joined for this special show by Cheryl Arena, Harmonica, Freddie Jones, Trumpet and Drummer / Producer Ian Falgout, who also all appear on the debut CD, available for sale at the show.

“The Golden Hour” origins

Tracy Ready — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:58:10 +0000

"The Golden Hour" is an elusive time, one of God's miracles that happens twice a day, whether we notice or not. Just after sunrise and just before dusk everyday the sun gets low in the sky, making the shadows long and deep, giving definition and a certain quality to the subject that has been sought out by visual artists for centuries.

Social Networking the New Year, and why not?

Tracy Ready — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:56:29 +0000

I was resistant to the social networking / blogging idea until I began to see the hidden potential for my businesses, and our developing music and documentary film projects. Among other things, this has been a year in which I delved headlong into social networking, and it has been fun and rewarding for me both personally and professionally. I have gathered a few thoughts here, that I hope will benefit others, so here we go...

TexasB-roll Rides Again Supporting Texas Motion Picture Alliance

Tracy Ready — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:43:09 +0000

Please visit TexasB-roll and CityB-roll online today.

“It’s been a long time coming” – David Crosby

Yes it has! In 2002, we started offering stock footage of Texas for sale in broadcast quality standard definition formats. Now our stock footage is fleshed out in true HD (1080-24p) and we are excited about our Industry Sponsor status with Texas Motion Picture Alliance. We have dropped prices on our footage to be competitive in a tough economy, and are now donating $5.00 for every HD clip sold on our sites to TXMPA.

TXMPA Lobby Day Draws Crowd to Capitol Supporting Film and Television Production in Texas

Tracy Ready — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:03:38 +0000

An overcast sky gave way to a beautiful day in Austin as hundreds of people in the moving image industries (film, video, gaming) converged on the Texas State Capitol showing support for legislation which, if passed, will help repair the severely damaged industry in our state.