This song was written very fast in a room we call “The Cave” ant News10.net by Mark Rosetta, Alex Alcantar and Brian Tuohy.
I created a video with old Civil War photos that depict the feeling I had while we wrote the song.

Love
written by: Brian Tuohy

See the rain fall through the trees
My hand held tight between your knees
Could not be a better day
Say you love me in your own special way

Sun rises light’s the day
Watching it set in a very simliar way

Love
it’s so strange
So unpredictable
You never when love
will walk right through your door
the one you’ve been yearning for
when you called out for love
so unusual so beuatiful

Hear her cry she’s lost her man
see him alone a loveless man
lovers fight anger there
as they make up there is love in the air

Love
it’s so strange
So unpredictable
You never when love
will walk right through your door
the one you’ve been yearning for
when you called out for love
so unusual so beuatiful

Music Buying Audience Is Growing & The CD Is Far From Dead

NPD’s new “Annual Music Study” shows that after years of losing consumers who simply stopped buying music, the total number of music buyers increased for the second consecutive year, growing 2% in 2011 to 78 million. The number of paid download buyers increased 14% in 2011 to 45 million customers.

Digital buyers also spent more at iTunes Music Store, Amazon MP3, and other digital music stores in 2011; the average annual expenditure for digital music rose 6 percent in 2011 to $49. After years of decline total music-track sales rose 4% percent during 2011.

Although CD sales dipped, the decline was not nearly as severe as in the past, and was offset by the paid-music download market. Even as Apple’s iTunes approaches its tenth anniversary next year, there are still nearly twice as many CD buyers in the U.S. as there are paid digital-music downloaders, according to NPD.

Why The Turnaround?

The study’s authors speculate that there are a variety of reasons for the overall increase including a perceived improvement in the quality and value of the music available, and a wider variety of sources to discover new music in online services like Pandora, Rhapsody, and Spotify.

NPD also reported that the fastest growing form of music listening was online radio. While listening to CDs and AM/FM radio are still by far the most popular ways Americans engage with music, online-radio listening has grown from 29% two years ago to reach 43% of the internet population in 2011.

P2P Use Down

According to the study, 13% of Internet users downloaded music from a P2P site, which is down from a peak of 19% in 2006. “Industry efforts to combat illegal file sharing, and increased options for listening and downloading legally, have resulted in a sharp reduction in the number of P2P music downloaders,” according to said Russ Crupnick, senior vice president of industry analysis at NPD.

My career has spanned the development of interactive digital products in video games, broadcast television and advertising industries. Over the years I have learned, from the ground up, the technologies, resources and methodologies that make up online and mobile as we know them today. I have diverse skills in online and mobile development, design, user experience, user interaction, analytics and rich media ad serving.

I have expert knowledge in interface design and development, video creation and streaming, advertising strategies, mobile development, SMS campaigns, newsletters, analytic implementation and discovery, cross platform development, and most importantly, a fascination with the future technologies and methodologies that will drive users to explore and contribute to online and mobile properties.

Working within the Gannett universe, I have been exposed to many workshops and studies exploring the best practices for optimal user experience with content and advertising. I have collaborated with many talented developers, designers, project managers, content creators, account executives, vendors and strategists in continually creating holistic, consistent, intuitive, delightful and interactive experiences across multiple digital platforms.

Why now?

All of my skills and experience are evolving exponentially with the future of online and mobile development ecosystems. I would like to be part of your team to help develop the next generation of user-centric online and mobile experience.

Please contact me if you find my experience interesting. I am moving back to my home town, San Francisco, in early January and I can start as soon as we figure out if I am the right fit‚ I am very interested in talking with you.

Sites I launched and optimized for Gannett Broadcast in 2011:

http://wusa9.com/

http://www.wltx.com/

http://www.digtriad.com/

thank you

Brian Tuohy
3104183440

The media industries that I have professional experience in are broadcast television, video game development, national advertising agency and and direct marketing.

Download Brian Tuohy’s Resume

Objective: To be involved with a team of developers, designers, and explorers, all working collaboratively to define the interactive experience for users of online and mobile technologies around the world.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Thinking Innovatively
• Understanding Technology
• Finishing On-Time and On-Budget
• Solving Problems
• Maintaining Focus
• Building, Maintaining and Leading Teams
• Creative Brainstorming and Thinking
• Multi-Tasking

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CDMG, Inc. Torrance, CA

Mid-sized national advertising agency 
Online Director August 2011 – Present
• Develop online content for CDMG’s entire client list
• Involved in every aspect of development and implementation of online and mobile products. from concept to launch.
• oversee the Development Department and collaborate with Account Executives to produce effective results.
• Monitor analytics to improve performance of future initiatives.

CornerBlue, Inc. Santa Monica, CA

Mobile Advertising Start-Up 
Creative Director Feb 2011 – August 2011
• Responsible for design and coding of all client mobile applications.
• Worked with clients to develop best mobile experience for consumer.
• Sought out and utilized latest mobile technologies and standards.
• Developed cross platform standards for Android, Apple and Blackberry OS.

Gannett Co., Inc. McLean, VA

National Media Group 
Regional Web Developer May 2009 – March 2011
• Provided direction, support and solutions for all aspects of web/mobile based systems for multiple station locations within the Gannett Broadcast division including: o Product development,
o Product integration,
o Project implementation,
o SEO optimization,
o Analytic discovery, and
o Daily training and support on website and mobile products and projects.

Director of Innovation, Gannett Division: ABC News10 June 2008 – May 2009

• Initiated strategies for growing on-air, online, SMS, email and mobile products audiences.
• Created the “Innovation Room” for weekly trainings in all technologies and strategies available, currently use or possibilities for the future.
• Created a companywide “Viral Marketing” strategy that used every employee’s social media skills to push content to new media outlets.
• Worked with News, Promotions, Sales, IT, Engineering and Business to use the technologies and services available to to their fullest, helping to bridge the gap that occured with different departments.

Sales Creative Director, Gannett Division: ABC News10 November 2005 – June 2008

• Managed a team of two creative producers in the development of online sales related products and services for News10 and News10 clients.
• Reorganized the way content was created for clients, introducing new technologies and strategies that gave our clients a clear advantage in on-air, online, mobile and SMS, advertising strategies for the News10 demographic.
• Introduced rich media online campaigns to News10 and shared these with other Gannett affiliate properties around the country.

EMC Advertising Sacramento, CA

National Advertising Agency 
Producer November 2003 – November 2005
• Produced “direct response” television spots for over 50 clients in 80 markets nationwide.
• Involved in all aspects of production; audio, video, animation, editing, motion design, media and talent direction on all nationally aired commercial spots and online campaigns.

Ultimation, Inc. Petaluma, CA

Video Game Production Company 
Media Director April 1997 – February 2001
• Oversaw the development of all 3D assets, 2D interface design, and special effects.
• Project management over all aspects of game production.
• Directed and engineered all audio and video creation.
• Directed localization into Spanish, German, and French.
• Oversaw the creation of period music for the games.
Games Shipped: 
• Silent Hunter II (Ubisoft)
• Destroyer Commander (Strategic Simulations )
• Harpoon IV: (Ubisoft)
• Panzer Commander: (Strategic Simulations)

Elliott Portwood Productions Petaluma, CA

Video Game Production Company 
Producer February 1994 – February 1997
• Shuffle Puck II o Art director for the video game production
o Managed the creation of the interface design as well as the 8 3D characters and environments.
o Responsible for all art assets, including SFX and music development.
• Morgan and The Trouble with Cheese o Directed and engineered all audio elements, SFX as well as localizing the video game to Spanish, French and German.

• Marty The Mouse o Recorded and edited all audio elements for this Maxis Entertainment children’s video game.
o Directed and engineered 8 actors to create the main characters: the crow, frog, Marty mouse, father mouse, mother mouse, sister mouse and narrator.
o Created and edited all SFX for the game and optimized for CD delivery, as well as directing the localization for Spanish, French and German.
o Worked closely with outside composers to create the game music. In addition, I had the pleasure of writing and recording three original songs for this game.
Games Shipped: 
• Shuffle Puck II
• Morgan and The Trouble with Cheese: Maxis – Follow up to “Marty the Mouse This video game sold over 100,000 units.
• Marty the Mouse: Maxis-This project was a voice activated children “edutainment” game. This popular video game sold over 100,000 copies.

TOOLS OF THE TRADE

Graphic design knowledge:

Adobe CS5 Master Collection

Motion design knowledge:

Adobe CS5 Master Collection, Motion, Final Cut Pro, Avid

3D:

Lightwave, Maya

Interactive design knowledge:

Adobe CS5 Master Collection, actionscript, Xcode, HTML5, CSS3, .NET, JavaScript, JQuery Mobile, Sencha Touch, Titanium, DVD Studio Pro

Music Creation:

Digital Performer, Reason and Record, Sound Track Pro

Vendor knowledge:

Brightcove, Akamai, Adtech, Exact Target, WSI, LiveStream, AnyStream, Omniture, Google Webmaster Tools, Facebook API, Twitter API, Pointroll, Real Media, Constant Contact, Campaigner.

References available upon request.

The escalator was making the most wonderful sound, moaning and groaning, as it escalated me to the train . . . I wrote this tune in the feeling of that sound of the escalator . . .

Loved hanging in Washington DC . . . it’s a great town . . .

A little about:

In 1790, Washington locals began calling the neighborhood “Tennally’s Town” after area tavern owner John Tennally. Over time, the spelling has evolved and by the 19th century the area was commonly known by its current name, although the spellingTennallytown continued to be used for some time in certain capacities, including streetcars through the 1920s.

The area is the site of Fort Reno, one of the forts that formed a ring around Washington D.C. during the American Civil War to protect the capital against invasions. It proved to be the crucial lookout point for preventing a siege of Washington (indeed, it is the highest natural point in the District of Columbia).

Fort Reno was decommissioned with the surrender of the Confederate armies.

In the post-Civil War era, Fort Reno was a free black community. This community was almost entirely wiped out when the federal government decided to condemn most of its housing to build Deal Middle School, Wilson High School, a park, and a water tower. The Jesse Lee Reno school building, which housed an African-American school during the Jim Crow era, is one of the few remaining traces of this history.

Within the park boundaries lies the highest natural point in the District of Columbia, 429 feet above sea level. Fort Reno also hosts community gardens, free rock concerts in the summer, sledding in the winter, and tennis courts, playing fields, and dog-walkers year round. Wilson HS baseball now uses the ball field for its’ home games.

Tenleytown was transformed on October 2, 1941 when Sears Roebuck opened its department store on Wisconsin Avenue at Albemarle Street. At the time the store was notable for its size and for its 300 car rooftop parking lot. In the 1990s, Sears abandoned its retail operation at the location and the building was used by Hechinger hardware until its demise in the late 1990s. In the 2000s, the building was converted to a mixed-use development complex called Cityline at Tenley, with luxury condos (The Cityline) on the top levels, a Best Buy and a Container Store at street level, and an Ace Hardware underground, located within the parking garage that serves the aforementioned stores. The west entrance to the Metro station is at the front of the building. ^[1]

In 2010, the Top of the Town: Tenleytown Heritage Trail opened. The path, which starts from the metro station and passes by neighborhood landmarks such as American University, the Civil War’s Fort Reno, and WRC-TV‘s studios, home of the NBC News’s Washington Bureau,The Muppets, and the second Nixon-Kennedy Debate of 1960. ^[2]

Written by: Brian Tuohy
Performed by: Brian Tuohy and Brian Clothier

Doodle by: Brian Tuohy

One Love

If I had the power
I’d Cloth the naked feed the hungry
If I had the strength I’d move mountains
make them tumble to the sea.

If I had the power I’d scare the leaders man
make them humble about there lies
If I had the strength I’d hug the children yeah
give them hope till the day they die

One love
thats all I am
One man standing sturdy
One love
In this great big world
One love thats all we need

It’s gonna take two hands
two eyes
two feet
too realize
that we have the power

One love
thats all I am
One man standing sturdy
One love
In this great big world
One love thats all we need

Crew:
Produced: Brian Tuohy and Chris Meehan
Directed: Brian Tuohy and Chris Meehan
Video: Brian Tuohy
Written: Howard Meehan
Edited: Brian Tuohy
Sound: Brian Clothier

Cast:
Sarah Kliban – Babs
James Van harper – Harold
Brian Rosen – MeterMaid
Christopher Meehan – Cabbie
Howard Meehan – TV Anchor
Tank Baumhofer – Tank

No animals were hurt during the filming of this short film. We did run over a possum on the way to the premier.

The set was a virtual 3D set and all interviews were SKYPED in from remote locations. The “Green Room” was produced in real time with a staff of 4 and two computers and a high bandwidth internet connection.

We used the “Telecaster” from Newtek which turned out to be a fantastic piece of equiment for online broadcasting . . . we only used on camera and with the “Telecasters” virtual camera it looks like we have a whole studio of equipment.

Check out the Newtek site here…

We are looking to buy a “Telecaster” very soon and produce a daily morning show.