Hot damn it was hot this week! Damn hot. So damn hot that our good friend Mr. Air Conditioner was murdered by the evil Mr Sun. Fortunately he was old and had lived a full life, but it’s still sad to see him go, especially on such a hot and miserable day. We even had to shut down for a while for fear of keyboards melting to our fingertips.

We’re back to normal today tho. Our new fancy AC is smaller, quieter, and colder, and even came with a nifty remote thermostat to sense the temp in the middle of the room!

We’re looking for love and a creative and talented web designer/developer to make beautiful and inspiring web stuffs. We need someone with great design skills and who’s down with css, rss, php, and opp. (Yeah you know me!) You’ll be working with a small team on big projects so you’ll get you’re hands dirty at every stage from initial concepts to final delivery. We have excellent clients and projects (primarily in the arts and entertainment industry) that will keep you inspired and excited.

Skills Desired
- Photoshop
- XHTML
- CSS
- PHP
- MYSQL
- Drupal
- Illustrator
- Flash
- Actionscript

Location
Most work will be done on-site at our office in Mt Airy, Philadelphia, PA.
Some projects may be done off-site.

Terms
Part time / freelance

Requirements
Work will need to be done on your own computer/laptop. Mac or PC

Rate:
Negotiable, based on experience

About Canary
http://www.canarypromo.com
Canary Promotion + Design is an artist-driven business founded and run by people who are truly invested in the arts community. Not only do we know how to tell the story of the cultural community; we are also part of that community. We are artists working for artists, bringing to each project over 10 years of experience working in various fields of the entertainment and technology industries. Our projects range from work for an independent musician releasing his first record to work for national television programs and major festivals.

To Apply:
Please email resumes (portfolio/samples of work are required; links are preferable) to emaleigh@canarypromo.com.

I hardly ever ego surf (no really!) but this week for some reason I searched for one of my old bands in YouTube and struck gold. Back in the 90’s some college pals and I started a band called Prelapse that transcribed a bunch of John Zorn’s Naked City songs and wrote our own jazz hardcore stuff. We got a very enthusiastic response from Zorn and he put out our cd and had us guest on some other recordings. The experience was amazing, and I got to meet and play with a lot of my favorite improvisors. Eventually I lost touch with that scene as Megan and I pursued our music and we eventually moved to Philly and started Canary.

So back to YouTube: Someone took two of the recordings we did and made them the soundtracks to some classic cartoons. This is so appropriate because at it’s root this music is inspired by Carl Stalling’s scores to the old Warner Brother’s cartoons, but I’ve never seen cartoons set to this kind of heavy music. Check it out!